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As if by some magical alignment of the planets, the  Specials, Madness and the Beat were all listening to the same music and developing the same look at precisely the same time, though completely unaware of each other. And when they started releasing records, the 10 year-old Daniel Rachel was transfixed. What happen next is recorded in his hectic and engrossing book, Too Much Too Young: the 2-Tone Records Story, the huge characters, the daily dramas, \\u201cthe dance sensation that\\u2019s sweeping the nation\\u201d, a period whose white heat really only lasted 18 months but had a massive cultural impact at the time (indeed its crucible, Coventry, now has a 2-Tone Village!). And the movement\\u2019s main architect, Jerry Dammers, was a middle-class, ex-hippie art student raised in the church. All sorts of points come up in this engaging pod, among them \\u2026

\\u2026 the pivotal meeting between Suggs and Dammers at the Hope & Anchor.

\\u2026 the significance of Walt Jabsco and the 2-Tone merchandise \\u2013 \\u201cwhen the rag trade gets hold of you, you\\u2019re made\\u201d.

\\u2026 the crossover between violence at gigs and football matches in the late \\u201870s and the right-wing factions that attached themselves to Madness.

\\u2026 how the music press adored 2-Tone then brutally turned the tables.

\\u2026 Rico, Saxa and the revolutionary twin-generational line-ups of the Specials and the Beat.

.\\u2026 why the Bodysnatchers only lasted 11 months.

\\u2026 why 2-Tone failed in America until the Dance Craze movie arrived.

\\u2026 how each member of the Specials thought they were in a different band.

\\u2026 why there were so many \\u201c2-Tone casualties\\u201d.

\\u2026 and the brief window between punk and electronic pop that helped 2-Tone take off.

Order \\u2018Too Much Too Young: the 2-Tone Records\\u2019 story here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Much-Young-Soundtrack-Generation/dp/1399607480

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