• Four exceptional hours of music that defines British pop at the end of a tumultuous decade • Continuing Cherry Red’s yearly overview of the late ‘70s UK “new music” scene • Housed in a stylish clamshell box, ‘Revolt Into Style’ features the best of a fast-splintering scene, rife with creativity 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’. Tracklist DISC ONE1 Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Revolt Into Style2 Eddie And The Hot Rods – Media Messiahs3 Andy Arthurs – I Feel Flat4 Magazine – Rhythm Of Cruelty (single version)5 The Cannibals – You Can’t6 John Cooper Clarke – ¡Gimmix! Play Loud7 Dead Fingers Talk – The Boyfriend8 The Only Ones – You Got To Pay9 Glaxo Babies – Who Killed Bruce Lee?10 Sham 69 – Questions And Answers (single version)11 Fingerprintz – Night Nurse12 Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Staircase (Mystery)13 The Squares – Stop Being A Boy14 The Fall – Rebellious Jukebox15 Alternative TV – Graves Of Deluxe Green16 Patrik Fitzgerald – All Sewn Up17 Tubeway Army – Me, I Disconnect From You18 The Outsiders – White Debt19 The Members – Soho-A-Go-Go20 Three Party Split – Dubious Parentage21 X-Ray Spex – Highly Inflammable22 Jonnie And The Lubes – I Got Rabies23 Toyah – Victims Of The Riddle (Part 1)24 Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Sink My Boats DISC TWO1 Squeeze – Up The Junction2 The Clash – Groovy Times3 The Records – Girls That Don’t Exist4 The Skids – Masquerade5 Clive Langer And The Boxes – The Whole World6 Echo And The Bunnymen – Read It In Books7 The Faders – Library Book8 Gang Of Four – At Home He’s A Tourist9 Joy Division – Disorder10 The Numbers – Alternative Suicide11 The Jags – Back Of My Hand12 The Teardrop Explodes – Bouncing Babies (Zoo version)13 The Cravats – Burning Bridges14 Adam And The Ants – Whip In My Valise15 Fashion – Citinite16 The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer17 Cult Figures – Zip Nolan (extended mix)18 Pretenders – Kid19 The Quads – There Must Be Thousands20 The Jam – When You’re Young21 The Cheetahs – Radio-Active22 The Ruts – Something That I Said23 The Teenbeats – I Can’t Control Myself24 The Stranglers – Don’t Bring Harry25 The Barracudas – I Want My Woody Back DISC THREE1 XTC – Making Plans For Nigel2 The Revillos – Where’s The Boy For Me?3 The Monochrome Set – The Monochrome Set (single version)4 Passage – Taking My Time5 Swell Maps – Real Shocks6 The Zipps – Friends7 Disco Zombies – Disco Zombies8 The Pack – Number 129 The Human League – Empire State Human10 The Wall – Kiss The Mirror11 The Mekons – Work All Week12 999 – Found Out Too Late13 The Outcasts – Self Conscious Over You14 Public Image Ltd – Memories (single version)15 The Monks – Johnny B Rotten16 The Freshies – Children Of The World17 The Vapors – Prisoners18 Madness – Bed And Breakfast Man19 Secret Affair – Glory Boys20 Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Dance Stance (demo)21 The Regents – 7 Teen22 The Lurkers – New Guitar In Town23 The Boys – Kamikaze24 The Carpettes – Easy Way Out25 Scritti Politti – Messthetics26 Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?27 Notsensibles – I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher
