Name: 1978 - The Year the UK Turned Day-Glo,
Brand: Various

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CDTRED818

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Download code: No

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-08-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929181830

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Various

Genre GB

Punk / Hardcore

Label GB

Cherry Red

Housed in a capacity wallet, <i>1978: The Year The UK Turned Day-Glo</i> 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.

This compilation investigates 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.

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.

1978 - The Year the UK Turned Day-Glo,

Music GB