The Fun Boy Three, The Fun Boy Three, 1982 on Chrysalis

The Fun Boy Three (Terry Hall, Neville Staple, and Lynval Golding) were a spin-off / outgrowth of The Specials. This was their debut, self-titled album with guests Bananarama on four tracks, including a cover of “It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do it),”

Also features “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)” which I love. The album cover back side presents the credits like a movie poster for a film shot in glorious stereo FunboyScope: “Gasp, Wonder, and Thrill to the Sound of the 80s.”

There’s a great BBC documentary—2 Tone The Sound of Coventry—which features lots of interviews with Hall and Staples, though it is more focused on The Specials.

My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is an early 80s Terre Haute pressing which was sealed, with the original hype sticker.

#1980s #1982 #Bananarama #Chrysalis #FunBoyThree #LynvalGolding #NevilleStaple #Specials #TerryHall #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Specials, Specials, 1979 on Two-Tone

Ska greats The Specials (later renamed The Special AKA) in their debut full length on Coventry label Two-Tone, started by Jerry Dammers (of the Specials).

The Specials included Terry Hall, Neville Staple, Dammers, Lynval Golding, Roddy Radiation, Horace Panter, John Bradbury, Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez.

This album was produced by Elvis Costello, and features some covers: “Monkey Man”, “Too Hot”, and “A Message To You, Rudy” had all been done by Jamaican artists. (Rico Rodriguez had planned on the original 15 years earlier as well!)

My copy is a 2017 pressing of the 2014 “digital remaster” – sounds great.

#1970s #1979 #2Tone #HoracePanter #JerryDammers #JohnBradbury #LynvalGolding #NevilleStaple #RicoRodriguez #RoddyRadiation #Specials #SpecialsAKA #TerryHall #TheSpecials #TwoTone #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Gen X Music Lover: Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)
https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2023/01/fun-boy-three-it-aint-what-you-do-its.html?spref=tw

#1980s, #1982, #80smusic, #Bananarama, #FunBoyThree, #LynvalGolding, #NevilleStaple, #newwave, #pop, #Ska, #TerryHall

RIP to Terry Hall of The Specials & Fun Boy Three

https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-specials-ghost-town.html

#1980s, #1981, #2Tone, #80smusic, #NevilleStaple, #reggaerock, #TerryHall, #TheSpecials

Gen X Music Lover: The Specials - Ghost Town
https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-specials-ghost-town.html?spref=tw

#1980s, #1981, #2Tone, #80smusic, #NevilleStaple, #reggaerock, #TerryHall, #TheSpecials