| Oi! The Album | ||||
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Various | |||
| Genre | Oi![1] | |||
| Length | 42:57 | |||
| Label | EMI,Captain Oi!,Cleopatra | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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Oi! The Album is a 1980Oi! compilation album, released in 1980 byEMI, then re-released byCaptain Oi! andCleopatra Records on CD in later years. It was conceived and compiled by thenSounds columnistGarry Bushell who had coined the phrase "Oi!" to denote what he called a new breed ofworking classpunk rock with "terrace" or mob choruses. Of the bands labelled 'Oi!', Bushell had managed theCockney Rejects and went on to managethe Blood.
The album became the first in a series, followed byStrength Thru Oi! (Oi 2, 1981),Carry On Oi! (Oi 3!, 1981),Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot! (Oi/4, 1982),Son of Oi! (1983) andThe Oi! of Sex (1984).
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