Punk Singles Collection 77-80 [Import]

Sham 69 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Captain Oi!
• ASIN: B00068JCUA
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,216 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Don't Wanna

2. Ulster

3. Red London

4. What Have We Got?

5. Borstal Breakout

6. Hey Little Rich Boy

7. Angels With Dirty Faces

8. The Cockney Kids Are Innocent

9. If the Kids Are United

10. Sunday Morning Nightmare

11. Hurry up Harry

12. No Entry

13. Questions and Answers

14. I Gotta Survive

15. With a Little Help from My Friends

16. Hersham Boys [7" Version]

17. I Don't Wanna [Live][*]

18. Rip Off [Live][*]

19. I'm a Man, I'm a Boy [Live][*]

20. Tell Us the Truth [Live][*]

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

First ever UK round up of every A and B side issued by these Punk legends from their glory days of of 1977-80. Includes all seven of their UK National Chart hits as well as many non LP B-sides. The booklet contains pictures of each single plus many rare overseas issues. If you only ever buy one Sham 69 CD then this is it!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Fun Punk, May 1, 2002

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D. Sippel "Rocker" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Punk Singles Collection: '77-'80 (Audio CD)

Sham 69 was never meant to be the most important of punk bands. They wrote and performed, with abandon, a handful of memorable, simple sing-along anthems. Armies of guitars and vocals hit you over the head. Raise your pint glass and belt out those choruses! Since Sham 69 weren't the most consistent when it came to quality of songwriting, this collection is pretty much all you'll ever need. You get Borstal Breakout, If The Kids Are United, Hersham Boys, and a few other standouts, all together on one disc. This definitely belongs in your collection, if your collection includes things like Clash, Damned, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Buzzcocks, etc. If you don't have the seminal work from those bands, then you probably don't need this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Punk Undiluted, February 24, 2004

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M. Innocenti (Sherman Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Punk Singles Collection: '77-'80 (Audio CD)

You can't begin to understand classic 70's UK punk rock without reference to Sham 69. It's true they weren't cute and media positioned like the Pistols, didn't have any pretence to being "clever" like the Adverts, didn't have the inventiveness or the social awareness of the Clash. They were freakin' rabble rousers as every anthem on this album demonstrates. Full bore attack, with no mercy. This music is so raw it bleeds. Yes, as another reviewer notes, Sham did draw a heavyweight crowd that would probably have voted for the National Front if they'd known how to draw an 'x' on a ballot slip. Their performances did have a sense of 1930's Munich beer hall about them. Downright violent at times. But that was part of punk, ladies, it was a time of deep social divide, of mistrust, resentment and anger. This music tells it, in a way that the Pistols did not. There was nothing fashionable about Sham - it wasn't a bunch of middle class kids getting up on stage with safety pins through their noses. This was the real working class deal. And to his credit, lead singer Jimmy Pursey's stage command never allowed things to turn truly ugly. He could whip the crowd into a frenzy and with a word or a look stop them from going over the edge. To watch him perform was to understand what a working class hero looked like. Buy this music. Feel the sheer nobility of it, because beneath the juggernaut that is Sham 69 there is a purity and a dignity you simply have to respect.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How could you give anything less than 5 stars?, January 20, 2004

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Tom Servo "Robot" (Satelite of Love) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Punk Singles Collection: '77-'80 (Audio CD)

This is a classic. Punk sounds good in the old days. This is REAL punk. Even if you like the poseur bands like the sex pistols, greenday, blink 182, and good charlotte, I still recommend you getting this. Sham 69 is not only better than those bands I just mentioned, but these guys are legitiment punks. This is a CD I can listen to from beginning to end and never miss a beat. This was a great investment, and I strongly recommend this to old school and new school punx! BUY NOW!!!