Music For New Romantics / Various Music For New Romantics / Various CD

Three CD set celebrating the music played at legendary late 70s and early 80s clubs such as The Wag in London, Pips in Manchester and The Rum Runner in Birmingham. In the aftermath of punk and inspired by the glamor of the likes of David Bowie, young elites in England's major cities threw off the shackles of damp and dreary turn-of-the-80s Britain and sought something more refined and cultured than punk's primal howl. Armed with wardrobes full of colourful and outrageous second-hand clothes, cheap make-up, extensive record collections, their own extroverted imaginations and an urge to dance (not pogo), a collection of DJs, dancers and junkshop fashionistas would frequent popular dance clubs. The resulting scene would famously go on to spawn countless 80s pop scene faces and trigger what became the New Romantic movement. Curated with help from London boy-about-town and DJ Chris Sullivan, and featuring a smorgasbord of glam rock, proto-punk, electronica, disco, funk and camp 60s curios, Music For New Romantics captures something of the spirt of a night out at that remarkable, unique nightspot. From the pre-punk rock of Alice Cooper, Iggy and Lou Reed, through the futuristic sound of The Normal, John Foxx, New Order and Visage and into the imported New York cool of Tom Tom Club, Coati Mundi and co, this is a deep dive into the eclectic and eccentric listening habits of a group of people determined not to be swallowed by punk's gloomy reflections of British society, and to create a fantastical and improbable world all of their own.

1. Mott The Hoople -All TheYoung Dudes 2. The Lounge Lizards-Harlem Nocturne 3. Alice Cooper -I'm Eighteen 4. New York Dolls-Personality Crisis 5. Zager ; Evans- In The Year2525 6. Iggy Pop -Nightclubbing 7. Roxy Music -Do The Strand 8. Kim Fowley -Motorboat 9. Lou Reed -Vicious 10. Wayne County ; The Electric Chairs- Berlin 11. Nina Hagen Tv-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope) 12. La D?sseldorf -Viva 13. Mick Ronson -Only After Dark 14. Rah Band- The Crunch 15. Fox S-S-S-Single Bed 16. The Warlord- The Ultimate Warlord 17. Donna Summer -Love To Love You Baby 18. Grace Jones- La Vie En Rose 19. Giorgio Moroder -Chase 20. The Sweet -The Ballroom Blitz 21. Gary Miller With The Barry Gray Orchestra-Stingray 22. Tubeway Army -Down In The Park 23. The Cure -A Forest 24. The Human League -Being Boiled 25. The Normal- Warm Leatherette 26. Suicide- Ghost Rider 27. Orchestral Manoeuvres 28. In The Dark- Electricity 29. John Foxx- Underpass 30. Thomas Dolby --She Blinded Me With Science 31. Visage -Visage 32. Simple Minds- Changeling 33. Landscape Einstein- A Go Go 34. The Flying Lizards -Money 35. Telex- Moskow Diskow 36. Throbbing Gristle- Hot 37. On The Heels Of Love 38. Japan- Life In Tokyo 39. Yello- Bostich 40. Nightmares In Wax -BlackLeather 41. Heaven 17- (We DonÆt Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 42. Spandau Ballet- To Cut A 43. Long Story Short 44. Magazine- Shot By Both Sides 45. Siouxsie And The Banshees- Hong Kong Garden 46. Marianne Faithfull-Broken English 47. The Associates- Club Country 48. Abc- Tears Are Not Enough 49. M M- Factor 50. Tom Tom Club- Genius Of Love 51. Blue Rondo ? La Turk-Klactoveesedstein 52. A Certain Ratio- Shack Up 53. New Order- EverythingÆs Gone Green 54. Glaxo Babies- Shake (The Foundations) 55. Heat Exchange- Shake Down 56. Chaz Jankel -Ai No Corrida 57. Don ArmandoÆs Second Avenue Rhumba Band- IÆm An Indian Too 58. Coati Mundi Me- No Pop I 59. Gina X- Performance No G.D.M 60. Sister Sledge- Lost In Music 61. Lipps Inc- Funky Town 62. The Barry Gray-Orchestra Captain Scarlet