Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story

The definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records, featuring an introduction by Pauline Black

—A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year
—An Uncut Book of the Year
—Long-Listed for the Penderyn Music Book Prize
—A Louder Than War Book of the Year
—A Blitzed Magazine Book of the Year

In 1979, 2 Tone Records exploded into the consciousness of music lovers in Britain, the US, and beyond, as albums by the Specials, the Selecter, Madness, the English Beat, and the Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born. 2 Tone was Black and white: a multiracial force of British and Caribbean musicians singing about social issues, racism, class, and gender struggles. It spoke of injustices in society and fought against rightwing extremism. It was exuberant and eclectic: white...