The Loafers were a British ska-revival band who arrived on the scene in the late '80s, well after the original Two-Tone movement according to which the group patterned itself. Specials/Selecter drummer John Bradbury was an early advocate and produced many of their records. After a ska festival at the London Astoria, Laurel Aitken tapped the Loafers for additional duties as a backing session band.
The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the other ska bands at the time was the voice of Pauline Black. She had to disguise herself as a man in order for the band to get gigs, but once they did, there was no disguising her voice. Like other ska bands of this movement, The Selecter featured a racially mixed line up, and songs about violence, politics, marijuana, a fictional spy's theme song, James Bond, and reggae classics.
Neville Staple was a composer and a singer for The Specials, and was one of the founding members of the Fun Boy Three. He has worked with such legends as Elvis Costello (The Specials 1979 - Chrysalis Records), David Byrne (Fun Boy 3 Waiting 1983 - Chrysalis Records), and Ali Campbell (Today's Specials 1996 - Kuff Records/Virgin), to name only a few. Some of Neville's recent projects and collaborations include hooking up with Roger Lomas, in Coventry...
Well it should be spelt 'The Selecter'!