The Specials, Coventry, 1979 (Album Back Cover), photographed by Chalkie Davies.
Chalkie Davies

The Specials, Coventry, 1979 (Album Back Cover)

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During the shoot for The Specials' first album in Coventry, Carol Starr made an SX-70 Polaroid of the band from ground level. Seeing it, Chalkie Davies told the seven musicians to hold their positions, framed the scene in his Hasselblad and made a single frame, "probably the best group shot I ever did."

It became the back cover of the album and its poster, and in the United States, against the band's wishes, the front cover.

Photograph by Chalkie Davies. Available as a print signed by the artist. Sizes, edition details and price on request.

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Photographer
Chalkie Davies
Title
The Specials, Coventry, 1979 (Album Back Cover)
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Chalkie Davies
Photography
Chalkie Davies

From the last night of Ziggy Stardust to The Specials' first album, Chalkie Davies photographed the musicians who shaped British music in the 1970s and 1980s, for the NME, The Face and Rolling Stone.

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