The Alarm – Eponymous 1981-1983

Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Welsh band's 1983 EP. The release contains the band's first four singles and B-sides plus tracks from their North American debut EP originally released in 1983. Remastered from the original master tapes under the supervision of singer Mike Peters with extensive sleeve notes featuring contributions from original band members. Package includes original art inside along with unseen photographs. The Alarm were a Welsh alternative rock/new wave band that formed in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, The Toilets in 1977, under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the band soon embraced rock, displaying marked influences from Welsh language and culture. By opening for acts such as U2 and Bob Dylan, they became a popular alternative rock band of the 1980s. They retain a loyal following.

Disc 1

1. Unsafe Building [Electric]
2. Up for Murder [Acoustic]
3. Reason 41 [Emi Demo Session]
4. The Deceiver [Emi Demo Session]
5. Lie of the Land [Emi Demo Session]
6. Sixty Eight Guns [Illegal Records Demo Version]
7. What Kind of Hell [Illegal Records Demo Version]
8. Marching on [Ep Version]
9. Across the Border [Ep Version]
10. The Stand [Single Version]

Disc 2

1. For Freedom [Live Version]
2. Reason 41 [Live Version]
3. The Deceiver [Live Version]
4. Third Light [Live Version]
5. Lie of the Land [Live Version]
6. Legal Matter [Live Version]
7. Marching on [Live Version]
8. The Stand [Long Version]
9. Blaze of Glory [Single Version]
10. Sixty Eight Guns [Single Version]
11. Thought of a Young Man [Part One]
12. Sixty Eight Guns [Part Two]

Label: Twenty First Century

Catalog: 93

Genre: Rock