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Initially launched in 1980 by ‘Sounds’ journalist Garry Bushell, “Oi! The Album” contained tracks from the likes of Cockney Rejects, Angelic Upstarts, The Exploited, The 4 Skins, Cock Sparrer, Slaughter & The Dogs and Peter & The Test Tube Babies.
1981’s “Strength Thru Oi!” featured the likes of Toy Dolls, Infa Riot, Cock Sparrer, Last Resort and ‘newer’ bands like The Strike and Criminal Class as well as the Oi! poet Garry Johnson.
“Carry On Oi!!” hit No.4 in the Independent Chart and ‘introduced’ the likes of The Business, The Partisans, Blitz, Red Alert and The Ejected alongside ‘veterans’ such as The 4 Skins and Infa Riot.
Disc 4 is 1982’s “Oi! Oi! That’s Yer Lot”. Reggae legend Judge Dread along with ‘one man Chas ‘N’ Dave’ Frankie Flame and established Oi! acts such as The Business and The Oppressed. Added to the disc are five tracks originally recorded at the session for the LP but later released on the ‘Back On The Streets’ EP.
“Son Of Oi!” is what you will find on Disc 5. An Indie Chart No.11, it featured stalwarts like The 4 Skins, Angelic Upstarts, Cock Sparrer, The Business and The Gonads as well as introducing ‘newer’ acts such as Vicious Rumours, Prole and Maniac Youth.
The final disc is 1984’s “Oi! Of Sex” which reached No.11 in the Indie Chart. Again a mixture of the established – Cock Sparrer, Gonads – and the new - The Burial, ABH and Rat Patrol.
Original series compiler Garry Bushell has provided in-depth newly commissioned sleeve notes on the era.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
OI! THE ALBUM
1. OI, OI, OI – Cockney Rejects
2. ROB A BANK (WANNA) – Peter & The Test Tube Babies
3. WONDERFUL WORLD – 4 Skins
4. HAVE A CIGAR – Postmen
5. DAILY NEWS – The Exploited
6. GENERATION OF SCARS – Terrible Twins
7. GUNS FOR THE AFGHAN REBELS – Angelic Upstarts
8. SUNDAY STRIPPER – Cock Sparrer
9. LAST NIGHT ANOTHER SOLDIER – Angelic Upstarts
10. CHAOS - 4 Skins
11. HERE WE GO AGAIN – Cockney Rejects
12. ISUBELEEEENE – Max Splodge / Desert Island Joe
13. BEARDSMEN – Postmen
14. WHERE HAVE ALL THE BOOT BOYS GONE – Slaughter & The Dogs
15. BOOTBOYS – Barney & The Rubbles
16. INTENSIVE CARE – Peter & The Test Tube Babies
17. I STILL BELIEVE IN ANARCHY – The Exploited
DISC TWO
STRENGTH THRU OI!
1. NATIONAL SERVICE – Garry Johnson
2. 1984 – 4 Skins
3. GANG WARFARE – The Strike
4. RIOT RIOT – Infa Riot
5. DEAD END YOBS – Garry Johnson
6. WORKING CLASS KIDS – Last Resort
7. BLOOD ON THE STREETS – Criminal Class
8. SHE GOES TO FINO’S – Toy Dolls
9. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES – Barney Rubble
10. TAKEN FOR A RIDE - Cock Sparrer
11. WE OUTNUMBER YOU – Infa Riot
12. THE NEW FACE OF ROCK N ROLL – Garry Johnson
13. BEANS – Barney Rubble
14. WE’RE PATHETIQUE – Splodge
15. SORRY – 4 Skins
16. RUNNING RIOT – Cock Sparrer
17. JOHNNY BARDEN – Last Resort
18. ISUBALEENE (PART 2) – Splodge
19. RUNNING AWAY – Criminal Class
20. SKINHEAD – The Strike
21. DEIDREE’S A SLAG – Toy Dolls
22. HARBOUR MAFIA MANTRA – The Shaven Heads
DISC THREE
CARRY ON OI!
