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600 classic tracks! The greatest punk, new wave and post punk collection ever compiled!

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often shouted political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels.

Between 1974 and 1976, when the genre that became known as punk was developing, prominent acts included Television, Patti Smith, and the Ramones in New York City; the Saints in Brisbane; and the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Damned in London, and the Buzzcocks in Manchester. By late 1976, punk had become a major cultural phenomenon in the UK. It gave rise to a punk subculture that expressed youthful rebellion through distinctive styles of clothing, such as T-shirts with deliberately offensive graphics, leather jackets, studded or spiked bands and jewellery, safety pins, and bondage and S&M clothes.

In 1977, the influence of the music and subculture spread worldwide. It took root in a wide range of local scenes that often rejected affiliation with the mainstream.

The Sex Pistols' live TV skirmish with Bill Grundy on December 1, 1976, was the signal moment in British punk's transformation into a major media phenomenon, even as some stores refused to stock the records and radio airplay was hard to come by. Press coverage of punk misbehavior grew intense: On January 4, 1977, The Evening News of London ran a front-page story on how the Sex Pistols "vomited and spat their way to an Amsterdam flight". In February 1977, the first album by a British punk band appeared: Damned Damned Damned (by the Damned) reached number thirty-six on the UK chart. The EP Spiral Scratch, self-released by Manchester's Buzzcocks, was a benchmark for both the DIY ethic and regionalism in the country's punk movement. The Clash's self-titled debut album came out two months later and rose to number twelve; the single "White Riot" entered the top forty. In May, the Sex Pistols achieved new heights of controversy (and number two on the singles chart) with "God Save the Queen". The band had recently acquired a new bassist, Sid Vicious, who was seen as exemplifying the punk persona. The swearing during the Grundy interview and the controversy over "God Save the Queen" led to a moral panic.

Scores of new punk groups formed around the United Kingdom, as far from London as Belfast's Stiff Little Fingers and Dunfermline, Scotland's the Skids. Though most survived only briefly, perhaps recording a small-label single or two, others set off new trends. Crass, from Essex, merged a vehement, straight-ahead punk rock style with a committed anarchist mission, and played a major role in the emerging anarcho-punk movement. Sham 69, London's Menace, and the Angelic Upstarts from South Shields in the Northeast combined a similarly stripped-down sound with populist lyrics, a style that became known as street punk. These expressly working-class bands contrasted with others in the second wave that presaged the post-punk phenomenon. Liverpool's first punk group, Big in Japan, moved in a glam, theatrical direction. The band did not survive long, but it spun off several well-known post-punk acts. The songs of London's Wire were characterized by sophisticated lyrics, minimalist arrangements, and extreme brevity.

Alongside thirteen original songs that would define classic punk rock, the Clash's debut had included a cover of the recent Jamaican reggae hit "Police and Thieves". Other first wave bands such as the Slits and new entrants to the scene like the Ruts and the Police interacted with the reggae and ska subcultures, incorporating their rhythms and production styles. The punk rock phenomenon helped spark a full-fledged ska revival movement known as 2 Tone, centered on bands such as the Specials, the Beat, Madness, and the Selecter. In July, the Sex Pistols' third single, "Pretty Vacant", reached number six and Australia's the Saints had a top-forty hit with "This Perfect Day".

In September, Generation X and the Clash reached the top forty with, respectively, "Your Generation" and "Complete Control". X-Ray Spex's "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" did not chart, but it became a requisite item for punk fans. The BBC banned "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" due to its controversial lyrics. In October, the Sex Pistols hit number eight with "Holidays in the Sun", followed by the release of their first and only "official" album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. Inspiring yet another round of controversy, it topped the British charts. In December, one of the first books about punk rock was published: The Boy Looked at Johnny, by Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons.

"Teenage Kicks" was the debut single by Northern Irish punk rock band the Undertones. Written in the summer of 1977 by the band's principal songwriter, the song was recorded on 15 June 1978 and initially released that September on independent Belfast record label Good Vibrations, before the band signed to Sire Records on 2 October 1978.

