ANGELIC UPSTARTS – WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE LP – EXC+ A1 UK 1980 PUNK Oi!

Angelic Upstarts – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
(Warner Bros Records  1980  K56806)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Very Good+ condition
Side A is in Excellent condition but Side B has some nasty scratches across it – despite this Side B plays well but the scratches do give pops/clicks throughout but mainly only heard in-between tracks

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners

Angelic Upstarts are an English punk rock band formed in South Shields in 1977. Allmusic calls them “one of the period’s most politically charged and thought-provoking groups”. The band espoused an anti-fascist and socialist working class philosophy, and have been associated with the skinhead subculture.

The band released eight studio albums in their first decade. After a brief split they reformed in 1988, and a number of times subsequently, with new albums appearing in 1992, 2002, 2011 and 2016. More than two decades after its release, their debut single, “The Murder Of Liddle Towers”, was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time.

We Gotta Get Out of This Place is Angelic Upstarts’s second album, released in 1980. The album was dedicated to Jimmy Laurenson “the best friend and workmate anyone would wish for. We will never forget. Rest in Peace Jim.”

All songs written by Thomas Mensforth and Ray Cowie, except where noted.

Side A

1. “Never ‘Ad Nothin'” – 2.46
2. “Police Oppression” – 3.14
3. “Lonely Man of Spandau” – 2.49
4. “Their Destiny Is Coming” – 2.42
5. “Shotgun Solution” (Mensforth, Keith “Stix” Warrington) – 2.17
6. “King Coal” (Mensforth, Cowie, Warrington, Taylor) – 3.38

Side B

1. “Out of Control” – 2.24
2. “Ronnie is a Rocker” – 2.31
3. “Listen To The Steps” (Mensforth, Cowie, Warrington, Taylor) – 2.36
4. “Can’t Kill a Legend” – 3.10
5. “Capital City” (Mensforth, Cowie, Warrington) – 3.06
6. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4.02

Angelic Upstarts

• Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth – vocals
• Ray “Mond” Cowie – guitar
• Steve Forsten – bass guitar
• Keith “Stix” Warrington – drums

with:

• Jim “Fingers” Reilly, Pete Wilson – piano
• Angela, Barry, Kevin, Melvin, Phil, Spud the Starjet, Vandepeer, Zippy – backing vocals
• Nick Hockley – design, illustration