Play My Record by Arthur Kay & the Originals
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May 2008 finds @MOJOmagazine paying tribute in its cover feature to The Specials, and on the accompanying covermount to the "Roots of the Specials." This is a bit disingenuous, for while there is a smattering of classic reggae from Toots & the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, and the like, a fair chunk of the tunes are by contemporaries of the Specials. The disc's cover will also confuse some with its banner of "15 Classic Punk & Ska Tracks," which you must take to understand in the context of what Bob Marley called a "punky reggae party," where the genres blurred—there ain't no Ramones or Buzzcocks to be found here, for instance. I'm bypassing the legendary stuff to bring you a fine 1980 single by Arthur Kay and his band; Kay styled himself as the Godfather of UK Ska, which is perhaps a bit of a stretch, but "Play My Record" is as infectious as anything the Specials ever wrote. Finally, US readers may recall the cover star there was not the Specials at all, but rather Neil Young.
