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Bad Manners / The Albums 1980 – 1985

5CD set • Five albums with many bonus tracks


Next month, Cherry Red will release The Albums 1980-1985 a new five-disc box set featuring the music of British Two Tone/Ska band Bad Manners.

The 93-track box set covers the six year period in the title and offers five albums: Ska ‘n’ B (1980), Loonee Tunes (1980), Gosh It’s…Bad Manners (1981), Forging Ahead (1982) and Mental Notes (1985).

But it’s not just about the albums…. every long-player here includes bonus tracks – B-sides, remixes etc. – some of which are appearing on CD for the first time. There are 35 extra tracks, in total.

The Albums 1980-1985 comes as a clamshell box and features a 20-page booklet. It is released on 24 August 2018.



CD ONE:
SKA ‘N’ B
1. NE-NE NA-NA NA-NA NU-NU
2. HERE COMES THE MAJOR
3. FATTIE FATTIE
4. KING SKA-FA
5. MONSTER MASH
6. CALDONIA (WHAT MAKES YOUR BIG HEAD HARD)
7. MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
8. WOOLY BULLY
9. LIP UP FATTY
10. SPECIAL BREW
11. INNER LONDON VIOLENCE
12. SCRUFFY WAS A HUFFY CHUFFY TUG BOAT

BONUS TRACKS
13. HOLIDAYS
14. NIGHT BUS TO DALSTON (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)
15. LIP UP FATTY (12” EXTENDED VERSION)
16. SPECIAL BREW (7” VERSION)
17. IVOR THE ENGINE

CD TWO:
LOONEE TUNES!
1. ECHO FOUR-TWO
2. JUST A FEELING
3. EL PUSSYCAT
4. DORIS
5. SPY I
6. TEQUILA
7. LORRAINE
8. ECHO GONE WRONG
9. SUICIDE
10. THE UNDER SEA ADVENTURES OF IVOR THE ENGINE
11. BACK IN ’60
12. JUST PRETENDIN’

BONUS TRACKS
13. LORRAINE (12” EXTENDED VERSION)
14. HERE COMES THE MAJOR (NEW IMPROVED VERSION)

CD THREE:
GOSH IT’S
1. WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE
2. DANSETTA
3. CAN CAN
4. WEEPING AND A WAILING
5. CASABLANCA (RAGS AND RICHES)
6. DON’T BE ANGRY
7. BEN E. WRIGGLE
8. RUNAWAY
9. NEVER WILL CHANGE
10. ONLY FUNKIN’
11. END OF THE WORLD
12. GHERKIN

BONUS TRACKS
13. ARMCHAIR DISCO
14. WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE (12” EXTENDED VERSION)
15. NIGHT BUS TO DALSTON (VOCAL VERSION)
16. BUONA SERA
17. THE NEW ONE
18. NO RESPECT
19. YAKETY YAK
20. ELIZABETHAN REGGAE

CD FOUR:
FORGING AHEAD
1. SALAD BAR
2. TONIGHT IS YOUR NIGHT
3. SAMSON AND DELILAH (BIBLICAL VERSION)
4. EXODUS
5. GOT NO BRAINS
6. ROSE OF ITALY
7. MY GIRL LOLLIPOP (MY BOY LOLLIPOP) (EXTENDED LICK MIX)
8. FALLING OUT OF LOVE
9. SEVENTH HEAVEN
10. EDUCATING MARMALADE
11. WHAT’S UP CRAZY PUP
12. YOUR

BONUS TRACKS
13. PSYCHEDELIC ERIC
14. FLASHPOINT
15. BEN E. WRIGGLE (REMIX)
16. MY GIRL LOLLIPOP (MY BOY LOLLIPOP) (7” VERSION)
17. SAMSON AND DELILAH (7” VERSION)
18. GOOD HONEST MAN
19. YOUR (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)
20. THAT’LL DO NICELY
21. MONSTER LOVE (DUB)
22. THAT’LL DO NICELY (12” EXPRESS VERSION)

CD FIVE:
MENTAL NOTES
1. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
2. BLUE SUMMER
3. BODY TALK
4. TOSSIN’ IN MY SLEEP
5. TIE ME UP
6. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY
7. DESTINATION UNKNOWN
8. MOUNTAIN OF LOVE
9. WORK
10. SATURDAY NIGHT

BONUS TRACKS
11. MY GIRL LOLLIPOP (MY BOY LOLLIPOP) (EXTENDED LICK USA RE-MIX)
12. MY GIRL LOLLIPOP (MY BOY LOLLIPOP) (EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL USA RE-MIX)
13. THAT’LL DO NICELY (USA 7” RE-MIX)
14. MY GIRL LOLLIPOP (MY BOY LOLLIPOP) (USA 7” RE-MIX)
15. BLUE SUMMER (RE-MIX)
16. MR. JORDAN (LOUIE LOUIE)
17. BLUE SUMMER (DUB)
18. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY (12” MIX)
19. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY (EXTENDED RE-MIX)
20. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY (DUB VERSION)

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