Legendary British institution Chas & Dave have recently re-formed following Dave's retirement two years ago and are currently in the middle of an extensive and near-sellout (mainly British) tour. The hugely respected London musicians have (either individually or as a band) supported The Beatles, Led Zeppelin (Knebworth) and Jerry Lee Lewis among others and had a track sampled by Eminem. This set contains Chas & Dave's breakthrough albums, the first two on a major label - Rockney (EMI 1977) and Don't Give A Monkeys (EMI 1979), showcasing their 'rock+cockney' musical style properly for the first time. The two albums feature three of their biggest original hits - the well-known Gertcha, Sideboard Song and Rabbit. The set also contains the Live At Abbey Road LP (EMI 1979), which has now been expanded with seven bonus tracks from that famous gig in January 1979, recorded live in Studio 1 with star guest musicians such as Eric Clapton and Albert Lee. The third CD in the set collects together Chas & Dave’s ‘Odds & Sods’ including five previously unreleased tracks from the same 1979 Abbey Road live show, three b-sides and seven tracks from a 2005 recording session at Abbey Road. The set is completed with a DVD of the Live At The Shepherd's Bush Empire Christmas gig, filmed during their high-profile revival in 2005 when they also released a top selling Greatest Hits album on EMI, made a sensational performance at the Glastonbury Festival, supported the Libertines, and received considerable media exposure on national TV, radio and press. Packaged together in a multipack, with liner notes written by long-time fan Phill Jupitus and five previously unreleased tracks across the 3CDs and DVD, ‘Gertcha! The EMI Years’ presents a comprehensive overview of Chas & Dave’s extraordinary career.
CD1. ('Rockney' & 'Don't Give A Monkeys')
- That's What It's All About
- Big Fat Rat
- Strummin'
- Love & Days Gone By
- Punchy and the Willer Warbler
- Massage Parlour
- Billy Tyler
- Edmonton Green
- I'm in Trouble
- Sling Your Hook
- Gertcha
- Rabbit
- The Banging in Your Head
- Got My Beer in the Sideboard Here
- What a Miserable Saturday Night
- Pay Up and Look Big (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Lunatic Asylum (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Who D'Ya Think You're Talking To? (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- I Am a Rocker (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Scruffy Old *!*?* (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
CD2. ('Live At Abbey Road')
- Gertcha (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- So Surprising (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Send Me Some Lovin' (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Better Get Your Shoes (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Big Fat Rat (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Breathless (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Rufus Rastus (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Shotgun Boogie (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- Sea Cruise (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)
- 12th Street Rag (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Our Old Lodger (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Sunshine of Your Smile (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Great Balls of Fire (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Strummin' (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- I Get the Blues When It Rains (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)**
* Bonus tracks on CD
** Previously unreleased on CD
CD3. (Odds & Sods)
- I'm in Trouble (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Massage Parlour (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Caribbean Dream (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Lawdy Miss Clawdie (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Midnight Special (Live At Abbey Road, January 1979)*
- Pay Up and Look Big (B-Side To Massage Parlour)**
- Sunday (B-Side To The Sideboard Song)
- It's Only the B Side (B-Side to What A Miserable Saturday Night)
- Poor Old Mr Woogie (Abbey Road, 2005)
- Long Time No See (Abbey Road, 2005)
- You Made Me Love You (Abbey Road, 2005)
- I Wonder in Whose Arms (Abbey Road, 2005)
- 12th Street Rag (Abbey Road, 2005)
- Somebody Stole My Girl (Abbey Road, 2005)
- Wallop (Abbey Road, 2005)
* Previously unreleased
** Previously unreleased on CD
DVD. (Live At Shepher's Bush, 2005)
- Phill Jupitus Into (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Wallop (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- I Wonder in Who's Arms (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- London Girls (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Margate (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Sunshine of Your Smile (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Long Time No See (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Gertcha (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- My Blue Heaven (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Flying Back to You (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- 12th Street Rag (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Snooker Loopy (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Rabbit (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- I Wonder Why (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- The Sideboard Song (Got My Beer In The Sideboard Here) (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- You Made Me Love You (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- That's What I Like (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Somebody Stole My Girl (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Poor Ol' Mr. Woogie (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Ain't No Pleasing You (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- I'm a Rocker (Live At Shepherd's Bush, 2005)
- Chas & Dave Interview
- Chas & Dave Jam Session
- Chas & Dave Photo Gallery