Angelic Upstarts - Rarities

Original Release Date

1997

Release Information

UK CD 1997 (Captain Oi! - AHOY CD 80)

1 Victory For Poland 2:15
2 Action Man 2:39
3 Cry Wolf 2:03
4 Soldier 4:59
5 Gonna Be A Star 2:06
6 Different Strokes 2:20
7 Spirit Of St. George 3:18
8 Good Boy 3:22
9 Too Long Gone 2:56
10 Are You Ready 3:20
11 Give Us A Clue 3:08
12 I Won't Pay For Liberty 2:36
13 Never Return To Hell 2:57
14 When Will They Learn 2:58
15 Solidarity 5:51
16 The Tut Shuffle 2:23
17 Living In Exile 2:43
18 Box On 2:55
19 No Nukes 3:22
20 Calypso 3:04

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Additional Credits

Adapted from CD liner notes:

1: Wargasm compilation album, released by Pax Records in 1982
2-5: Recorded in August 1981 for a planned 4-track EP
6: Unmixed and un-overdubbed demo of what became the band's 11th single
7: Demo
8: Demo, recorded August 1980
9-11: Demos with Mond on vocals
12-14: Demos, recorded after Still From The Heart LP
15: Demo
16: Recorded July 1981 and originally intended for the Different Strokes 12"
17-19: Recorded at the same sessions that produced tracks 12-14
20: Recorded July 1981

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: This compiles demos that were originally issued on vinyl as Lost And Found and Bootlegs And Rarities, and throws in a few more that are unique to this collection. Unusually, most of it is worth listening to. Best is the four-song demo from 1981 that EMI rejected as too raucous, featuring rough versions of three songs that ended up in much slicker form on Still From The Heart, and the utterly preposterous 'The Tut Shuffle' (“Me old man is a dustman/Me brother’s in the nick”). The bits that aren't worth bothering with include three demos sung by the guitarist, which are bad (very bad) rock.

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