Released 3 March 1998 Artist Sham 69 Label Cleopatra Records | Recorded 1977 - 1980 Release date 3 March 1998 Genre Punk rock | |
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The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80
(1994) Direct Action Day 21
(2001) Sham 69 albums Kings & Queens, The First - the Best and the L, Live and Loud!!, At the BBC, Information Libre |
The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80 is a compilation album by Sham 69. It was originally released by Cleopatra in 1998. It features all of the singles, with their b-sides (except live tracks), released by the band from their start to their first break-up. It was re-released in 2006 by Captain Oi!, this time featuring the four missing live b-sides.
Contents
When this album was released, many of the songs made their CD debut. However, all of the tracks were later featured on re-releases of the band's first four albums.
Track listing
All songs written by Jimmy Pursey, Dave Parsons unless otherwise noted
- "I Don't Wanna"
- "Ulster"
- "Red London" (Parsons)
- "What Have We Got"
- "Borstal Breakout"
- "Hey Little Rich Boy"
- "Angels with Dirty Faces"
- "The Cockney Kids Are Innocent"
- "If the Kids Are United"
- "Sunday Morning Nightmare"
- "Hurry Up Harry"
- "No Entry"
- "Questions and Answers"
- "I Gotta Survive"
- "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Paul McCartney, John Lennon)
- "Hersham Boys (7" Version)"
- "I Don't Wanna (Live)"
- "Rip Off (Live)"
- "I'm A Man I'm A Boy (Live)"
- "Tell Us The Truth (Live)"
- "You're a Better Man Than I" (Brian Hugg, Mike Hugg)
- "Give a Dog a Bone" (Pursey, Parsons, Ricky Goldstein, Dave Treganna)
- "Tell The Children"
- "Jack" (Pursey)
- "Unite and Win"
- "I'm a Man" (Parsons)
Note: Tracks 17 to 20 only appear on the Captain Oi! re-issue.
Track origins
Sham 69
Songs
1I Don't Wanna1:46
2Ulster2:51
3Red London1:54
References
The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA