Sham 69 - Hersham Boys DVD

Recorded at Brighton's Concorde 2 venue in 2002. Tracks include: 1. What Have We Got 2. Hersham Boys 3. Fourteen Years 4. (No) I Don't Wanna 5. They Don't Understand 6. Tell Us The Truth 7. Ulster Boys 8. Give A Dog A Bone 9. Angels With Dirty Faces 10. No Entry 11. Questions And Answers 12. Poor Cow 13. Money (All Around) 14. Hurry Up Harry 15. Borstal Breakout 16. Tattoo 17. The Kids Are United 18. September The Eleventh 19. Blackpool 20. (Mister) You're A Better Man Than I 21. Borstal Breakout Sham 69's debut album `Tell Us The Truth' was released in March 1978... and reached number 25 in the charts. Two months later they entered the singles chart with `Angels With Dirty Faces'. This began a run of Jimmy Pursey / Dave Parson hit compositions - invariably accompanied by memorable appearances on Top Of The Pops - throughout 1978 and 1979. More than one Sham gig ended with Jimmy in tears of frustration caused by crowd aggression and stage invasions. No matter how many times Jimmy tried to articulate his oppostion to violence and racism the same few agitators turned up and started fighting. By June 1979 Sham 69 had had enough. But there was a twist to the plan. Sham 69 carried on. This story is told in the DVD biographic notes. The album `The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys' was released and they resumed touring. But after some intense years the bands energy was gone. Sham 69 split up in July 1980. Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons reformed Sham 69 in 1986 with an ever changing line-up of other members. The `new' Sham 69 have continued to gig and record regularly displaying perhaps a bit more lyrical scope and suss than in earlier incarnations. It's strange that a genuine renaissance man such as Jimmy Pursey has never gained a bit more respect and recognition. But his place outside the mainstream has also worked to his advantage: the bands Sham 69 influenced have never been content to follow fashion or adopt bland views that critics like to hear. Let's appreciate that Jimmy's still `got something to say'. Long may he keep talking. [show more]

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