Tuesday 21 December 2021

SS Decontrol - The Kids Will Have Their Say, Get It Away & Power


SSD (Society System Decontrol) were a hardcore punk band from Boston, formed in 1981. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records with a heavy metal influenced sound, "How We Rock" (1984) and "Break It Up" (1985). The band broke up 1985.


Band members:
David Spring - vocals
Al Barile - guitar
Francois Levesque - guitar
Jaime Sciarappa - bass
Chris Foley - drums.

"The Kids Will Have Their Say" is the debut album by SS Decontrol, released in 1982 as a split-release between Dischord Records and X-Claim Records. The album was only pressed in 1,000 copies and never re-pressed.

Tracklisting:
1. Boiling Point
2. Fight Them
3. Do You Even Care
4. Not Normal
5. Wasted Youth
6. Jock Itch
7. Fun To You
8. V.A.
9. How Much Art
10. The Kids Will Have Their Say
11. Headed Straight
12. War Threat
13. Teach Me Violence
14. Screw
15. Who's To Judge
16. Police Beat
17. United
18. The End

VBR ~274K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Get It Away" is the second release by SS Decontrol. The 12" was released in 1983 on Xclaim! Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Glue
2. Forced Down Your Throat
3. Get It Away
4. Under The Influence
5. Nothing Done
6. X-Claim
7. No Reply

VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Power" by SSD is a compilation album, released in 1993 on Taang! Records.

Tracks:
1 1983, at the Get It Away session
2 1981, pre The Kids Will Have Their Say LP
3 August 1983, live in Santa Monica
4 1984, at the How We Rock session
5 1983, at the Get It Away session
6 1985, at the Break It Up session
7 March 1983, live at The VFW Hall, Cambridge, MA
8 1983, at the Get It Away session
9 1982, at the Kids Will Have Their Say session
10 1982, at the Kids Will Have Their Say session
11 1983, at the Get It Away session
12 1984, at the How We Rock session
13 1985, at the Break It Up session
14 1981, pre The Kids Will Have Their Say LP
15 1982, at the Kids Will Have Their Say session
16 1982, at the Kids Will Have Their Say session
17 1983, between Get It Away and How We Rock
18 1982, at the Kids Will Have Their Say session
19 1984, at the How We Rock session
20 1983, at the Get It Away session
21 1982, at the Kids Will Have Their Say session
22 1985, at the Break It Up session
23 1981, pre The Kids Will Have Their Say LP
24 1983, at the Get It Away session
25 1981, pre The Kids Will Have Their Say LP
26 1983, at the Get It Away session
27 1985, previously unreleased
28 August 1983, live at The Olympic, CA., August 1983
29 taken from SSD's Road Tape.

Tracklisting:
1. Glue
2. Control
3. Boston Crew
4. Words That Kill
5. Nothing Done
6. Break It Up
7. Remember
8. X Claim
9. Boiling Point
10. Fight Them
11. Forced Down
12. What If I
13. Screams Of The Night
14. Drug Fools
15. How Much Art
16. Wasted Youth
17. Jolly Old Saint Nick
18. Headed Straight
19. On The Road
20. Under The Influence
21. Police Beat
22. Baby Black
23. Typical
24. Get It Away
25. Star Wars
26. No Reply
27. Francois' Journey
28. Eighteen
29. Infinity

VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo





Friday 3 December 2021

Red Alert - We've Got The Power & The Oi! Singles Collection


Red Alert are a British Oi! band, formed in Sunderland in May 1979 and debuted in the summer of 1979, at a carnival in Sunderland, performing mostly Clash and UK Subs covers.
The band broke up in 1985 disillusioned and weary, re-formed four years later and continued touring and occasionally recording.

Band members:
Steve Smith - vocals
Tony Van Frater - guitar
Gaz Stuart - bass
Les Cobb - drums.
Former member:
Gary Mitchell - drums.


"We've Got The Power" by Red Alert is the debut studio album, released in 1983 on No Future Records and reissued in 1993 on Captain Oi! with 14 bonus tracks.

Tracks:
1-14 LP We've Got The Power
15-17 7" In Britain, released in 1982
18-20 7" Take No Prisoners, released in 1982
21-22 7" City Invasion, released in 1983
23-28 12" There's A Guitar Burning!, released in 1983.

Tracklisting:
1. We've Got The Power
2. Crisis
3. Weekend Warfare
4. They Came In Force
5. Rebels In Society
6. Third And Final
7. You've Got Nothing
8. S.P.G.
9. Foreign Affairs
10. Campaign
11. The Art Of Brutality
12. Smash Your Chains
13. Industrial Slide
14. It's Me Boys
15. In Britian
16. Screaming At The Nation
17. Murder Missile
18. Take No Prisoners
19. Empire Of Crime
20. Sell Out
21. City Invasion
22. Negative Reaction
23. There's A Guitar Burning
24. The Dust Has Settled
25. Tranquility
26. All The Way To Glory
27. The Revolution Will Come
28. Cast Iron's Crusade

VBR ~257K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"The Oi! Singles Collection" by Red Alert is a compilation album, released in 1995 on Captain Oi!.

Tracks:
1-4 7" Third And Final E.P., released in 1980 on Guardian Records N' Tapes
5-7 7" In Britain, released in 1982 on No Future Records
8-9 demo
10-12 7" Take No Prisoners, released in 1982 on No Future Records
13-14 7" City Invasion, released in 1983 on No Future Records
15-20 12" There's A Guitar Burning!, released in 1983 on No Future Records
21-27 2x7" Drinking With Red Alert/Street Survivors, released in 1994 on Nightmare Records/Knock Out Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Third And Final
2. Border Guards
3. Sell Out
4. District Boredom
5. In Britain
6. Screaming At The Nation
7. Murder Missile
8. S.P.G.
9. I Tore Your Picture Up
10. Take No Prisoners
11. Empire Of Crime
12. Sell Out
13. City Invasion
14. Negative Reaction
15. There's A Guitar Burning
16. The Dust Has Settled
17. Tranquillity
18. All The Way To Glory
19. The Revolution Will Come
20. Cast Iron's Crusade
21. Long Night In Long Island
22. Facing The Truth
23. Together We'll Fight
24. Cabin Fever
25. The Beginning Of The End
26. The Iron Man
27. East Side Of Town

VBR ~256K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo