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The Selecter
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Coventry, United Kingdom (1979 – 1982, 1991 – present)
The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement.
Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the other ska bands at the time was the voice of Pauline Black. She had to disguise herself as a man in order for the band to get gigs, but once they did, there was no disguising her voice. Like other ska bands of this movement, The Selecter featured a racially mixed line up, and songs about violence, politics, marijuana, a fictional spy’s theme song, James Bond, and reggae classics. The name of the band is a reference to the Jamaican word for a music selecter, known elsewhere as the DJ. Also typical to the style is the mix of one vocalist singing, and the other toasting in a Jamaican style, a precursor to rapping.
The Selecter’s first recording Too Much Pressure was recorded at the end of 1979 and beginning of 1980 and issued on the pre-eminent 2 Tone/Chrysalis label. Their second recording Celebrate the Bullet was issued in 1981. Though the band has continued to regroup and reform on and off, most of the many recordings available are recompiled selections from these first two albums, either live or studio recordings. The Selecter’s first two albums are essential British ska recordings.
Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the other ska bands at the time was the voice of Pauline Black. She had to disguise herself as a man in order for the band to get gigs, but once they did, there was no disguising her voice. Like other ska bands of this movement, The Selecter featured a racially mixed line up, and songs about violence, politics, marijuana, a fictional spy’s theme song, James Bond, and reggae classics. The name of the band is a reference to the Jamaican word for a music selecter, known elsewhere as the DJ. Also typical to the style is the mix of one vocalist singing, and the other toasting in a Jamaican style, a precursor to rapping.
The Selecter’s first recording Too Much Pressure was recorded at the end of 1979 and beginning of 1980 and issued on the pre-eminent 2 Tone/Chrysalis label. Their second recording Celebrate the Bullet was issued in 1981. Though the band has continued to regroup and reform on and off, most of the many recordings available are recompiled selections from these first two albums, either live or studio recordings. The Selecter’s first two albums are essential British ska recordings.
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Too Much Pressure
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Celebrate The Bullet
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Greatest Hits
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Three Minute Hero
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James Bond
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Celebrate The Bullet
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Murder
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The Selecter
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The Whisper
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My Collie (Not A Dog)
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Out On The Streets
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Street Feeling
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YControl755 wrote:
Feel good but with a dark edge. Their uniqueness and songwriting made them the greatest two-tone band, in my opinion.
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Shinyyy wrote:
feel good music sounds absolutely right. :)
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fallintoblue wrote:
this is my feel good music.
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Dalboz wrote:
SkA SKA sKA
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MIR17 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Midlanders+UK/connections Join my group if you are from the Midlands!
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RangerJackson wrote:
Happiness is to see youth [Me included] with the need for good fun beat. Selector - gimme my selector Ruff rude it
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pong_ping wrote:
Pauline Black - electric!
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PrisRoux wrote:
I uploaded 3 NEW BEAUTIFUL PICTURES of the band here on their profile. Please, check them out, I bet you'll leave 'em some THUMBS UP ; ) Cheers!
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Soul-jah wrote:
i love you so much
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Murphy-33 wrote:
♥ !
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newjack- wrote:
love it
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johnnytwotone wrote:
If you don't wanna dance to this, check your pulse.
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ilikefood777 wrote:
Doom ska? ("Everyday (Time Hard)")
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YogurtJalla wrote:
Nah, not even Selecter is PURE ska, as most 2-tone bands they've got influenses from punk, pop, other western music and of course reggae. Great band though.
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miltenswaffel wrote:
This is good ska, I love it. Sublime is defenitly good as well, had been addicted to it quite some years. But there is not really one label that aplies to Sublime. Its just eclectic. The Selecter is pure ska (2-tone) though, but very lovely.
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DutchSchwartz wrote:
4 t/luv of heaven, please bring back the original Too Much Pressure LP cuts instead of these gawsh-awful alternates!
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draculahair wrote:
whats rude is this music.
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YControl755 wrote:
It always amazes me that people feel the need to spout their negative opinions, even for something as subjective as music. If you don't like the Selecter, that is fine, but there is no need to state that they "suck" on their lastfm page...that's just rude.
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Bartles wrote:
Sublime might be ska to a certain degree, but it is worlds different from The Selecter, and the 2-Tone sound in general.
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Conatz wrote:
lol @ sublime. anyway, i dig this shit...
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melno14, andynorris, Rohan_ and 8 other people added The Selecter to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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Wickedsound tagged The Selecter with 2 tone and 2tone. Tuesday afternoon
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sigmagalator tagged The Selecter with two-tone, british, reggae and one other tag. Friday morning
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