[kj] OT : finally, a CD release for The Absolute Game :o)

Brian Whitehead bawhitehead at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 02:18:48 EST 2008


Oh no, another CD I have to get under the missus's radar.
Not credit crunch, I'm in CD crunch

Brian.

2008/11/9 Antoni Adamiak <pssyche23 at hotmail.com>


>

> * http://www.captainoi.com/news-article.asp?article=71 *

>

> News - THE SKIDS - The Absolute Game

>

> After two years of trying we have been given the all clear by EMI to

> release THE SKIDS "THE ABSOLUTE GAME" (AHOY CD 304)

> Yep, the band's biggest selling album has been given the full Captain Oi!

> Treatment complete with lyrics, wonderful sleeve notes by Alex "No More

> Heroes" Ogg and of course a stack of bonus tracks including the seminal

> "Strength Thru Joy" freebie LP. This is a release that we've had tons of

> requests for over the years and should further show that we always take on

> board the ideas sent to us by the people that really matter, the ones that

> buy the records!

>

> * http://www.captainoi.com/details.asp?CatNo=AHOY%20CD%20304 *

>

> THE ABSOLUTE GAME - THE SKIDS

> Cat Number: AHOY CD 304

>

> The Skids best selling album – a UK No.9 on it's original release in 1980 –

> gets a proper CD release at last. Includes the hit singles "Circus Games",

> "Goodbye Civilian" and "A Woman In Winter" Now comes with the bonus of the

> original "Strength Thru Joy" LP that was given away with initial copies of

> the album and which are appearing here on CD for the first time. Original LP

> artwork, pictures of all relevant sleeves, lyrics and in-depth liner notes

> by "No More Heroes" author Alex Ogg are a feature of the artwork

>

> Disk 1: CIRCUS GAMES | OUT OF TOWN | GOODBYE CIVILIAN | THE CHILDREN SAW

> THE SHAME | A WOMAN IN WINTER | HURRY ON BOYS | HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU | THE

> DEVILS DECADE | ONE DECREE | ARENA

> BONUS TRACKS CIRCUS GAMES (7" SINGLE VERSION) | GOODBYE CIVILIAN (7" SINGLE

> VERSION) | MONKEY McGUIRE MEETS SPECKY POTTER BEHIND LOCHORE INSTITUTE

> "STRENGTH THRU JOY LP" AN INCIDENT IN ALGIERS | GRIEVANCE | STRENGTH THRU

> JOY | FILMING AFRICA | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | SNAKES AND LADDERS | SURGICAL

> TRIUMPH | THE BELL JAR

>

> £8.99

>

>

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