2 Tone Records was an English record label that mostly released ska and reggae-influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone.
Jerry Dammers of the ska revival band The Specials started the record label in 1979. It spawned the 2 Tone music and cultural movement, which was popular among skinheads, rudies and some mod revivalists. The label stopped operating in 1986. 2 Tone Records signed The Selecter, Madness and The Beat, but they all l...
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