Containing the hits that were only deemed misses by the critics that condemned Oi! as some kind of subcultural fad that favoured football and violence way above the bloody good tunes that should by rights occupy the higher rank, 4 Skins, The Unreleased Radio & Studio Sessions encapsulates that energy at its finest. From formidable swarms of police brutality and political injustice, the underlying (and unyielding) socio-political messages experienced from the streets that resonated with every estranged clockwork skinhead of the day are bound to be ticked on every track. After the atmospheric crash of One Law for Them, dropped in amongst the Radio and blistering Bumper Sessions with Evil sitting squarely in its unpolished centre is the ska-inflected gallop of Seems To Me, an unreleased tune reinforcing the notion that there was more to Oi! than meets the laces.
40×30 cm folded poster included,
1-5: Recorded in July 1981 for radio session that was never broadcast.
6-7: Unreleased single, due to be issued in 1983 (Secret SHH 149).
8-12: Recorded at Bumper Studios in January 1981.
13: Demo. Originally released in February 1991 on “The Oddities Of Oi! (Link LRMO 3).
Tracklist
A1 Wonderful World (John Peel Session 1981)
A2 Jealousy (John Peel Session 1981)
A3 One Law For Them (John Peel Session 1981)
A4 Evil (John Peel Session 1981)
A5 Yesterdays Heroes (John Peel Session 1981)
A6 Norman (Unreleased 45, 1983)
A7 Seems To Me (Unreleased 45, 1983)
B1 Clockwork Skinhead (Bumper Session, 1981)
B2 Evil (Bumper Session. 1981)
B3 A.C.A.B. (Bumper Session. 1981)
B4 I Don’t Wanna Die (Bumper Session, 1981)
B5 Yesterdays Heroes (Bumper Session, 1981)
B6 Saturday (Demo)
Label: Radiation
Barcode: 8055515235708
