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The Ruts - Grin & Bear It [OVED 57 UK 1986 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released in 1980, this compilation of singles, Peel sessions, and live tracks was reissued a few years later with a different catelogue number, although this copy from penguinflight 's archive still has the original catelogue number etched in the dead wax. This is the second and last of The Ruts from penguin's boxes, you can find my rip of The Crack here .  Enjoy! A1 West One (Shine On Me) A2 Staring At The Rude Boys A3 Demolition Dancing A4 Secret Soldier A5 H-Eyes B1 In A Rut B2 Love In Vain B3 S.U.S. B4 Babylon's Burning B5 Society

The Ruts - The Crack [OVED 80 UK 1982 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released in 1979. An homage to the mid-price reissue phenomena of the eighties, in fact this alleged repress is possibly a left over from original stocks as Virgin have just scratched out the original catelogue number in the run-off (V 2132) and stamped on the OVED matrix number. Somebody out there may know how Virgin dealt with it's early mid-price reissues. On the record (inside a wonderful sleeve ....spot the celebrity time) you get the classic punk singles Baylon's Burning , Something That I Said plus a personal favourite, Jah War. The Ruts had to deal with a large following amongst right-wing skinheads (whose views the band were totally averse) and were  never really to recover from the death of front man, Malcolm Owen in July 1980. Thanks as ever to penguinflight for donating his vinyl archives to the cause. Play Loud! A1 Babylon's Burning A2 Dope For Guns A3 S.U.S. A4 Something ...