The Specials / Rare unseen Photos, Rehearsals & Live 70s

[Sugarman]

I think it was some time in early 1978 that Mike Horseman asked me to go with him to Coventry one evening to photograph The Specials AKA rehearsing at the home of Jerry Dammers.

I started to photograph as the other members of the band arrived and brought in their equipment. Previously known as The Coventry Automatics, The Specials consisted, at the time, of Jerry Dammers (keyboards and songwriter), Terry Hall (vocals), Lynval Golding (guitar and vocals), Neville Staple (vocals), Horace Panter (bass), Roddy Byers (lead guitar), and Silverton Hutchison (drums)



Barbarella’s Gig - 21/05/1979)

It was 1978, I think, and a short while after I photographed the rehearsal in Coventry that I photographed the Specials again. This time at Barbarella’s—the well known Birmingham nightclub. By now, Silverton Hutchison had left the group and had been replaced by John Bradbury on drums.



Over 50 photos available to view

All Photos by: Bernard G Mills

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[Paul Willo]

These are absolutely fabulous - This is what its all about!
I love love finding stuff like this!

They are brilliant pictures. Jerrys got teeth!
magnificent collection!
I got a few colour scans of these bit not seen all of this. Get in!
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[madness12]

Great pics....
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[Sugarman]

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[Harry]

nice one, thanks for posting
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[kennybacon]

great find Sugarman, thanks for sharing.

Really like the rehearsal ones, Terry & Jerry look so different

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[StevieB]

Brilliant pictures
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[MIKE CORNWELL]

From Horace early

Hi Horace,I hope you are well,I saw this and thought you may like to take a look http://www.bernardgmills.net/Specials_Thumbs.html. All the best ,Mike


HI Mike. Yes, I saw them on Willo's page. Amazing! It was at 7 regent Street, an upstairs flat that I used to rent before jerry took it over. The Barbarella's shots are from '79 as Brad is the drummer (but you knew that!)......thanks.
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[Halfy]

Thanks for the share Sugarman.

Great rehearsal pics. Enjoying themselves in front of an (admiring) fan already.


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[chemode]

Great pics.........and nice to see the band members actually smiling with each other......!!!!
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[Harry]

(As I remember)
When he was quite young he had a bike accident which involved him losing a tooth (or two) and had to phone his mum. When he made the call the woman on the other end reacted by screaming and he reliased he'd dialed the wrong number.
Then, years later (I think in the years after Art School but before the band were releasing records) he was involved in a fight and someone smashed a bottle or threw a bottle etc and he lost a few more teeth.
So, I think, a combination of the two events is why his front teeth are missing.
It would be very interesting if Jerry ever wrote his autobiography as there are many stories he'd love to get straight.
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[SivarRude]

wow, thanks for the reply harry
now i know something more about the members of my favorite band
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