Redskins Vinyl, CD & Tape 4 Items

The Redskins debut album ‘Neither Washington Nor Moscow’ recently turned 35 and now is remastered for the first time for deluxe reissues on London Records : 180 G LP Gatefold & 4 CD Boxset. The 4 CD set contains 54 additional tracks- a comprehensive audio history of the band. With their trademark mix of punk and northern soul, the lead singer and guitarist Chris Dean once cited his ambition was to have the band “sing like The Supremes and walk like The Clash” .Loved by John Peel and Billy Bragg the album includes the singles Lean On Me, Bring It On Down and Kick Over The Statues. Famously members of the Social Workers Party the bands politics remain as relevant now as then.

Lovely put together compilation of rarities and hard to find tracks. The Redskins were a 1980s English band, notable for their left-wing politics, skinhead image and catchy, danceable songs. Their music combined influences from soul, rockabilly, pop and punk rock.

Limited Edition.

Includes original inner sleeve with beginnig seam split.

Rights: World excluding France & UK

Packaging: 2 x 140 G Black LP, 5mm spine Sleeve (matt finish), 2x Printed Inner (matt finish), marketing sticker.

Short Product Infos: Double Vinyl : full set of the finale concert of their 1985 'Kick Over Apartheid!' tour + BBC broadcast tracks from their 1986 concert at the Town And Country Club. 2 x 140 grs Black LP , 25 tracks. Printed inners. introduction by Redskins founding member Martin Hewes + liner notes.

SHORT INFOS
In the mid '80s, in the midst and direct aftermath of the era defining Miner's Strike, the Redskins, as political activists, delivered their electrifying and radical Socialist Workers Party missives and broadsides through the ministry of their music - a unique post-punk rock/soul hybrid that gained their lead singer, Chris Dean, the sobriquet 'Tamla Motormouth'.

The Redskins were taking a stand for the working man and by standing up, they stood out - and never so forcefully as in the live arena! With their stellar musicianship and crack brass section honed through a never ending whorl of 'fighting fund' benefit gigs, they were the furious flames that kept the anti-Thatcher fires of dissent burning throughout those challenging years marked by her seeming unassailability.

'These Furious Flames!' is a 25 track documentation of the energy, commitment and drive of the Redskins as that campaigning live act. Issued in 2xCD capacity wallet, double vinyl and digital editions, each format couples together a recording of the full set of the finale concert of their 1985 'Kick Over Apartheid!' tour - including guest appearances from Jerry Dammers and Billy Bragg - with the BBC broadcast tracks from their 1986 concert at the Town And Country Club.

The double CD edition comes with a 40 page booklet that compiles new and period quotes by band members Martin Hewes, Chris Dean, Paul Hookham and Kevin Robertson as well as thoughts by an array of associates and celebrity fans including poet Atilla The Stockbroker, Billy Bragg, Colin Revolting, their studio album producers Pat Foley & Chris Silagyi and DJ Gary Crowley. The booklet also contains gig reviews, photographs and a condensed digest of media quotes about the band.

The double vinyl LP format has printed inner bags replete with evocative archive photographs and a written introduction by Redskins founding member Martin Hewes, with whose co-operation and input this celebratory release has been curated.

Tracklisting - Double Vinyl:
A1 Lean On Me! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
A2 Reds Strike The Blues! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
A3 Hold On! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
A4 Unionize! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
A5 Kick Over The Statues! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
A6 99 And A Half (Won't Do) (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')

B1 It Can Be Done! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
B2 Turnin' Loose (These Furious Flames) (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
B3 Plateful Of Hateful (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
B4 Bring It Down! (This Insane Thing) (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
B5 Don't Talk To Me About Whether (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
B6 The Power Is Yours… (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')

C1 Take No Heroes! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
C2 Let's Make It Work! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
C3 Tracks Of My Tears / People Get Ready* (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') *with Billy Bragg & Jerry Dammers
C4 Back In The USSR (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') with Billy Bragg & Jerry Dammers
C5 Skinhead Moonstomp (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') with Jerry Dammers
C6 Keep On Keepin' On! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')

D1 The Power is Yours… (Live At The Town And Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
D2 Kick Over the Statues! (Live At The Town And Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
D3 Hold On! (Live At The Town And Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
D4 The Crack (Live At The Town And Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
D5 99 And A Half Won't Do (Live At The Town And Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
D6 Let's Make It Work! (Live At The Town And Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
D7 Keep On Keepin' On! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') (Speech Version with Bruce George, South African Activist)