The Last Resort - "A Way Of Life" Skinhead Anthems

Original Release Date

1982

Release Information

UK LP 1982 (The Last Resort - TLR 001)
UK CD 2007 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 1)

1 Freedom 4:47
2 Skinheads In Stapress 4:22
3 Rebels With A Cause 3:34
4 King Of The Jungle 3:33
5 We Rule O.K. 2:15
6 Changing 1:58
7 Lionheart 1:45
8 Rose Of England 2:39
9 Violence In Our Minds 3:14
10 Resort Boot Boys 1:49
11 Red White And Blue 2:33
CD Bonus Tracks
12 Violence In Our Minds (Original Cassette Single Version) 3:02
13 Held Hostage 3:03
14 Soul Boys 2:50
15 Eight Pounds A Week 2:32
16 Stormtroopers In Stapress 4:22
17 Resort Boot Boys (Demo) 1:49
18 King Of The Jungle (Demo) 3:40
19 Johnny Barden 3:51
20 Working Class Kids 2:53
21 King Of The Jungle (Carry On Oi! Version) 4:04
22 Horror Show 2:46
23 Oi! Oi! Skinhead (Out Take) 3:21

Chart Placings

UK Indie Hit: 6, 11 wks

Credits

LP:

Roi Pearce - vocals
Arthur 'Bilko' Kitchener - bass
Charlie Duggan - lead
Andy 'Longfellow' Benfield - drums
Eddie, Eggy, Kev & Co. - back-up vocals

1: Additional guitar: Ellis Pelham-Glashy
7: Saxophone: Phil Mlynarz [Punky Gibbon note: track 9 is actually credited for sax, but contains none; track 7 does, however]

Producer Chris Ashman
Recorded at Europa Sound Studios, Folkstone, on 4 track

Additional Credits

CD Bonus Tracks:
Tracks 12-15: Violence In Our Minds / A Way Of Life cassette single, 1981
Tracks 16-18: Demos
Tracks 19-20: from the Strength Thru Oi! compilation LP, released May 1981
Track 21: from the Carry On Oi! compilation LP, released October 1981
Track 22: from the Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot compilation LP, released 1982
Track 23: LP outtake

Reviews & Opinions

SHANE BALDWIN, RECORD COLLECTOR, JAN 2008: The 11 songs [are] solid Oi! fare, not as biting as the 4-Skins or as exuberant as the Cockney Rejects, but hard-hitting and a little bit scary.

Additional Notes

This was reissued (on vinyl only) as Kings Of The Jungle.

Images

UK LP 1982 (The Last Resort - TLR 001). Red, blue or black vinyl. Click here for more

UK CD 2007 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 1). Digipak. Click here for more