Oi! The Singles 1977-1985 is a massive 101 track 4CD clamshell box set featuring the A and B-sides of 37 Oi! related singles, all released between 1977-85.

It also includes ‘pioneers’ like Cock Sparrer, Slaughter & The Dogs and Menace via flag bearers like Angelic Upstarts and Cockney Rejects through to Oi! legends The Business, 4- Skins, Last Resort and Infa-Riot and not forgetting lesser known bands like Criminal Class, Subculture and Case. Simply put, it’s all killer and no filler!

The lavish booklet that accompanies it contains illustrations of all of these highly prized (and expensive!) singles along with informative notes on each release.

CD 1:
1. COCK SPARRER Runnin’ Riot 2. COCK SPARRER Sister Suzie 3. SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone? 4. SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS You’re A Bore 5. MENACE Screwed Up 6. MENACE Insane Society 7. ANGELIC UPSTARTS The Murder Of Liddle Towers 8. ANGELIC UPSTARTS Police Oppression 9. COCKNEY REJECTS Flares ‘N’ Slippers 10. COCKNEY REJECTS Police Car 11. COCKNEY REJECTS I Wanna Be A Star 12. ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT 1980 13. ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT Mechanical Man 14. THE 4 SKINS One Law For Them 15. THE 4 SKINS Brave New World 16. BLITZ Someone’s Gonna Die 17. BLITZ Attack 18. BLITZ Fight To Live 19. BLITZ 45 Revolutions 20. INFA-RIOT Kids Of The 80’s 21. INFA-RIOT Still Out Of Order 22. THE BUSINESS Harry May 23. THE BUSINESS National Insurance Blacklist (Be A Rebel And You’ll Always Be Wrong) 24. THE LAST RESORT Violence In Our Minds 25. THE LAST RESORT Held Hostage 26. THE LAST RESORT Soul Boys

This incredible collection of Oi! punk hits from back in the day, opens on two from a band formed in 1972, COCK SPARRER, the aptly-frenetic Runnin’ Riot and the Saxon-esque guitar work within Sister Suzie, then two from a band formed in 1975, SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS with the scorching Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone? and the drum-led rocker You’re A Bore, then we get two from a band formed in 1976, MENACE and their melodically-furtive Screwed Up and the angst-ridden Insane Society.

Up next is a duo from a band formed in 1977, the ANGELIC UPSTARTS, their debut single which actually championed the cause of the Birtley boxer who died after a night in a police cell, Murder Of Liddle Towers and the killer Police Oppression, then come three from a band formed in 1978, the brilliant COCKNEY REJECTS with the fist-clencher Flares ‘N’ Slippers, the angry Police Car and the street punk of I Wanna Be A Star, and then come two from a band formed in 1978, ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT and their thunderous 1980 and the more melodically-charged Mechanical Man.

Along next is a pair from a band formed in late 1979, the powerfully archetypal THE 4 SKINS and their rambunctious One Law For Them and the politically-charged Brave New World, then comes a quartet from a band formed in 1980, BLITZ and their pulsating Someone’s Gonna Die, the frenetic Attack, the drum led, anthemic rocker Fight To Live and the Ramones-esque 45 Revolutions, then we get two from a band formed in 1980, the message-ridden Kids Of The 80’s and the foot-tapper Still Out Of Order, the disc rounding out with two from a band formed in 1979, THE BUSINESS with their fist-clenched Harry May and the anarcho punk sounds of National Insurance Blacklist (Be A Rebel And You’ll Always Be Wrong), closing on a trio from a band formed in 1980 THE LAST RESORT, with the foot-tapping Violence In Our Minds, the guitar-tastic Held Hostage and the fruity-worded Soul Boys.

