To order by phone - Call (+44) 0147485010 quoting RareVinyl. Postage/Shipping Cost - Add item to your basket for a postage/shipping quote. Related Artists - Framed, Jimmy Edwards And The Profile, Jimmy Pursey.Īvailability - In Stock - Buy Now for shipping today Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 5052795938100Ĭondition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.Īdditional info - Deleted, Picture Sleeve Title - The Adventures Of Hersham Boys + 12" - EX (click link for more of the same title)įormat - 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) Shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with fewĪrtist - Sham 69 (click link for complete listing) All in all, a very decent affair and a good documentary on Parsons and Pursey's important and creative work.SHAM 69 The Adventures Of Hersham Boys (1979 UK limitedĮdition 10-track compilation LP with bonus picture label 12"įeaturing Borstal Breakout & If The Kids Are United, superb There's a very readable biography by Betty Chienne, a decent discography, and a set list that allows you to pull up whichever song you'd like to hear. The bassist's youthful looks feel like a time transfusion next to his mates, and he plays well with Parsons' slashing guitar lines while keeping a good rhythm with drummer Whitewood, the song "Tattoo" having some nice camera shots to add to the excitement. Hello Select your address CDs & Vinyl Hello, Sign in. The following year saw the band release third album The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys which charted at 8 position. At times the video is dark - but it captures the energy as those Eddie Cochran chords are used again on "Borstal Breakout." For fans of the group, this is a nice little treasure chest that is apt to pick up some new devotees who weren't born when this music originally happened. Sham 69 - Adventures of the Hersham Boys - Music. "Fourteen Years" provides evidence that this new lineup can handle it, with Ian Whitewood on drums and Matt Sargent on bass. The sound is in gorgeous 5.1 Surround Sound and holds up well throughout the performance and interviews. Their "national anthem," which evolved out of this record industry demand (à la Garland Jeffreys' "Wild in the Streets" and Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust," strangely enough) opens with chords straight out of Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else" and works fine all these years later. In between the tunes there is interview footage, guitarist Dave Parsons reminiscing about how "Hersham Boys" was written at the "Honky Chateau" studio (made famous as the title of an Elton John album) because the label needed one more song. Filmed live at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on April 10, 2002, and released by Secret Records/Quantum Leap on the Music Video Distributors DVD imprint, Hersham Boys: The Adventures of Sham 69 opens with the short and punky "What Have We Got," frontman Jimmy Pursey aging like a subdued Iggy Pop - and if you turn away from the video the lines on his face just fade away to reveal the same passion and spirit that fans expect.
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