Various Artists
1978: The Year The Uk Turned Day-glo
Label: Cherry Red
Genre: 80s Wave / Rock / Pop / Punk
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• Well, we’re still the mutt’s nuts, sonny, and here’s the eagerly-anticipated second instalment. Confounding all expectations, this time we’re following the trail of musical breadcrumbs to 1978 – or, to paraphrase the late, great Poly Styrene, The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo.
• Over three glorious, packed-to-the-brim CDs, we investigate the sounds of 1978 as the original punk template fractured into a dazzling day-glo riot of sub-genres: new wave, post-punk, proto-Oi, power-pop, punk poets, the mod revival, ska-punk, synth-oriented electronic/industrial music and a whole load of additional noises that, over forty years later, have still to be classified by the fifth estate, the fourth column or even the Third Reich.
• We document various regional scenes, paying close attention to the likes of Manchester, Scotland and, in particular, Northern Ireland, where the arrival of punk was a life-affirming relief from the horrors of everyday life.
• From household names (The Jam, The Stranglers, The Cure, Public Image Ltd) to groups who barely progressed beyond their own bedrooms, major label careerists to DIY enthusiasts, one-off mavericks (led by the blessed Jilted John) to songs specifically crafted as hit singles, every aspect of a vibrant, multi-faceted scene is represented on our marathon four-hour, 79-track anthology.
• Housed in a capacity wallet, 1978: The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo includes a 48-page booklet that includes the lowdown on every track. Loaded with vim and vigour, it’s another essential purchase for anyone with even a passing interest in the British music scene of the late Seventies.
DISC ONE
1. BORSTAL BREAKOUT – Sham 69
2. 5 MINUTES – The Stranglers
3. EMERGENCY – 999
4. DON’T TANGO ON MY HEART – The Doll
5. OH! DIDN’T I SAY –
Tubeway Army
6. AUTOMATIC LOVER –
The Vibrators
7. I’M A BOY – Cyanide
8. BAD IN BED – The Electric Chairs
9. LOST LENORE – Attrix
10. STUCK WITH YOU – Zones
11. PARTY CLOTHES – Subs
12. YOU’RE A DISEASE – The Outcasts
13. SHE’S SO MODERN –
The Boomtown Rats
14. I’M CIVILISED – Menace
15. MOONMIDSUMMER – The Freshies
16. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT –
The Pleasers
17. DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE – Japan
18. CONCRETE JUNGLE –
The Coventry Automatics
19. ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET – The Only Ones
20. TOUCH AND GO – Magazine
21. SPREAD THE WORD AROUND – Pretty Boy Floyd and the Gems
22. WHEN THE TANKS ROLL OVER
POLAND AGAIN – The Automatics
23. STELLA’S GOT A FELLA –
Social Security
24. CHLOROFORM – The Bleach Boys
25. JILTED JOHN – Jilted John
26. RAT UP A DRAINPIPE –
The Members
27. GLANDULAR ANGELA – The Exits
28. WHY DON’T YOU DO ME RIGHT? – Alternative TV
DISC TWO
1. THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAY-GLO – X-Ray Spex
2. UP AGAINST THE WALL –
Tom Robinson Band
3. CENTRAL DETENTION CENTRE – Gyro
4. AIN’T GOT A CLUE – The Lurkers
5. THE BACKSTREET BOYS –
Patrik Fitzgerald
6. NOBODY LOVES YOU WHEN YOU’RE OLD
AND GAY – Dead Fingers Talk
7. I CAN’T RESIST – The Reaction
8. I CAN’T WAIT – The Jolt
9. KINNEL TOMMY – Ed Banger
10. LOVING A KILLER – The Stoat
11. A.C.A.B. – The Rowdies
12. START ALL OVER AGAIN – No Sweat
13. I BELIEVE – The V.I.P.s
14. 2NE1 – The Carpettes
15. GHOSTS OF PRINCES IN TOWERS –
Rich Kids
16. KUNG FU INTERNATIONAL –
John Cooper Clarke
17. RINGING IN THE STREETS –
The Ripchords
18. SLOW MOTION – Ultravox
19. LOVE IS BLIND – Nightshift
20. ROCK’N’ROLL AIN’T DEAD –
The Questions
21. CORTINA COWBOYS – Blue Steam
22. BIRMINGHAM REGGIE – The Others
23. LIVE IN A CAR – UK Subs
24. IT’S ALRIGHT – The Turn
25. TEENAGE VICE – The Teardrops
26. HEADS DOWN NO NONSENSE MINDLESS
BOOGIE – Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
DISC THREE
1. PUBLIC IMAGE – Public Image Ltd
2. ALTERNATIVE ULSTER –
Stiff Little Fingers
3. LIGHT AT YOUR WINDOW –
The Detonators
4. FIBRE – Spizzoil
5. LIFE’S A GAMBLE – Penetration
6. 28/8/78 – Scritti Politti
7. EUROPEANS – Europeans
8. TAKE THE CASH (K.A.S.H.) – Wreckless Eric
9. YOU CAN’T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY –
Johnny Thunders
10. THE SAINTS ARE COMING – Skids
11. IT’S THE NEW THING – The Fall
12. ALPHAVILLE –
The Monochrome Set
13. IN THE CROWD – The Jam
14. STARRY EYES – The Records
15. WEEKEND GIRL – The Bozos
16. DESTINATION VENUS – The Rezillos
17. FLASHING IN THE SUBWAY –
Tyla Gang
18. 10:15 SATURDAY NIGHT – The Cure
19. LARGER THAN LIFE – The Parrots
20. WRONG STREET – Nicky & The Dots
21. NEW TOWN – The Vitamins
22. LOVE SONG – Passage
23. WHAT SHE WANTS, SHE NEEDS – Eater
24. NEVER MET SUZI – Time Machine
25. WHITE CHRISTMAS – Slush