CD 2:
1. RED ALERT In Britain 2. RED ALERT Screaming At The Nation 3. RED ALERT Murder Missile 4. THE CRACK Don’t You Ever Let Me Down 5. THE CRACK I Can’t Take It 6. THE GONADS Punk Rock Will Never Die 7. THE GONADS Got Any Wrigleys John? 8. THE GONADS Sandra Bigg (Really Big) 9. THE GONADS I Lost My Love To A UK Sub 10. THE GONADS Annie’s Song 11. ANTISOCIAL Backstreet Boys 12. ANTISOCIAL Your Choice 13. ANTISOCIAL New Punks 14. ANTISOCIAL Screw U 15. THE EJECTED Have You Got 10p? 16. THE EJECTED Class Of ’82 17. THE EJECTED One Of The Boys 18. CRUX Keep On Running 19. CRUX Streets At Night 20. CRUX Brighton Front 21. CRUX I’ll Die With My Boots On 22. CRIMINAL CLASS Fighting The System 23. CRIMINAL CLASS Soldier 24. THE 4 SKINS Low Life 25. THE 4 SKINS Bread Or Blood

This magnificent 4CD set continues onward with three from the band formed in 1979, RED ALERT and their brilliant head banger In Britain, their fist-pumper Screaming At The Nation and the angst-ridden Murder Missile, then comes a band formed in 1980, THE CRACK and their melodic rocker Don’t You Ever Let Me Down and the guitar-led I Can’t Take It, then comes a quintet from a band who began in the backstreets of London in 1977, THE GONADS and their emphatic Punk Rock Will Never Die, the forceful Got Any Wrigleys John?, the rhythmic rocker Sandra Bigg (Really Big), and the tongue in cheek I Lost My Love To A UK Sub, then comes their Any Old Iron so-called remake, the 27 second Annie’s Song.

A band formed in the heat of the punk era, 1977, ANTISOCIAL are up next with a foursome, including their propulsive Backstreet Boys, the guitar heavy Your Choice, the drum-led track that sounds like old Disorder New Punks, and then we get the skinhead bop of Screw U, and they are backed by a trio from a band formed in 1980, THE EJECTED and their classic poncing tune Have You Got 10p?, the rhythmical Class Of ’82 and the forceful One Of The Boys, before we are brought a quartet from a band formed in 1980, CRUX and their panged Keep On Running, the fully-charged Streets At Night, the forthright Brighton Front and the raw skinhead trance of I’ll Die With My Boots On, and then the second disc rounds out with a pair from a band formed in 1979, CRIMINAL CLASS and their passionately intelligent Fighting The System and drum-led beauty Soldier, closing on two more from THE 4 SKINS: the fist-clenched salute of Low Life and the skinhead rash of Bread Or Blood.

CD 3:
1. MENACE G.L.C. 2. MENACE I’m Civilised 3. ANGELIC UPSTARTS I’m An Upstart 4. ANGELIC UPSTARTS Leave Me Alone 5. COCKNEY REJECTS I’m Not A Fool 6. COCKNEY REJECTS East End 7. THE 4 SKINS Yesterdays Heroes 8. THE 4 SKINS Justice 9. THE 4 SKINS Get Out Of My Life 10. BLITZ Never Surrender 11. BLITZ Razors In The Night 12. THE BUSINESS Smash The Discos 13. THE BUSINESS Disco Girls 14. THE BUSINESS Dayo (The Banana Boat Song) 15. INFA-RIOT The Winner 16. INFA-RIOT School’s Out 17. THE CRACK Going Out 18. THE CRACK The Troops Have Landed 19. SUBCULTURE Loud & Clear 20. SUBCULTURE Rogue Trooper 21. SUBCULTURE University City 22. THE GONADS She Can’t Whip Me 23. THE GONADS Punk City Rockers 24. THE GONADS Gonads Anthem 25. THE GONADS S.L.A.G.

