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From formidable swarms of police brutality and political injustice, the underlying (and unyielding) socio-political messages experienced from the streets that resonated with every estranged clockwork skinhead of the day are bound to be ticked on every track.  After the atmospheric crash of One Law for Them, dropped in amongst the Radio and blistering Bumper Sessions with Evil sitting squarely in its unpolished centre is the ska-inflected gallop of Seems To Me, an unreleased tune reinforcing the notion that there was more to Oi! than meets the laces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radiation","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50421387559243,"sku":"2191467","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50421388673355,"sku":"2191468","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8055515235678_278006fd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726757510"},{"product_id":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-4-skins-expanded","title":"The Good, The Bad and the 4 Skins - Expanded","description":"\u003cp\u003eExpanded re-issue of the debut album by leading Oi! band \u003cstrong\u003eThe 4 Skins\u003c\/strong\u003e, which spent a month in the UK National Charts on its release in March 1982 as well as topping the Independent Chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis release features all of the recordings made by the Panther \/ Jon Jacobs \/ Hoxton Tom \/ Pete Abbot incarnation of the band. 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