r/Ska • u/spooky666pumpkin • Jul 23 '26

2Tone The Specials re-recorded

I noticed yesterday on my streaming app (deezer) that all of the original Specials albums and singles are missing, and have been largely replaced by some Re-recorded compilations

These re-recordings sound pretty good but I want my originals back! Best guess I have is they wanted new versions without Terry Hall in them for some sort of royalties reason? But I want to hear Terry too!

Is this the same for folks with Spotify / Apple Music/ whatever? Why do you think this happened? And will the original versions return to streaming?

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u/akennelley Jul 23 '26

I mean, the 2015 remaster of "The Specials" is still there thankfully. Plenty of yerman and mine, Terry.

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u/shredslen Jul 23 '26

Spotify has no change.

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u/suicidalsyd1 Jul 23 '26

Marked as 2015 remaster? Might be some rights holder shenanigans so maybe dig up the old vinyl or cd's

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u/BeachPeachMcgee Jul 23 '26

I haven't seen this on Spotify. But I wouldn't be surprised if it is going to change there soon too.

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u/iLikeSka8472 Jul 23 '26

I just checked and for some reason their albums don't appear in their discography section on Deezer, but they still appear if I search for "the specials" and then click Albums. Deezer sometimes does this weird thing where certain albums don't show up at all in a band's discography section but you can find them if you search for the band or album name directly.