Influential BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel is known to have repeatedly stated "Teenage Kicks" to be his all-time favourite song from 1978 until his death in 2004. When he first played the song on his show on 25 September, he played the song twice (something he had never previously done). Peel also specifically requested sections of the lyrics of the song be engraved upon his tombstone. The song has also been ranked as the second best punk/new wave song of all time in a 2016 poll conducted by an alternative music radio station.

New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular music styles of the era, including power pop, synth-pop, ska revival, and more specific forms of punk rock that were less abrasive. It may also be viewed as a more accessible counterpart of post-punk.

New wave bands largely emerged during the punk and post-punk eras of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but their influence prevailed throughout many decades of pop rock.

The new wave music scene was stylistically diverse from its outset. Some late ‘70s new wave artists such as Blondie, XTC, Nick Lowe, and Elvis Costello appropriated the raw punk energy of groups like the Sex Pistols and the Damned. Other early ‘80s groups like The Human League, Tears for Fears and Devo, embraced synthesizers and funk rhythms. Still, others, like the Talking Heads, Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, and The Police, incorporated reggae and West African rhythmic concepts to traditional rock music.

By the 1980s, the use of synthesizers became widespread. When the post-punk band Joy Division dissolved upon the death of singer Ian Curtis, the remaining members reformed as New Order - a new wave group that brought keyboards and a power-pop sensibility to the Joy Division ethos. Synth pop influenced many other 1980s new wave acts, including The Human League, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds and Gary Numan. Even The Cure incorporated synthesizers into their sound, which helped create a unified aesthetic in most 1980s power pop.

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of rock music that emerged in the late 1970s in the wake of punk rock. Post-punk musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a broader, more experimental approach that encompassed a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-rock influences. Inspired by punk's energy and DIY ethic but determined to break from rock cliches, artists experimented with styles like funk, electronic music, jazz, and dance music; the production techniques of dub and disco; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. These communities produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines.

The early post-punk vanguard was represented by groups including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wire, Public Image Ltd, the Pop Group, Cabaret Voltaire, Magazine, Pere Ubu, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Devo, Gang of Four, the Slits, the Cure, and the Fall.

The movement was closely related to the development of ancillary genres such as gothic rock, neo-psychedelia, no wave, and industrial music. By the mid-1980s, post-punk had dissipated, but it provided a foundation for the New Pop movement and the later alternative and independent genres.

So, following exhaustive and extensive online research, plus my own recollections and memories, here is my personal compilation of what I consider to be the 600 best and most important tracks from the original punk, new wave and post punk era.

This mammoth fully packed 27CD set contains many rare and extremely hard to find tracks, with a number featured in their original 7" single form. Only the original studio mixes are included. No later remixes, 'stereo enhanced' or live bootleg versions here!

Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters, with a considerable number of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality and enjoyment.

This compilation is truly 100% all killer, no filler!

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Track lists

CD01

01 Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K. 3:32

02 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Accidents Will Happen 3:01

