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One of the best Oi! albums of his time. We’re talking about the debut work “Patriotic Voice”, the first American Oi! Band Arresting Officers from 1989, with which the musicians played a combination of “eggs” and melody. You can say a lot about the band, that they were “right-wing” or even went a little further in their own way. The fact is that the boys from Philadelphia were American patriots in the best sense. Therefore, they did not want to spread the message of US imperialism, for which patriotism is now known to be abused by the transatlantic establishment. Due to the increasingly narrow corridor of opinion in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2019, accompanied by politically desired criminal prosecution, two songs unfortunately had to be removed compared to the original CD. The tracks “The boat is full” and “Why do you stay silent?” are NOT included on this record!

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The official Body Checks Tattooed & Shaved Head re-release! No pirated printing, no “private edition” and no “imported fan edition” from dubious scene crooks at brothel prices!

The legendary LP by the band from the Lower Rhine (Duisburg / Kamp-Lintfort) from 1984 heralded the era of German-speaking, patriotic skinhead music. Now finally legally available again on the original label Rock-O-Rama Records. Compared to the original, three songs on this recording had to be replaced by two songs from the demo tape. Of course, the whole thing has been digitally remastered to let the old tunes sound fresh!

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When this disc first saw the light of day in 1992, the album hit like a bomb. The musical comparison was too blatant in contrast to what had previously populated the sound grooves and CDs of the relevant labels, no strumming and noise, but razor-sharp guitar riffs and rock-hard drum sounds. And with a vehemence that the inclined consumer was only used to from heavy metal groups from professional studios up to this point. It’s been a long time! Anyone who wasn’t there back then is welcome to grab it today and treat themselves to these pleasant metal showers again (or for the first time?).

Due to the increasingly narrow corridor of opinion in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2019, accompanied by politically desired criminal prosecution, two songs unfortunately had to be removed compared to the original CD. The tracks “The boat is full” and “Why do you stay silent?” are NOT included on this record!

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Finally available again on vinyl! The cult album from England’s most based punk/Oi! Band from Ipswich in Suffolk. At Condemned 84 you always know where you stand. Although all of their albums sound somewhat similar, you can always rely on them to consistently hit like a hammer on the anvil and take no prisoners!

For the 2023 edition, the cover was colored and minimally defused. As very few people know, the original version of the CD and LP title page was indexed by the Federal Agency for Child and Youth Media Protection (formerly the Federal Testing Agency for Media Harmful to Minors) in 2014. On top of that, the judiciary in Germany also took note of the cover without going into further detail. But since this shortcoming has been fixed, the world is a fragrant flower meadow again.

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Superb-aggressive Oi! music from Britain. Prank No. 4 from the C84 creative cycle was certainly one of the highlights in the career of the patriotic band from Ipswich in Suffolk. 12x (+ intro) your “hearing floor” is beaten to such an extent that you no longer know where is up and down. Cool! Condemned 84 undoubtedly belongs in the top 3 of the all-time best list of stable bands from the island.

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The disc contains a total of 14 songs by the Bergisch combo, which was the first German skinhead band ever to release an album on Rock-O-Rama Records, which was not without controversy in the politicizing scene at the time, as the record contained the piece “Blinder “Hass” a song that clearly took a position against racism and anti-Semitism. Unsurprisingly, this wasn’t exactly met with approval from some hardliners. Curiously, in an interview at the time, the band basically apologized for the lyrics, which were attributed to the “too liberal” guitarist, who is said to have been kicked out of the band a short time later. Insightful analysis: Back then, “political correctness” and “cancel culture” worked the other way around .

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The Easter Bunny has laid a very big egg in our nest: The next milestone in the final discography, hot off the press from the Rock-O-Rama record factory, directly to your gift table. The second power amplifier album “Skinhead Rock’n’Roll” was forced to disappear into obscurity for a “good” 30 years. Now it has risen like the Phoenix from the ashes to spin blissfully on your turntable.

Two songs were dropped compared to the 1st edition, three new songs were added. Two of them were recorded with this album at the time, but were released for singles or samplers. Both are now included on this disc, plus another bonus track. The nine songs at the time became ten on this edition of “Skinhead Rock’n’Roll”, Edition 2023, four of which had to be minimally edited digitally.

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The two Bremen bands Endstufe and Volksgemurmel crash into the music salon of the interested audience with six songs each. They perform catchy melodies with meaningful lyrics. In addition, the originally rather dull mix with relatively quiet vocals shines in new splendor thanks to the vinyl mastering. This time everything can be heard clearly and clearly and the sound now finally has the right rough thump – in contrast to “back in the day”. If you still want to read the lyrics of the old tunes in black and white, the text sheet (with photos of both bands) is attached. By the way, the final stage tracks on this production are a bit livelier and more aggressive than the material on the “Skinhead Rock ‘n’ Roll” album, which was released in the same year. But that’s just by the way.

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Freikorps album released in 1998, which was originally intended to be the final work of the North German band around Kai Stüwe. Ultimately, it was the penultimate official studio album in the band’s discography, as the CD “V. u. V.” was released in the same year. and a year later the actual end to the band’s history was drawn with “Skinheads 99”. As the connoisseur knows, the “Iron Cross” production stands out clearly from all previously released Freikorps CDs.

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The Holstein boys followed up their second work with this release in 1997. The debut album “Back on the Streets” had already been released a year earlier, which received a lot of positive feedback. As is well known, the Holsteiner Jungs were another band of Freikorps frontman Kai Stüwe. The Holstein boys’ music sounded similar, but less melodic than Freikorps, but it came across as a bit harder and snottier. Compared to the main band, the lyrics were more street-oriented and socially critical. All in all, the rough lyrics are characterized by anger at the bourgeois world with a good dose of bite!

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Ian Stuart Donaldson’s first and best solo album from 1989. The “No turning back” LP was released shortly after the “After the Fire” album, and like that LP it is punkier than most of Skrewdriver’s later material. And while much of this LP is hard rock, some songs are Oi!-heavy: “Fortress Europe”, “Battle Cries” and especially “Firepower” sound like what Skrewdriver played on the “Hail the New Dawn” LP. Even the title track, despite being based on a metal riff, is less than two minutes long and has a lot of punk anger. “Campaign in the East” is one of Ian Stuart’s best hard rock compositions, not only on this album but in general.

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In addition to the six songs from the mini-CD / mini-LP at the time, it also contains 4 more songs as a treat on top: two songs from the first Skrewdriver LP on ROR (H.t.n.d. from 1984) and from the third Skrewdriver LP (W.R. from 1987 ). Namely “Justice” plus “If there is a riot” as well as “Behind the bars” and “I can see the fire”. The record in this version was actually supposed to be released in 2022, but unfortunately it has only now made it to the public eye because other re-releases had priority.