New Age Steppers (The) - Stepping Into A New Age: 5 CD Boxset

The New Age Steppers - Stepping Into A New Age

5 CD Boxset £26.99

An anthology set of the group that launched the On-U Sound label with the first album and single, New Age Steppers were a collective with an evolving line-up, built around the driving forces of Ari Up (The Slits) and producer Adrian Sherwood. Their records featured contributions from several singers and players from the UK post-punk vanguard such as the Pop Group, The Raincoats and The Flying Lizards; colliding with established movers from the reggae world such as Bim Sherman, Style Scott and George Oban. Contains the following discs: New Age Steppers (1981), Action Battlefield (1981), Foundation Steppers (1983), Love Forever (2012), Avant Gardening (a new compilations of rare dubs, version excursions and unreleased tracks from the vault) plus 32 page book containing photos, ephemera and a new sleevenotes by Oli Warwick that trace the history of the group via conversations with Adrian Sherwood and other contributors.

Tracklist:

DISC 1 (New Age Steppers, 1981)
01. Fade Away
02. Radial Drill
03. State Assembly
04. Crazy Dreams and High Ideals
05. Abderhamane’s Demise
06. Animal Space
07. Love Forever
08. Private Armies
DISC 2 (Action Battlefield, 1981)
01. My Whole World
02. Observe Life
03. Got To Get Away
04. My Love
05. Problems
06. Nuclear Zulu
07. Guiding Star
DISC3 (Foundation Steppers, 1983)
01. Some Love
02. Memories
03. 5 Dog Race
04. Misplaced Love
05. Dreamers
06. Stabilizer
07. Stormy Weather
08. Vice Of My Enemies
09. Mandarin
DISC4 (Love Forever, 2012)
01. Conquer
02. My Nerves
03. Love Me Nights
04. The Scheisse Song
05. Musical Terrorist
06. The Fury Of Ari
07. Wounded Animal
08. The Worst Of Me
09. Revelation
10. The Last Times
11. Death Of Trees
DISC5 (Avant Gardening, 2020)
01. Aggro Dub Version
02. Send For Me
03. Izalize
04. Unclear
05. Singing Love
06. I Scream (Rimshot)
07. Avante Gardening
08. Wide World Version
09. Some Dub
10. May I Version