03 Alternative Tv - Action Time Vision 2:30

04 The Raincoats - Adventures Close to Home 1:53

05 New Order - Age of Consent 5:16

06 Cocteau Twins - Aikea-Guinea 3:58

07 The Lurkers - Ain't Got a Clue 2:09

08 Kleenex - Ain't You 3:03

09 The Motors - Airport 4:28

10 The Jam - All Around the World 2:22

11 Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster 2:43

12 Subway Sect - Ambition 3:07

13 Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes 2:48

14 Sham 69 - Angels with Dirty Faces 2:34

15 The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet 3:00

16 Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart 2:59

17 Delta 5 - Anticipation 2:11

18 Adam And The Ants - "Antmusic" (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:15

19 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights 3:09

20 Tubeway Army - Are "Friends" Electric? 5:21

21 Killing Joke - Are You Receiving 4:59

22 XTC - Are You Receiving Me? 3:04

23 The Clash - Armagideon Time 3:51

24 Gang Of Four - At Home He's a Tourist 3:31

CD02

25 Stiff Little Fingers - At the Edge 2:59

26 Joy Division - Atmosphere 4:09

27 Buzzcocks - Autonomy 3:45

28 Pulp - Babies 4:05

29 The Ruts - Babylon's Burning 2:35

30 Patrik Fitzgerald - Babysitter 1:10

31 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Back of Love 3:15

32 The Jags - Back of My Hand (Original 1979 Jon Astley/Phil Chapman produced First 7" Single Version) 3:19

33 Patrik Fitzgerald - The Backstreet Boys 3:48

34 Madness - Baggy Trousers 2:46

35 The Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) 1:53

36 The Clash - Bankrobber 4:34

37 Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love 3:31

38 John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street 6:22

39 Patti Smith Group - Because the Night 3:19

40 Madness - Bed and Breakfast Man 2:33

41 The Human League - Being Boiled (Original 1978 Fast Product 7" Single Version) 3:50

42 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Original 1979 Beck Studios 12" Single Version) 9:33

43 The Beat - Best Friend 3:02

44 Rudi - Big Time 2:43

45 The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:11

CD03

46 The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) 3:50

47 The Sugarcubes - Birthday 4:00

48 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Original 1986 12" Extended Mix) 6:43

49 The Specials - Blank Expression 2:44

50 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation 2:44

51 Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Original 1976 7" Mono Single Version) 2:11

52 The Golinski Brothers - Bloody 2:33

53 New Order - Blue Monday (Original 1983 12" Single Version) 7:28

54 Sex Pistols - Bodies 3:03

55 Buzzcocks - Boredom 2:53

56 Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Born to Lose 3:05

57 Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout 2:10

58 The Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies (Original 1979 Zoo Records 7" Single Version) 2:45

59 The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side 3:15

60 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:42

61 Pretenders - Brass in Pocket 3:05

62 Buzzcocks - Breakdown 1:58

63 Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses 3:55

64 Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Original 1979 7" Single Edit) 3:03

65 Talking Heads - Burning Down the House 4:03

66 Plasmatics - Butcher Baby 3:33

67 Bow Wow Wow - C·30 C·60 C·90 Go! 3:00

68 Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:28

CD04

69 The Sundays - Can't Be Sure 3:23

70 The Police - Can't Stand Losing You 3:00

71 Adam And The Ants - Car Trouble 3:26

72 Gary Numan - Cars (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:56

73 Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz 2:16

74 New Order - Ceremony (Original "Version 1" FAC 33, March 6, 1981 7" Single) 4:37

75 Tears For Fears - Change (Radio Edit) 3:57

76 Skids - Charles (Original 1978 No Bad Records 7" Single Version) 2:34

77 The Shapes - Chatterboks 2:04

78 The Runaways - Cherry Bomb 2:18

79 Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks 2:56

80 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine 3:00

81 Skids - Circus Games (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 4:06

82 The Clash - Clampdown 3:49

83 Art Of Noise - Close (to the Edit) (Original 1984 7" Single Edit) 4:06

84 The Associates - Club Country (Original 1982 7" Single Edit) 4:02

85 The Shapes - College Girls 2:33

86 Pulp - Common People 5:50

87 The Clash - Complete Control 3:14

88 Kraftwerk - Computer Love (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:44

89 The Specials - Concrete Jungle 3:20

90 Squeeze - Cool for Cats 3:15

91 Hazel O'connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:41

CD05

92 The Primitives - Crash 2:32

93 Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind 3:29

94 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter 3:56

95 Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods 3:28

96 Dexys Midnight Runners - Dance Stance (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:40

97 Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot 4:16

98 Penetration - Danger Signs 2:26

99 X-ray Spex - The Day the World Turned Day-Glo 2:51

100 Altered Images - Dead Popstars 3:17

101 Joy Division - Dead Souls 4:52

102 Public Image Ltd - Death Disco (Original 1979 7" Single Edit) 4:14

103 Joy Division - Decades 6:11

104 Magazine - Definitive Gaze 4:29

105 Blondie - Denis (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:15

106 The Rezillos - Destination Venus 3:37

107 Pulp - Disco 2000 4:33

108 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Discovering Japan 3:32

109 Eddie And The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 4:03

110 The Specials Feat. Rico With The Ice Rink String Sounds - Do Nothing (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:41

