Various Artists - All Systems Go: The Neat Singles Volume One 4CD

Focusing on both the A-Sides and B-Sides of Neat Records’ fledgling HM acts, "All Systems Go" is one of the most comprehensive collections of the Neat back catalogue to date documenting their impact and influence on the NWOBHM. From Tygers Of Pan Tang’s 1979 debut "Don’t Touch Me There", until Venom’s "Warhead", released in 1984, "All Systems Go" does not let up once.

Neat Records originally started as a label working out of Impulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, in the North of England. Impulse’s David Wood had created a number of different labels to showcase various acts and genres, and when Neat was initially formed it didn’t really have a direction, releasing a couple of pop-orientated singles. But then Neat and Tygers Of Pan Tang crossed paths, and things were never quite the same again. Neat Records adopted the slogan, ‘Allegedly Britain’s No.1 Independent Heavy Metal Label’, and its importance to the growth and the spread of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal cannot be understated.

Across four CDs, this set includes many influential, collectable, and highly sought after heavy metal acts, including Fist with Name, Rank And Serial Number b/w You’ll Never Get Me Up (In One Of Those) single and White Spirit, featuring future Iron Maiden guitar-slinger, Janick Gers, with Back To The Grind b/w Cheetah. Raven, one of the most important acts of the NWOBHM-era are represented by Don’t Need Your Money b/w Wiped Out, Hard Ride b/w Crazy World, Break The Chain b/w The Ballad Of Marshall Stack, plus their collaboration with Accept’s Udo on their cover of Steppenwolf classic, Born To Be Wild b/w Inquisitor.

Although not as often celebrated, but equally important to the development of the genre, this 4CD collection also features Valhalla with Coming Home b/w Trouble With You (Ain’t Looking For Trouble), Sabre’s Miracle Man b/w On The Loose and Persian Risk with Ridin’ High b/w Hurt You, among many other HM classic.

This first volume has been compiled and annotated by NWOBHM expert, John Tucker, the author of Neat and Tidy – The Story Of Neat Records and Suzie Smiled… The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.

Tracklist:

- DISC ONE -

1. Don't Touch Me There [Tygers of Pan Tang]
2. Burning Up [Tygers of Pan Tang]
3. Bad Times [Tygers of Pan Tang]
4. Name, Rank and Serial Number [Fist]
5. You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those) [Fist]
6. Back to the Grind [White Spirit]
7. Cheetah [White Spirit]
8. Don't Need Your Money [Raven]
9. Wiped Out [Raven]
10. Black Ice [Aragorn]
11. Noonday [Aragorn]
12. In League with Satan [Venom]
13. Live Like an Angel (Die Like a Devil) [Venom]
14. Always Ready (for Love) [Bitches Sin]
15. Sign of the Times [Bitches Sin]
16. Buried Alive [Blitzkrieg]
17. Blitzkrieg [Blitzkrieg]
18. Hard Ride [Raven]
19. Crazy World [Raven]
20. Lonewolf [Raw Deal]
21. Take the Sky [Raw Deal]

- DISC TWO -

1. Blood Lust [Venom]
2. In Nomine Stanas [Venom]
3. Rock Out [Steel]
4. All Systems Go [Steel]
5. Crash, Bang, Wallop [Raven]
6. Rock Hard [Raven]
7. Run Them Down [Raven]
8. Firepower [Raven]
9. Axe Crazy [Jaguar]
10. War Machine [Jaguar]
11. Roll the Dice [Heavy Pettin']
12. Love Times Love [Heavy Pettin']
13. Hot Lady [Dedringer]
14. Hot Licks and Rock 'n' Roll [Dedringer]
15. Take It or Leave It [Crucifixion]
16. On the Run [Crucifixion]
17. Dead When It Comes to Love [Warrior]
18. Stab In the Back [Warrior]
19. Kansas City [Warrior]
20. The Wanderer [Fist]
21. Too Hot [Fist]

- DISC THREE -

1. Coming Home [Valhalla]
2. Through with You (Ain't Looking for Trouble) [Valhalla]
3. Miracle Man [Sabre]
4. On the Loose [Sabre]
5. Ridin' High [Persian Risk]
6. Hurt You [Persian Risk]
7. Could Have Done Better [Alien]
8. Hot 'N' Heavy Express [Avenger]
9. Knocked Out [Black Rose]
10. All Systems Go (Full Scale Emergency) [Hellanbach]
11. Bridges [Jess Cox]
12. Check It Out [Jess Cox]
13. Die Hard [Venom]
14. Acid Queen [Venom]
15. Bursting Out [Venom]
16. Break the Chain [Raven]
17. The Ballad of Marshall Stack [Raven]
18. Born to be Wild [Raven + UDO]
19. Inquisitor [Raven + UDO]

- DISC FOUR -

1. We Have Arrived [Saracen]
2. A Face In the Crowd [Saracen]
3. Too Wild to Tame [Avenger]
4. On the Rocks [Avenger]
5. Wild on the Run [Tobruk]
6. The Show Must Go On [Tobruk]
7. Eat the Rich [Tysondog]
8. Dead Meat [Tysondog]
9. Something Special [Emerson]
10. Stars In Hollywood [Emerson]
11. One In a Million [Jess Cox]
12. Bad Time Girl [Jess Cox]
13. Still In Love with You [Valhalla]
14. Jack [Valhalla]
15. Moon Rising [Crucifixion]
16. Green Eyes [Crucifixion]
17. Jailbait [Crucifixion]
18. Warhead [Venom]
19. Lady Lust [Venom]
20. Seven Gates of Hell [Venom]

About this product: this 4CD package is housed in a clamshell box.