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Hailing from Newport, South Wales, THE ABS were one of the leading UK melodic punk bands of the late 80s. The latest band to be given the Boss Tuneage Retro Series treatment, their back catalogue is made widely available again for the first time in almost 15 years. From the legendary debut single “Grease Your Ralph” through to releases on both Vinyl Solution and Link Records, through to final album “Nail It Down” “A WOP BOP A LOO BOP… A COUGH, WHEEZE FART!” tells the whole of THE ABS story, with liner notes on the history of the band from singer/guitarist Baz Oldfield.

Disc: 1 
1. Grease Your Ralph 
2. Hand Me Down (My Silver Boulder Knives) 
3. Fear Is The Key 
4. Same Mistake Twice 
5. Popular In Bradford 
6. Grease Your Ralph 
7. Sweetest Kiss 
8. Toes Stamped Flat 
9. Diamonds 
10. Concrete Hits Bone 
11. Wreckoning Hour 
12. Everything's Exactly What You Think It Is 
13. Same Mistake Twice 
14. Hand Me Down (My Silver Boulder Knives) 
15. Legal Aid 
16. Jackhammer 
17. Shift 
18. Wankin' In The Bog 
19. Gospel According To John Motson 
20. Allbran Addict (Live)

Disc: 2 
1. Great Heart Still 
2. Lethal 
3. False Teeth For The Blind 
4. Engelbert Humperdink's Racing Pigeon 
5. Twelve Bar Tender 
6. Luck 
7. Trippin' 
8. Point Me At The Fridge 
9. Fear Is The Key 
10. High on Purpose 
11. Shaddup You Face 
12. Underwood Shuffle 
13. Clinkers In My Cleft (Live)
14. Kentucky Red Hair (Live)
15. Stegasaurus (Live)
16. Louisana Saturday Night
17. Ringland Tuxedo (Live)
18. Jack Russell Blues (Live)
19. Fractured Jaw (Live)
20. Derek Dougan (Live)

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