The Captains Corner
Greetings from
Oi! H.Q.
Welcome to the latest update. As always lots of things going on.
On the CD front,
THE LURKERS new album “FRIED BRAINS” (AHOY CD 301) has been getting rave
reviews from just about everyone with many saying “it’s their best album since
“Fulham Fallout” which is quite a compliment. The lyrics to “Come And Reminisce
(If You Think You’re Old Enough)” have even been chosen to appear as Chapter
Headers in a new book by the esteemed Punk author Dave Thompson. Arturo & the boys are out on the road in Germany (along
with T.V.SMITH and GUITAR GANGSTERS) and you can catch them at
MAY 1ST INGOLSTADT,
PARADOX
MAY 2ND COTTBUS,
GLADHOUSE
MAY 4TH MAGDEBURG,
SACKFABRIK
MAY 5TH JENA,
ROSENKELLER
MAY 6TH DRESDEN,
CHEMIEFABRIK
MAY 7TH HAMBURG,
HAFENKLANG
MAY 8TH BERLIN,
KATO
MAY 9TH HANNOVER,
CHEZ HEINZ
MAY 11TH DUSSELDORF,
ZAKK
Talking of the
mighty GUITAR GANGSTERS their 23 track “RAZORCUTS: THE BEST OF …SO FAR” is also
attracting favourable press (about bloody time!) so if you’ve never been sure
which album of the Gangsters to get then can we suggest you start with
“Razorcuts” (AHOY CD 302). It’s a cracker!
Our Captain Mod
label has been somewhat `inactive’ of recent times. THE CHORDS “THE MOD SINGLES
COLLECTION” (MODSKA CD 28) has gone a long way to relaunching the imprint and
we hope to have a lot of new releases from Mod Revival bands in the latter part
of the year.
Up n coming in
May, believe it or not, is not one ARGY BARGY release but three! Yep, Watford
Jon and the boys have finally completed work on their new album. Entitled “THE
LIKES OF US” it has 14 in yer face but highly catchy, soon to be modern Oi! /
Street Punk classics that will leave no one disappointed. It’s available as a
CD (AHOY CD 303) and as a 12 track FULL COLOUR LIMITED EDITION VINYL PICTURE
DISC. The third release from the Bargy boys this month is a spilt 7” VINYL
PICTURE DISC with GOLDBLADE (AHOY 7-03) for which they contribute an edited
version of “No Regrets”. GOLDBLADE have come up trumps with “Jukebox
Generation” which will also be the opening track on their much anticipated new
album “MUTINY” which will be released in July ahead of their support slot to
X-Ray Spex on September 6th. Both Argy Bargy and Goldblade will be,
along with a whole host of Captain Oi! bands (like COCK SPARRER, THE BUSINESS,
U.K.SUBS, ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE, THE CRACK, etc….) at this years REBELLION
FESTIVAL in BLACKPOOL on 7th – 10th August 2008. More
details from WWW.REBELLIONFESTIVALS.COM
On the VINYL
PICTURE DISC side of things, we’ve just issued ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE “WE ARE THE
LEAGUE” (AHOY PD 604) – in it’s ORIGINAL track listing – plus DISCIPLINE’S
“REJECTS OF SOCIETY (AHOY PD 219). Due in June are THE 4 SKINS “THE GOOD THE
BAD THE 4-SKINS” (AHOY PD 3) and COCKNEY REJECTS “GREATEST HITS VOL.1” (AHOY PD
233) whilst the following month will see G.B.H’s “CITY BABY ATTACKED BY RATS”
(AHOY PD 185) and “TROOPS OF TOMORROW” by THE EXPLOITED (AHOY PD 602). Lots
more in the pipeline as well but if there is anything you think we should do
then please let us know.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
this month should be paid to the stack of CD’s we have on offer in our RETURN
OF THE SUMMER SALE
section. Lots of releases have been reduced to the bargain price of £4.99 so
that you now get more Oi! for your money. It’s also a great way to complete
your Captain Oi! collection at an even better price then normal. Sale starts May 1st.
Over at ANAGRAM
RECORDS on their seminal PUNK COLLECTORS SERIES there are three MACC LADS
releases that have been given the Captain Oi! treatment. “BEER, SEX CHIPS N
GRAVY” / “BITTER, FIT CRACK” (CD PUNK 145), “LIVE AT LEEDS
(THE WHO?)” / “FROM BEER TO ETERNITY” (CDPUNK 146) plus “THE BEER NECESSITIES”
/ “ALEHOUSE ROCK” (CD PUNK 147) have all been remasterd and had bonus tracks
added and though they are double CD’s they are all available for the price of a
single CD. There are lots more revamps of the Anagram catalogue on their way so
keep your eyes peeled to the site.
As warned in the
last update, we have now cleaned up our mailing list and taken off quite a few
people who haven’t ordered from us in the last year. Our new FOUR PAGE
catalogue update will be in the post at the end of May – if you don’t get one
then you’ve been removed from the mailing list so to get back on make sure you
get ordering! Our new Pay Pal set up has made ordering even easier then before
so there really is no excuse not to get a healthy dose of Captain Oi! at least
once a year.
The DOWNLOAD side
of things is also picking up at pace and over the next few months we will be
adding loads more tracks, particularly those from the Link catalogue that are
no longer actually available on CD or vinyl. Must admit, we prefer `the real
thing’ at Oi! H.Q. but there is no doubt we have to adapt to survive so if
downloading is your thing then expect to be able to get your Oi! / Punk down
the line at the press of a button!
Despite the
particularly hard times most record labels are going through at the moment we
still believe that our quality packaging, presentation and top grade releases
will win through. We always listen to the thoughts of the people who buy our
records so make sure you let us have any suggestions for future releases, new
or old, vinyl or CD, even 7”. Remember, our releases are FOR FANS BY FANS.
Keep the faith
The Captain
