The legendary fourth Skrewdriver album “White Rider” from 1987 is back! A full 38 years after its initial release, it is once again available on the original label Rock-O-Rama Records and finally in the best possible sound quality.

Ian Stuart was imprisoned in 1986 for defending himself and his comrades against an attack by black people. He spent his year in prison writing new songs for Skrewdriver and articles for fanzines. “White Rider” was released towards the end of 1987 and consisted mainly of songs he had written during his imprisonment. The album is now considered Skrewdriver's best work in terms of lyrics, sound, and musical performance. But first, after Ian's release from prison, Skrewdriver went to Mark Sutherland's studio with Martin Cross (guitar), Merv Shields (bass), John Burnley (drums), and, of course, Ian Stuart (vocals) to record the “White Rider” LP. However, the band was anything but satisfied with the result and decided to re-record the entire album from scratch, which they did a few weeks later. It was a good decision: six weeks after its release, 5,000 copies had already been sold.

Musically, “White Rider” was more hard rock than punk rock oriented. The 12 songs contained some of Ian Stuart's most passionate compositions, most notably “I Can See the Fire,” which was originally written under the title “Anger in Your Eyes” and became one of Ian Stuart's favorite pieces. Interestingly, Ian wrote 23 songs for “White Rider” (originally subtitled “The Flame That Never Dies”). Some of these songs remain unreleased to this day. He processed his time in prison in songs such as “Where Has Justice Gone?” and “Behind the Bars,” which were released on the “White Rider” LP.

Strictly limited to 499 units, hand-numbered, digitally remastered (vinyl mastering), available exclusively on black 12-inch vinyl. Laminated high-gloss cover. 12 songs with a playing time of just under 43 minutes (two songs had to be deleted due to the current legal situation in Germany, but were replaced by two sampler songs from the same recording session for this album).

Get your hands on the original pressing from Rock-O-Rama Records now.