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Oysterband
Formed in 1976
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Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976. The band retired as a touring act in 2025 with final festival shows at Shrewsbury and Tønder.
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Discography
Albums
- 1980 Jack’s Alive
- 1982 English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850
- 1983 Lie Back and Think of England
- 1984 20 Golden Tie-Slackeners
- 1985 Liberty Hall
- 1986 Step Outside
- 1987 Wide Blue Yonder
- 1989 Ride
- 1990 Little Rock to Leipzig
- 1990 Freedom and Rain
- 1992 Deserters
- 1993 Holy Bandits
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- 1994 Trawler
- 1995 The Shouting End of Life
- 1997 Deep Dark Ocean
- 1999 Here I Stand
- 2002 Rise Above
- 2007 Meet You There
- 2008 The Oxford Girl and Other Stories
- 2011 Ragged Kingdom
- 2014 Diamonds on the Water
- 2019 Besieged
- 2022 Read the Sky
EPs
Singles
- 1986 Hal-an-Tow
- 1987 Ballad of a Spycatcher
- 1987 Rose of England / Dawn Run
- 1988 The Early Days of a Better Nation
- 1989 I Fought the Law / Spend the Night
- 1989 The Lost and Found
- 1989 New York Girls
- 1989 Love Vigilantes
- 1992 All That Way for This
- 1992 Fiddle or a Gun
- 1992 Granite Years
- 1993 Gone West
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- 1994 20th of April
- 1994 Oxford Girl
- 1994 Cry Cry
- 1995 Long Dark Street
- 1996 Everywhere I Go
- 1996 One Green Hill / Jam Tomorrow
- 1997 Sail On By
- 1999 On the Edge
- 1999 Street of Dreams
- 1999 This Is the Voice
- 2002 The Soul's Electric
- 2003 Rise Above
- 2007 Everything Must Go
- 2007 Here Comes the Flood
- 2012 Love Will Tear Us Apart
- 2017 My Country Too
