3-CD SET CELEBRATING THE MUSIC PLAYED AT LEGENDARY LATE 70s AND EARLY 80s CLUBS SUCH AS THE WAG IN LONDON, PIPS IN MANCHESTER AND THE RUM RUNNER IN BIRMINGHAM - A NIGHT- TIME CULTURE CENTRED AROUND FASHION-OBSESSED INDIVIDUALS, WHICH INSPIRED A YOUTH MOVEMENT, THE NEW ROMANTICS. FROM THE GLAM, ROCK AND PRE-PUNK OF THE 1970S THROUGH SYNTH POP, PUNK FUNK, DISCO AND OTHER GROOVY DANCEFLOOR FAVOURITES. FEATURING IGGY POP, LOU REED, ROXY MUSIC, DONNA SUMMER, JAPAN, GARY NUMAN, HUMAN LEAGUE, OMD, GRACE JONES, SPANDAU BALLET, TOM TOM CLUB, VISAGE, A CERTAIN RATIO, NEW ORDER AND MANY MORE! COMPILED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHRIS SULLIVAN (BLUE RONDO A LA TURK, HELL DJ, WAG CLUB MAINMAN AND FOUNDER), WITH EXTENSIVE ESSAY AND ARTIST BIOGS AND RECOLLECTIONS. COMPILED AND PRODUCED BY THE TEAM BEHIND THE 'MUSIK MUSIC MUSIQUE' SERIES AND 'SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS (MILITANT FUNK & THE POST-PUNK DANCEFLOOR 1978-1984)'. In The Aftermath Of Punk, And Inspired By The Glamour Of The Likes Of David Bowie, Young Elites In England's Major Cities Threw Off The Shackles Of Damp And Dreary Turn-Of-The-80s Britain And Sought Something More Refined And Cultured Than Punk's Primal Howl. Armed With Wardrobes Full Of Colourful And Outrageous Second-Hand Clothes, Cheap Make-Up, Extensive Record Collections, Their Own Extroverted Imaginations And An Urge To Dance (Not Pogo), A Collection Of Djs, Dancers And Junkshop Fashionistas Would Frequent Clubs Such As The Wag In London, Pips In Manchester And The Rum Runner In Birmingham. The Resulting Scene Would Famously Go On To Spawn Countless 80s Pop Scene Faces And Trigger What Became The New Romantic Movement. Curated With Help From London Boy-About-Town And DJ Chris Sullivan, And Featuring A Smorgasbord Of Glam Rock, Proto-Punk, Electronica, Disco, Funk And Camp 60s Curios, 'Music For New Romantics' Captures Something Of The Spirt Of A Night Out At That Remarkable, Unique Nightspot. From The Pre-Punk Rock Of Alice Cooper, Iggy And Lou Reed, Through The Futuristic Sound Of The Normal, John Foxx, New Order And Visage And Into The Imported New York Cool Of Tom Tom Club, Coati Mundi And Co, This Is A Deep Dive Into The Eclectic And Eccentric Listening Habits Of A Group Of People Determined Not To Be Swallowed By Punk's Gloomy Reflections Of British Society, And To Create A Fantastical And Improbable World All Of Their Own.

Tracklist:

Mott The Hoople -All TheYoung Dudes
The Lounge Lizards-Harlem Nocturne
Alice Cooper -I'm Eighteen
New York Dolls-Personality Crisis
Zager ; Evans- In The Year2525
Iggy Pop -Nightclubbing
Roxy Music -Do The Strand
Kim Fowley -Motorboat
Lou Reed -Vicious
Wayne County ; The Electric Chairs- Berlin
Nina Hagen Tv-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope)
La DÃ¼sseldorf -Viva
Mick Ronson -Only After Dark
Rah Band- The Crunch
Fox S-S-S-Single Bed
The Warlord- The Ultimate Warlord
Donna Summer -Love To Love You Baby
Grace Jones- La Vie En Rose
Giorgio Moroder -Chase
The Sweet -The Ballroom Blitz
Gary Miller With The Barry Gray Orchestra-Stingray
Tubeway Army -Down In The Park
The Cure -A Forest
The Human League -Being Boiled
The Normal- Warm Leatherette
Suicide- Ghost Rider
Orchestral Manoeuvres
In The Dark- Electricity
John Foxx- Underpass
Thomas Dolby --She Blinded Me With Science
Visage -Visage
Simple Minds- Changeling
Landscape Einstein- A Go Go
The Flying Lizards -Money
Telex- Moskow Diskow
Throbbing Gristle- Hot
On The Heels Of Love
Japan- Life In Tokyo
Yello- Bostich
Nightmares In Wax -BlackLeather
Heaven 17- (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Spandau Ballet- To Cut A
Long Story Short
Magazine- Shot By Both Sides
Siouxsie And The Banshees- Hong Kong Garden
Marianne Faithfull-Broken English
The Associates- Club Country
Abc- Tears Are Not Enough
M M- Factor
Tom Tom Club- Genius Of Love
Blue Rondo A La Turk-Klactoveesedstein
A Certain Ratio- Shack Up
New Order- Everything's Gone Green
Glaxo Babies- Shake (The Foundations)
Heat Exchange- Shake Down
Chaz Jankel -Ai No Corrida
Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band- I'm An Indian Too
Coati Mundi Me- No Pop I
Gina X- Performance No G.D.M
Sister Sledge- Lost In Music
Lipps Inc- Funky Town
The Barry Gray-Orchestra Captain Scarlet

UPC: 5013929113190
Label: Cherry Red
Release Date: 11.25.22
Format: CD

Music For New Romantics / Various - Music For New Romantics / Various (Uk) (CD)