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Biography
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The Special AKA
Effective period / Period of releases: 1982 - 1988
Members: Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar, John Bradbury, Stan Campbell, Egidio Newton, John Shipley, Horace Panter, Gary McManus
British ska group, successor to The Specials. After a partial break-up in 1981, The Specials re-grouped with a substantially different lineup as "The Special AKA" from 1982 to 1985.Not to be confused with "The Special A.K.A.", that The Specials used on on some releases in their early career - those releases should be entered under The Specials and ANV'd as appropriate.
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