Revolt Into Style 1979 / Various Revolt Into Style 1979 / Various CD

Three CDs. If 1977 was the year that punk broke, and 1978 saw the UK turn Day-Glo, then 1979 was all about the aftershock of punk, with the redrawn British musical landscape divided between various youth sub-cultures and factions. The release of the film Quadrophenia gave a focal point to the growing mod revival, power pop bands like The Jags similarly sought inspiration from the mid-'60s, while 2-Tone recalibrated the ska sound of Prince Buster for a new generation of pork pie hat-wearing rude boys. Running parallel to those developments, a plethora of bands - prominent among whom were Public Image Ltd, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Fall and Joy Division - were demanding the future now with an uncompromising sound and nonconformist approach that would subsequently be labelled post-punk. They were joined by the likes of The Human League and Tubeway Army, who brought avant-garde electronic influences and dystopian lyrical themes into the pop charts. With the more mainstream Spirit-of-'77 bands now rebranded by the radio-friendly marketing term New Wave, 1979 turned out to be an epic pot-pourri of sounds and styles. The likes of Madness, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Pretenders and Dexy's Midnight Runners all made their vinyl debuts, while the singles chart boasted instant three-minute classics from The Jam, The Clash, The Skids, Squeeze, The Ruts, XTC and The Undertones. Naturally enough, all of the aforementioned bands are represented on 'Revolt Into Style' alongside more obscure 7" gems and a smattering of key album tracks from some of the most important long-players of the year: Joy Division, The Fall, Madness, Tubeway Army and Ian Dury's eagerly-awaited follow-up to 'New Boots And Panties'.

1. Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Revolt Into Style 2. Eddie And The Hot Rods -Media Messiahs 3. Andy Arthurs - I Feel Flat 4. Magazine -Rhythm Of Cruelty (single version) 5. The Cannibals -You CanÆt 6. John Cooper Clarke - íGimmix! Play Loud 7. Dead Fingers Talk- The Boyfriend 8. The Only Ones -You Got To Pay 9. Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee? 10. Sham 69 - Questions And Answers (single version) 11. Fingerprintz - Night Nurse 12. Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery) 13. The Squares - Stop Being A Boy 14. The Fall - Rebellious Jukebox 15. Alternative TV - Graves Of Deluxe Green 16. Patrik Fitzgerald - All Sewn Up 17. Tubeway Army - Me, I Disconnect From You 18. The Outsiders - White Debt 19. The Members- Soho-A-Go-Go 20. Three Party Split - Dubious Parentage 21. X-Ray Spex -Highly Inflammable 22. Jonnie And The Lubes - I Got Rabies 23. Toyah -Victims Of The Riddle (Part 1) 24. Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Sink My Boats 25. Squeeze - Up The Junction 26. The Clash - Groovy Times 27. The Records - Girls That Don't Exist 28. The Skids - Masquerade 29. Clive Langer And The Boxes - The Whole World 30. Echo And The Bunnymen - Read It In Books 31. The Faders - Library Book 32. Gang Of Four - At Home He's A Tourist 33. Joy Division - Disorder 34. The Numbers - Alternative Suicide 35. The Jags- Back Of My Hand 36. The Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies (Zoo version) 37. The Cravats -Burning Bridges 38. Adam And The Ants - Whip In My Valise 39. Fashion - Citinite 40. The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 41. Cult Figures - Zip Nolan (extended mix) 42. Pretenders - Kid 43. The Quads - There Must Be Thousands 44. The Jam - When YouÆre Young 45. The Cheetahs - Radio-Active 46. The Ruts- Something That I Said 47. The Teenbeats - I Can't Control Myself 48. The Stranglers - Don't Bring Harry 49. The Barracudas - I Want My Woody Back 50. XTC -Making Plans For Nigel 51. The Revillos -Where's The Boy For Me? 52. The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set (single version) 53. Passage -Taking My Time 54. Swell Maps - Real Shocks 55. The Zipps - Friends 56. Disco Zombies - Disco Zombies 57. The Pack - Number 12 58. The Human League - Empire State Human 59. The Wall- Kiss The Mirror 60. The Mekons - Work All Week 61. 999- Found Out Too Late 62. The Outcasts - Self Conscious Over You 63. Public Image Ltd - Memories (single version) 64. The Monks - Johnny B Rotten 65. The Freshies - Children Of The World 66. The Vapors - Prisoners 67. Madness- Bed And Breakfast Man 68. Secret Affair - Glory Boys 69. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Dance Stance (demo) 70. The Regents - 7 Teen 71. The Lurkers - New Guitar In Town 72. The Boys - Kamikaze 73. The Carpettes - Easy Way Out 74. Scritti Politti - Messthetics 75. Spizzenergi -Where's Captain Kirk? 76. Notsensibles -I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher