THE SPECIALS CONCERT TICKETS 1981 100 UNUSED BLOCK OF DATED NUMBERED TICKETS

	£		65
	$		86

THE SPECIALS CONCERT TICKETS- 1981- VINTAGE- ORIGINAL- UNUSED MINT NEW A COMPLETE BOOK OF 100 [ONE HUNDRED] MINT NUMBERED AND DATED CONCERT TICKETS DIRECT FROM THE ORIGINAL PRINTERS.

PAT EGAN INVITES YOU TO A GARDEN PARTY WITH “THE SPECIALS” CONCERT GIG FOR DALYMOUNT PARK DUBLIN SUNDAY JULY 26 TH [1981]

HERE IS A TOTAL ONE OFF, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, TO ACQUIRE AN ENTIRE BOOK OF ONE HUNDRED FULLY NUMBERED CONCERT TICKETS, UNBROKEN, UNUSED, OF MINT AND BRAND NEW COMPLETE CONCERT TICKETS FROM SOME 36 YEARS BACK IN MUSIC HISTORY;

ALL THE TICKETS RUN CONCURRENTLY, BEGINNING NUMBERED 123701   AND END WITH NUMBER 123800;

ONE HUNDRED COMPLETE, HISTORIC, UNUSED, NEW VINTAGE CONCERT GIG TICKETS FOR THAT EVENT ENTITLED “PAT EGAN INVITES YOU TO A GARDEN PARTY WITH THE SPECIALS; THEY ARE IN NEW CONDITION, YET ARE IN FACT 36 YEARS OLD; 

AN EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUE AND VERY VALUABLE SET OF VINTAGE CONCERT TICKETS, TOTALLY UNUSED AND STILL IN THE ORIGINAL TICKET BLOCK STAPLE, DIRECT FROM THE TICKETS PRINTER AND DESIGNERS ALL THOSE 36 YEARS BACK;

YOU WILL NOT SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE RARE GEMS ANYWHERE; THIS IS MY ONLY ONE, ONCE SOLD THAT IS IT;

 EACH TICKET [ UNUSED] IN THE BLOCK OF 100 TICKETS MEASURE  APPROX 8 INCHES X 4 INCHES IN  BLACK & WHITE.  [SEE LISTING PHOTOS]

PLEASE NOTE RE THIS ITEM FOR SALE;

I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO ENJOY AND EXPERIENCE THROUGH MANY YEARS AND COUNTLESS PAST DECADES OF PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FROM 1964 THROUGH UNTIL 1990 BEING THE LAST MUSIC CONCERT I PERSONALLY PROMOTED AND ARRANGED [FOR CHARITY] IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM;  WITHOUT MENTIONING HERE ALL THE SUPERSTARS NAMES THAT I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO  ACTUALLY PROMOTE / AND KNOW/ AND CALL MY FRIENDS/ [ MANY DETAILED PRESS INDIVIDUAL PAST ARTICLES VERIFYING THIS FACT  CAN VERY HAPPILY BE SUPPLIED TO YOU  IF YOU SO WISH WITH THIS ITEM IF YOU PURCHASE IT  PROVIDING THUS “PROVENANCE” FOR THE  GENUINE ITEM PURCHASED]  IT IS , AS A RESULT OF MY  POORLY HEALTH DIAGNOSIS  WHICH  REMAINS ONGOING AND PERMANENT THAT  I  HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE COMPREHENSIVELY DISPOSING OF A VAST COLLECTION OF UNIQUE RARE VALUABLE AND HISTORIC MUSIC/ ROCK  AND ENTERTAINMENT & MOVIE COLLECTIBLES THAT DOWN THROUGH THE  PAST YEARS & DECADES I HAVE OWNED AND  OR/ COLLECTED PERSONALLY. THEY ALL ORIGINATE THUS FROM MY “PRIVATE MUSIC COLLECTION AND RARE MUSIC VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES PRIVATE VAULTS” HENCE THIS IS ONE SUCH RARE ITEM NOW HERE BEING SOLD.

A GEM OF A RARE & VALUABLE COLLECTOR`S ITEM;  

 THE SPECIALS

The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rock steady beat with punk's energy and attitude". Lyrically they present a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than most other ska groups.

The band wore mod-style "1960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits and loafers)". In 1980, the song "Too Much Too Young", the lead track on their The Special AKA Live!  EP, reached No. 1 in the UK. In 1981, the unemployment-themed single "Ghost Town" also hit No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart

After seven consecutive UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981, three members of the group abruptly left to form Fun Boy Three. Continuing on as "The Special AKA" (a name they used frequently on earlier Specials releases), a substantially revised Specials line-up issued new material through 1984, including the top 10 UK hit single "Free Nelson Mandela". Afterwards, founder and songwriter Jerry Dammers dissolved the band and pursued political activism.

The group was formed in 1977 by songwriter/keyboardist Dammers, vocalist Tim Strickland, guitarist/vocalist Lynval Golding, drummer Silverton Hutchinson and bassist Horace Panter (a.k.a. Sir Horace Gentleman). Strickland was replaced by Terry Hall shortly after the band's formation. The band was first called the Automatics, then the Coventry Automatics. Vocalist Neville Staple and guitarist Roddy Byers (a.k.a. Roddy Radiation) joined the band the following year, and the band changed its name to the Special AKA. Joe Strummer of the Clash had attended one of their concerts, and invited the Special AKA to open for his band in their "On Parole" UK tour. This performance gave the Special AKA a new level of national exposure, and they briefly shared the Clash's management.

The Specials began at the same time as Rock Against Racism, which first organised in 1978. According to Dammers, anti-racism was intrinsic to the formation of the Specials, in that the band was formed with the goal of integrating black and white people. Many years later Dammers stated, "Music gets political when there are new ideas in music, ...punk was innovative, so was ska, and that was why bands such as the Specials and the Clash could be political" 

In 1979, shortly after drummer Hutchinson left the band to be replaced by John Bradbury, Dammers formed the 2 Tone Records label and released the band's debut single "Gangsters", a reworking of Prince Buster's "Al Capone". The record became a Top 10 hit that summer. The band had begun wearing mod/rude boy/skinhead-style two-tone tonic suits, along with other elements of late 1960s teen fashions. Changing their name to the Specials, they recorded their eponymous debut album in 1979, produced by Elvis Costello Horn players Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez were featured on the album, but would not be official members of the Specials until their second album.

The Specials  led off with Dandy Livingstone's "Rudy, A Message to You" (slightly altering the title to "A Message to You, Rudy") and also had covers of Prince Buster and Toots & the Maytals songs from the late 1960s. In 1980, the EP Too Much Too Young (predominantly credited to the Special A.K.A.) was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart, despite controversy over the song's lyrics;

Reverting once again to the moniker the Specials, the band's second album, More Specials, was not as commercially successful and was recorded at a time when, according to Hall, conflicts had developed in the band.

 Female backing vocalists on the Specials first two studio albums included: Chrissie Hynde; Rhoda Dakar (then of the Bodysnatchers and later of the Special AKA); and Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey of the Go-Go's. In the first few months of 1981, the band took a break from recording and touring, and then released "Ghost Town", a non-album Specials single, which hit No. 1 in 1981

Adding Dakar to the permanent line-up, the group recorded "The Boiler" with Dakar on vocals, Dammers on keyboard, Bradbury on drums, John Shipley from the Swinging Cats on guitar, Cuthell on brass and Nicky Summers on bass. The single was credited to "Rhoda with the Special AKA". The controversial track  and its frank and harrowing depiction of A matter meant that airplay was severely limited. Nevertheless, it managed to reach No. 35 on the UK charts, and American writer Dave Marsh later identified "The Boiler" as one of the 1,001 best "rock and soul" singles of all time in his book The Heart of Rock & Soul.

 HERE is your chance to purchase a valuable MUSIC COLLECTIBLE RARE & VALUABLE item which is never normally offered or available DIRECT FROM MY PRIVATE VAULTS COLLECTION;  It is a precious item to have forever if you are a genuine fan and or collector!

A FASCINATING AND RARE ROCK & POP ORIGINAL GENUINE COLLECTIBLE MEMORABILIA ITEM.

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 FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS ALL MY PRIVATE COLLECTION ITEMS, ONCE SOLD,  ARE ONLY SENT BY SIGN FOR & INSURED RECORDED TRACK ALL THE WAY DELIVERY TO ENSURE 100% SAFE DELIVERY TO YOU THE BUYER AND THIS FACT ACTS AS YOUR GUARANTEE OF SAFE DELIVERY.

HENCE FOR THIS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE AND IRREPLACEABLE ITEM I ONLY DISPATCH BY ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL NEXT DAY, FULLY INSURED, TRACK ALL THE WAY RECORDED & SIGN FOR DELIVERY IN THE UK, WHICH ENSURES TO YOU THE BUYER 100% SAFE DELIVERY  THE ITEM IS INSURED FOR ITS FULL VALUE! 

THE CHARGEABLE CORRECT AMOUNT  FOR THIS SPECIAL SERVICE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE 100 TICKETS WILL IN FACT FOR THIS ITEM ON THIS SIGN FOR SPECIAL NEXT DAY RECORDED DELIVERY WILL ONLY BE ONLY £7.45 IN THE UK & THIS IS ONLY WHAT YOU WILL PAY FOR POST AND PACKING; 

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