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Lot 270

The Specials: Jerry Dammers' Handwritten Lyrics For The Song Gangsters,
1979,

24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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The Specials: Jerry Dammers' Handwritten Lyrics For The Song Gangsters,

1979,
in black ink on a piece of paper affixed to a blank postcard, with some red ballpoint annotations,
5 1/2in x 3 1/2in (14cm x 9cm)

Footnotes

Provenance:
This is from a group of similar lyrics all sent by Dammers to the late Dave McCullough, a journalist at the time for the UK music paper, Sounds. The lyrics were for tracks on the Specials' eponymous debut album, released on 19th October 1979. Gangsters/The Selecter was the band's first single release, in May 1979.

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