Various - Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts From Northern Ireland 1977-1984 (3CD+DVD)

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Four disc (three CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) set. The plight of Northern Ireland throughout the 1970s and 1980s is well documented. Less widely acknowledged, though, is the unifying impact that punk rock and everything that came in it's wake had on the country's youth. Whilst violence, disenchantment and danger became everyday obstacles, punk provided an outlet, a means of expression and something beyond the political landscape in a way few other cities on earth could have understood. The Shellshock Rock film first captured this in 1978, and we proudly extend that account with three discs of tracks recorded during a period that breathed new life into the country's musical culture. The bands of Belfast and beyond created a scene entirely of their own, without the aid of an existent network of venues and publications. Punk forged alliances that reached across sectarian boundaries, and pushed back against a culture of traditions and establishment which seemed to offer very little to the country's youth. Featuring in-depth sleeve-notes, essays by both Stuart Bailie and John T. Davis, unseen imagery and, for the first time outside of Japan, the seminal Shellshock Rock film, this latest addition to our series of deep, geographically focussed sets promises to be the most vital of them all. Nowhere was punk as necessary and as life-changing as it was in Northern Ireland.

Disc 1
1 True Confessions - the Undertones
2 Rich Bitch - Midnite Cruiser
3 Striker - Midnite Cruiser
4 Punk Rockin' Granny - Duggie Briggs Band
5 42 Hours Late - Duggie Briggs Band
6 Dance Away Love - Xdreamysts
7 Parents - the Idiots
8 Any Danger Love - Starjets
9 War Stories - Starjets
10 Cruisin - the Detonators
11 Start All Over Again - No Sweat
12 Rough, Tough, Pretty Too - Pretty Boy Floyd and the Gems
13 Sharon - Pretty Boy Floyd and the Gems
14 Lizard King - Blue Steam
15 Baby C'mon - Jumpers
16 Looking for a Lady - Cobra
17 Ii'm Not Your Type - Tinopeners
18 I Don't Wanna Be - Tinopeners
19 Busy Signal - Clive Culbertson
20 Kiss Me - Clive Culbertson
21 Suzy Lie Down - Cramp
22 Me & Bobby McGee - Lenny and the Lawbreakers
23 Nine to Five - the Androids
24 Lipstick Heroes - the Androids
25 Contrast Disorder (Demo) - the Doubt
26 Lookaway (Demo) - the Doubt

Disc 2
1 Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers
2 Gotta Get Away (Single Version) - Stiff Little Fingers
3 Strange Things - Protex
4 Strange Obsessions - Protex
5 One By One - Ruefrex
6 The Perfect Crime - Ruefrex
7 In It for the Kicks - the Faders
8 Don't Tell the Detectives - the Zipps
9 Self-Conscious Over You - the Outcasts
10 Magnum Force - the Outcasts
11 I Need You - Victim
12 The Teen Age - Victim
13 Ya Don't Do Ya - the Moondogs
14 She's Nineteen - the Moondogs
15 Metal Love - Rod Vey
16 Soldier Boy - Rod Vey
17 Why'd Ya Have to Lie? - the Sweat
18 Light on the Hillside - Stage B
19 Heart on the Line - the Tearjerkers
20 Mixed Up Kid - Aftermath
21 For the Night - Male Caucasians
22 Spies - Reflex Action
23 Recession - Reflex Action
24 The Whistle Song - the Rattling Throntons

Disc 3
1 14 Steps (Session Version) - Rudi
2 When I Was Dead - Rudi
3 The System Is Here- Ex-Producers
4 Dance (Until You Drop) - the Defects
5 Guilty Conscience - the Defects
6 Radio Songs - Strike
7 Teenage Rebel - Strike
8 TV Deceives - the Singles
9 I'm Only Asking (Demo) - the Singles
10 I Don't Like Girls - Minor Classics
11 You'll Never Find Love - Minor Classics
12 Mr Mystery Man - Shock Treatment
13 Put It Around - the Nerves
14 Here She Comes - the Peasants
15 Jealousy - Acme
16 Surprise, Surprise - Big Self
17 Jagged Edges - Big Self
18 Get My Act Together - Katmandu
19 Bloody Bouncers - Control Zone
20 Johnny Johnny - Control Zone
21 Conscious - Electro-Motive Force
22 Spidermen - Electro-Motive Force
23 Just Friends - Dogmatic Element
24 Strange Passion - Dogmatic Element

Disc 4 (DVD - NTSC/Region 0)
1 The Award Winning Film By John T. Davis