Label: WESTWORLD

 

G.B.H. - RACE AGAINST TIME - THE COMPLETE CLAY RECORDINGS

G.B.H., named after British police shorthand for "charged with grievous bodily harm") is one of the longest-lived punk bands in English history, grandfathers of the Oi! movement and perhaps England's most direct sonic precursors to American hardcore. Unlike some previous collections with similar titles, this three-disc set actually does bring together all of the recordings the fledgling band made for the scrappy indie label Clay Records in the late '70s and early '80s. Even at their earliest and rawest, these recordings reveal a band that has its grimy paws firmly clasped on a great sound, a blend of the punk rock that had quickly flowered and influence a whole genre of music.

CD1

1: Race Against Time

2: Knife Edge

3: Lycanthropy

4: Necrophilia

5: State Executioner

6: Dead On Arrival

7: Generals

8: Freak

9: Alcohol

10: No Survivors

11: Self Destruct

12: Big Women

13: Sick Boy

14: Slit Your Own Throat

15: Am I Dead Yet

16: Time Bomb

17: Sick Boy (Album Version)

18: Wardogs

19: Slut

20: Maniac

21: Gunned Down

22: I Am The Hunted

23: City Baby Attacked By Rats

24: The Prayer Of A Realist

25: Passenger On The Menu

26: Heavy Discipline

27: Boston Babies

28: Bellend Bop

 

CD2

1: Give Me Fire

2: Mantra

3: Catch 23

4: Hellhole

5: Diplomatic Immunity

6: Drugs Party In 526

7: See The Man Run

8: Vietnamese Blues

9: Womb With A View

10: The Forbidden Zone

11: Valley Of Death

12: City Baby’s Revenge

13: Pins And Needles

14: Christianised Cannibals

15: Faster Faster

16: High Octane Fuel

17: I Feel Alright

18: Skanga (Herby Weed)

19: Do What You Do

20: Four Men

21: Children Of Dust

22: Do What You Do (Concrete Mix)

 

CD3

1: Sick Boy

2: Maniac

3: Mantrap

4: Time Bomb

5: Necrophilia

6: Hellhole

7: I Am The Hunted

8: Generals

9: Catch 23

10: Give Me Fire

11: City Baby Attacked By Rats

12: No Survivors

13: Alcohol

14: Bellend Bop