ANGELIC UPSTARTS – 2,000,000 VOICES LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A2/B1 UK 1981 PUNK Oi!

Angelic Upstarts – 2,000,000 Voices
(Zonophone Records  1981  ZONO104)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a mark that gives a light click through the last half of England, Heath’s Lament and into Guns For The Afghan Rebels)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges/corners

Angelic Upstarts are an English punk rock / Oi! band formed in South Shields in 1977. The band espouse an anti-fascist and socialist working class philosophy, and have been associated with the punk and skinhead subcultures.

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.

2,000,000 Voices is Angelic Upstarts’s third album, released in 1981.

All tracks composed by Thomas Mensforth and Ray Cowie; except where noted

Side A

Side B

Angelic Upstarts

• Mensi (Thomas Mensforth) – vocals, trumpet, cello
• Mond (Raymond Cowie) – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, percussion
• Glyn Warren – bass, washboard
• Derek “Decca” Wade – drums, percussion, backing vocals

with:

• Paul Thompson – drums on “England”, “Heath’s Lament”, “Kids On the Street” and “Jimmy”
• Mickey Smailes – piano on “I Wish”
• Simon Wilson – saxophone
• Johnny Van Derrick – violin

Technical

• Chris Stone, Pat Stapley – engineer
• Keith Breeden – cover art