Various - Best of 2 ToneIn 1979 Jerry Dammers from ska band The Specials launched the cult music label 2 Tone Records, with the support of major label Chrysalis. 2 Tone was most famous for releasing ska and reggae influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone, spawned from the 2 Tone music and cultural movement of the 1970s. Artwork was central to 2 Tone Records and with the assistance of Horace Panter and graphic designer John "Teflon" Sims, Dammers created the

With tracks as majestic as the title track

Life Carves Its Lines on Your Soul 5

saturated punk songs that offered crystal clear lyrical snapshots of city life

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shrill guitar leads

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Bonnie Dobson and Judy Collins as friends and stage mates

Disco and Party-Rap cuts from the True Soul vaults

"A lot of the groups around town would have to incorporate that disco sound or you'd sound totally dated

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The material gestated during vocalist Tim Cohen's isolated stay on an Arizonan horse ranch where he documented dreams in a bedside notebook