Sunday, October 14, 2018

Playlist October 13 2018

1978 Part 1 This Is Pop?
 XTC “Statue of Liberty”  Single (1978) Virgin — Banned by the BBC 1/6
 Sham 69 “Borstal Breakout” Single (1978)  Polydor — 1/6

 Rich Kids “Rich Kids”  Single (1978)  EMI — X-Pistol Glen Matlock plus future Ultravox 1/13
 Sex Pistols “Anarchy In The U.S.A.”  Troublemakers (1980)  Warner Brothers — Last Live concert @ Winterland San Fran 1/14

 Magazine “Shot By Both Sides”  Single (1978)  Virgin — Howard Devoto's new band Debut 1/16
 The Buzzcocks “What Do I Get?”  Single (1978)  United Artists — 1/20 4th single

 Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights”  Single (1978) EMI — Debut single 1/20
 Brian Eno “King's Lead Hat”  Single (1978)  EG/Polydor — Remixed single version 1/20 anagram Talking Heads

 The Mekons “Never Been In A Riot” Single (1978)  Fast Product — Debut single 1/20
 The Adverts “No Time to Be 21”  Single (1978)  Bright — 1/20
 The Zippers “You're So Strange”  Single (1978)  Back Door Man — LA band Jan?
 Swell Maps “Read About Seymour”  Single (1978)  Rough Trade — Debut single 1/30

 Blondie “Denis”  Single (1978)  Chrysalis — Randy and the Rainbows cover #2 hit in UK 2/4
 Nick Lowe “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass”  Single (1978)  Radar — Jesus of Cool Lp a few weeks later 2/8

 Generation X “Ready Steady Go” Single (1978)  Chrysalis — Billy Idol and Co 2/10
 Wreckless Eric “Reconnez Cherie”  Single (1978)  Stiff — Speeded up a bit 2/10
 Squeeze “Take Me I'm Yours”  Single (1978)  A and M — Lp followed in days 2/10

 Métal Urbain “Paris Maquis”  Single (1978)  Rough Trade — French Group - 1st single on Rough Trade 2/14
 The Clash “Clash City Rockers”Single (1978)  CBS Records — Included on US version of 1st LP 2/17
 Wire “I Am the Fly”Single (1978)Harvest — 2nd 45 2/23
 Destroy All Monsters “Bored” Single (1978) IDBI — Stooges related from Detroit 2/25

 Patti Smith “Because The Night”  Single (1978)  Arista — Easter Lp Springsteen Cover 3/3
 Elvis Costello and The Attractions “(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea” Live At the El Mocambo (1978)  Columbia — 45 released 3 days earlier - Live in Toronto 3/6

 Pere Ubu “Non-Alignment Pact”  The Modern Dance (1978)  Blank — Cleveland 1st LP 3/9
The Weirdos “(We Got The) Neutron Bomb”  Single (1978)  Dangerhouse — LA band 3/15
 Stiff Little Fingers “Suspect Device”  Single (1978)  Rigid Digits — Debut 45 3/15

The Rutles “I Must Be In Love”  The Rutles (1978)  Warner Brothers — All You Need is Cash TV 3/22
 The Ramones “Do You Wanna Dance?”  Rocket To Russia (1978)  Sire — 3rd LP and Single 3/24
 Ian Gomm “Come On”  Single (1978) Albion — Chuck Berry cover ex Brinsley Schwartz Mar?
 The Boomtown Rats “She's So Modern”  Single (1978)  Ensign — Sir Bob Geldof and co 3/31

 X “Adult Books”  Single (1978) Dangerhouse — Debut 45 LA Band 4/4
 The Cramps “Surfin' Bird”  Single (1978)  Vengeance — Debut 45 NYC Band 4/4

 The Normal “T.V.O.D.” Single (1978) Mute — First Mute 45 4/6
 Television “Glory” Adventure (1978)  Elektra — 4/7 second LP
 The Police “Roxanne”  Single (1978)  A and M — 4/7 second single Big Hit
Television Personalities “14th Floor”  Single (1978) Teen 78 — Debut 45 Dan Treacy 4/9

 The Kinks “Live Life ” Misfits (1978)  Arista — 4/14
 X-Ray Spex “The Day the World Turned Day-Glo”  Single (1978)  Art-I- Ficial Records — Germ Free Adolescents Lp a week later 4/14
 The Suburbs “Go”  The Suburbs (1978)  Twin/Tone Records — Minneapolis - First Twin/Tone release 4/17
 Kraftwerk “Neonlicht”  Single (1978) EMI — German version by German Band 4/19

 XTC “This Is Pop?”  Single (1978)  Virgin — Rerecorded for the Single 4/21
 The Only Ones “Another Girl, Another Planet”  Single (1978)  CBS — 4/21
 Vom “I'm In Love With Your Mom”  Live at Surf City EP (1978) White Noise — Pre Angry Samoans LA Band 4/24
 Throbbing Gristle “United”  Single (2011)  Industrial Records Ltd. — Debut 45 4/26

The B 52's “Rock Lobster”  Single (1978)  Db Records — Debut single Athens GA band 5/4
The Rolling Stones “Miss You”  Some Girls (1978)  Rolling Stones — Lp followed soon 5/10
 Rudi “Big Time”  Single (1978)  Good Vibrations — 5/10

Plastic Bertrand “Ca Plane Pour Moi” Single (1978)  Sire — French 5/13
 Nips “King Of The Bop”  Single (1978)  Soho Records — Post Nipple Erectors Pre Pogues 5/16
 The Members “Solitary Confinement” Single (1978)  Stiff — One Off 45 5/26

The Dickies  "(You Drive Me Ape) You Big Gorilla"  Single (1978) A and M - LA Band