The Yobs – Xmas II

The long deleted “Xmas 11” album by THE YOBS will be available for the first time in almost 35 years when it is given a Special Limited Edition coloured vinyl release by Last Exit Music. The album, which is to be released on 14 November, will be available in Red Vinyl with white snowflakes (limited to just 100 copies) as well as White Vinyl with blue & red marbling (limited to 400 copies). The albums will include a full lyric sheet as well as notes from Matt Dangerfield.

Releasedate is the 14th of november 2025, but please preorder now!

Having released an album and two singles on NEMS, The Boys decided to swap the ‚B‘ and ‚Y‘ in Boys and became The Yobs for their 1977 Christmas single „Run Rudolph Run“. In 1978 The Boys were in dispute with their record company and bootlegged themselves as The Yobs for their Christmas 1978 offering of „Silent Night“.

After signing for Safari in 1979 „Little Drummer Boy“ was given The Yobs treatment and appeared as „Rub A Dum Dum“ in time for Christmas. To promote „Rub A Dum Dum“ The Yobs appeared live at the 1979 Safari Christmas Party at the Music Machine with Gary Holton as MC. They were supported by fellow Safari stablemates Toyah and The Boys! The Yobs came on with stockings over their heads to conceal their identities but only managed to play a few songs before the stage was invaded by punks. The over-enthusiastic stage invaders wrecked all the equipment so the gig had to be abandoned – it was to be the only time the five original Yobs appeared live on stage together.

„The Yobs Christmas Album“ followed in 1980. In true Yobs style the album was written, recorded and mixed in two days at Pete Townsend’s Eel Pie Studios.  Two further albums followed in 1991 (Xmas 2) & 1995 (Leads 3 Amps Utd 0).