Kids On The Street: Uk Power Pop & New Wave 77-81 Kids On The Street: Uk Power Pop & New Wave 77-81 CD

Three CD anthology featuring some of the best music to come out of the British new wave/ power pop scene of the late 70s/early 80s. Featuring hit singles and deep cuts from some of the era's biggest names are joined by rare tracks, cult classics and fascinating obscurities. Kids On The Street is a four-hour smorgasbord of top pop tunes from the British power pop and new wave scenes of the late Seventies/early Eighties as the punk revolution evolved into a more radio-friendly sound. Hit singles from some of the era's most vital acts (The Stranglers, Pretenders, The Ruts, The Teardrop Explodes, Elvis Costello) are joined by key cuts from seminal albums by the likes of The Jam, Squeeze and XTC. The mod revival is represented by such names as Squire, The Circles, Smart Alec and pre- Direct Hits band The Exits, power pop royalty includes The Records, The Pleasers and The Jags, while there are cult favorites from The Soft Boys, The Distractions, Radio Stars and many others. Joining the boys about town and kids on the street are pub rock veterans The Motors (with John Peel's favorite track of 1977), former Bonzos man Neil Innes' Beatles spoof The Rutles, Slade spin-off Dummies and beat boom veterans The Searchers, enjoying a new lease of life as the new wave of power pop bands updated their pioneering 60s sound. Housed in a stylish clamshell box, and featuring a booklet that includes notes on each individual track, Kids On The Street is a riveting reminder of a sound that dominated the British pop scene for a brief but highly creative period.

1. Kids on the Street - the Stiffs 2. Babylon's Burning (Single Version) - the Ruts 3. Bloodline - Bram Tchaikovsky 4. Come on Stupid - the Flys 5. Smash It Up - the Damned 6. Weekend - the Boys 7. Time to Kill - Clive Culbertson 8. Towers of London (Album Version) - XTC 9. This Time - the Wasps 10. I Don't Think So - the Smirks 11. Diamond Smiles - the Boomtown Rats 12. My Own Way - Shake Appeal 13. Tonight, Tonight - Speed-O-Metors 14. Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 15. Motorbike Beat - the Revillos 16. Gina - Salford Jets 17. I-Spy - Rudi 18. Duchess - the Stranglers 19. Yesterday's Love - Any Trouble 20. Oh Girl - the Freshies 21. Life on the Line - Eddie and the Hot Rods 22. She Doesn't Love Me - Cramp 23. Talk of the Town - Pretenders 24. Nervous Wreck - Radio Stars 25. Doubleback Alley - the Rutles 26. Boy About Town - the Jam 27. I Am a Case - the Reaction 28. Need Somebody to Love - the V.I.P.'s 29. Sound of Confusion - Secret Affair 30. Tomorrow - Sta-Prest 31. Circles - the Circles 32. Woman's World - the Jags 33. Head in the Clouds - Ada Wilson and Keeping Dark 34. One Way Love - the Innocents 35. Waiting for the Weekend (Single Version) - the Vapors 36. Another Girl - the Vandells 37. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Follow Trends - the Teenage Filmstars 38. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - Squire 39. Girl in a Picture - the Exits 40. The Sound of the Suburbs (Single Version) - the Members 41. Friday Night - the Kraze 42. Leave You to Dream - the Distractions 43. Baby, Baby - the Vibrators 44. The Beat Drill - the Steppes (Aka the Fifty Fantastics) 45. Hung on You - Rich Kids 46. Neighbourhood Girls - the Barracudas 47. Take It - the Quads 48. Vicky Verky - Squeeze 49. Beer, Baccy, Bingo and Benidorm (Album Version) - Inner City Unit 50. Scooter Boys - Smart Alec 51. You Don't Know - the Pleasers 52. Love's Melody (Single Version) - the Searchers 53. Dancing the Night Away (Album Version) - the Motors 54. I Wanna Destroy You - the Soft Boys 55. Silicon Carne - the Monochrome Set 56. Don't Step on the Cracks - Wah! Heat 57. She Said Go - Private Dicks 58. Girl - the Records 59. Set Me Free - Tinopeners 60. Into the Valley - Skids 61. This Crazy World - Dead Fingers Talk 62. The Original Mixed-Up Kid - Various Artists 63. Out There in the Night - the Only Ones 64. The Car - Apartment 65. You Don't Live Here Anymore - the Fans 66. Danger Signs - Penetration 67. Move in Rhythm - Airkraft 68. No Fear - the Squares 69. She Was My Girl - the Innocent Vicars 70. I Can Detect You (For 100,000 Miles) - Andy Arthurs 71. Do It Clean - Echo and the Bunnymen 72. Animal Connections - Radio 5 73. Hotel Rooms - Joe Public 74. Treason (Single Version) - the Teardrop Explodes 75. Two-Headed Dog - the Avant-Gardeners 76. Call on Me - the Engineers 77. When the Lights Are Out - Dummies