Label: Unknown; Year: 1994; Format: Vinyl 7"
Cock Sparrer have become a world wide phenomenon in the last fifteen to twenty years, entertaining an ever growing fan base at festivals around the world, and they must have surely made a good buck out of that. I don't think they have seen a single penny from this release though, as this obscure EP came out well before they became everybody's favorite band in the new era of Cock Sparrer. While I have never been a huge fan of 'the Sparrer' I must say that the Decca years songs do appeal to me, and this EP contains six songs including smashers like 'Sister Suzie', 'Running Riot', and especially 'Run for Cover', an unbelievably good song. The difference between the Decca year songs, and the later material is that the glam/hard rock influence in the early songs shines through, whereas later releases started to lose that edge to them and evolved into more standard Oi-Punk. That's the way I have always felt, and many of you might see it very differently. I think you ought to be a die-hard Sparrer collector to chase this EP down, but if you see it somewhere laying around for a good price, then definitely pick it up as you won't regret it.
