Description
79 track five CD box set rounding up the early and most successful years of the Angelic Upstarts.
Disc One is the debut “Teenage Warning” album that hit No.29 in the UK National Charts. Includes the hit singles ‘I’m An Upstart’ (No.31) and ‘Teenage Warning’ (No.29) as well as two bonus cuts featuring both sides of debut 45 ‘The Murder Of Liddle Towers’.
The second disc has the No.54 charting ‘“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” LP that includes hit singles ‘Never ‘Ad Nothin’’ (No.52), ‘Out Of Control’ (No.58) and the title track (No.65).
The seminal “Two Million Voices” is to be found on Disc Three. The album reached No.32 in 1981 and includes the singles ‘Last Night Another Soldier’ (No.51), ‘England’ and ‘Kids On The Street’ (No. 57) plus five bonus tracks.
The No.27 charting “Live” album is on Disc Four complete with four bonus tracks culled from an original flexi disc given away with the album.
The fifth disc is the “Still From The Heart” album that features the singles ‘Never Say Die’ and ‘Different Strokes’.
Housed in a sturdy clam shell box, each disc is in a cardboard wallet depicting the original LP art whilst the 20 page booklet comes complete with liner notes and pictures of all the relevant sleeves.
Still led by vocalist Mensi to this day, the Upstarts are regulars at the major European Punk Festivals and have shows lined up at:
April 27 June 30 Aug 28 Sept 29
Wakefield, Warehouse 23
Manchester, O2 Ritz – North West Calling Glasgow, O2 ABC – Scotland Calling
Newcastle, Northumbria Uni – North East Calling
Track Listing
DISC ONE:
TEENAGE WARNING
1. TEENAGE WARNING
2. STUDENT POWER
3. THE YOUNG ONES
4. NEVER AGAIN
5. WE ARE THE PEOPLE
6. LIDDLE TOWERS
7. I’M AN UPSTART
8. SMALL TOWN SMALL MIND
9. YOUTH LEADER
10. DO ANYTHING
11. LET’S SPEED
12. LEAVE ME ALONE BONUS TRACKS
13. THE MURDER OF LIDDLE TOWERS (SINGLE VERSION)
14. POLICE OPPRESSION (SINGLE VERSION)
DISC TWO:
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
1. NEVER ‘AD NOTHIN’
2. POLICE OPPRESSION
3. LONELY MAN OF SPANDAU
4. THEIR DESTINY IS COMING
5. SHOTGUN SOLUTION
6. KING COAL
7. OUT OF CONTROL
8. RONNIE IS A ROCKER
9. LISTEN TO THE STEPS
10. CAN’T KILL A LEGEND
11. CAPITAL CITY
12. WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
BONUS TRACKS
13. NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE
14. UNSUNG HEROES PART II
DISC THREE:
2,000,000 VOICES
1. TWO MILLION VOICES
2. GHOST TOWN
3. YOU’RE NICKED
4. ENGLAND
5. HEATH’S LAMENT
6. GUNS FOR THE AFGHAN REBELS
7. I UNDERSTAND
8. MENSI’S MARAUDERS
9. MR. POLITICIAN
10. KIDS ON THE STREETS
11. JIMMY
12. WE’RE GONNA TAKE THE WORLD
13. LAST NIGHT ANOTHER SOLDIER
14. I WISH
BONUS TRACKS
15. THE MAN WHO CAME IN FROM THE BEANO
16. STICKS DIARY
17. THE SUN NEVER SHINES
18. NEVER COME BACK
19. I UNDERSTAND (7” SINGLE VERSION)
DISC FOUR:
LIVE
1. TEENAGE WARNING
2. NEVER `AD NOTHIN’
3. FOUR WORDS
4. LAST NIGHT ANOTHER SOLDIER
5. GUNS FOR THE AFGHAN REBELS
6. MR. POLITICIAN
7. SHOTGUN SOLUTION
8. PRIDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE
9. ENGLAND
10. POLICE OPPRESSION
11. KIDS ON THE STREET
12. I UNDERSTAND
13. YOU’RE NICKED
14. TWO MILLION VOICES
15. I’M AN UPSTART
BONUS TRACKS
16. WE’RE GONNA TAKE THE WORLD
17. LEAVE ME ALONE
18. THE YOUNG ONES
19. WHITE RIOT
DISC FIVE:
STILL FROM THE HEART
1. NEVER SAY DIE
2. FLAMES OF BRIXTON
3. ACTION MAN
4. WASTED (LOVED BY NO ONE)
5. HERE COMES TROUBLE
6. THEME FOR LOST SOULS
7. I STAND ACCUSED
8. BLACK KNIGHTS OF THE 80’S
9. CRY WOLF
10. SOLDIER
BONUS TRACKS
11. DIFFERENT STROKES
12. DIFFERENT DUB
13. WE DEFY YOU
