Description
DESCRIPTION
Six CDs. Long awaited 121 track clam shell box covering the first six volumes in the seminal Oi! Compilation series. Initially launched in 1980 by 'Sounds' journalist Garry Bushell, Oi! The Album contained tracks from the likes of Cockney Rejects, Angelic Upstarts, The Exploited, The 4 Skins, Cock Sparrer, Slaughter & The Dogs and Peter & The Test Tube Babies. 1981's Strength Thru Oi! Featured the likes of Toy Dolls, Infa Riot, Cock Sparrer, Last Resort and 'newer' bands like The Strike and Criminal Class as well as the Oi! Poet Garry Johnson. Carry On Oi!! hit No. 4 in the Independent Chart and 'introduced' the likes of The Business, The Partisans, Blitz, Red Alert and The Ejected alongside 'veterans' such as The 4 Skins and Infa Riot. Disc 4 is 1982's Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot. Reggae legend Judge Dread along with 'one man Chas 'N' Dave' Frankie Flame and established Oi! #acts such as The Business and The Oppressed. Added to the disc are five tracks originally recorded at the session for the LP but later released on the 'Back On The Streets' EP. Son Of Oi! #is what you will find on Disc 5. An Indie Chart No. 11, it featured stalwarts like The 4 Skins, Angelic Upstarts, Cock Sparrer, The Business and The Gonads as well as introducing 'newer' acts such as Vicious Rumours, Prole and Maniac Youth. The final disc is 1984's Oi! Of Sex which reached No. 11 in the Indie Chart. Again a mixture of the established - Cock Sparrer, Gonads - and the new - The Burial, ABH and Rat Patrol. Original series compiler Garry Bushell has provided in-depth newly commissioned sleeve notes on the era.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Oi, Oi, Oi - Cockney Rejects
2 Rob a Bank (Wanna) - Peter & the Test Tube Babies
3 Wonderful World - 4 Skins
4 Have a Cigar - Postmen
5 Daily News - the Exploited
6 Generation of Scars - Terrible Twins
7 Guns for the Afghan Rebels - Angelic Upstarts
8 Sunday Stripper - Cock Sparrer
9 Last Night Another Soldier - Angelic Upstarts
10 Chaos - 4 Skins
11 Here We Go Again - Cockney Rejects
12 Isubeleeeene - Max Splodge / Desert Island Joe
13 Beardsmen - Postmen
14 Where Have All the
15 Boot Boys Gone - Slaughter & the Dogs
16 Bootboys - Barney & the Rubbles
17 Intensive Care - Peter & the Test Tube Babies
18 I Still Believe in Anarchy - the Exploited
- Disc 2 -
1 National Service - Garry Johnson
2 1984 - 4 Skins
3 Gang Warfare - the Strike
4 Riot Riot - Infa Riot
5 Dead End Yobs - Garry Johnson
6 Working Class Kids - Last Resort
7 Blood on the Streets - Criminal Class
8 She Goes to Fino's - Toy Dolls
9 Best Years of Our Lives - Barney Rubble
10 Taken for a Ride - Cock Sparrer
11 We Outnumber You - Infa Riot
12 The New Face of Rock N Roll - Garry Johnson
13 Beans - Barney Rubble
14 We're Pathetique - Splodge
15 Sorry - 4 Skins
16 Running Riot - Cock Sparrer
17 Johnny Barden - Last Resort
18 Isubaleene (Part 2) - Splodge
19 Running Away - Criminal Class
20 Skinhead - the Strike
21 Deidree's a Slag - Toy Dolls
22 Harbour Mafia Mantra - the Shaven Heads
- Disc 3 -
1 United - Garry Johnson
2 Dambusters March - JJ All Stars
3 Suburban Rebels - the Business
4 Each Dawn I Die - Infa Riot
5 Arms Race - the Partisans
6 East End Kids - the Ejected
7 Transvestite - Peter & the Test Tube Babies
8 Nation on Fire - Blitz
9 King of the Jungle - Last Resort
10 Tuckers Ruckers Ain't
11 No Suckers - the Gonads
12 Evil - 4 Skins
13 Product - the Business
14 SPG - Red Alert
15 Guvnors Man - Oi! the Comrade
16 Maniac - Peter & the Test Tube Babies
17 What Am I Gonna Do - the Ejected
18 No U Turns - the Partisans
19 Youth - Blitz
20 Walk on - Oi! the Choir
21 We've Got the Power - Red Alert