111 Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? 3:51

112 Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me? 3:15

CD06

113 Stiff Little Fingers - Doesn't Make It Alright 5:48

114 Adam And The Ants - Dog Eat Dog (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:03

115 Ramones - Don't Come Close (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:44

116 Penetration - Don't Dictate 2:55

117 Protex - Don't Ring Me Up (Original 1978 Good Vibrations 7" Single Version) 2:38

118 Cocteau Twins - Donimo 6:23

119 Wire - Dot Dash 2:24

120 The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 3:59

121 Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse (A Paranoid Fantasy) (Original 1984 7" Single Version) 4:19

122 Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls - Dream Sequence I 3:19

123 Blondie - Dreaming 3:06

124 Tonight - Drummer Man 2:44

125 The Stranglers - Duchess 2:28

126 Propaganda - Duel (Original 1985 7" Single Version) 4:46

127 Buzzcocks - E.S.P. 4:45

128 Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach 3:34

129 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity 3:33

130 Peter And The Test Tube Babies - Elvis Is Dead 2:11

131 Madness - Embarrassment 3:11

132 999 - Emergency 2:50

133 Sex Pistols - EMI 3:09

134 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay 3:31

CD07

135 The Jam - The Eton Rifles (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:29

136 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 2:42

137 Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays 3:14

138 Visage - Fade to Grey (Original 1981 12" John Luongo Dance Mix) 6:43

139 The Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket 2:59

140 The Dickies - Fan Mail 3:04

141 Mo-dettes - Fandango 2:33

142 Girls At Our Best! - Fast Boyfriends 2:47

143 Buzzcocks - Fast Cars 2:26

144 The Fall - Fiery Jack 4:44

145 The Cure - Fire in Cairo 3:23

146 The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You 3:40

147 The Boys - First Time 2:19

148 Cockney Rejects - Flares 'n' Slippers 1:36

149 The Cure - A Forest (Original 1980 12" Extended Single Version) 5:55

150 Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Furniture Music 3:31

151 The Special A.k.a. - Gangsters 2:46

152 Notsensibles - Garry Bushell's Band of the Week 1:47

153 The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (Original 1977 Anchor Records 7" Single Version) 2:14

154 The Clash - Gates of the West 3:25

155 Xtc - Generals and Majors (Original 1980 7" Single Edit) 3:41

156 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 3:30

157 Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno 3:27

158 X-ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescents 3:12

CD08

159 The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 4:02

160 The Undertones - Get Over You 2:44

161 Girls At Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast 2:00

162 The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You 4:15

163 The Specials Feat. Rico - Ghost Town (Original 1981 12" Extended Single Version) 6:03

164 Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers 3:34

165 Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk 3:24

166 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (Original 1982 7" Single Edit) 3:58

167 Patti Smith - Gloria 5:55

168 Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild in the Country (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 2:59

169 Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen 3:19

170 Jilted John - Going Steady 3:49

171 The Jam - Going Underground 2:53

172 Squeeze - Goodbye Girl (Original 1978 UK 7" Single Version) 3:03

173 Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Gettaway 3:35

174 Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette 3:31

175 The Cure - Grinding Halt 2:49

176 The Clash - The Guns of Brixton 3:09

177 The Beat - Hands Off...She's Mine 2:59

178 The Smiths - Handsome Devil 2:44

179 The Stranglers - Hanging Around 4:25

180 Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone 2:21

CD09

181 Altered Images - Happy Birthday 2:59

182 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House 3:50

183 Kirsty Maccoll - He's On the Beach 3:31

184 Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie 2:43

185 The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven 3:29

186 The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 3:36

187 Kleenex - Hedi's Head 2:12

188 The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 1:46

189 The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends 3:54

190 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Original 1979 Polydor Records 7" Single Edit) 3:23

191 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:51

192 The Specials - Hey, Little Rich Girl 3:37

193 Wreckless Eric - Hit and Miss Judy 4:37

194 Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick 3:44

195 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:45

196 Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun 3:23

197 The Runaways - Hollywood 2:58

198 Lene Lovich - Home 3:40

199 999 - Homicide (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:42

200 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 2:54

201 The Fall - How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' 4:20

202 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Original 1984 Rough Trade 12" Single Version) 6:47

