{"title":"JoBoxers","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"like-gangbusters","title":"Like Gangbusters","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish new wave band JoBoxers’ debut album \u003ci\u003eLike Gangbusters\u003c\/i\u003e was originally released in 1983. The album was produced by Alan Shacklock and contains hit singles “Boxerbeat”, “Johnny Friendly” and the double-A-side “Jealous Love \/ She’s Got Sex”. It also includes “Just Got Lucky” – the band’s huge international hit that reached the top 10 in the UK and top 40 in the U.S.\n \n This 40th Anniversary Edition reissue is sourced from the original ¼’ master tapes, pressed on red vinyl and is a 2023 Record Store Day Exclusive!\n \n JoBoxers \u003ci\u003eLike Gangbusters \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-have record for every 80s new wave music fan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cooking Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50403726491979,"sku":"2012324","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/tdBRWUrY_d12d8ddd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726563137"},{"product_id":"just-got-lucky-the-complete-works-1983-1986","title":"Just Got Lucky - The Complete Works 1983-1986","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e3CD collection\u003c\/em\u003e of cult pop stars \u003cstrong\u003eJoBoxers’\u003c\/strong\u003e entire recordings. Includes the hit singles ‘\u003cem\u003eBoxerbeat\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #3), ‘\u003cem\u003eJust Got Lucky\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #7, US #36, Australia #25) and ‘\u003cem\u003eJohnny Friendly\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #31) plus the hit album \u003cem\u003eLike Gangbusters\u003c\/em\u003e (UK #18) in full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeatures 28 previously unreleased tracks including 12 studio cuts and 16 live recordings. With comprehensive notes by Mojo Magazine’s Lois Wilson, including interviews with all five band members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormed in 1982 when former members of The Subway Sect teamed up with charismatic US singer \u003cstrong\u003eDig Wayne\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJoBoxers\u003c\/strong\u003e stormed the UK chart the following year with their anthem ‘\u003cem\u003eBoxerbeat\u003c\/em\u003e’ while on tour with Madness. Their music was an explosive mix of northern soul, swing, rockabilly, punk and new wave and they seemed set to take over the world but inexplicably their 1985 second album \u003cem\u003eSkin and Bone\u003c\/em\u003e wasn’t released and their third \u003cem\u003eMissing Link\u003c\/em\u003e, begun straight after, also failed to appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow for the first time this box compiled by \u003cstrong\u003eJoBoxers\u003c\/strong\u003e bassist \u003cstrong\u003eChris Bostock\u003c\/strong\u003e collects all the recordings for their three albums. CD 1 contains \u003cstrong\u003eJoBoxers’\u003c\/strong\u003e classic debut album \u003cem\u003eLike Gangbusters\u003c\/em\u003e plus the never released on CD, cassette edition bonus track ‘\u003cem\u003eBetween The Scenes\u003c\/em\u003e’, B-sides, single versions, extended 12” mixes and the excellent non-album single ‘\u003cem\u003eJealous Love\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCD 2 comprises recordings for their originally unissued second and third albums \u003cem\u003eSkin and Bone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMissing Link\u003c\/em\u003e including 12 previously unissued recordings tracked down by \u003cstrong\u003eJoBoxers’\u003c\/strong\u003e bassist \u003cstrong\u003eChris Bostock\u003c\/strong\u003e in Sony’s vaults and Hansa Studios in Berlin. Includes the single ‘\u003cem\u003eIs This Really The First Time You Fell In Love?\u003c\/em\u003e’ and its B-sides plus more extended mixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCD 3 shows the band at the height of their powers with a full set recorded live at The Phoenix Theatre in London on 25 June 1983 featuring powerful live versions of ‘\u003cem\u003eBoxerbeat\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eJust Got Lucky\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eJohnny Friendly\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eShe’s Got Sex\u003c\/em\u003e’ plus brilliant covers of Georgie Fame’s ‘\u003cem\u003eFully Booked\u003c\/em\u003e’, Kansas Joe McCoy’s ‘\u003cem\u003eWhy Don’t You Do Right?\u003c\/em\u003e’ and the Bobby Womack and King Curtis penned ‘\u003cem\u003eJealous Love\u003c\/em\u003e’, first recorded by Wilson Pickett.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CDx3","offer_id":50910909137227,"sku":"2234733","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-11-29_at_22.58.43_3848a31a_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1732927160"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/joboxers-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}