The Captains Corner

THE CAPTAINS CORNER

 

As this is been written many of you will be on your way to the REBELLION FESTIVAL in Blackpool so make sure you check the numerous Captain Oi! bands that are playing their this year – the likes of SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS, GBH, 999, ARGY BARGY, THE OPPRESSED, PENETRATION, THE DEFECTS, DEADLINE, PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES, etc...  Drink, dance and be merry!

 

Next years REBELLION will be headlined by COCK SPARRER – their only UK date in 2011 -  but to see the band before then get along to

 

Aug 14th                      Germany, Leipzig, Endless Summer Festival

Sept 25th                     Czech Republic, Pilsen, KD Serikovka

Oct 2nd                        Spain, Durango, 4th Oktoberfest

Oct 23rd                       Scotland, Glasgow, O2 ABC

Dec 11th                      France, Paris, La Scene

 

Due any day now are vinyl pressings of the entire COCK SPARRER back catalogue. Pressed and released by our friends Pirates Press in the USA we are taking 100 CLEAR VINYL copies of each of the following titles and they will only be available from Captain Oi!. Once they are gone we will have to import the standard USA versions so keep your eyes peeled on the site for a confirmed in stock date on

 

SHOCK TROOPS

RUNNIN’ RIOT IN ’84 / LIVE N LOUD

TRUE GRIT – THE OUT-TAKES

BACK HOME

GUILTY AS CHARGED 2009

TWO MONKEYS 2009

 

All will be in their original LP artwork – “Shock Troops” for example in it’s grey / white khaki sleeve – and all have been overseen by the band themselves. Should keep all the collectors and the vinyl fanatics happy!

 

On the new release side of things, September will see “THE SINGLES COLLECTION” by SECRET AFFAIR (MODSKA CD 30). This will have all of the bands 45’s, A and B sides, plus the two singles they did as the New Hearts, 3 rare USA mixes of the singles and two brand new tracks by the group who are still going strong to this day. The band also have a couple of gigs lined up namely

 

Spet 18th                     Belfast, Empire

Oct 23rd                       London, Islington O2 Academy (with Purple Hearts)

 

Don’t forget the three albums we already have out by the band

“GLORY BOYS”                                 MODSKA CD 14

“BEHIND CLOSED DOORS”                     MODSKA CD 15

“BUSINESS AS USUAL”                   MODSKA CD 16       

 

One other further release we hope to have before the end of the year is the brand new U.K.SUBS albums which is provisionally called “WORK IN PROGRESS”. Charlie & Co. have recorded 16 tracks at Pat Collier (ex-Vibrators) studio in South London and we hope to release the album on CD and vinyl in October / November when no doubt the band will be hitting the road again. We might even have a limited edition 7” single from them as well, fingers crossed.

 

THE SELECTER are celebrating 30 years of the “Too Much Pressure” album with an anniversary show at London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom on November 13th. 30 years....seems like only yesterday! We still have this seminal album available on CD (MODSKA CD 17) plus the follow up “CELEBRATE THE BULLET” (MODSKA CD 18) so if you haven’t got them yet, now is a good time, with the sale on, to add them to your collection.

 

THE VIBRATORS  - who’s recent “UNDER THE RADAR” (AHOY CD 309) continues to be a strong seller – have some interesting overseas shows coming up. Between 10th September and 17th October they will be rampaging across America  and then between 9th-16th November they will be bashing away a few shows in Brazil. Punk Rock goes global!

 

The rather wonderful GOLDBLADE – who are also playing this years REBELLION FESTIVAL – have lined up a further batch of shows including

 

SEPTEMBER

 

3RD                   Kettering, Sawyers

4th                    Plymouth, The White Rabbit, Punx Picnic

5th                    Doncaster, Free Festival

24th                  Bristol, The Academy

25th                  Birmingham, The Academy

 

OCTOBER

 

2nd                   Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms

15th                  Leeds, Joseph’s Well

16th                  Manchester, Academy

21st                  Peterborough, Club Revolution

22nd                 Southampton, Talking Heads

23rd                  London, The Gaff

29th                  Weston Super Mare, Decades

30th                  Bedford, Esquire

 

....STOP PRESS...STOP PRESS....STOP PRESS...

 

For some while now we haven’t stocked any other labels releases, preferring to concentrate on the 250 plus that we have of our own. However, a new label called SIZE 12 RECORDS, have just issued some brilliant releases by MADNESS on vinyl – not any old vinyl but DELUXE, DOUBLE, GATEFOLD 10” VINYL. Yep, they really do look the dogs doo dahs and should be added to all serious collectors of UK Ska. Captain Mod has managed to secure some copies of the three releases – “ONE STEP BEYOND”, “ABSOLUTELY” and “SEVEN” – and can highly recommend a quick purchase of these soon to be highly prized collectors items. Each album has the original LP across the first three sides whilst side 4 contains relevant bonus cuts – the artwork is brilliant and contains lyric inserts alongside the two inner bags which feature stacks of memorabilia from the era and a gatefold centre spread that has great repros of all relevant foreign singles sleeves. We really can’t emphasise how great these releases look and sound. One day all re-issues will look and sound as good as these.