CD10

203 The Passions - Hunted 3:31

204 Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry 3:24

205 Wire - I Am the Fly (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:06

206 The Rezillos - I Can't Stand My Baby (Original 1977 Sensible Records 7" Version) 2:38

207 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 3:30

208 The Boys - I Don't Care 2:10

209 The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 4:19

210 Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind 2:19

211 The Lurkers - I Don't Need to Tell Her 3:05

212 The Piranhas - I Don't Want My Body (Original Vaultage '78 Version) 3:48

213 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea 3:02

214 Ramones - I Don't Want You 2:26

215 Gang Of Four - I Found That Essence Rare 3:14

216 Split Enz - I Got You 3:27

217 Gang Of Four - I Love a Man in a Uniform 3:35

218 Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass 3:14

219 Modern English - I Melt with You (Original 1982 7" Stereo Single Mix) 3:48

220 Eddie And The Hot Rods - I Might Be Lying (Original 1977 7" Single Edit) 2:58

221 Menace - I Need Nothing 2:17

222 The Shapes - (I Saw) Batman (In the Launderette) 2:37

223 Simple Minds - I Travel (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:09

224 Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated 2:29

225 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear 2:43

226 Angelic Upstarts - I'm an Upstart 2:20

227 Leyton Buzzards - I'm Hanging Around 2:47

CD11

228 The Passions - I'm in Love with a German Film Star 3:58

229 Notsensibles - I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher 3:38

230 The Freshies - I'm In Love With the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk 2:50

231 Cockney Rejects - I'm Not a Fool 3:48

232 The Saints - (I'm) Stranded 3:30

233 X-ray Spex - Identity 2:23

234 Sham 69 - If the Kids Are United 3:44

235 Those Naughty Lumps - Iggy Pop's Jacket (Original 1979 Zoo Records 7" Single Version) 1:41

236 The Ruts - In a Rut 3:41

237 The Cure - In Between Days 2:58

238 The Raincoats - In Love 3:08

239 The Jam - In the City 2:19

240 Madness - In the Middle of the Night 3:02

241 The Stranglers With The 'barracuda Bass' Sound - In the Shadows 4:37

242 Altered Images - Insects 3:32

243 The Slits - Instant Hit 2:43

244 The Specials - International Jet Set (Original 1980 7" Single Edit) 4:13

245 Skids - Into the Valley 3:14

246 Patrik Fitzgerald - Irrelevant Battles 1:56

247 Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out with Him? 3:34

248 Department S - Is Vic There? 3:04

249 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Israel 4:54

250 Toyah - It's a Mystery 4:06

CD12

251 Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls 3:42

252 Gang Of Four - It's Her Factory 3:10

253 Au Pairs - It's Obvious (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 5:45

254 The Fall - It's the New Thing 3:26

255 Cocteau Twins - Ivo 3:53

256 The Ruts - Jah War (Original 1979 12" Extended Single Version) 6:54

257 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling 4:37

258 Jilted John - Jilted John (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:54

259 The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy 2:44

260 Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was 8:09

261 The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train (Original 1979 Fiction Records 7" Single Version) 2:59

262 The Outcasts - Just Another Teenage Rebel 3:15

263 Stiff Little Fingers - Just Fade Away 3:04

264 The Cure - Just Like Heaven (1987 Bob Clearmountain 7" Single Mix) 3:32

265 The Cars - Just What I Needed 3:43

266 Pretenders - Kid 3:04

267 The Cure - Killing an Arab 2:23

268 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 5:48

269 Adam And The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier 3:55

270 Tours - Language School 2:10

CD13

271 The Cure - Let's Go to Bed 3:34

272 Wreckless Eric - Let's Go to the Pictures 3:09

273 Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears 3:32

274 XTC - Life Begins at the Hop 3:47

275 The Martian Schoolgirls - Life in the 1980s 3:02

276 Penetration - Life's a Gamble 3:00

277 Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me 4:38

278 The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork 3:44

279 Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (Original 1987 12" Mix) 6:45

