Sham 69 were the real thing ... no art school posturing, no middle-class pretence.
"Tell Us The Truth", their 1977 debut, is raw, unfiltered working-class British Oi! punk at its most authentic, and this pressing captures both sides of what made them essential.
Side one is recorded live. A visceral document of Cockney energy complete with football chants, crowd banter from frontman Jimmy Pursey, and a spontaneous chorus of "Knees Up, Mother Brown."
Side two delivers the studio template: snotty, fast, loud, and completely in-your-face.
Think The Exploited and Anti-Nowhere League, but with more heart.
Now available on 1,000 individually numbered copies on red vinyl.
A landmark of UK Oi! punk, finally on a collector's pressing worthy of its status.

TRACKS:

Live Side (SIDE A)
1. We Got A Fight
2. Rip Off
3. Ulster
4. George Davis Is Innocent
5. They Don't Understand
6. Borstal Breakout

Studio Side (SIDE B)
1. Family Life
2. Hey Little Rich Boy
3. I'm A Man, I'm A Boy
4. What About The Lonely?
5. Tell Us The Truth
6. It's Never Too Late
7. Whose Generation!