These recordings are from the final studio session before Desmond's untimely death in 2006 and feature four of his UK top 20 hits. '007', 'Israelites', 'It Mek' and 'Pickney Girl'.
Originally formed in 1977, as The Coventry Automatics, The Specials combined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk, launching a whole Ska Revival and helped likeminded bands Madness, The Beat, The Selecter to release their first single