280 Buzzcocks - Lipstick 2:40

281 Notsensibles - Little Boxes (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:35

282 Patrik Fitzgerald - The Little Dippers 2:03

283 The Banned - Little Girl 2:19

284 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Local Girls 3:40

285 The Clash - London Calling 3:19

286 Lori And The Chameleons - The Lonely Spy 3:27

287 The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1 3:08

288 Cocteau Twins - Lorelei 3:42

289 The Flys - Love and a Molotov Cocktail 2:33

290 The Cure - The Love Cats 3:40

291 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Love Comes in Spurts 2:02

292 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Love in a Void 2:35

293 The Icicle Works - Love Is a Wonderful Colour 4:13

CD14

294 The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way 3:34

295 The Damned - Love Song (Ed Hollis 1979 7" Single Version) 2:03

296 Simple Minds - Love Song (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:53

297 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Original 1980 Factory Records 7" Single Version) 3:24

298 Buzzcocks - Love You More 1:50

299 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number 2:48

300 Angelic Upstarts - Lust for Glory 2:42

301 Iggy Pop - Lust for Life 5:12

302 Tears For Fears - Mad World 3:34

303 The Clash - The Magnificent Seven 5:33

304 XTC - Making Plans for Nigel 4:12

305 Wire - Mannequin 2:37

306 The Dickies - Manny, Moe & Jack 2:50

307 Television - Marquee Moon (Original 1977 7" Single Edit) 4:31

308 The Boomtown Rats - Mary of the 4th Form (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 3:48

309 Skids - Masquerade 2:44

310 The Chords - Maybe Tomorrow 3:13

311 Public Image Ltd - Memories (Original 1979 7" Single Edit) 4:51

312 Silicon Teens - Memphis Tennessee 2:21

313 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Mercury Poisoning 3:10

314 The Police - Message in a Bottle 4:51

315 Pretenders - Message of Love 3:25

CD15

316 The Specials - A Message to You, Rudy 2:52

317 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 4:01

318 Dr. Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol 2:48

319 Purple Hearts - Millions Like Us (Original 1979 Polydor Records 7" Single Version) 3:07

320 Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business 3:13

321 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Mirage 2:49

322 The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom 3:09

323 The Creatures - Miss the Girl 2:34

324 The Selecter - Missing Words (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:22

325 Kraftwerk - The Model 3:40

326 Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance 3:29

327 The Jam - The Modern World 2:31

328 The Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want) 2:29

329 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Monitor 5:35

330 The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set 2:20

331 The Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 2:53

332 The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl 3:44

333 The Sundays - My Finest Hour 4:00

334 Madness - My Girl 2:45

335 The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 2:36

336 Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag 4:38

337 The Damned - Neat Neat Neat 2:40

338 Kraftwerk - Neon Lights (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 3:29

339 Radio Stars - Nervous Wreck 1:58

CD16

340 Joy Division - New Dawn Fades 4:47

341 Kirsty Maccoll - A New England 3:50

342 The Damned - New Rose 2:42

343 Lene Lovich - New Toy 3:18

344 The Stranglers - Nice 'n' Sleazy 3:13

345 Madness - Night Boat to Cairo (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:31

346 Sex Pistols - No Feelings 2:51

347 The Stranglers - No More Heroes 3:28

348 The Shivvers - No Substitute 3:52

349 Pere Ubu - Non-alignment Pact 3:18

350 Buzzcocks - Nostalgia 2:55

351 Buzzcocks - Nothing Left 4:28

352 The Chords - Now It's Gone (Original 1979 Polydor Records 7" Single Version) 3:07

353 The Smiths - Nowhere Fast 2:36

354 B-movie - Nowhere Girl (Original 1982 7" Single Edit) 3:39

355 Laurie Anderson - O Superman (for Massenet) 8:22

356 Aztec Camera - Oblivious 3:10

357 The Members - Offshore Banking Business (Original 1979 Virgin Records 7" Single Version) 3:13

358 X-ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! 2:50

359 The Passions - Oh No, It's You 4:28

360 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Oliver's Army 2:59

CD17

361 The Selecter - On My Radio 3:07

362 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime 4:20

363 Blondie - One Way or Another 3:35

364 The Go-go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 2:48

365 Wire - Outdoor Miner (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:52

366 Propaganda - p:Machinery 3:48

367 Mo-dettes - Paint It Black 2:17

368 Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter (2nd Single Version) 4:36

