The First Ten Explosive Years
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The First 10 Explosive Years is a 1999 compilation album by British rock band Atomic Rooster
. It is on the Angel Air
record label and, like all their Atomic Rooster and related-artists releases, is derived from original tapes owned and remastered by John Du Cann
.
Whilst being a very good compilation for fans of the band, it consists entirely of unlicensed tracks, whose copyright is owned by Sanctuary (who purchased the B&C and Dawn
catalogues), EMI
and Polydor Records
.
It has been reissued and repackaged at least twice:
In 2004, it was teamed with The First Ten Explosive Years Volume 2
and released on the Recall Records label (a subsidiary of Snapper Music
) as a double CD titled Tomorrow Night.
In 2005, it was reissued on the German Ambitions/Membran International label as disc one in a two-disc set entitled Rebel with a Clause. The second disc was the 11 track reissue of Headline News
.
Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster were an English progressive rock band, composed of former members of the The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member, and wrote the majority of their material. Their history is defined by two periods, in the early...
. It is on the Angel Air
Angel Air Records
Angel Air Records is an English independent record label established in February 1997, specialising in reissues of classic pop and rock albums originally issued in the 1960s and 70s and latterly new albums from known artists up to the 21st century, formed by Peter and Shirley Purnell...
record label and, like all their Atomic Rooster and related-artists releases, is derived from original tapes owned and remastered by John Du Cann
John Du Cann
John William Cann , later known by his stage name John Du Cann, was a British guitarist primarily known through his work in the 1970s band, Atomic Rooster...
.
Whilst being a very good compilation for fans of the band, it consists entirely of unlicensed tracks, whose copyright is owned by Sanctuary (who purchased the B&C and Dawn
Dawn Records
Dawn Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records. Active from 1970 to 1975, it was set up largely as Pye's 'underground and progressive' label, a rival of the EMI and Phonogram equivalents, Harvest and Vertigo....
catalogues), EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
and Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
.
It has been reissued and repackaged at least twice:
In 2004, it was teamed with The First Ten Explosive Years Volume 2
The First Ten Explosive Years Volume 2
The First 10 Explosive Years Volume 2 is a 2001 compilation album by British rock band Atomic Rooster.Whilst being a very good compilation for fans of the band, it consists entirely of unlicensed tracks, whose copyright is owned by Sanctuary , EMI and Polydor Records.It has been reissued and...
and released on the Recall Records label (a subsidiary of Snapper Music
Snapper Music
Snapper Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by former head of Castle Communications Jon Beecher, Dougie Dudgeon and funded by the late Mark Levinson from Palan Music Publishing. In 1999 Snapper broke away from its parent company in an MBO in association with ACT and CAI venture...
) as a double CD titled Tomorrow Night.
In 2005, it was reissued on the German Ambitions/Membran International label as disc one in a two-disc set entitled Rebel with a Clause. The second disc was the 11 track reissue of Headline News
Headline News (album)
Headline News is the seventh and last studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster.It has been released on CD several times: firstly in 1994 on Voiceprint, secondly in 1997 on Blueprint and in 2002 on Eagle. In 2004 it was repackaged by Dutch label MCP as Future Shock...
.
Track listing (with spelling and title corrections)
- "Sleeping for Years" 5:26
- "Seven Streets" 6:41
- "I Can't Take No More" 3:31
- "Taken You Over" aka "They Took Control of You" 4:48
- "Lost in Space" 5:51
- "Play it Again" 3:10
- "Devil’s Answer" 4:09 - live in Milan 1981
- "Rebel with a Clause" aka "Start to Live" 2:56
- "Night Living" aka "Living Underground" 3:36
- "Death Walks Behind You" 7:18
- "It's So Unkind" 4:05
- "When You Go to Bed" 3:42
- "Head in the Sky" 5:38
- "Break the Ice" 4:57
- "Play the Game" 4:45
- "Tomorrow Night" 4:50 - live studio version 1981