Chelsea – The Step Forward Years 1977-82, 4CD Box Set 2023

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
1 I’m On Fire
2 Decide
3 Free The Fighters
4 Your Toy
5 Fools & Soldiers
6 All The Downs
7 Government
8 Twelve Men
9 Many Rivers
10 Trouble Is The Day

BONUS TRACKS – THE STEP-FORWARD SINGLES 1977-80
11 Right To Work
12 The Loner
13 High Rise Living
14 No Admission
15 Urban Kids
16 No Flowers
17 No-One’s Coming Outside
18 What Would You Do
19 Look At The Outside
20 Don’t Get Me Wrong
21 No Escape

DISC TWO
THE BBC SESSIONS
JOHN PEEL 27.6.77
1 No Admission
2 High Rise Living
3 Right To Work
4 Pretty Vacant
5 Blind Date
JOHN PEEL 3.7.78
6 No Flowers
7 Urban Kids
8 Come On
9 I’m On Fire
KID JENSEN 10.10.78
10 Twelve Men
11 Trouble Is The Day
12 Come On
13 Urban Kids
MIKE READ 7.9.79
14 Fools & Soldiers
15 Don’t Get Me Wrong
16 Look At The Outside
17 Trouble Is The Day
IN CONCERT 29.9.79
18 Fools & Soldiers
19 Twelve Men
20 I’m On Fire
21 All The Downs
22 Free The Fighters
23 Trouble Is The Day
24 Your Toy
25 The Loner
26 Urban Kids

DISC THREE
RARITIES
1 Right To Work (Monitor Mix)
2 Government (Demo)
3 No Admission (Demo)
4 Curfew (Demo)
5 Twelve Men (Demo)
6 All The Downs (Demo)
7 Trouble Is The Day (Demo)
8 Your Toy (Demo)
9 Free The Fighters (Demo)
10 No Escape (Different Mix)
11 I’m On Fire (Remix)
12 Decide (Remix)

LIVE AT THE MUSIC MACHINE 1978
13 Come On
14 Twelve Men
15 All Together Now
16 High Rise Living
17 Urban Kids
18 The Loner
19 No Flowers
20 Right To Work
21 Decide
22 Your Toy
23 Urban Kids (Encore)

DISC FOUR
EVACUATE
1 Evacuate
2 How Do You Know
3 Cover Up
4 Looks Right
5 Tribal Song
6 War Across The Nation
7 Forty People
8 Running Free
9 Last Drink
10 Only Thinking

BONUS TRACKS – THE STEP- FORWARD SINGLES 1981-82
11 Rockin’ Horse
12 Years Away
13 Freemans
14 I.D. Parade
15 How Do You Know (7” Version)
16 New Era
17 War Across The Nation (7” Version)
18 High Rise Living (Remix)
19 Stand Out

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