Jon Savages 1972-1976: All Our Times Have Come Jon Savages 1972-1976: All Our Times Have Come CD

UK two CD collection. Continuing Jon Savage's critically-acclaimed series of compilations for Ace, which began in 1966 to soundtrack his Faber book of the same name/year, Jon's musical journey is now firmly entrenched in the 1970s and all the rock variants you can shake a stick at. This double CD covers five full years of rocking out, watching our beloved, familiar rock'n'roll morph it's way into power pop, glam rock, pub rock, krautrock and punk rock. Even the hippies were finding their teeth and plugging in their guitars. In his ongoing quest to define the era these compilations cover, Jon does not follow the accredited pre-punk timelines but aims to reflect the fertility of the years between 1972 and 1976. It moves from Californian decadence (Little Feat, the re-formed Byrds) through quirky Brit rock (the Move, John Cale), through the Flamin' Groovies, Iggy & the Stooges, into one major trend of the times, power pop - aka what would the Beatles sound like if they were still going? And speaking of whom, in a very rare coup, Apple have allowed John Lennon and Yoko Ono to feature on a compilation and are nestled here with pride. We pass through one-offs like Andy Pratt's astonishing, pro-feminist 'Avenging Annie' into glam's long tail (Roxy Music, Sparks, Eno and Suzi Quatro) and then street rock outliers like the Hammersmith Gorillas and the role our very own Rock On played in the story. 1975 is when reality hits, with the stripped viciousness of Dr Feelgood and Murray Head's regretful address to a derelict and destroyed country. The Count Bishops and the Hot Rods speed up pub rock, while the Ramones crash in to take the prize. Nick Lowe reminds us that there was life before punk and Pere Ubu point to post-punk before it's hardly started. As always, to be continued

1. Easy to Slip - Little Feat 2. Do Ya - the Move 3. End Unkind - Grin 4. School's Out - Alice Cooper 5. I Hardly Know Her Name - the Wackers 6. So Far - Faust 7. Slow Death - Flamin' Groovies 8. One of the Boys - Mott the Hoople 9. When My Baby's Beside Me - Big Star 10. She Means a Lot to Me - Smyle 11. Wishing Well - Free 12. Full Circle - the Byrds 13. Blockbuster! - the Sweet 14. Vicious - Lou Reed 15. Avenging Annie - Andy Pratt 16. Yang Yang - Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band 17. Editions of You - Roxy Music 18. Search and Destroy - Iggy ; the Stooges 19. 48 Crash - Suzi Quatro 20. Trash - New York Dolls 21. Andy Warhol - Dana Gillespie 22. #9 Dream - John Lennon 23. Girl from Germany - Sparks 24. You Really Got Me - the Hammersmith Gorillas 25. The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy - John Cale 26. Hey Joe (Version) - Patti Smith 27. Third Uncle - Eno 28. Kings of Speed - Hawkwind 29. I Don't Mind - Dr. Feelgood 30. After Eight - Neu 31. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - R. Ericson ; Bleibalien 32. Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman 33. Say It Ain't So Joe - Murray Head 34. Radioactivity - Kraftwerk 35. Final Solution - Pere Ubu 36. Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones 37. Max's Kansas City '76 PT 1 - Wayne County ; the Backstreet Boys 38. Cherry Bomb - the Runaways 39. X Offender - Blondie 40. Horseplay (Weary of the Schmaltz) - Eddie ; the Hot Rods 41. Keys to Your Heart - the 101'Ers 42. (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 43. Heart of the City - Nick Lowe 44. Train, Train - the Count Bishops