Name: Music For New Romantics
Brand: Various

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Bonus disc: No

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CRCDBOX131

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-25

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

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Standard:20

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5013929113190

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

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Various

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a British label that was founded by Iain McNay in 1978. Also known as Cherry Red Records, this label has become associated with the company Music and Media Group. With the label code LC 6730, Cherry Red has made a name for itself in the music industry. It is important to note that this label should not be confused with the US label of the same name.

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.

In the aftermath of punk rock, and inspired by the glamour of the likes of David Bowie, young elites in England’s major cities threw off the shackles of grey, 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 (of Blue Rondo A La Turk), 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.

DISC ONE 1 MOTT THE HOOPLE All The Young Dudes 2 THE LOUNGE LIZARDS Harlem Nocturne 3 ALICE COOPER I’m Eighteen 4 NEW YORK DOLLS Personality Crisis 5 ZAGER &amp; EVANS In The Year 2525 6 IGGY POP Nightclubbing 7 ROXY MUSIC Do The Strand 8 KIM FOWLEY Motorboat 9 LOU REED Vicious 10 WAYNE COUNTY &amp; THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS Berlin 11 NINA HAGEN TV-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope) 12 LA DÜSSELDORF Viva 13 MICK RONSON Only After Dark 14 RAH BAND The Crunch 15 FOX S-S-S-Single Bed 16 THE WARLORD The Ultimate Warlord 17 DONNA SUMMER Love To Love You Baby 18 GRACE JONES La Vie En Rose 19 GIORGIO MORODER Chase 20 THE SWEET The Ballroom Blitz 21 GARY MILLER With THE BARRY GRAY ORCHESTRA Stingray

DISC TWO 1 TUBEWAY ARMY Down In The Park 2 THE CURE A Forest 3 THE HUMAN LEAGUE Being Boiled 4 THE NORMAL Warm Leatherette 5 SUICIDE Ghost Rider 6 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK Electricity 7 JOHN FOXX Underpass 8 THOMAS DOLBY She Blinded Me With Science 9 VISAGE Visage 10 SIMPLE MINDS Changeling 11 LANDSCAPE Einstein A Go Go 12 THE FLYING LIZARDS Money 13 TELEX Moskow Diskow 14 THROBBING GRISTLE Hot On The Heels Of Love 15 JAPAN Life In Tokyo 16 YELLO Bostich 17 NIGHTMARES IN WAX Black Leather 18 HEAVEN 17 (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 19 SPANDAU BALLET To Cut a Long Story Short 20 MAGAZINE Shot By Both Sides 21 SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Hong Kong Garden

DISC THREE 1 MARIANNE FAITHFULL Broken English 2 THE ASSOCIATES Club Country 3 ABC Tears Are Not Enough 4 M M Factor 5 TOM TOM CLUB Genius Of Love 6 BLUE RONDO À LA TURK Klactoveesedstein 7 A CERTAIN RATIO Shack Up 8 NEW ORDER Everything’s Gone Green 9 GLAXO BABIES Shake (The Foundations) 10 HEAT EXCHANGE Shake Down 11 CHAZ JANKEL Ai No Corrida 12 DON ARMANDO’S SECOND AVENUE RHUMBA BAND I’m An Indian Too 13 COATI MUNDI Me No Pop I 14 GINA X PERFORMANCE No G.D.M 15 SISTER SLEDGE Lost In Music 16 LIPPS INC Funky Town 17 THE BARRY GRAY ORCHESTRA Captain Scarlet