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Greatest Hits

by: Selecter

Release Date May 13, 1996
Like all cut price compilations they are most telling for their omissions rather than what they include. This one has only one glaring omission debut side `The Selecter' the instrumental on the b-side of The Specials 45 `Gangsters' which created the initial excitement to start the band in the first place. Also absent is the classic version of the cover of `Train to Skaville' which with its 12" dub version was definitely a high point of the bands career.

However gripes aside it manages to include the non album singles `On My Radio' and my personal favourite `The Whisper' along with the best eight cuts from the debut LP `Too Much Pressure'. The remaining six songs are drawn from the bands disappointing second LP `Celebrate the Bullet' ... Read More:

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Too Much Pressure

by: Selecter

Release Date June 18, 2001
The Selecter happened very much by accident. When The Specials recorded `Gangsters' to release on their own independent impression Two-Tone they had gone over budget and had no money to record a b-side. They asked local musician Neol Davis if he would like to contribute and he duly delivered `The Selecter' a trombone driven reggae swagger.

When The Specials and Two-Tone hit the big time interest grew in the band who recorded the b-side and Neol set out assembling a band to capitalise on his fortune. Five musicians from local Coventry band Hard Top 22 where assembled and, on the recommendation of Specials guitarist Lynval Golding, singer Pauline Vickers performing as Pauline Black to avoid her employers discovering her moonlighting.
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BBC Radio 1 Live

by: Selecter & Specials

Release Date April 01, 1996
The Selecter happened very much by accident. When The Specials recorded `Gangsters' to release on their own independent impression Two-Tone they had gone over budget and had no money to record a b-side. They asked local musician Neol Davis if he would like to contribute and he duly delivered `The Selecter' a trombone driven reggae swagger.

When The Specials and Two-Tone hit the big time interest grew in the band who recorded the b-side and Neol set out assembling a band to capitalise on his fortune. Five musicians from local Coventry band Hard Top 22 where assembled and, on the recommendation of Specials guitarist Lynval Golding, singer Pauline Vickers performing as Pauline Black to avoid her employers discovering her moonlighting.
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The Selecter Perform the Trojan Songbook Vol.1

by: Selecter

Release Date December 13, 1999
The Selecter happened very much by accident. When The Specials recorded `Gangsters' to release on their own independent impression Two-Tone they had gone over budget and had no money to record a b-side. They asked local musician Neol Davis if he would like to contribute and he duly delivered `The Selecter' a trombone driven reggae swagger.

When The Specials and Two-Tone hit the big time interest grew in the band who recorded the b-side and Neol set out assembling a band to capitalise on his fortune. Five musicians from local Coventry band Hard Top 22 where assembled and, on the recommendation of Specials guitarist Lynval Golding, singer Pauline Vickers performing as Pauline Black to avoid her employers discovering her moonlighting.
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Celebrate the Bullet

by: Selecter

Release Date June 18, 2001
The Selecter tired of playing second fiddle to The Specials on the Two-Tone label and signed directly to the distributer, Chrysalis, shortly after promoting the `Missing Words' 45 from debut long player `Too Much Pressure'. The first single for their new label was `The Whisper' b/w `Train to Skaville' and it was the brightest and best 45 they had recorded however without the patronage of Walt Jabsco's imprint it failed to make much of an impact in the charts leading to the bassist and organist quitting the band. This their second LP was started with initial bass duties being taken by Norman Watt-Roy, from Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads.

Replacement were eventually found and this recording assembled from compositions from throughout the band ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Requiem for a Black Soul

by: Selecter

Release Date February 02, 2004
The Selecter tired of playing second fiddle to The Specials on the Two-Tone label and signed directly to the distributer, Chrysalis, shortly after promoting the `Missing Words' 45 from debut long player `Too Much Pressure'. The first single for their new label was `The Whisper' b/w `Train to Skaville' and it was the brightest and best 45 they had recorded however without the patronage of Walt Jabsco's imprint it failed to make much of an impact in the charts leading to the bassist and organist quitting the band. This their second LP was started with initial bass duties being taken by Norman Watt-Roy, from Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads.

Replacement were eventually found and this recording assembled from compositions from throughout the band ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Perform the Trojan Songbook, Vol. 3

by: The Selecter

Release Date
The Selecter tired of playing second fiddle to The Specials on the Two-Tone label and signed directly to the distributer, Chrysalis, shortly after promoting the `Missing Words' 45 from debut long player `Too Much Pressure'. The first single for their new label was `The Whisper' b/w `Train to Skaville' and it was the brightest and best 45 they had recorded however without the patronage of Walt Jabsco's imprint it failed to make much of an impact in the charts leading to the bassist and organist quitting the band. This their second LP was started with initial bass duties being taken by Norman Watt-Roy, from Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads.

Replacement were eventually found and this recording assembled from compositions from throughout the band ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Live

by: The Selecter

Release Date February 16, 1998
The Selecter tired of playing second fiddle to The Specials on the Two-Tone label and signed directly to the distributer, Chrysalis, shortly after promoting the `Missing Words' 45 from debut long player `Too Much Pressure'. The first single for their new label was `The Whisper' b/w `Train to Skaville' and it was the brightest and best 45 they had recorded however without the patronage of Walt Jabsco's imprint it failed to make much of an impact in the charts leading to the bassist and organist quitting the band. This their second LP was started with initial bass duties being taken by Norman Watt-Roy, from Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads.

Replacement were eventually found and this recording assembled from compositions from throughout the band ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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The Selecter Perform the Trojan Songbook Vol.2

by: Selecter

Release Date March 01, 2000
The Selecter tired of playing second fiddle to The Specials on the Two-Tone label and signed directly to the distributer, Chrysalis, shortly after promoting the `Missing Words' 45 from debut long player `Too Much Pressure'. The first single for their new label was `The Whisper' b/w `Train to Skaville' and it was the brightest and best 45 they had recorded however without the patronage of Walt Jabsco's imprint it failed to make much of an impact in the charts leading to the bassist and organist quitting the band. This their second LP was started with initial bass duties being taken by Norman Watt-Roy, from Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads.

Replacement were eventually found and this recording assembled from compositions from throughout the band ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Cruel Britannia

by: Selecter

Release Date November 02, 1998
The Selecter tired of playing second fiddle to The Specials on the Two-Tone label and signed directly to the distributer, Chrysalis, shortly after promoting the `Missing Words' 45 from debut long player `Too Much Pressure'. The first single for their new label was `The Whisper' b/w `Train to Skaville' and it was the brightest and best 45 they had recorded however without the patronage of Walt Jabsco's imprint it failed to make much of an impact in the charts leading to the bassist and organist quitting the band. This their second LP was started with initial bass duties being taken by Norman Watt-Roy, from Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads.

Replacement were eventually found and this recording assembled from compositions from throughout the band ... Read More: