ROSE TATTOO – The Albums 1981-84 [Lemon Recordings / Cherry Red 4xCD remastered box set] (2026) *HQ*
‘Angry’ Anderson, the legendary frontman and songwriter for Australian rockers ROSE TATTOO, passed away a few days ago. He died doing what he loved most: Rock ’n’ Roll. Anderson died aged 79 after he was hospitalised following a cardiac arrest while on tour in Germany with ROSE TATTOO, the balls-out band he fronted for 50 years.
This 2026 Lemon Recordings / Cherry Red released “ROSE TATTOO – The Albums 1981-84“, is a four disc box set including the band’s first four albums, fully remastered and including bonus tracks: 53 tracks across four discs, gathering the Australian street rock legends’ complete studio output from their debut through to 1984, with a healthy stack of bonus material rounding out the package.
Disc one is 1981’s ‘Rock N Roll Outlaw’ — the debut that introduced the world to ‘Nice Boys (Don’t Play Rock N Roll)’, later adopted by Guns N’ Roses on G N R Lies, and the Australian Top 10 hit Bad Boy For Love. The album was originally released 1978 in Australia, self-titled. This is a killer set of unadulterated hard rock, a must have for ’70s rock n’ roll fans.
Disc two is the UK Top 40 charting ‘Assault & Battery’, another assassin LP, here including the rare Australian hit ‘Rock N Roll Is King’ alongside 6 live and single bonus tracks.
Disc three brings the seminal ”Scarred For Life” with the enduring ‘It’s Gonna Work Itself Out’ plus three non-album extras. Disc four closes the set with 1984’s ”Southern Stars”, home to the singles ‘Freedom’s Flame’ and ‘I Wish’, with three additional bonus tracks…
