THE BEAT - Wha’ppen? (Expanded Edition) TBR2008 a noir set in the

a noir set in the 60s on the French countryside spinning off of Dashiell Hammett’s iconic character Sam Spade

Set for release this coming May 24th via their own label Whistling Sam Projects

Tim Collis on guitar and his brother Chris Collis on drums

billy woods

THE BEAT - Wha’ppen? (Expanded Edition) TBR2008 a noir set in theCD The second of the three Beat albums expanded with non LP singles and remixes. Wha'ppen? is the second studio album by ska band the Beat (credited on the US release as the English Beat), released in 1981 via Go Feet Records in the United Kingdom and Sire Records in the United States. After the critical and commercial success of I Just Can't Stop It (1980), which mixed ska, reggae and punk rock with social lyrics, the band changed direction on