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Format Details: Black Vinyl
Release Date: 23 October 2026
Label: Music On Vinyl
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8719262046979
Genres: Rock
Description
The first wave of British punk was overrun with smart kids from upper-class backgrounds playacting at being working-class yobs. Sham 69 was different; every bit as thick-headed and provincial as the band sounded, they took a perversely populist pride in its lack of musical or intellectual sophistication, just like The Exploited and Anti-Nowhere League.
Side one of Tell Us the Truth was recorded live, and it perfectly captured the Cockney vibe, complete with football chants and a spontaneous chorus of "Knees Up, Mother Brown." Frontman Jimmy Pursey's banter with the audience is impressive, and all the songs are brimmed with straight-ahead live energy. The studio side is a template for brash UK punk rock: snotty, in-your-face, fast and loud.
Tell Us the Truth is now available on black vinyl.
Tracklisting
X Clan
Modern Talking
Blue System
Chicken Shack
Ra
Santana
Miles Davis
Gotcha!
Sham 69
Sham 69
Sham 69
Sham 69
Sham 69
Sham 69
Sham 69
