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Boots for Dancing
Dance and Resist
Athens Of The North - Cat No: AOTNLP071
- updated:2026-10-29
The JBs’ masterpiece compilation album *Giving Up Food For Funk*, released in 1976, as well as Richard Hell & The Voidoids, the No Wave scene, P-Funk, and active for just three years—from 1979 to 1982—this rare recording by Boots for Dancing, a rocking, funky protest post-punk band from Engisbar, Scotland, is now available on vinyl LP!!!
Track List
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A1. (Somewhere In) South Pacific
05:50 -
A2. Shout & Testify
04:19 -
A3. Different From You?
03:48 -
A4. Hold Up Half The Sky
03:49 -
A5. Blue 4 U
02:57 -
B1. Hesitate
03:40 -
B2. Rain Song
03:03 -
B3. Wild Jazz Summers
04:54 -
B4. Boots For Dancing (Percussion Rammy Version)
04:26 -
B5. Get Off Your Ass And Jam (Live)
02:40

Featuring 10 tracks that capture the raw energy unique to that era, along with electrifying, thrilling performances—a blend of funk-inspired longing, no-wave cool, post-punk and rock ’n’ roll-fueled raw energy, and protests against the Thatcher administration of the time. The release, of course, comes from their hometown label, Athens Of The North. Track B4, “Boots For Dancing (Percussion Rammy Version)” (sample 3), explodes with wild percussion and jungle beats, and the closing track, B5—a punk cover of the funkadelic “Get Off Your Ass And Jam”—is absolutely electrifying!!! (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)