Givin' It That: The Albums Collection

The whole of the UK mourned when Chas Hodges passed away in September 2018, and the parade of stars (including Eric Clapton, Joe Brown, Gary Brooker and Albert Lee) who performed at the tribute concert in December that year is testament to the regard in which Chas and his musical partner Dave Peacock are held. This ten CD deluxe album-style set includes all nine of their original albums, gathered together in one package for the first time ever: 'One Fing 'n' Anuvver' (1975), 'Rockney' (1977), 'Don't Give a Monkey's' (1979, and now featuring the four extra tracks on the 7-inch EP included with the initial pressing), 'Mustn't Grumble' (1981), 'Job Lot' (1982), 'Well Pleased' (1984), 'Flying' (1987), 'That's What Happens' (2013), and 'A Little Bit of Us' (2018). Across 107 tracks, these albums feature their hit singles 'Gertcha', 'Sideboard Song', 'Rabbit', 'Ain't No Pleasing You', 'Margate' and 'London Girls'. The tenth disc is a 21-track CD of rarities, many either previously unreleased or very rare. These include the very first two Chas & Dave recordings from May 1973, rare B-sides and demos from the 'One Fing 'n' Anuvver' period, a live track recorded in a Docklands pub in 1977, the rare original versions of 'Gertcha' and 'Sideboard Song', and two rare B-sides on CD for the first time('It's Only the B-side' and 'Sunday') from 1979. The CD ends with the duo's cover of The Beatles' 'You Won't See Me' with guest vocals from Lonnie Donegan, and the poignant 'When Days Were Long (But Far Too Short)'. The 32-page booklet contains all the credits, as well as photos and memorabilia, including the original handwritten lyrics for 'Rabbit' and 'Sideboard Song' amongst others, and a 5,400-word note by Alan Robinson.

Disc 1
1: Ponders End Allotments Club
2: Better Get Your Shoes On
3: Dry Party
4: Ballad of the Rich
5: Deceived
6: One Fing 'N' Anuvver
7: It's So Very Hard
8: Woortcha!
9: I Am a Rocker
10: Old Time Song
11: Old Dog and Me

Disc 2
1: That's What It's All About
2: Big Fat Rat
3: Strummin'
4: Love & Days Gone By
5: Punchy and the Willer Warbler
6: Massage Parlour
7: Billy Tyler
8: Edmonton Green
9: I'm in Trouble
10: Sling Your Hook

Disc 3
1: Gertcha
2: Rabbit
3: The Banging in Your Head
4: Got My Beer in the Sideboard Here
5: What a Miserable Saturday Night
6: Pay Up and Look Big
7: Lunatic Asylum
8: Who D'ya Think You're Talking To?
9: I Am a Rocker
10: Scruffy Old *!*?*
11: Send Me Some Lovin'
12: Breathless
13: Sunshine of Your Smile
14: I Get the Blues When It Rains

Disc 4
1: Poor Old Mr Woogie
2: Bored Stiff
3: Doesn't Anyone Speak English?
4: Turn That Noise Down!
5: Beer Belly
6: Behave Yourself
7: Ain't No Pleasing You
8: I Miss Ya Girl
9: Lonnie D.
10: Wallop!
11: Rabbit

Disc 5
1: That Old Piano
2: That's What I Like
3: London Girls
4: Give It Some Stick, Mick
5: No-body
6: Flying (Instrumental)
7: Margate
8: Mustn't Grumble
9: Word from Anne
10: Stop Dreaming
11: Give It Gavotte
12: Wish I Could Write a Love Song

Disc 6
1: There in Your Eyes
2: They Kept On Rocking
3: Did I Feel a Fool
4: Snake Eyes Bert
5: Where Am I Gonna Find Ya?
6: I Wonder in Whose Arms...
7: Jumpin' the Lights
8: I'm Going Back
9: Harry Was a Champion
10: One O' Them Days
11: Brother-in-law

Disc 7
1: England
2: Punchinello
3: Sunday
4: Darlin' I Don't Care
5: Diddle-umma Day
6: Flying
7: Exhibition Rag
8: I Can Get Along Without You
9: That Telephone Thing
10: Back in the Soul Days
11: Miss You All the Time

Disc 8
1: Railroad Bill
2: I Can't Give You Anything But Love
3: When Two Worlds Collide
4: Lonnie D
5: Glory of Love
6: Right String Baby
7: Pretty Baby
8: Look at Me
9: Rocking Gloworm
10: Better Get Your Shoes On
11: San Francisco Bay Blues
12: Ain't No Pleasing You
13: Midnight Special
14: All By Myself

Disc 9
1: A Little Bit of Me
2: Come On Charlie
3: When You Wore a Tulip
4: Wonder Where He Is Now?
5: Nagasaki
6: Dry Bones
7: Nothing You Can Do
8: Modern Robin Hood
9: Last Kiss
10: My Little Grass Shack
11: Roses of Picardy (Piano Solo)
12: Sling Your Hook (Chas's Message to Cancer)
13: Why Not Me? (Feat. Kate Garner)

Disc 10
1: Better Get a Move On
2: Hot Damn Home Made Wine
3: Come Up and See Me Anytime (By the Oily Rags)
4: Scruffy Old Cow
5: Lazy Cow
6: Gambler
7: If I Could Only Play Like That
8: Mama and Papa Jazz
9: Clive of India
10: Strummin'
11: Pay Up and Look Big (Live at the Essex Arms, Canning Town)
12: Gertcha (Original Version)
13: Sideboard Song (Original Version)
14: It's Only the B-side
15: Sunday
16: Melancholy Baby
17: In Sickness and in Health (Theme Tune)
18: You're Just in Love
19: Halley's Comet
20: You Won't See Me (With Lonnie Donegan)
21: When Days Were Long (But Far Too Short)

Number of Discs: 10

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