1978: Year The UK Turned Day-Glo / Various (CD)

UK three CD set. On 1978: The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo, we investigate the sounds of 1978 as the original punk template fractured into a dazzling day-glo riot of sub-genres: new wave, post-punk, proto-Oi, power-pop, punk poets, the mod revival, ska-punk, synth-oriented electronic/industrial music and a whole load of additional noises that, over forty years later, have still to be classified by the fifth estate, the fourth column or even the Third Reich. We document various regional scenes, paying close attention to the likes of Manchester, Scotland and, in particular, Northern Ireland, where the arrival of punk was a life-affirming relief from the horrors of everyday life. From household names (The Jam, The Stranglers, The Cure, Public Image Ltd) to groups who barely progressed beyond their own bedrooms, major label careerists to DIY enthusiasts, one-off mavericks (led by the blessed Jilted John) to songs specifically crafted as hit singles, every aspect of a vibrant, multi-faceted scene is represented on our marathon four-hour, 79-track anthology. Housed in a capacity wallet, 1978: The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo includes a 48-page booklet that includes the lowdown on every track. Loaded with vim and vigour, it's another essential purchase for anyone with even a passing interest in the British music scene of the late Seventies.

Track List

1. Borstal Breakout - Sham 69
2. 5 Minutes - the Stranglers
3. Emergency - 999
4. Don't Tango on My Heart - the Doll
5. Oh! Didn't I Say - Tubeway Army
6. Automatic Lover - the Vibrators
7. I'm a Boy - Cyanide
8. Bad in Bed - the Electric Chairs
9. Lost Lenore - Attrix
10. Stuck with You - Zones
11. Party Clothes - Subs
12. You're a Disease - the Outcasts
13. She's So Modern - the Boomtown Rats
14. I'm Civilised - Menace
15. Moonmidsummer - the Freshies
16. The Kids Are Alright - the Pleasers
17. Don't Rain on My Parade - Japan
18. Concrete Jungle - the Coventry Automatics
19. Another Girl Another Planet - the Only Ones
20. Touch and Go - Magazine
21. Spread the Word Around - Pretty Boy Floyd and the Gems
22. When the Tanks Roll Over Poland Again - the Automatics
23. Stella's Got a Fella - Social Security
24. Chloroform - the Bleach Boys
25. Jilted John - Jilted John
26. Rat Up a Drainpipe - the Members
27. Glandular Angela - the Exits
28. Why Don't You Do Me Right? - Alternative TV
29. The Day the World Turned Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex
30. Up Against the Wall - Tom Robinson Band
31. Central Detention Centre - Gyro
32. Ain't Got a Clue - the Lurkers
33. The Backstreet Boys - Patrik Fitzgerald
34. Nobody Loves You When You're Old and Gay - Dead Fingers Talk
35. I Can't Resist - the Reaction
36. I Can't Wait - the Jolt
37. Kinnel Tommy - Ed Banger
38. Loving a Killer - the Stoat
39. A.C.A.B. - the Rowdies
40. Start All Over Again - No Sweat
41. I Believe - the V.I.P.S
42. 2Ne1 - the Carpettes
43. Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Rich Kids
44. Kung Fu International - John Cooper Clarke
45. Ringing in the Streets - the Ripchords
46. Slow Motion - Ultravox
47. Love Is Blind - Nightshift
48. Rock'n'roll Ain't Dead - the Questions
49. Cortina Cowboys - Blue Steam
50. Birmingham Reggie - the Others
51. Live in a Car - UK Subs
52. It's Alright - the Turn
53. Teenage Vice - the Teardrops
54. Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie - Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
55. Public Image - Public Image LTD
56. Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
57. Light at Your Window - the Detonators
58. Fibre - Spizzoil
59. Life's a Gamble - Penetration
60. 28/8/78 - Scritti Politti
61. Europeans - Europeans
62. Take the Cash (K.A.S.H.) - Wreckless Eric
63. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory - Johnny Thunders
64. The Saints Are Coming - Skids
65. It's the New Thing - the Fall
66. Alphaville - the Monochrome Set
67. In the Crowd - the Jam
68. Starry Eyes - the Records
69. Weekend Girl - the Bozos
70. Destination Venus - the Rezillos
71. Flashing in the Subway - Tyla Gang
72. 10:15 Saturday Night - the Cure
73. Larger Than Life - the Parrots
74. Wrong Street - Nicky ; the Dots
75. New Town - the Vitamins
76. Love Song - Passage
77. What She Wants She Needs - Eater
78. Never Met Suzi - Time Machine
79. White Christmas - Slush