Sham 69- Tell Us The Truth LP (Translucent Red Vinyl)

Holland import

The first wave of British punk was overrun with smart kids from upper-class backgrounds playacting at being working-class yobs. Sham 69 was different; every bit as thick-headed and provincial as the band sounded, they took a perversely populist pride in it's lack of musical or intellectual sophistication, just like The Exploited and Anti-Nowhere League. Side one of Tell Us The Truth was recorded live, and it perfectly captured the Cockney vibe, complete with football chants and a spontaneous chorus of "Knees Up, Mother Brown." Frontman Jimmy Pursey's banter with the audience is impressive, and all the songs are brimmed with straight-ahead live energy. The studio side is a template for brash UK punk rock: snotty, in-your-face, fast and loud.

Tell Us The Truth is now available on 1000 individually numbered copies on red vinyl.

• 1 We Got a Fight
• 2 Rip Off
• 3 Ulster
• 4 George Davis Is Innocent
• 5 They Don't Understand
• 6 Borstal Breakout
• 7 Family Life
• 8 Hey Little Rich Boy
• 9 I'm a Man, I'm a Boy
• 10 What About the Lonely?
• 11 Tell Us the Truth
• 12 It's Never Too Late
• 13 Whose Generation!