The Business - Official Bootleg 1980-81 LP Punk Oi Skinhead MINT
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The Business - 1980-1981 Official Bootleg LP RARE!! MINT/EX
Original Release Date 1983 Release Information UK LP 1983 (syndicate – SYN LP 2)
Studio Side
A1 Out In The Cold
A2 Streets Where You Live
A3 No Emotions
A4 Dayo
A5 Unevenly Pretty
A6 Strangers
Live In Bristol 1981
B1 Work Or Riot
B2 Product
B3 Tell Us The Truth
B4 Richard Lewis
B5 National Insurance Blacklist
B6 Suburban Rebels
B7 Harry May
Drawing inspiration from Sham 69, these South London lads (and indeed they pride themselves on being “lads”) have been taking Cockney pride into territory that spills over into parody since 1979. Along with Cockney Rejects and Coc Sparrer they are probably the UK's foremost Oi!/Streetrock band, and even at their worst are miles ahead of most their competition Infa riot etc. Unsually for a punk band, their best material was not their earliest: although they hit an early high with 1981's 'Harry May', as the 80's progressed they began playing slower and writing better songs. By 1985 they were delivering a commendable barrage of guitar noise very much similar to The Professionals, with songs about football, hooliganism, and football hooliganism, with anecdotes about rioting, smashing up discos and rucking thrown in for variety. Much of the time it sounds very much tongue in cheek, but they are capable of insight and even pathos on such songs as 'Out In The Cold', 'Foreign Girl'and 'Infomer'. By the time they split in 1990 they seemed like yesterday's men, but when they reformed in 1992 they were astonishingly good, with their extremnely charismatic and likeable singer Mickey Fitz sounding more Cockney-fied with each release.
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