1. UNITED – Garry Johnson
2. DAMBUSTERS MARCH – JJ All Stars
3. SUBURBAN REBELS – The Business
4. EACH DAWN I DIE – Infa Riot
5. ARMS RACE – The Partisans
6. EAST END KIDS – The Ejected
7. TRANSVESTITE - Peter & The Test Tube Babies
8. NATION ON FIRE – Blitz
9. KING OF THE JUNGLE – Last Resort
10. TUCKERS RUCKERS AIN’T NO SUCKERS – The Gonads
11. EVIL – 4 Skins
12. PRODUCT – The Business
13. SPG – Red Alert
14. GUVNORS MAN – Oi! The Comrade 15. MANIAC –
Peter & The Test Tube Babies
16. WHAT AM I GONNA DO – The Ejected
17. NO U TURNS – The Partisans
18. YOUTH – Blitz
19. WALK ON – Oi! The Choir
BONUS TRACK
20. WE’VE GOT THE POWER – Red Alert
DISC FOUR
OI! OI! THAT’S YER LOT!
1. REAL ENEMY – The Business
2. DR. CRIPPENS – Five-0
3. WHITE FLAG – The Oppressed
4. STICK TOGETHER – Sub Culture
5. LIDDLE TOWERS – Crux
6. HORROR SHOW – The Warriors
7. BIG BROTHER – Attack
8. ARTHUR’S THEME – Arthur And The Afters
9. ON YER BIKE – Frankie And The Flames
10. GETTING PISSED – The Magnificent Gonads
11. WILLIE WHITELAW’S WILLIE – Attila The Stockbroker
12. THE BELLE OF SNODLAND TOWN – Judge Dread
13. OI! OI! MUSIC – Skin Graft
14. AWAY DAY – Attila The Stockbroker
15. SUCH FUN – Coming Blood BACK ON THE STREETS EP
16. WHERE’S DOCK GREEN – Venom 17. VICTIM- The Strike
18. THE WAY IT’S GOT TO BE – East End Badoes
19. I’M THICK – Skin Disease
20. FIGHT FOR YOUR LIVES – Angela Rippon’s Bum
DISC FIVE
SON OF OI!
1. CHIP OIN MY SHOULDER (LIVE) – Cock Sparrer
2. ONWARDS – Kraut
3. GENERATION LANDSLIDE – Prole !!
4. THE YOUNG CONSERVATIVES – Garry Johnson
5. TOMORROW’S WHIRL – Paranoid Pictures
6. THE GONADS – Jobs Not Jails
7. VIOLENT PLAYGROUND – Clockwork Destruction
8. JOE PUBLIC – Phil Sexton / Mick Turpin
9. HERPES IN SEATTLE – Alaska Cowboys
10. LAGER TOP BLUES – Gary & The Gonads
11. MADE IN ENGLAND – Terry McCann
12. 6.27 TO LONDON – Mick Turpin
12. SING SOMETHING SWINDLE – Orgasm Guerillas
13. ANDY IS A CORPORATISTS / MINDLESS VIOLENCE – Attila / Newtown Neurotics
14. ON THE STREETS – 4 Skins
15. BOY ABOUT TOWN – Garry Johnson
16. OUT IN THE COLD – The Business
17. MAKE MINE MOLOTOV – Maniac Youth
18. I UNDERSTAND (LIVE) – Angelic Upstarts
19. MANIFESTOI! – Oi! The Robot
20. TOP OF THE POPS – Phil Sexton
21. THIS IS YOUR LOIFE – Vicious Rumours
22. JERUSALEM – L.O.L.S. Choir
23. BEANO – Oxo’s Midnight Stumblers
DISC SIX
THE OI! OF SEX
1. WE’LL NEVER SAY DIE – Prole !!
2. THE SUN SAYS – Cock Sparrer
3. S.E.7. DOLE DAY – The Gonads
4. OLD MAN’S POISON – The Burial
5. VICIOUS RUMOURS – Vicious Rumours
6. ZOMBIE MIND EATERS – Jimmy Mack
7. RAT TRAP – Rat Patrol
8. HERE WE GO – Crossed Hammers
9. THE SUN – Swift Nick
10. FRIDAY NIGHT – The Burial
11. DESTINATION ROOM 101 – Prole
12. FRANKIE GOES TO POT – The Orgasm Guerillas
13. BEING SHORT – Little Dave
14. STIFF WITH A QUIFF – Nick Toczeck’s Britanarchists
15. TAKE THE BLAME – Vicious Rumours
16. DON’T MESS WITH THE S.A.S. – ABH
17. MURDER – Dogsbody
18. IT LOOKS COULD KILL – Garry Johnson