VA - 1981 (All Out Attack!) (2023)

Following on from the success of the recent '1980-Brand New Rage' collection comes '1981-All Out Attack'. 75 tracks all released in 1981 and covering Punk and all it's spin off genres - from 77 stalwarts like The Damned and The Ramones to 'second wavers' like Stiff Little Fingers and the U. K. Subs. From the emerging Oi! Movement courtesy of Angelic Upstarts and Cockney Rejects to the Anarcho influenced Zounds and Flux Of Pink Indians. The DIY sound of the likes of Quality Drivel, Breakout and The Shove to the Mod Punk of The Aces and The Nips; the short -lived 'Punk Pathetique' of Splodgenessabounds to the Hardcore punk of Discharge and G. B. H. and the more tribal sound of Theatre Of Hate and Killing Joke, this release covers them all. With a booklet containing a detailed, nigh on 10,000 word sleeve note featuring each band / track illustrated by a picture sleeve. If '1980-Brand New Age' was the sound of a (de)generation then '1981-All Out Attack' is the sound of a regeneration. Punk's Not Dead indeed!

Tracklist
CD1
1. Blitz – Attack
2. The Exploited – Punks Not Dead
3. Infa Riot – Kids Of The 80's
4. Chelsea – Evacuate
5. Killing Joke – Tension
6. Theatre Of Hate – Rebel Without A Brain
7. Action Pact – London Bouncers
8. Dead Man's Shadow – Neighbours
9. The Nips – Happy Song
10. The Wanderers – Ready To Snap
11. Rudi – When I Was Dead
12. Chron Gen – Reality
13. Angelic Upstarts – Action Man
14. Charge – Kings Cross
15. Zounds – Demystification
16. TV Smith's Explorers – The Servant
17. Abrasive Wheels – Army Song
18. The Varukers – Soldier Boy
19. Drongos For Europe – Peace
20. Anti Nowhere League – So What
21. Product – Style Wars
22. Quality Drivel – Sale Of The Century
23. The Stiffs – Magic Roundabout
24. The Business – Suburban Rebels
25. The Professionals – (Join The) Professionals

CD2
1. The Damned – Disco Man
2. Peter & The Test Tube Babies – Maniac
3. Demob – No Room For You
4. Special Duties – Violent Society
5. The Ramones – The KKK Took My Baby Away
6. Salford Jets – Soldiers Of Fortune
7. The Partisans – Killing Machine
8. Steve Diggle – Shut Out The Light
9. The Dark – On The Wires
10. Cockney Rejects – On The Streets Again
11. Discharge – Never Again
12. Xtraverts – Speed
13. Flux Of Pink Indians – Tube Disaster
14. Bonnie Parker & Acme Attractions – Eve Of Destruction
15. U.K. Subs – Countdown
16. The Defects – Brutality
17. The Reporters – Office Staff
18. Breakout – Get Out-Fight Back
19. The Aces – One Way Street
20. The Revillos – She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man
21. JC's Mainmen – Ear Bending
22. Disorder – Complete Disorder
23. The Shove – Raise The Roof Tonite
24. Erazerhead – Apeman
25. The Tarts – Tie Me Kangaroo Down

CD3
1. Stiff Little Fingers – Silver Lining
2. Straw Dogs – We Ain't Dead (Yet)
3. Vice Squad – Young Blood
4. Subhumans – Parasites
5. Tenpole Tudor – The Swords Of A Thousand Men
6. Jump Squad – Lord Of The Dance
7. The Boys – Lucy
8. G.B.H. – Generals
9. The Outcasts – Gangland Warfare
10. Toy Dolls – Tommy Kowey's Car
11. The Membranes – Muscles
12. Knox – She's So Good Looking
13. The Skodas – Everybody Thinks Everybody Else Is Dead Bad
14. Anti Pasti – Another Dead Soldier
15. Xpozez – Systems Kill
16. The Cravats – You're Driving Me
17. The Epileptics – Two Years Too Late
18. The Enemy – 50,000 Dead
19. Splodgenessabounds – Cowpunk Medlum
20. The Fits – Listen To Me
21. Nuclear Socketts – Play Loud
22. The Insane – Politics
23. The Fenzyx – Soldiers
24. The Strike – Gang Warfare
25. Friendly Hopefuls – Tribute To The Punks Of 76