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1LP Vinyl – CDLTTX5001

The 2 Tone era was one of the more influential and important movements in music during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Originating in Coventry, a city in the West Midlands of England, it was formed as a way to address the heightened racial tensions in the time of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister. Eventually, 2 Tone not only became a movement, but a record label as well with most of its bands being comprised of black, white and multiracial members. The sound was a fusion of traditional ska, reggae, rocksteady, punk and new wave that became a part of the second wave of ska music.