Various – The 2 Tone Collection – A Checkered Past, USA, 1993

Format: 2CD
Release date: -/-/1993
Label: 2 Tone
Catalogue No.: F2 27677
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: 7 2438-27677-2
Chart Position: –
Release notes: –

 

Tracks:
The Special A.K.A. – Gangsters
The Selecter – The Selecter
Madness – The Prince
The Selecter – On My Radio
The Specials ft. Rico – A Message To You Rudy
The Specials ft. Rico – Nite Klub
The Beat – Tears Of A Clown
The Beat – Ranking Full Stop
The Special A.K.A. – Too Much Too Young
The Special A.K.A. – Guns Of Navarone
The Selecter – Three Minute Hero
The Bodysnatchers – Let’s Do Rock Steady
The Bodysnatchers – Ruder Than You
The Selecter – Missing Words
The Specials – Rat Race
The Specials – Rude Boys Outa Jail
The Bodysnatchers – Easy Life
The Bodysnatchers – Too Experienced
The Specials – Stereotype
The Specials – International Jet Set
The Swinging Cats – Away
The Swinging Cats – Mantovani
Rico – Sea Cruise
The Specials ft. Rico with The Ice Rink String Sounds – Do Nothing
The Specials – Maggie’s Farm

The Specials – Ghost Town
Rhoda with The Special A.K.A. – The Boiler
Rico and The Special A.K.A. – Jungle Music
The Appolinaires – The Feeling’s Gone
The Higsons – Tear The Whole Thing Down
The Higsons – Ylang Ylang
The Appolinaires – Envy The Love
The Special A.K.A. – War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)
The Higsons – Run Me Down
The Special A.K.A. – Racist Friend
The Special A.K.A. – Bright Lights
The Special A.K.A. – Nelson Mandela
The Special A.K.A. – Break Down The Door
The Special A.K.A. – What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
The Friday Club – Window Shopping
J.B.’s Allstars – The Alphabet Army
The Specials – Raquel
Roddy Radiation and The Specials – Braggin’ And Tryin’ Not To Lie
Neville Staples A.K.A. Judge Roughneck – Rude Boys Outa Jail


Case with sticker

Image from Ebay – not in my collection


Inlays

Comes in ‘fat case’ with front and rear inlays


Booklet

16-page booklet


Discs

Glass mastered by Sanyo, Richmond, Indiana, manufactured by EMI, Jacksonville, Illinois

First pressing

Matrix (disc 1): 27678-2 MO L3A25G Y 3-1-3 EMI JAX
Matrix (disc 2): 27679-2 MO L3A21I Y 1-1-2 EMI JAX
Mould SID Code: –
Mastering SID Code: –

Variant 2

Glass mastered by Sanyo, Richmond, Indiana, manufactured by EMI, Jacksonville, Illinois

Pressed after 1993

Matrix (disc 1): 27678-2 MO L3A25G Y 3-1-3 EMI JAX
Matrix (disc 2): 27679-2 MO L3A21I Y 1-1-2 EMI JAX
Mould SID Code: ifpi 16xx
Mastering SID Code: –


2TI01

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