Salvo / Ardeck Records To Reissue Iconic Undertones Debut Expanded And Remastered. Released 2nd March 2009

The Undertones debut LP - and particularly Teenage Kicks - has long been regarded as one of the purest expressions of teenage punk pop. As bassist Michael Bradley says there was 'No plot, no theme, no parodies of any genre'. The Undertones 1979 debut is an off-the-cuff collection from five Derry kids with nothing to lose.

Some will read with horror that this classic LP is approaching its 30th birthday (the LP was first released on Sire in April 1979). Everyone has grown up, had kids and become responsible. The party's over.

Except it's not, quite…

Salvo / Ardeck Records has decided to make a big splash about The Undertones 30th anniversary and is releasing a special new collector's edition of the LP. Band members have been contacted, old fans looked up, and past press cuttings pulled out. Extensive new sleeve notes have been written by bass player Michael Bradley and the classic 14 tracks that make up the Undertones debut have been remastered and re-presented. Also featured are 17 additional tracks including singles, B sides, Peel Sessions and the video to Teenage Kicks. Full track details are listed below

The Undertones - Tracklisting

1. Family Entertainment
2. Girls Don't Like It
3. Male Model
4. I Gotta Get
5. Wrong Way
6. Jump Boys
7. Here Comes The Summer
8. Billy's Third
9. Jimmy Jimmy
10. True Confessions
11. (She's A) Runaround
12. I Know A Girl
13. Listening In
14. Casbah Rock

Bonus Material
1. Teenage Kicks (Single)
2. True Confessions (B side Teenage Kicks EP)
3. Emergency Cases (B side Teenage Kicks EP)
4. Smarter Than You (B side Teenage Kicks EP)
5. Get Over You (Single)
6. Really Really (B side Get Over You single)
7. She Can Only Say No (B side Get Over You single)
8. Here Comes The Summer (Single Version)
9. One Way Love (B side Here Comes The Summer)
10. Top Twenty (B side Here Comes The Summer)
11. Mars Bars (B side Jimmy Jimmy)
12. You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!) (Single)
13. Let's Talk About Girls (B side You've Got My Number)
14. Top Twenty (Sessions for John Peel, 07/05/1979)
15. Nine Times Out Of Ten (Phoenix Studio Sessions for John Peel, 07/05/1979)
16. The Way Girls Talk (Phoenix Studio Sessions for John Peel, 07/05/1979)
17. Whiz Kids (Phoenix Studio Sessions for John Peel, 07/05/1979
18. Teenage Kicks - VIDEO (Directed by Derek Burbridge for Zoetrope, in a warehouse in Primrose Hill, London 1978)

On its release The Undertones was hailed by NME, Melody Maker and Sounds as a pop classic and this expanded edition confirms that it is a body of work that has aged well. Today the LP remains high on critics' lists, appearing in both Q Magazine's '100 Greatest British Albums Ever' and the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". In addition, the music is reaching a younger audience - 'Teenage Kicks' blasts out across football grounds every weekend as a fans' anthem and there have been cover versions by everyone from Green Day to K T Tunstall.