2Tone Records was a UKrecord label which released ska and reggae influenced music with a punk overtone. It was started in 1979 by Jerry Dammers, member of UK ska band The Specials. 2Tone signed The Selector, Madness and The Beat, but they all left within 2 years. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... This page is about ska, the musical style. ... Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica and is closely linked to the Rastafarian religion, though not universally popular among them. ... Look up Punk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Punk can have the following meanings: A follower of punk music, fashion or culture. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Jerry Dammers was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry-based punk reggae band the Coventry Automatics. ... Album cover of Specials The Specials were a British band formed in 1977 in Coventry (see 1977 in music). ... The Selecter was a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. ... Madness were a British ska band of the 1980s. ... The Beat (known in the US as The English Beat) were an essential two-tone/ska revival and pop music group who formed in the Birmingham, UK in 1978 and disbanded in 1983. ...
When The Specials split in 1985, the label stopped operating, but its name still lives on in the name of the 2Tone music style. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Two Tone (or 2 Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska. ...
The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... Two Tone (or 2 Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska. ... Trojan Records is a label specialising in reggae and ska. ... Red and Anarchist Skinheads (also Anarcho-skinheads; RASH) are the anti-racist, anti-fascist skinheads. ... Red and Anarchist Skinheads (also Anarcho-skinheads; RASH) are the anti-racist, anti-fascist skinheads. ... The Spirit of 69 is a phrase used by apolitical or Anti-racist Skinheads to remind other Skinheads of the subcultures heyday in 1969 when ska music was at its most popular, and as a reminder of the cults multicultural Jamaican and British working class roots. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...
External link
2Tone history site (http://2-tone.info/index.html)
Chrysalis was formed through a licensing deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records based on the success of bands like Jethro Tull and Procol Harum, which were promoted by the label.
Towards the end of the 1970s, the Chrysalis offshoot 2ToneRecords brought us bands such as the Specials, the Selector, Madness and The Beat.
The Chrysalis Records label was sold to EMI in 1991 and now the label is only used for the record releases of Robbie Williams, with catalogue and artists such as Starsailor being shifted to the main EMI brands.
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