369 Cocteau Twins - Pandora (for Cindy) 5:35

370 The Dickies - Paranoid 2:05

371 Television Personalities - Part Time Punks 2:38

372 The Associates - Party Fears Two (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 4:05

373 Iggy Pop - The Passenger 4:40

374 The Stranglers - Peaches (Original 1977 Unedited United Artists Records 7" Single Version) 4:04

375 Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops 4:11

376 New Order - The Perfect Kiss (Original 1985 12" Full Version) 8:49

377 Blondie - Picture This 2:56

378 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Pictures on My Wall (Original 1979 Zoo Records 7" Single Version) 2:51

379 Aztec Camera - Pillar to Post 4:01

380 Patti Smith - Piss Factory 4:41

CD18

381 Protex - A Place in Your Heart (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:08

382 Dexys Midnight Runners - Plan B 2:37

383 The B-52's - Planet Claire 4:36

384 Devil's Dykes - Plastic Flowers 3:04

385 The Cure - Play for Today 3:40

386 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Playground Twist 2:59

387 Larry Wallis - Police Car 3:18

388 Girls At Our Best! - Politics 3:16

389 The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 4:00

390 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 3:17

391 The Tubes - Prime Time 3:19

392 Felt Feat. Elizabeth Fraser - Primitive Painters 6:01

393 Madness - The Prince (Original 1979 2 Tone Records 7" Single Version) 2:28

394 New Order - Procession (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 4:29

395 Simple Minds - Promised You a Miracle (Original 1982 7" Single Edit) 4:00

396 Buzzcocks - Promises 2:36

397 Television - Prove It 5:05

398 Killing Joke - Pssyche 5:05

399 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 4:20

400 John Cooper Clarke - Psycle Sluts (Part 1) 5:45

CD19

401 Public Image Ltd - Public Image 2:58

402 Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) 4:01

403 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Pump It Up 3:17

404 M/a/r/r/s - Pump Up the Volume (Original 1987 7" Single Version) 4:04

405 Wire - A Question of Degree (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:08

406 Eddie And The Hot Rods - Quit This Town 2:28

407 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Radio Radio 3:06

408 The Beat - Ranking Full Stop 2:48

409 The Specials - Rat Race 3:10

410 The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:56

411 Swell Maps - Read About Seymour 1:30

412 Generation X - Ready Steady Go 2:58

413 Buzzcocks - Real World 3:33

414 Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherie 3:09

415 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Red Frame/White Light 3:10

416 The Smiths - Reel Around the Fountain 5:57

417 B-movie - Remembrance Day 4:04

418 Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue 4:26

419 The Teardrop Explodes - Reward (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 2:42

420 Rich Kids - Rich Kids 2:58

421 The Creatures - Right Now 2:14

422 Orange Juice - Rip It Up (Original 1983 7" Single Version) 3:46

423 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Twice) (Original UK Beserkley BZZ 1 1977 7" Single Version) 4:04

CD20

424 Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979 Ed Stasium 7" Single Mix) 2:19

425 The Records - Rock and Roll Love Letter 3:39

426 The B-52's - Rock Lobster (1979 Warner Bros. Records. 7" Single Edit) 4:54

427 The Clash - Rock the Casbah 3:42

428 Ramones - Rockaway Beach 2:06

429 Ultravox! - ROckWrok (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 3:20

430 Stiff Little Fingers - Roots, Radicals, Rockers & Reggae 4:00

431 The Fall - Rowche Rumble (Original 1979 Step-Forward 7" Single Version) 4:01

432 The Police - Roxanne 3:11

433 The Bodysnatchers - Ruder Than You 2:49

434 The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail 3:28

435 The Ruts - S.U.S. 3:48

436 Stiff Little Fingers - Safe as Houses 5:28

437 Patrik Fitzgerald - Safety-Pin Stuck in My Heart 2:41

438 Martha And The Muffins - Saigon (Original 1980 Dindisc Re-recorded 7" Single Version) 3:51

439 Skids - The Saints are Coming 2:41

440 Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night (Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees) 3:47

