Wheels Out of Gear: 2-Tone, The Specials and a World in Flame

"Wheels Out of Gear" is a vivid exploration of the 2-Tone movement of the late 1970s and early '80s, set against the turbulent backdrop of Thatcher's Britain. Taking its roots from Caribbean Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae, the 2-Tone sound was honed into a modern urban multi-racial groove led by The Specials, whose 2-Tone record label gave the movement its name and a home to many of the groups of the time, such as The Selecter and Madness.

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Acknowledgements
A World in Advance
Introduction
1. Dawning of a new era
2. Threatened by gangsters
3. Crisis? What crisis?
4. Up against The Wall
5. Black and white Unite and Fight
6. One step beyond
7. Maggie's Farm
8. This is the modern world
9. Fuck art let's dance
10. Big Two
11. International Jet Set
12. Too Much Pressure
13. In a Rut
14. Oi! Oi!
15. Protest & Survive
16. S.U.S.
17. Babylon's Burning
18. Wheels Out Of Gear
Epilogue
Whatever Happened to those Heroes?
Discography