Celebrating 20 years of the UK’s most prolific independent DIY punk label, BOSS TUNEAGE has come a long way since its first release in 1990 (the GOOBER PATROL / VEHICLE DEREK split 7”) – over 280 releases have followed in the past two decades, and this 4CD set celebrates and documents the history of Boss Tuneage. CD1 is entitled the “originals” and contains an overview of some of the standout tracks from standout releases past and present, CD2 is entitled “the reissues” and features tracks taken from the Boss Tuneage Retro Series imprint, CD3 is subtitled “the covers” and features Boss Tuneage bands performing cover versions of other bands from the label (the vast majority have been specially recorded for this release) whilst CD4 contains rare, unreleased and out of print recordings from the archives – many of which have never been on CD before.In total, 120 tracks, including 27 previously unreleased with a further 50 tracks either out of print or never been on CD before. Coupled with a thick booklet containing extensive liner notes from label head honcho Aston coupled with a full and detailed discography and lots of memorabilia and previously unseen photos, this 4xcd sets represents a stunning document of the first twenty years of a label that typifies the true spirit of independent labels.
CD1 – THE ORIGINALS:
1. ANNALISE – Signposts And Alleyways
2. THE GREAT ST LOUIS – Closest Enemies
3. BLOCKO – Fibs
4. WOOLWORTHY – Pretty With Me
5. THE JONES – Wilton Road
6. MIDWAY STILL – Drag To Care
7. SCOTT REYNOLDS – Cuda
8. MANIFESTO JUKEBOX – Truths Yesterday
9. K-LINE – Count It Down
10. THE SHITTY LIMITS – Swallowed Whole
11. STEAKKNIFE – Parallel Universe Of The Dead
12. MILLOY – Propofol
13. BIG DRILL CAR – Eye A Door
14. PAVERS – Teacup
15. TV SMITH – Clone Town
16. HARD ONS – Give Me Arse A Haircut
17. THE UNKNOWN – Disappear
18. BENNY – Shit Yer Pants
19. FOUR LETTER WORD – Unfinished Symphonies
20. VIOLENT ARREST – Oppenheimer
21. GERIATRIC UNIT – Audit Of Enemies
22. COLT SEAVERS – bltbltb
23. STUPIDS – Zero
24. YOUTH OF STRENGTH – Kaliber
25. NEW SET OF BRUISES – Day Destroy Me
26. KICK JONESES – The Rain And The River
27. SCARPER! – Blue Collar
28. WORDBUG – Everything’s Gone
29. VEHICLE DEREK – Cake
30. BITTER PILLS – Kiro
31. IPANEMA – Vote For Pedro
CD2: THE REISSUES
1. HERESY – Follow Suit
2. STUPIDS – Heard It All Before
3. SPERMBIRDS – You’re Not A Punk
4. HDQ – Leaving Home
5. EXIT CONDITION – Zero Gain
6. VISIONS OF CHANGE – Roundabouts And Swings (Demo Version)
7. DAN - Shake Your Foundations
8. CAN'T DECIDE – Haven’t We Met Before
9. JOYCE McKINNEY EXPERIENCE – Try
10. SOFAHEAD – Make It Worse
11. LIFE BUT HOW TO LIVE IT? – Green
12. DRIVE – Greasegun
13. THE ABS – Engelbert Humperdink’s Racing Pigeon
14. HARD ONS – Just Being With You
15. BIG DRILL CAR – A Take Away
16. ASEXUALS – So Alone
17. JINGO DE LUNCH – What You See
18. COWBOY KILLERS – Poor Me
19. GAN – Too Much TV
20. PERFECT DAZE – Flames
21. SLEEP – Frightened People
22. SHUTDOWN – Broken
23. DECADENCE WITHIN – So Much For Their Law
24. RIPCORD – Drugshit (Live)
25. FUAL – Yes You!
26. TERMINUS – Hunt The Hunt
27. POLITICAL ASYLUM - Do They Care
28. DEPRAVED – It’ll Happen Again
29. MAD AT THE SUN – When Visions Becomes Blurred
30. COOLEST RETARDS – Buthole
31. DIE WALTER ELF – Kaiserslauten
CD3 – THE COVERS
1. HARD ONS – One Chord Wonders
2. ONE CAR PILE UP – All Set To Go
3. JOHN KASTNER – When You’re Not Around
4. SOUTHPORT – Same Mistake Twice
5. VANILLA POD – Timothy
6. WOOLWORTHY – Love Goes Plaid
7. THE TANK – No Worse For The Wear
8. FOUR SQUARE – Burning Bridges
9. BROCK PYTEL – Fountains
10. BEDFORD FALLS – Dear You Dear
11. VARSITY DRAG – White Cat In A Snowstorm
12. TEXTBOOK – Holden
13. BLOCKO – Vegan In Furs
14. DOWN AND OUTS – Where Did She Come From
15. THE MAGNIFICENT – Optimism
16. PUNCHBUGGY – Daylight
17. THE DOUBLECROSS – Today I’m Going To Live
18. NOT TONIGHT AND THE HEADACHES – Little Bitch
19. RISE – Call Of The Wild
20. EXIT CONDITION – A Friendship Lost
21. SOFAHEAD – Fighting Chance
22. JASUN BUG AND THE FUN SKIM-VERS – Postcard
23. THE STAND GT – When Love Puts On A Sad Face
24. RESTLESS HABS – Down Around
25. SECTION 13 – Something To Prove
26. VIOLENT ARREST – Empty Faces
27. THE UNKNOWN – Group Think
CD4 – The Rare, Unreleased And Out Of Print
1. STUPIDS – Rock Gods
2. SOUTHPORT – The Last Time
3. THE SHITTY LIMITS – Espionage
4. DUNCAN REDMONDS – Rue The Day
5. CHILLERTON – Searching
6. SINK – Amanush
7. CHINO – Uno Mas
8. BAREFOOT – Face First
9. SERPICO – Winter (Demo Version)
10. TV SMITH – Imagination
11. HARD ONS – Will You Fuck Off About What Tomorrow Will Bring
12. GOOBER PATROL – Mind The Gap
13. BABY LITTLE TABLETS – Hate To Love
14. THE PAVERS – Message
15. THE GREAT ST LOUIS – Worlds Collide
16. THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION – Dawn Will Fade Away
17. LA MOTTA – Love California
18. CHOCOLATE – Customer
19. BLOCKO – Opinion
20. SHOOTER McGAVIN – Broken Melody
21. X ONE WAY X – Eyjafjallajökull is a Fucking Sellout
22. WAT TYLER – The Vicar And I
23. BENNY – Kumbyah
24. GEOFFREY OI!COTT – Glory Glory Gary Thompson
25. HATE FUCK TRIO – My Girl Do Not Think I Funny
26. FIVE FOOT NOTHING – Fluffo
27. EXIT CONDITION – Our Hero
28. ELMERHASSEL – Suffocated
29. WANTON THOUGHT – Cruelest Joke
30. DAMAGE – You Say
31. VEHICLE DEREK – One
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