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  1. Gangsters
  2. The Selecter
  3. The Prince
  4. On My Radio
  5. A Message to You Rudy
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  1. Gangsters
  2. The Selecter
  3. The Prince
  4. On My Radio
  5. A Message to You Rudy
  6. Nite Klub
  7. Tears of a Clown
  8. Ranking Full Stop
  9. Too Much Too Young
  10. Guns of Navarone
  11. Three Minute Hero
  12. Let's Do Rock Steady
  13. Ruder Than You]
  14. Missing Words
  15. Rat Race
  16. Rude Boys Outta Jail
  17. Easy Life]
  18. Too Experienced
  19. Stereotype
  20. International Jet Set
  21. Away
  22. Mantovani
  23. Sea Cruise
  24. Do Nothing
  25. Maggie's Farm
  26. Ghost Town
  27. The Boiler
  28. Jungle Music
  29. The Feeling's Gone
  30. Tear the Whole Thing Down
  31. Ylang Ylang
  32. Envy the Love
  33. War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)
  34. Run Me Down
  35. Racist Friend
  36. Bright Lights
  37. Nelson Mandela
  38. Break Down the Door
  39. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
  40. Window Shopping
  41. The Alphabet Army
  42. Raquel
  43. Braggin' and Tryin' Not to Lie
  44. Rude Boys Outa Jail
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Two Tone Compilation: A Checkered Past is a sublime double-disc set containing all of the ska-revival label's greatest singles, not only from superstars like the Specials, Madness, the [English] Beat, Bodysnatchers, and the Selecter, but also the Special A.K.A, Swinging Cats, Higsons, and Apollinaires. Not one of the label's great songs are missing, and several cuts reveal themselves as forgotten gems. It's a comprehensive and compulsively listenable set, illustrating the kinetic energy of ska-revival as well as the depth ...

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The Two Tone Compilation: A Checkered Past 1993, Chrysalis Records

UPC: 724382767725

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