Coming Up: Kids On The Street – UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-1981


From Cherry Red Records.

Details:

Hit singles from some of the era’s most vital acts (The Stranglers, Pretenders, The Ruts, The Teardrop Explodes, Elvis Costello) are joined by key cuts from seminal albums by the likes of The Jam, Squeeze and XTC.

The mod revival is represented by such names as Squire, The Circles, Smart Alec and pre- Direct Hits band The Exits, power pop royalty includes The Records, The Pleasers and The Jags, while there are cult favourites from The Soft Boys, The Distractions, Radio Stars and many others.

Joining the boys about town and kids on the street are pub rock veterans The Motors (with John Peel’s favourite track of 1977), former Bonzos man Neil Innes’ Beatles spoof The Rutles, Slade spin-off Dummies and beat boom veterans The Searchers, enjoying a new lease of life as the new wave of power pop bands updated their pioneering 60s sound.

Housed in a stylish clamshell box, and featuring a booklet that includes notes on each individual track, ‘Kids On The Street’ is a riveting reminder of a sound that dominated the British pop scene for a brief but highly creative period.

Track Listing:


DISC ONE

1 KIDS ON THE STREET – The Stiffs

2 BABYLON’S BURNING (single version) – The Ruts

3 BLOODLINE – Bram Tchaikovsky

4 COME ON STUPID – The Flys

5 SMASH IT UP – The Damned

6 WEEKEND – The Boys

7 TIME TO KILL – Clive Culbertson

8 TOWERS OF LONDON (album version) – XTC

9 THIS TIME – The Wasps

10 I DON’T THINK SO – The Smirks

11 DIAMOND SMILES – The Boomtown Rats

12 MY OWN WAY – Shake Appeal

13 TONIGHT, TONIGHT – Speed-O-Metors

14 ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN – Elvis Costello and The Attractions

15 MOTORBIKE BEAT – The Revillos

16 GINA – Salford Jets

17 I-SPY – Rudi

18 DUCHESS – The Stranglers

19 YESTERDAY’S LOVE – Any Trouble

20 OH GIRL – The Freshies

21 LIFE ON THE LINE – Eddie and The Hot Rods

22 SHE DOESN’T LOVE ME – Cramp

23 TALK OF THE TOWN – Pretenders

24 NERVOUS WRECK – Radio Stars

25 DOUBLEBACK ALLEY – The Rutles


DISC TWO

1 BOY ABOUT TOWN – The Jam

2 I AM A CASE – The Reaction

3 NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE – The V.I.P.’s

4 SOUND OF CONFUSION – Secret Affair

5 TOMORROW – Sta-Prest

6 CIRCLES – The Circles

7 WOMAN’S WORLD – The Jags

8 HEAD IN THE CLOUDS – Ada Wilson and Keeping Dark

9 ONE WAY LOVE – The Innocents

10 WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND (single version) – The Vapors

11 ANOTHER GIRL – The Vandells

12 SOMETIMES GOOD GUYS DON’T FOLLOW TRENDS – The Teenage Filmstars

13 I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND – Squire

14 GIRL IN A PICTURE – The Exits

15 THE SOUND OF THE SUBURBS (single version) – The Members

16 FRIDAY NIGHT – The Kraze

17 LEAVE YOU TO DREAM – The Distractions

18 BABY, BABY – The Vibrators

19 THE BEAT DRILL – The Steppes (aka The Fifty Fantastics)

20 HUNG ON YOU – Rich Kids

21 NEIGHBOURHOOD GIRLS – The Barracudas

22 TAKE IT – The Quads

23 VICKY VERKY – Squeeze

24 BEER, BACCY, BINGO AND BENIDORM (album version) – Inner City Unit

25 SCOOTER BOYS – Smart Alec

26 YOU DON’T KNOW – The Pleasers

27 LOVE’S MELODY (single version) – The Searchers


DISC THREE

1 DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY (album version) – The Motors

2 I WANNA DESTROY YOU – The Soft Boys

3 SILICON CARNE – The Monochrome Set

4 DON’T STEP ON THE CRACKS – Wah! Heat

5 SHE SAID GO – Private Dicks

6 GIRL – The Records

7 SET ME FREE – Tinopeners

8 INTO THE VALLEY – Skids

9 THIS CRAZY WORLD – Dead Fingers Talk

10 THE ORIGINAL MIXED-UP KID – Various Artists

11 OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT – The Only Ones

12 THE CAR – Apartment

13 YOU DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE – The Fans

14 DANGER SIGNS – Penetration

15 MOVE IN RHYTHM – Airkraft

16 NO FEAR – The Squares

17 SHE WAS MY GIRL – The Innocent Vicars

18 I CAN DETECT YOU (FOR 100,000 MILES) – Andy Arthurs

19 DO IT CLEAN – Echo and The Bunnymen

20 ANIMAL CONNECTIONS – Radio 5

21 HOTEL ROOMS – Joe Public

22 TREASON (single version) – The Teardrop Explodes

23 TWO-HEADED DOG – The Avant-Gardeners

24 CALL ON ME – The Engineers

25 WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT – Dummies

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