The Selecter are a British ska band, formed in 1979 in Coventry.
The band's name comes from the original "The Selecter" track, which appeared on the flip side of The Special AKA's "Gangsters" single in 1979 and was written by Neol Davies and John Bradbury.
The original line-up remained together for a year and even with replacement players the band only continued until breaking up in 1982.
The Selecter reformed in 1991 with original members Neol Davies and Pauline Black along with Bad Manners members Martin Stewart, Nick Welsh and Perry Melius. Davies left the band in 1993, but lead vocalist Black continued to perform and release music under the Selecter name until 2006.
By 2011, another version of the band featuring Neol Davies was touring separately. In June 2011 Black applied for and won the Selecter trademark and the right to use the name herself. The reformed, Pauline Black-led line-up still tours and releases albums under The Selecter name, most recently releasing "Human Algebra" in 2023.
Band members:
Belinda Magnus aka Pauline Black - vocals
Arthur Hendrickson - vocals
Neol Davies - guitar
Compton Amanor - guitar
James Mackie - organ
Desmond Brown- keyboards
Charley Anderson - bass
Adam Williams - bass
Charley Harrington Bembridge - drums.
"Too Much Pressure" is the debut studio album by The Selecter, released in 1980 on Two-Tone Records.
The album was reissued in 2021 as a 3 CD box set on Two-Tone Records:
CD One LP Too Much Pressure
CD Two Singles, B-Sides & Rarities
CD Three Live In Coventry 29 November 1979 and Live In Hemel Hempstead 28 February 1980.
Tracklisting CD One:
1. Three Minute Hero
2. Everyday
3. They Make Me Mad
4. Missing Words
5. Danger
6. Street Feeling
7. My Collie (Not A Dog)
8. Too Much Pressure
9. Murder
10. Out On The Streets
11. Carry Go Bring Come
12. Black And Blue
13. James Bond
VBR ~270K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks CD Two:
1 7" split with The Specials Gangster/The Selecter, released in 1979
2-3 7" On My Radio, released in 1979
4 early version
5-8 John Peel Session, recorded 9/10/79; broadcast 22/10/79
9 alternative version
10-11 7" Missing Words, released in 1980
12 soundcheck
13-14 7" The Whisper, released in 1980
15 early version
16 12" Train To Skaville, released in 1980 extended version
17 7" flexi disc Ready Mix Radio, released in 1980.
Tracklisting:
1. The Selecter
2. On My Radio
3. Too Much Pressure
4. Street Feeling
5. They Make Me Mad
6. Carry Go Bring Home
7. Danger
8. Street Feeling
9. Three Minute Hero
10. Missing Words
11. Carry Go Bring Come
12. A Live Injection/Mony Mony/Too Much Pressure (Soundcheck)
13. The Whisper
14. Train To Skaville
15. Cool Blue Lady
16. Train To Skaville
17. On My Radio
VBR ~268K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks CD Three:
1-12 Live at Tiffany's, Coventry, 29 November 1979
13-16 Live in Hemel Hempstead, 28 February 1980.
Tracklisting:
1. Soulful I/Murder
2. Out On The Streets
3. James Bond
4. Sweet Collie (Not A Dog)
5. Street Feeling
6. Everyday
7. The Selecter
8. Danger
9. They Make Me Mad
10. Carry Go Bring Come
11. On My Radio
12. A Live Injection/Too Much Pressure
13. Three Minute Hero
14. Black And Blue
15. Missing Words
16. Train To Skaville
VBR ~280K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Celebrate The Bullet" was the second studio album by The Selecter, released in 1981 on Chrysalis Catalogue.
The album was reissued in 2022 as a 3 CD box set:
CD One LP Celebrate The Bullet
CD Two Rarities
CD Three Live At The N.E.C., Birmingham, UK 27 December 1980.
Tracklisting CD One:
1. (Who Likes) Facing Situations
2. Deep Water
3. Red Reflections
4. Tell Me What's Wrong
5. Bomb Scare
6. Washed Up And Left For Dead
7. Celebrate The Bullet
8. Selling Out Your Future
9. Cool Blue Lady
10. Their Dream Goes On
11. Bristol And Miami
VBR ~271K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks CD Two:
1-2 7" Celebrate The Bullet, released in 1981
3 unreleased single version
4 unreleased dub version
5-8 John Peel Session, recorded 10/11/1980; broadcast 01/12/80
9-12 Mike Read Session, recorded 14/11/1980; broadcast 01/12/80.
Tracklisting:
1. Celebrate The Bullet
2. Last Tango In Dub
3. Deepwater
4. Deepwater
5. Selling Out Your Future
6. Tell Me What's Wrong
7. Washed Up And Left For Dead
8. Deepwater
9. Bombscare
10. (Who Likes) Facing Situations
11. Cool Blue Lady
12. Selling Out Your Future
VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracklisting CD Three:
1. Out On The Streets
2. Danger
3. Deepwater
4. Missing Words
5. Washed Up And Left For Dead
6. On My Radio
7. Celebrate The Bullet
8. Selling Out Your Future
9. Street Feeling
10. They Make Me Mad
11. Bristol And Miami
12. (Who Likes) Facing Situations
13. Bombscare
14. Too Much Pressure
VBR ~278K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
