Various Artists 'All Systems Go - The Neat Singles Vol. One' 4CD Box Set

Focusing on both the A-Sides and B-Sides of Neat Records’ fledgling HM acts, ‘All Systems Go’ is one of the most comprehensive collections of the Neat back catalogue to date documenting their impact and influence on the NWOBHM.

From Tygers Of Pan Tang’s 1979 debut ‘Don’t Touch Me There’, until Venom’s ‘Warhead’, released in 1984, ‘All Systems Go’ does not let up once.

Neat Records originally started as a label working out of Impulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, in the North of England. Impulse’s David Wood had created a number of different labels to showcase various acts and genres, and when Neat was initially formed it didn’t really have a direction, releasing a couple of pop-orientated singles. But then Neat and Tygers Of Pan Tang crossed paths, and things were never quite the same again. Neat Records adopted the slogan, ‘Allegedly Britain’s No. 1 Independent Heavy Metal Label’, and its importance to the growth and the spread of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal cannot be understated.

Across four CDs, this set includes many influential, collectable, and highly sought after heavy metal acts, including Fist with ‘Name, Rank And Serial Number’ b/w ‘You’ll Never Get Me Up (In One Of Those)’ single and White Spirit, featuring future Iron Maiden guitar- slinger, Janick Gers, with ‘Back To The Grind’ b/w ‘Cheetah’. Raven, one of the most important acts of the NWOBHM-era are represented by ‘Don’t Need Your Money’ b/w ‘Wiped Out’, ‘Hard Ride’ b/w ‘Crazy World’, ‘Break The Chain’ b/w ‘The Ballad Of Marshall Stack’, plus their collaboration with Accept’s Udo on their cover of Steppenwolf classic, ‘Born To Be Wild’ b/w ‘Inquisitor’.

Although not as often celebrated, but equally important to the development of the genre, this 4CD collection also features Valhalla with ‘Coming Home’ b/w ‘Trouble With You (Ain’t Looking For Trouble)’, Sabre’s ‘Miracle Man’ b/w ‘On The Loose’ and Persian Risk with ‘Ridin’ High’ b/w ‘Hurt You’, among many other HM classic.

This first volume has been compiled and annotated by NWOBHM expert, John Tucker, the author of Neat & Tidy – The Story Of Neat Records and Suzie Smiled… The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.

4CD box set

Tracklisting

CD1:

1. Don’t Touch Me There TYGERS OF PAN TANG

2. Burning Up TYGERS OF PAN TANG

3. Bad Times TYGERS OF PAN TANG

4. Name, Rank And Serial Number FIST

5. You’ll Never Get Me Up (In One Of Those) FIST

6. Back To The Grind WHITE SPIRIT

7. Cheetah WHITE SPIRIT

8. Don’t Need Your Money RAVEN

9. Wiped Out RAVEN

10. Black Ice ARAGORN

11. Noonday ARAGORN

12. In League With Satan VENOM

13. Live Like An Angel (Die Like A Devil) VENOM

14. Always Ready (For Love) BITCHES SIN

15. Sign Of The Times BITCHES SIN

16. Buried Alive BLITZKRIEG

17. Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG

18. Hard Ride RAVEN

19. Crazy World RAVEN

20. Lonewolf RAW DEAL

21. Take The Sky RAW DEAL

CD2: 

1. Blood Lust VENOM

2. In Nomine Satanas VENOM

3. Rock Out STEEL

4. All Systems Go STEEL

5. Crash, Bang, Wallop RAVEN

6. Rock Hard RAVEN

7. Run Them Down RAVEN

8. Firepower RAVEN

9. Axe Crazy JAGUAR

10. War Machine JAGUAR

11. Roll The Dice HEAVY PETTIN’

12. Love Times Love HEAVY PETTIN’

13. Hot Lady DEDRINGER

14. Hot Licks And Rock ‘N’ Roll DEDRINGER

15. Take It Or Leave It CRUCIFIXION

16. On the Run CRUCIFIXION

17. Dead When It Comes To Love WARRIOR

18. Stab In The Back WARRIOR

19. Kansas City WARRIOR

20. The Wanderer FIST

21. Too Hot FIST

CD3:

1. Coming Home VALHALLA

2. Trouble With You (Ain’t Looking For Trouble) VALHALLA

3. Miracle Man SABRE

4. On the Loose SABRE

5. Ridin’ High PERSIAN RISK

6. Hurt You PERSIAN RISK

7. Could Have Done Better ALIEN

8. Hot ‘N’ Heavy Express AVENGER

9. Knocked Out BLACK ROSE

10. All Systems Go HELLANBACH

11. 44 HELLANBACH

12. Bridges JESS COX

13. Check It Out JESS COX

14. Die Hard VENOM

15. Acid Queen VENOM

16. Bursting Out VENOM

17. Break The Chain RAVEN

18. The Ballad Of Marshall Stack RAVEN

19. Born To Be Wild RAVEN with UDO

20. Inquisitor RAVEN with UDO

CD4:

1. We Have Arrived SARACEN

2. A Face In The Crowd SARACEN

3. Too Wild To Tame AVENGER

4. On The Rocks AVENGER

5. Wild On The Run TOBRUK

6. The Show Must Go On TOBRUK

7. Eat The Rich TYSONDOG

8. Dead Meat TYSONDOG

9. Something Special EMERSON

10. Stars In Hollywood EMERSON

11. One In A Million JESS COX

12. Bad Time Girl JESS COX

13. Still In Love With You VALHALLA

14. Jack VALHALLA

15. Moon Rising CRUCIFIXION

16. Green Eyes CRUCIFIXION

17. Jailbait CRUCIFIXION

18. Warhead VENOM

19. Lady Lust VENOM

20. Seven Gates Of Hell VENOM