NEVILLE STAPLE - Original Rude Boy LP (Picture Vinyl)

Label: Cleopatra

A special limited edition picture disc vinyl re-issue of the 2004 album from Specials toaster and 2-tone ska superstar, Neville Staple! A must-have for ska lovers and Specials devotees all over the world!

Neville Eugenton Staple (born 11 April 1955), sometimes credited as Neville Staples, is a Jamaican-born English singer, known for his work with the 2 Tone ska band the Specials, the pop group Fun Boy Three, as well as with his own group, the Neville Staple Band. He also performed with Ranking Roger in the supergroup Special Beat.

Staple was born in Manchester, Jamaica. Staple's early vocal style was mostly "toasting"—or chanting over a rhythm—a forerunner of rapping brought to Britain in the 1960s by musicians from Jamaica.

Staple honed his toasting skills in the sound system scene in Coventry during the 1970s, first on his cousin's "Messenger Sound" and later his own system called "Jah Baddis".