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25-Track Live Redskins Document on Double LP!
Curated in Cooperation with Founding Member Martin Hewes!
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. This release 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 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.
Features
- Double LP
- Full Set of the Finale Concert from the "Kick Over Apartheid" Tour
- BBC Broadcast Tracks from the Band's Town and Country Club Concert
- Printed Inner Bags with Archive Photos & Written Introduction by Martin Hewes
- Curated in Cooperated with Martin Hewes
- Import
Selections
Side A:
- Lean on Me! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Reds Strike the Blues! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Hold On! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Unionize! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Kick Over the Statues! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- 99 and a Half (Won't Do) (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
Side B:
- It Can Be Done! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Turnin' Loose (These Furious Flames) (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Plateful of Hateful (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Bring It Down! (This Insane Thing) (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Don't Talk to Me About Whether (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- The Power Is Yours? (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
Side C:
- Take No Heroes! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Let's Make It Work! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
- Tracks of My Tears/People Get Ready (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') [feat. Billy Bragg & Jerry Dammers]
- Back in the USSR (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') [feat. Billy Bragg & Jerry Dammers]
- Skinhead Moonstomp (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') [feat. Jerry Dammers]
- Keep on Keepin' On! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour')
Side D:
- The Power Is Yours? (Live at the Town and Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
- Kick Over the Statues! (Live at the Town and Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
- Hold On! (Live at the Town and Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
- The Crack (Live at the Town and Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
- 99 and a Half Won't Do (Live at the Town and Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
- Let's Make It Work! (Live at the Town and Country Club, 22nd Apr, 1986)
- Keep on Keepin' On! (Live in 1985 from the 'Kick Over Apartheid Tour') [Speech Version with Bruce George, South African Activist]