The third disc opens on two from a band formed in 1976, MENACE and their skinhead riot within G.L.C. and The Rotten Klitz-esque I’m Civilised and then we get two more from the ANGELIC UPSTARTS and their high energy of I’m An Upstart and the skinhead teen anthem Leave Me Alone, and then we get another duo from COCKNEY REJECTS, the engaging I’m Not A Fool and the brutal football chant East End, and then we get another trio from THE 4 SKINS with the melodic punk of Yesterdays Heroes, the politically forthright Justice and the twanging guitar-hued Get Out Of My Life, and two more from BLITZ, in the speed and aggression of Never Surrender and the no frills Razors In The Night.

Up next is a band formed in 1979, THE BUSINESS and their drum-propelled Smash The Discos, the soaring Disco Girls and their unique take on the song based on a Jamaican folk song, Dayo (The Banana Boat Song), and then we get two more from INFA-RIOT, the strength of The Winner and a rousing School’s Out (but not the Alice Cooper cut), and then two more from THE CRACK, with their forceful Going Out and the combative, yet melodic The Troops Have Landed, then we get a trio from a band formed in 1980 SUBCULTURE, with their seething Loud & Clear, the rambunctious Rogue Trooper, and the cracking University City, the disc closing on another foursome from THE GONADS: the high-vocalized She Can’t Whip Me, the piano-blues-rock of Punk City Rockers, and both the sing-along fun of Gonads Anthem and the piano-driven rocker S.L.A.G.

CD 4:
1. COCK SPARRER England Belongs To Me 2. COCK SPARRER Argy Bargy 3. THE BUSINESS Loud Proud + Punk 4. BLITZ Voice Of A Generation (Poor No More) 5. THE GONADS TNT 6. DEAD GENERATION Francine 7. VENOM Where’s Dock Green 8. THE STRIKE Victim 9. EAST END BADOES The Way It’s Got To Be 10. SKIN DISEASE I’m Thick 11. ANGELA RIPPON’S BUM Fight For Your Lives 12. THE OPPRESSED Victims 13. THE OPPRESSED Work Together 14. THE EJECTED Fast ‘N’ Loud 15. THE EJECTED I Don’t Care 16. THE EJECTED What Happened In Brighton 17. CASE Smiling My Life Away 18. CASE Oh 19. CASE Criminal Ways 20. THE INFAS Sound And Fury 21. THE INFAS Triffic Spiv Ya OK 22. THE BUSINESS Get Out Of My House 23. THE BUSINESS All Out Tonight 24. THE BUSINESS Foreign Girl 25. THE BUSINESS Outlaw

The fourth, and final disc opens on two more from COCK SPARRER in their rhythmic rocker England Belongs To Me and the gentle headbanger Argy Bargy, and then we get THE BUSINESS and their drum-led rock out Loud Proud + Punk, BLITZ and their seething Voice Of A Generation (Poor No More), THE GONADS and their rather smooth rocker TNT, the lesser known DEAD GENERATION and a quite brilliant Francine, then comes VENOM and their Dixon Of Dock Green parody rocker Where’s Dock Green, THE STRIKE with the angered Victim and EAST END BADOES with their unpretty The Way It’s Got To Be.

Up next is SKIN DISEASE with their masterful I’m Thick and the cutely-named ANGELA RIPPON’S BUM with the free-flowing mod-rock of Fight For Your Lives, and then we get two from a band formed in 1981 THE OPPRESSED, and their full on Victims and the drum-led Work Together, three from THE EJECTED in the frenetic Fast ‘N’ Loud, the tell-it-like-it-is I Don’t Care and the street savvy What Happened In Brighton, then comes a trio from a band formed in 1979 CASE and their irate Smiling My Life Away, the fraught Oh and the truth told within the lines of Criminal Ways, the disc, and this magnificent collection, rounding out on two from a band formed at the end of 1980 THE INFAS, and their jangly Sound And Fury and forthright Triffic Spiv Ya OK, closing on another quartet from THE BUSINESS: the Herbert-quoted fun of Get Out Of My House, the short but sweet All Out Tonight, and both the anthemic Foreign Girl and the expert storytelling within the old school rocker Outlaw.

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