1978: Year The Uk Turned Day-Glo / Various 1978: Year The Uk Turned Day-Glo / Various CD

UK three CD set. On 1978: The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo, 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.

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 29. The Day the World Turned Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex 30. Up Against the Wall - Tom Robinson Band 31. Central Detention Centre - Gyro 32. Ain't Got a Clue - the Lurkers 33. The Backstreet Boys - Patrik Fitzgerald 34. Nobody Loves You When You're Old and Gay - Dead Fingers Talk 35. I Can't Resist - the Reaction 36. I Can't Wait - the Jolt 37. Kinnel Tommy - Ed Banger 38. Loving a Killer - the Stoat 39. A.C.A.B. - the Rowdies 40. Start All Over Again - No Sweat 41. I Believe - the V.I.P.S 42. 2Ne1 - the Carpettes 43. Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Rich Kids 44. Kung Fu International - John Cooper Clarke 45. Ringing in the Streets - the Ripchords 46. Slow Motion - Ultravox 47. Love Is Blind - Nightshift 48. Rock'n'roll Ain't Dead - the Questions 49. Cortina Cowboys - Blue Steam 50. Birmingham Reggie - the Others 51. Live in a Car - UK Subs 52. It's Alright - the Turn 53. Teenage Vice - the Teardrops 54. Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie - Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias 55. Public Image - Public Image LTD 56. Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers 57. Light at Your Window - the Detonators 58. Fibre - Spizzoil 59. Life's a Gamble - Penetration 60. 28/8/78 - Scritti Politti 61. Europeans - Europeans 62. Take the Cash (K.A.S.H.) - Wreckless Eric 63. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory - Johnny Thunders 64. The Saints Are Coming - Skids 65. It's the New Thing - the Fall 66. Alphaville - the Monochrome Set 67. In the Crowd - the Jam 68. Starry Eyes - the Records 69. Weekend Girl - the Bozos 70. Destination Venus - the Rezillos 71. Flashing in the Subway - Tyla Gang 72. 10:15 Saturday Night - the Cure 73. Larger Than Life - the Parrots 74. Wrong Street - Nicky ; the Dots 75. New Town - the Vitamins 76. Love Song - Passage 77. What She Wants, She Needs - Eater 78. Never Met Suzi - Time Machine 79. White Christmas - Slush