Harmony In My Head: Uk Power Pop & New Wave 77-81 Harmony In My Head: Uk Power Pop & New Wave 77-81 CD

UK three CD set. Harmony In My Head is another of Cherry Red's celebrations of a bygone era - this time, the boom in Power Pop and New Wave which followed the Punk explosion in 1977. New Wave was a term coined in 1977 to describe a clutch of new artists whose music shared much of the energy of punk, but boasted a more sophisticated level of musicianship and a heavier reliance on traditional pop melodies. The British scene's reiteration of the appeal of a more traditional pop approach saw several attempts to provide an alternative to the unsatisfactory new wave epithet. Harmony In My Head includes many of the new wave/power pop scene's biggest hitters alongside the more melodic Punk bands. Name acts include Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Buzzcocks, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Nick Lowe, The Jags and Wreckless Eric, who are joined by other less successful but nevertheless key players (The Records, The Freshies, The Flys etc) as well as a host of rare 45s on tiny labels, many of which have never been on CD before. The deluxe clamshell package includes a weighty booklet full of illustrations, with a 12,000-word sleeve-note incorporating band-by-band biographies by compiler David Wells

1. Harmony in My Head - the Buzzcocks 2. You Belong to Me - Elvis Costello ; the Attractions 3. Time Goes By So Slow - the Distractions 4. Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze 5. Trouble with Love - Any Trouble 6. Rich Kids - Rich Kids 7. Teenarama - the Records 8. Born a Woman - Nick Lowe 9. Suffice to Say - Yachts 10. First Time - the Boys 11. He's Frank (Slight Return) - the Monochrome Set 12. Sarah Smiles - Bram Tchaikovsky 13. You Know What I'm Thinking Girl - the Pleasers 14. Does Stephanie Know - Squire 15. Howard Hughes - the Tights 16. She's Gonna Break Your Heart - Salford Jets 17. Teenage Crush - the Trend 18. Strike Talks - the Donkeys 19. Couldn't Believe a Word - the 45's 20. This Is the Way... Ok - Bleeding Hearts 21. (You're Gonna) Lose That Girl - the Name 22. Can't See - the Drones 23. Turn the Lights Out - Venigmas 24. Crazy Today - Uxb 25. (I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again - the Barracudas 26. Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie ; the Hot Rods 27. I've Got a Heart - the Realists 28. The Real Me - Radio Stars 29. Irene - the Photos 30. I'm Sorry - Straight Eight 31. West One (Shine on Me) - Ruts 32. Billy - the Circles 33. Broken Doll - Wreckless Eric 34. I Never Was a Beach Boy - the Jags 35. Biff! Bang! Pow! - the Times 36. Let's Talk About the Weather - the Radiators 37. Jilly - the Piranhas 38. Everyday, Everyway - Really 3RDS 39. How About Me and You - the Carpettes 40. Ufo - the Monos! 41. 9 O'Clock - Snips 42. Shattered By It All - TV21 43. Hey Baby - Disguise 44. Some Boys - Going Red 45. Don't Want You Back - the Letters 46. Ruby Toot - the Vandells 47. While I'm Still Young - the Autographs 48. Wasting Time - Strangeways 49. Curtains for You - the Accidents 50. Down at the Zoo - Those Naughty Lumps 51. 24 Hours - the Chefs 52. Look at the Outside - Chelsea 53. Plain Jane - New Hearts 54. Crazy Weekend -Staa Marx 55. Straight Lines - New Musik 56. Common Truth - Amazorblades 57. You're So Funny - Fast Cars 58. She's So Good Looking - Knox 59. Angry with Myself - the Smirks 60. My Business - Eater 61. Now That It's Over - the Users 62. Science Fiction (Baby You're So) - the Dodgems 63. Lady of the Afternoon - Shooter 64. No Money - the Freshies 65. Name Dropping - the Flys 66. Out of Place - the Outsiders 67. Magic Roundabout - the Stiffs 68. Something to Tell You - the Wasps 69. (I Can't) Put My Finger on You - the Amber Squad 70. Mr. Sad - the Thought Police 71. Sons of Survival - Doctors of Madness 72. Happy Song - the Nips 73. Wait a Minute - the Cherry Boys 74. High Rise - the Trainspotters 75. Drummer Man - Tonight 76. Hearts in Her Eyes - the Searchers