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The Specials: The Making of 'Ghost Town'

Nick Hasted, Uncut, October 2007

Spring 1981: the Coventry boys' eerily funky hymn to their home city nailed the spirit of the times, and remains the best piece of political pop ever made.

Total word count of piece: 1712

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