Dawning of a New Era

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Coventry Automatics AKA The Specials: Dawning of a New Era
Compilation album by
The Specials
ReleasedMarch 1994
Recorded1978
GenreSka, 2 Tone, new wave
LabelReceiver Records
The Specials chronology
The Singles Collection
(1991) 		Coventry Automatics AKA The Specials: Dawning of a New Era
(1994) 		Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars [1]

Dawning of a New Era is an album credited to "The Coventry Automatics AKA The Specials", first released in 1993. The album is a collection of demo recordings from 1978, when the band was still known as "The Automatics". They would shortly rename themselves "The Coventry Automatics" before eventually becoming "The Specials". The release is notable for featuring an early lineup of the band, featuring original drummer and before the addition of toaster Neville Staple.[2] It was also the first release of recordings of three songs not otherwise recorded by the band, "Wake Up", "Rock & Roll Nightmare", and "Look But Don't Touch".

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wake Up"Unknown artist1:53
2."Nite Klub/Raquel"Horace Panter, Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Rod Byers, Terry Hall3:01
3."Rock & Roll Nightmare"Unknown artist2:00
4."Look But Don't Touch"Unknown artist4:23
5."Concrete Jungle"Byers3:43
6."It's Up to You"Panter, Dammers, Bradbury, Golding, Staple, Byers, Hall3:00
7."Stupid Marriage"Dammers, Michael Allen Harrison, Staple2:47
8."Blank Expression"Panter, Dammers, Bradbury, Golding, Staple, Byers, Hall2:07
9."Too Much Too Young"Dammers2:05
10."Little Bitch"Dammers2:40
11."(Dawning of A) New Era"Dammers2:41
12."Jay Walker"Unknown artist3:13

Personnel[]

  • Keyboards – Jerry Dammers
  • Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals – Lynval Golding
  • Lead Guitar – Roddy 'Radiation' Byers*
  • Bass – 'Sir' Horace 'Gentleman' Panter*
  • Drums – Silverton Hutchinson
  • Vocals – Terry Hall
  • Liner Notes – Laurence Cane-Honeysett

References[]

  1. ^ Woodstra, Chris. Dawning of a New Era at AllMusic
  2. ^ See the liners notes, for example in the 1993 CD release from Receiver Records Limited – RRCD 178
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