VA - 1978: The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo (2020) [CD-Rip]

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.

Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout
2. The Stranglers – 5 Minutes
3. 999 – Emergency
4. The Doll – Don’t Tango On My Heart
5. Tubeway Army – Oh! Didn’t I Say
6. The Vibrators – Automatic Lover
7. Cyanide – I’m A Boy
8. Electric Chairs – Bad In Bed
9. Attrix – Lost Lenoré
10. Zones – Stuck With You
11. Subs – Party Clothes
12. The Outcasts – You're A Disease
13. The Boomtown Rats – She’s So Modern
14. Menace – I’m Civilised
15. The Freshies – Moonmidsummer
16. The Pleasers – The Kids Are Alright
17. Japan – Don’t Rain On My Parade
18. The Coventry Automatics – Concrete Jungle
19. The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
20. Magazine – Touch And Go
21. Pretty Boy Floyd And The Gems – Spread The Word Around
22. The Automatics – When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again
23. Social Security – Stella’s Got A Fella
24. The Bleach Boys – Chloroform
25. Jilted John – Jilted John
26. The Members – Rat Up A Drainpipe
27. The Exits – Glandular Angela
28. Alternative TV – Why Don’t You Do Me Right?

Disc 2
1. X Ray Spex – The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
2. Tom Robinson Band – Up Against The Wall
3. Gyro – Central Detention Centre
4. The Lurkers – Ain’t Got A Clue
5. Patrik Fitzgerald – The Backstreet Boys
6. Dead Fingers Talk – Nobody Loves You When You’re Old And Gay
7. The Reaction – I Can't Resist
8. The Jolt – I Can't Wait
9. Ed Banger – Kinnel Tommy
10. The Stoat – Loving A Killer
11. The Rowdies – A.C.A.B.
12. No Sweat – Start All Over Again
13. The V.I.P.'s – I Believe
14. The Carpettes – 2ne1
15. Rich Kids – Ghosts Of Princes In Towers
16. John Cooper Clarke – Kung Fu International
17. The Ripchords – Ringing In The Streets
18. Ultravox – Slow Motion
19. Nightshift – Love Is Blind
20. The Questions – Rock ’n’ Roll Ain’t Dead
21. Blue Steam – Cortina Cowboys
22. The Others – Birmingham Reggie
23. UK Subs – Live In A Car
24. The Turn – It’s Alright
25. The Teardrops – Teenage Vice
26. Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias – Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie

Disc 3
1. Public Image Ltd – Public Image
2. Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
3. The Detonators – Light At Your Window
4. Spizzoil – Fibre
5. Penetration – Life’s A Gamble
6. Scritti Politti – 28/8/78
7. Europeans – Europeans
8. Wreckless Eric – Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.)
9. Johnny Thunders – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory
10. Skids – The Saints Are Coming
11. The Fall – It’s The New Thing
12. The Monochrome Set – Alphaville
13. The Jam – In The Crowd
14. The Records – Starry Eyes
15. The Bozos – Weekend Girl
16. The Rezillos – Destination Venus
17. Tyla Gang – Flashing In The Subway
18. The Cure – 10:15 Saturday Night
19. The Parrots – Larger Than Life
20. Nicky & The Dots – Wrong Street
21. The Vitamins – New Town
22. The Passage – Love Song
23. Eater – What She Wants, She Needs
24. Time Machine – Never Met Suzi
25. Slush – White Christmas