999 - The Early Stuff (The UA Years)

Original Release Date

1992

Release Information

UK CD 1992 (EMI - CDP 7986022)

1 Homicide 3:45
2 Titanic (My Over) Reaction 3:33
3 Rael Rean 3:28
4 Emergency 2:45
5 Your Number Is My Number 2:59
6 Let's Face It 3:54
7 Hit Me 2:55
8 My Street Stinks 1:46
9 Nobody Knows 2:57
10 Subterfuge 2:32
11 Wolf 3:47
12 Feelin' Alright With The Crew 3:35
13 Me And My Desire 3:02
14 Quite Disappointing 2:12
15 Pick It Up 2:43
16 Chicane Destination 2:42
17 Crazy 3:39
18 Nasty Nasty 2:04
19 No Pity 1:59
20 Direct Action Briefing 2:20
21 I'm Alive 2:34
22 Action 3:05
23 Waiting 3:01

Chart Placings

None

Credits

Nick Cash - vocals, guitar
Guy Days - guitar, vocals
Jon Watson - bass
Pablo Labritain - drums

Additional Credits

Track 1: Edited single version of track from Separates LP, 1978
Tracks 2,4,5,7,9,15-17,19-21: from 999 LP, 1978
Tracks 3,6,10-12, from Separates LP, 1978
Track 8: B-Side of Emergency 7", 1978
Track 13: Edited single version version of track from Separates LP, 1978
Track 14: B-Side of I'm Alive 7", 1977
Track 18: Nasty, Nasty 7", 1977
Tracks 22-23: Waiting 12", 1978

Reviews & Opinions

RECORD COLLECTOR, 1992: With a total of 22 tracks comprising the band's first six singles. some outstanding early album cuts and a couple of rarities, this compilation is well worth shelling out for if you missed out on 999's releases first time round. Even after nearly fifteen years, songs like 'Emergency', 'Homocide' [sic] and the classic punk B-Side [sic] 'Feelin' Alright With The Crew' sound fresh and interesting - traits which owe something to the fact that the band churned out finely crafted pop songs rather than social statements or outlandish musical experiments. 999 completists will be interested in the inclusion here of 'Action' and 'Waiting', previously only available on a limited edition 12" given away with initial copies of their second album, 'Separates', in 1978,

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