LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Label: Captain Oi!

• 4CD 89 track clam shell box set contains all that Punk legends Chelsea recorded during their time with the seminal Step Forward Records between 1977-82.
• Including BBC sessions, a superb In Concert recording and all of their Step Forward singles.
• Plus demos and monitor mixes.

Disc 1 is debut album ‘Chelsea’ which is now bolstered by the singles ‘Right To Work’, ‘High Rise Living’, ‘Urban Kids’, ‘No One’s Coming Outside’, ‘Look At The Outside’ and ‘No Escape’.

The second disc contains 26 tracks recorded for the BBC. A superb quality nine track In Concert recording is joined by studio sessions for Radio 1 DJ’s John Peel, Kid Jensen and Mike Read.

Disc 3 is titled “Rarities” as it features 12 rare demos and monitor mixes alongside a show recorded at London’s legendary Music Machine in 1978.

The final disc is the 1982 ‘Evacuate’ album which is bolstered by the singles ‘Rockin’ Horse’, ‘Freemans’, ‘How Do You Know’, ‘War Across The Nation’ and ‘Stand Out’.

The whole set is completed by a booklet packed with informative liner notes and pictures of all relevant record sleeves.

Vocalist Gene October still leads the band to this day and they are regular crowd pleasers at the main European Punk festivals.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE CHELSEA
• I’m On Fire
• Decide
• Free The Fighters
• Your Toy
• Fools & Soldiers
• All The Downs
• Government
• Twelve Men
• Many Rivers
• Trouble Is The Day
BONUS TRACKS - THE STEP-FORWARD SINGLES 1977-80
• Right To Work
• The Loner
• High Rise Living
• No Admission
• Urban Kids
• No Flowers
• No-One’s Coming Outside
• What Would You Do
• Look At The Outside
• Don’t Get Me Wrong
• No Escape
DISC TWO
THE BBC SESSIONS JOHN PEEL 27.6.77
• No Admission
• High Rise Living
• Right To Work
• Pretty Vacant
• Blind Date
JOHN PEEL 3.7.78
• No Flowers
• Urban Kids
• Come On
• I’m On Fire
KID JENSEN 10.10.78
• Twelve Men
• Trouble Is The Day
• Come On
• Urban Kids
MIKE READ 7.9.79
• Fools & Soldiers
• Don’t Get Me Wrong
• Look At The Outside
• Trouble Is The Day
IN CONCERT 29.9.79
• Fools & Soldiers
• Twelve Men
• I’m On Fire
• All The Downs
• Free The Fighters
• Trouble Is The Day
• Your Toy
• The Loner
• Urban Kids
DISC THREE
RARITIES
• Right To Work (Monitor Mix)
• Government (Demo)
• No Admission (Demo)
• Curfew (Demo)
• Twelve Men (Demo)
• All The Downs (Demo)
• Trouble Is The Day (Demo)
• Your Toy (Demo)
• Free The Fighters (Demo)
• No Escape (Different Mix)
• I’m On Fire (Remix)
• Decide (Remix)
LIVE AT THE MUSIC MACHINE 1978
• Come On
• Twelve Men
• All Together Now
• High Rise Living
• Urban Kids
• The Loner
• No Flowers
• Right To Work
• Decide
• Your Toy
• Urban Kids (Encore)
DISC FOUR EVACUATE
• Evacuate
• How Do You Know
• Cover Up
• Looks Right
• Tribal Song
• War Across The Nation
• Forty People
• Running Free
• Last Drink
• Only Thinking
BONUS TRACKS - THE STEP- FORWARD SINGLES 1981-82
• Rockin’ Horse
• Years Away
• Freemans
• I.D. Parade
• How Do You Know (7” Version)
• New Era
• War Across The Nation (7” Version)
• High Rise Living (Remix)
• Stand Out