Oi! The Albums / Various Oi! The Albums / Various CD

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.

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 19. National Service - Garry Johnson 20. 1984 - 4 Skins 21. Gang Warfare - the Strike 22. Riot Riot - Infa Riot 23. Dead End Yobs - Garry Johnson 24. Working Class Kids - Last Resort 25. Blood on the Streets - Criminal Class 26. She Goes to Fino's - Toy Dolls 27. Best Years of Our Lives - Barney Rubble 28. Taken for a Ride - Cock Sparrer 29. We Outnumber You - Infa Riot 30. The New Face of Rock N Roll - Garry Johnson 31. Beans - Barney Rubble 32. We're Pathetique - Splodge 33. Sorry - 4 Skins 34. Running Riot - Cock Sparrer 35. Johnny Barden - Last Resort 36. Isubaleene (Part 2) - Splodge 37. Running Away - Criminal Class 38. Skinhead - the Strike 39. Deidree's a Slag - Toy Dolls 40. Harbour Mafia Mantra - the Shaven Heads 41. United - Garry Johnson 42. Dambusters March - JJ All Stars 43. Suburban Rebels - the Business 44. Each Dawn I Die - Infa Riot 45. Arms Race - the Partisans 46. East End Kids - the Ejected 47. Transvestite - Peter ; the Test Tube Babies 48. Nation on Fire - Blitz 49. King of the Jungle - Last Resort 50. Tuckers Ruckers Ain't 51. No Suckers - the Gonads 52. Evil - 4 Skins 53. Product - the Business 54. SPG - Red Alert 55. Guvnors Man - Oi! the Comrade 56. Maniac - Peter ; the Test Tube Babies 57. What Am I Gonna Do - the Ejected 58. No U Turns - the Partisans 59. Youth - Blitz 60. Walk on - Oi! the Choir 61. We've Got the Power - Red Alert