Performance · Production
John Bradbury
John Bradbury is credited on 442 releases across 104 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
442
Pressings credited
104
Albums
6
Decades active
195
In collections
Biography
John "Brad" Bradbury (16 February 1953 – 28 December 2015) was an English drummer and record producer. He is best known for having been the drummer in the English ska group the Specials.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
442 releases · 104 albums · active 1979–2025
- Performance · 589
- Production · 90
- Other credits · 13
- Engineering · 7
Studios: T.W. Studios · Horizon Studios, Coventry · Wessex Sound Studios · Tiffany's, Coventry
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Specials
1979
More Specials
1980
Press To Play
1986
Too Much Pressure
1980
The Best Of The Specials
2008
Singles
1991
In The Studio
1984
This Are Two Tone
1983
Encore
2019
Nelson Mandela c/w Break Down The Door!
1984
The Best Of 2Tone
2014
Darrin's Coconut Ass (Live From Omaha)
1999
My Christmas
2009
More... Or Less. The Specials Live
2012
Ghost Town
2008
Too Much Too Young
1980
Gangsters / The Selecter
1979
At The Home Organ: Demos 1980-82
2021
Noise
2004
Stereo-Typical (A's, B's & Rarities)
2000
Mystery Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1999
2 Tone EP
1993
Free Nelson Mandela (Special 70th Birthday Remake)
1988
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Specials
- The Selecter
- The Special AKA
- JB's Allstars
- The Special A.K.A.
- Specials
- Rico
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