4CD 89 track clam shell box set contains all that Punk legends Chelsea recorded during their time with the seminal Step Forward Records between 1977-82. Including BBC sessions, a superb In Concert recording and all of their Step Forward singles. Plus demos and monitor mixes. Disc 1 is debut album 'Chelsea' which is now bolstered by the singles 'Right To Work', 'High Rise Living', 'Urban Kids', 'No One's Coming Outside', 'Look At The Outside' and 'No Escape'. The second disc contains 26 tracks recorded for the BBC. A superb quality nine track In Concert recording is joined by studio sessions for Radio 1 DJ's John Peel, Kid Jensen and Mike Read. Disc 3 is titled "Rarities" as it features 12 rare demos and monitor mixes alongside a show recorded at London's legendary Music Machine in 1978. The final disc is the 1982 'Evacuate' album which is bolstered by the singles 'Rockin' Horse', 'Freemans', 'How Do You Know', 'War Across The Nation' and 'Stand Out'. The whole set is completed by a booklet packed with informative liner notes and pictures of all relevant record sleeves. Vocalist Gene October still leads the band to this day and they are regular crowd pleasers at the main European Punk festivals.

Tracklist:

I'm On Fire
Decide
Free The Fighters
Your Toy
Fools ; Soldiers
All The Downs
Government
Twelve Men
Many Rivers
Trouble Is The Day
Right To Work
The Loner
High Rise Living
No Admission
Urban Kids
No Flowers
No-One's Coming Outside
What Would You Do
Look At The Outside
Don't Get Me Wrong
No Escape
No Admission
High Rise Living
Right To Work
Pretty Vacant
Blind Date
No Flowers
Urban Kids
Come On
I'm On Fire
Twelve Men
Trouble Is The Day
Come On
Urban Kids
Fools ; Soldiers
Don't Get Me Wrong
Look At The Outside
Trouble Is The Day
Fools ; Soldiers
Twelve Men
I'm On Fire
All The Downs
Free The Fighters
Trouble Is The Day
Your Toy
The Loner
Urban Kids
Right To Work (Monitor Mix)
Government (Demo)
No Admission (Demo)
Curfew (Demo)
Twelve Men (Demo)
All The Downs (Demo)
Trouble Is The Day (Demo)
Your Toy (Demo)
Free The Fighters (Demo)
No Escape (Different Mix)
I'm On Fire (Remix)
Decide (Remix)
Come On
Twelve Men
All Together Now
High Rise Living
Urban Kids
The Loner
No Flowers
Right To Work
Decide
Your Toy
Urban Kids (Encore)
Evacuate
How Do You Know
Cover Up
Looks Right
Tribal Song
War Across The Nation
Forty People
Running Free
Last Drink
Only Thinking
Rockin' Horse
Years Away
Freemans
I.D. Parade
How Do You Know (7" Version)
New Era
War Across The Nation (7" Version)
High Rise Living (Remix)
Stand Out

UPC: 5013929609600
Label: Captain Oi Import
Release Date: 11.17.23
Format: CD

Chelsea - Step Forward Years 1977-1982 (Uk) (CD)