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  Redskins - Keep On Keepin On! [FX 1 UK 1984 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] The Redskins' debut major label release on Decca Records was the pounding skinhead soul of Keep On Keepin On! , produced and mixed as a twelve inch extended version by Ted De Bono - backed with a powerful cover of 16 Tons and a new version of Reds Strike The Blues. The student me lapped this stuff up back in the day and this single was a floor filler at any house party I attended in suburban Surrey, where I suspect the politics were lost on the well-heeled lads and lassies. A1 Keep On Keepin On! (Die On Your Feet - Mix) B1 16 Tons (Coal Not Dole) B2 Reds Strike The Blues!

  Redskins - The Peel Sessions [SFPS 030 UK 1987 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] I cannot recall the number of times I saw the Redskins onstage between 1983-1985, but it was substantial - most of the time with the then young troubadour Billy Bragg. Politics can be an idealistic game, and the NME journo X-Moore (real name Chris Moore) toured his Redskins skinhead soul-brand around the UK preaching to the massed converted studentia . Yep, I was once one. They were quickly snapped up by Decca Records and made a few small dents into the hit parade eventually infiltrating the mainstream, though I doubt many ever got the message. This excellent Strange Fruit Peel Session four track twelve inch covers their powerful October 1982 John Peel radio session. A1 Unionize A2 Reds Strike The Blues B1 Kick Over The Statues B2 The Peasant Army