UK Subs: The Albums 1979-82, 5CD Box Set

• 5CD 111-track clam shell box set covers the most commercially successful years of Punk legends the UK Subs.

Disc 1 is debut album ‘Another Kind Of Blues’ which reached No.21 in the National Charts. Amongst the nine bonus tracks are the hit singles ‘Stranglehold’ (No.26) and ‘Tomorrows Girls’ (No.28).

The second disc is the No.18 charting album ‘Brand New Age’ which now comes with ten bonus tracks including the hit singles ‘She’s Not There’ (No.36), ‘Warhead’ (No.30) and ‘Teenage’ (No.32).

Disc 3 is the In Concert ‘Crash Course’ album which reached No. 8 in the winter of 1980.

The fourth disc is the No.18 charting ‘Diminished Responsibility’ album. Among its ten bonus tracks are the hit singles ‘Party In Paris’ (No. 32) and ‘Keep On Running (Till You Burn)’ (No.41) plus the first two solo 45’s by vocalist Charlie Harper.

Disc 5 is 1982s ‘Endangered Species’ album which reached No. 11 in the Independent Chart and featured the song ‘Down On The Farm’ which was later covered by Guns n’ Roses on their million selling ‘Spaghetti Incident’ album.

The booklet contains detailed notes on the whole era plus pictures of all relevant releases.

Though ‘retired’ from full scale touring the band are still very much active on the live circuit and have British shows lined up at:

March 24 Coventry, HMV Empire
March 31 Scarborough, Punk Festival
April 26 Manchester, Academy
April 27 Glasgow, Academy – Scotland Calling Festival
May 24 Bristol, The Fleece
May 25 London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
– Charlie Harper’s 80th Birthday Bash!

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
ANOTHER KIND OF BLUES
1 C.I.D.
2 I Couldn’t Be You
3 I Live In A Car
4 Tomorrows Girls
5 Killer
6 World War
7 Rockers
8 I.O.D.
9 T.V. Blues
10 Blues
11 Lady Esquire
12 All I Want To Know
13 Crash Course
14 Young Criminals
15 B.1.C.
16 Disease
17 Stranglehold
BONUS TRACKS
18 C.I.D. (Single Version)
19 Live In A Car (Single Version)
20 B.1.C (Single Version)
21 Stranglehold (Single Version)
22 World War (Single Version)
23 Rockers (Single Version)
24 Tomorrows Girls (Single Version)
25 Scum Of The Earth
26 Telephone Numbers

DISC TWO
BRAND NEW AGE
1 You Can’t Take It Anymore
2 Brand New Age
3 Public Servant
4 Warhead
5 Barbie’s Dead
6 Organised Crime
7 Rat Race
8 EmoMonal Blackmail
9 Kicks
10 Teenage
11 Dirty Girls
12 500 CC
13 Bomb Factory
14 EmoMonal Blackmail II
BONUS TRACKS
15 She’s Not There
16 Kicks (Single Version)
17 VicMm
18 The Same Thing
19 Warhead (Single Version)
20 The Harper
21 I’m WaiMng For The Man
22 Teenage (Single Version)
23 LeZ For Dead
24 New York State Police

DISC THREE
CRASH COURSE
1 C.I.D.
2 I Couldn’t Be You
3 I Live In A Car
4 Tomorrows Girls
5 Left For Dead
6 Kicks
7 Rat Race
8 New York State Police
9 Warhead
10 Public Servant
11 Telephone Numbers
12 Organised Crime
13 Rockers
14 Brand New Age
15 Dirty Girls
16 The Same Thing
17 Crash Course
18 Teenage
19 Killer
20 Emotional Blackmail
BONUS TRACKS
21 I.O.D.
22 Lady Esquire
23 Blues
24 Young Criminals

DISC FOUR
DIMINISHED RESPONSIBILITY
1 You Don’t Belong
2 So What
3 Confrontation
4 Fatal
5 Time And Matter
6 Violent City
7 Too Tired
8 Party In Paris
9 Gangster
10 Face The Machine
11 New Order
12 Just Another Jungle
13 Collision Cult
BONUS TRACKS
14 Party In Paris (Single Version)
15 Fall Of The Empire
16 Keep On Running (Til You Burn)
17 Perfect Girl
18 Ice Age (Single Version)
19 Party In Paris (French Version)
BONUS CHARLIE HARPER TRACKS
20 Barmy London Army
21 Talk Is Cheap
22 Freaked
23 Jo

DISC FIVE
ENDANGERED SPECIES
1 Endangered Species
2 Living Dead
3 Countdown
4 Ambition
5 Lie Down And Die
6 Fear Of Girls
7 Down On The Farm
8 Sensitive Boys
9 ÷ 8 x 5
10 Ice Age
11 I Robot
12 Flesh Wound
BONUS TRACKS
13 Plan Of Action
14 I Don’t Need Your Love (Charlie vocal)