Jon Savage'S 1977-1979: Symbols Clashing / Various Jon Savage'S 1977-1979: Symbols Clashing / Various CD

Two CDs. The seventh in my series of Ace singles comps reaches the years 1977-79. Unlike most compilations from this period, which focus on just one genre - almost always punk - "Symbols Clashing Everywhere", as it's title suggests, contains a mix of different styles and genres co-existing, informing and occasionally clashing: and that's without any funk or high disco. In accordance with all the previous volumes, all of these 46 tracks were released on single - the perfect medium for a fast-moving, incredibly exciting and productive period. Includes tracks by The Damned, Prince Far I, Ultravox, Pere Ubu, Giorgio, Iggy Pop, John Cooper Clarke, Brian Eno, the B-52's, Devo, Buzzcocks, The Undertones, The Normal, The Cramps, Talking Heads, X-Ray Specs, and many others.

1. Prophesy Reveal - Bo Jangles 2. Neat Neat Neat - the Damned 3. Heavy Manners - Prince Far I 4. Soda Pressing - the Boys 5. Quick Step - the Adverts 6. Young Savage - Ultravox! 7. Magic Fly - Space 8. The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu 9. Day By Day - Generation X 10. Utopia - Me Giorgio - Giorgio 11. The Passenger - Iggy Pop 12. Suspended Sentence - John Cooper Clarke 13. Bamba in Dub - the Revolutionaries 14. No Bones for the Dogs - Joe Gibbs ; the Professionals 15. Emergency - 999 16. King's Lead Hat - Brian Eno 17. Dontsplitit - Subway Sect 18. 52 Girls - the B-52's 19. Moving Away from the Pulsebeat - Buzzcocks 20. Never - Penetration 21. Warm Leatherette - the Normal 22. I Remember - Suicide 23. True Confessions - the Undertones 24. Being Boiled - the Human League 25. White Night - the Lines 26. Come Back Jonee - Devo 27. Tired of Waking Up Tired - the Diodes 28. Voices - Siouxsie ; the Banshees 29. 28/8/78 - Scritti Politti 30. The Set Up - Cabaret Voltaire 31. Human Fly - the Cramps 32. Found a Job - Talking Heads 33. Situations - the Middle Class 34. Times Encounter - Nigel Simpkins 35. Handling the Big Jets - the Members 36. Hippie - Suzannes 37. 3.38 - the Pop Group 38. Warrior in Woolworths - X-Ray Spex 39. Are 'Friends' Electric? - Tubeway Army 40. All Night Party - a Certain Ratio 41. Pakmov?st - Telex 42. Eine Symphonie Des Grauens - the Monochrome Set 43. A Question of Degree - Wire 44. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - the Slits 45. Hindu Gods (Of Love) - Lipstick Killers 46. Spacer - Sheila ; B Devotion