To celebrate the release of their astonishing debut album, Up The Bracket, The Libertines release a 20th Anniversary Edition on multiple formats.
Up The Bracket arrived like a raging bull in a tired post-Britpop china shop and introduced the world to The Libertines, a new gang of London bohemians, whose ragged tunes, red military tunics, opiated poetry and ‘live now pay never’ lifestyle came to define the millennial angst of the early noughties. At the heart of the band is the blood bond bromance between the ramshackle Music Hall Jagger/Richards, Peter Doherty and Carl Barat, ably assisted by the rock solid rhythm twins John Hassall and Gary Powell. Any bookie worth his salt would have given you short odds on this quartet surviving more than a month or two, given the teetering on the brink lifestyle they chose to lead, but here we are two decades later and our Byronic heroes, though older and wiser, are still fighting the good fight and making music every bit as vital as their debut. The belief, talent and fervour that Doherty spoke of in their earliest manifesto has stood them in good stead.
- Double CD: ‘Up The Bracket’ (Remastered) and ‘Live at the 100 Club’
- Double Vinyl: ‘Up The Bracket’ (Remastered) and ‘Live at the 100 Club’. Available on limited red coloured vinyl.
- Limited-edition super deluxe box set: ‘Up The Bracket’ (Remastered) and ‘Live at the 100 Club’, 7” blue vinyl ‘Up The bracket’ and 7” red vinyl ‘Time For Heroes’ (in their original sleeves), 2 CDs of out-takes, demos, radio sessions and live recordings, cassette of 20 early demos and a 60-page book.
[CD2 – Demos/Radio Sessions/B-Sides/Live etc] B01. Vertigo – Demo / 02. The Boy Looked At Johnny - Demo / 03. Death On The Stairs - Demo / 04. Horror Show - Demo / 05. All At Sea (Misty) - Demo / 06. Wolfman - Demo / 07. Plan A – Demo / 08. Up The Bracket – Evening Session / 09. Boys In The Band – Evening Session / 10. Time For Heroes – Evening Session / 11. I Get Along/Mayday – Evening Session / 12. Jo Whiley – Christmas Live Lounge / 13. Skag & Bone Man – Up The Bracket B-Side / 14. The Delaney - Up The Bracket B-Side / 15. Plan A - Up The Bracket B-Side / 16. General Smuts (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side / 17. Bangkok (Demo) – Time For Heroes – B-Side / 18. Mr. Finnegan (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side / 19. Sally Brown (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side / 20. The 7 Deadly Sins (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side / 21. Up The Bracket – Live at The ICA – 3/6/02 / 22. Mayday – Live at Nottingham Rock City – 30/10/02 / 23. Begging - Live at Divan Du Monde, paris – 7/11/02 / 24. The Boy Looked At Johnny – Live at Divan Du Monde, Paris – 7/11/02 / 25. Death On The Stairs – Alt Guitar Version
[LP1: ‘Up The Bracket’ Remastered 2022]
01. Vertigo / 02. Death On The Stairs / 03. Horrorshow / 04. Time For Heroes / 05. Boys In The Band / 06. Radio America / 07. Up The Bracket / 08. Tell The King / 09. The Boy Looked At Johnny / 10. Begging / 11. The Good Old Days / 12. I Get Along
[LP2: ‘100 Club Live 4/10/02’]
01. Horrorshow / 02. Vertigo / 03. The Delaney / 04. What A Waster / 05. Begging / 06. Time For Heroes / 07. Death On The Stairs / 08. Boys In The Band / 09. I Get Along
[7” - Up The Bracket] 01. Up The Bracket / 02. Boys In The Band
[7” - Time For Heroes] 01. Time For Heroes / 02. The 7 Deadly Sins (demo)
[DVD] HD Videos of Up The Bracket, Time For Heroes, I Get Along & Boys In The Band – Jools Holland 2002, Time For Heroes – Top Of The Pops 2003, Exclusive Extras.
[Cassette - Early Demos] B01. I Get Along – 12/01 – Nomis Demo / 02. Time For Heroes – 12/01 – Nomis Demo / 03. Never Never – 12/01 – Nomis Demo / 04. Horror Show – 12/01 – Nomis Demo / 05. Boys In The Band – 12/01 – Nomis Demo / 06. Up The Bracket – 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 07. Begging - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 08. What A Waster - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 09. Skint & minted - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 10. General Smuts - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 11. Bangkok - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 12. Mayday - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 13. Mr Finnegan - 01/02 – Nomis Demo / 14. Tell The King – 25/1/02 – Demo / 15. Death On The Stairs – 25/1/02 – Demo / 16. Time For Heroes – 1/3/02 – Demo / 17. I Get Along – 1/3/02 – Demo / 18. Horror Show – 1/3/02 – Demo / 19. Boys In The Band – 1/3/02 – Demo / 20. General Smuts – 1/3/02 – Demo
Please note that Up The Bracket (20th Anniversary Edition) is currently not in store but is with our local supplier.
Most of the time it takes around 2-5 days from the time you place the order for the item to arrive here and be sent out but it can take longer if there are any delays.