441 Lene Lovich - Say When 2:49

442 The Revillos - Scuba Scuba (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 2:08

443 The Chameleons - Second Skin 6:50

444 Television - See No Evil 3:58

445 Altered Images - See Those Eyes 3:10

CD21

446 The Sound - Sense of Purpose 3:52

447 Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas 3:21

448 The Regents - 7 Teen 3:22

449 Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 3:12

450 A Certain Ratio - Shack Up 3:15

451 The Lurkers - Shadow (Original 1977 Beggars Banquet 7" Single Version) 2:30

452 Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action 4:30

453 The Headboys - The Shape of Things to Come 3:24

454 The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil 3:20

455 Joy Division - She's Lost Control (Original 1980 12" Single Version) 4:47

456 The Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern 2:58

457 Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Original 1977 ABC 7" Single Version) 2:47

458 Magazine - Shot by Both Sides (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:58

459 Dexys Midnight Runners - Show Me 3:25

460 The Users - Sick of You 3:23

461 Sex Pistols - Silly Thing (Steve Jones Vocal, Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:48

462 Echo & The Bunnymen - Silver 3:21

463 Stiff Little Fingers - Silver Lining 3:03

464 Splodgenessabounds - Simon Templer 2:38

465 Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 3:11

466 Buzzcocks - Sixteen Again 3:18

467 The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas (Original 1979 Zoo Records 7" Single Version) 4:40

468 The Damned - Smash It Up (Original 1979 7" Single Edit) 2:51

CD22

469 Nick Lowe - So It Goes 2:30

470 The Police - So Lonely 4:49

471 The Members - Solitary Confinement (1979 Virgin 7" Single Version) 3:40

472 The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:34

473 The Rezillos - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite 1:56

474 Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere in Summertime 4:36

475 The Stranglers - Something Better Change 3:36

476 The Chords - Something's Missing 3:26

477 Magazine - A Song from Under the Floorboards 4:10

478 This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren 3:31

479 Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer 3:06

480 The Members - The Sound of the Suburbs (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:16

481 Cocteau Twins - The Spangle Maker 4:40

482 Mink Deville - Spanish Stroll 3:37

483 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound 3:17

484 Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery) 3:08

485 The Ruts - Staring at the Rude Boys 3:13

486 The Records - Starry Eyes (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:23

487 The Jam - Start! (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 2:16

488 The Headboys - Stepping Stones 3:26

489 The Specials - Stereotype (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:48

490 The Smiths - Still Ill 3:20

CD23

491 Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing 2:38

492 Wah! - The Story of the Blues (Part One) 3:56

493 The Clash - Straight to Hell 5:30

494 The Jam - Strange Town 3:47

495 Elastica - Stutter 2:24

496 New Order - Sub-culture (1985 John Robie 12" Remix) 7:28

497 The Smiths - Suffer Little Children 5:31

498 Yachts - Suffice to Say 3:14

499 Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup 3:39

500 Blondie - Sunday Girl (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:05

501 Cheap Trick - Surrender 4:14

502 Ramones - Swallow My Pride 2:06

503 Magazine - Sweetheart Contract 3:18

504 Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a Thousand Men 3:02

505 The Normal - T.V.O.D. 2:54

506 Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:48

507 Talking Heads - Take Me to the River 5:04

508 Pretenders - Talk of the Town 3:14

509 The Tubes - Talk to Ya Later (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 3:46

510 The Stranglers - Tank 2:57

511 U.K. Subs - Teenage (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 2:35

CD24

512 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks 2:25

513 The Radiators From Space - Television Screen (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 1:52

514 Dexys Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green 3:43

515 Holly And The Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut Up (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:59

516 New Order - Temptation (Original 1982 12" Single Version) 8:56

517 XTC - Ten Feet Tall (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:13

518 The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night 3:41

519 Kirsty Maccoll - Terry 3:52

520 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4:02

521 Dexys Midnight Runners - There, There, My Dear 3:15

522 Kirsty Maccoll - There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis 3:09

523 Kirsty Maccoll - They Don't Know 3:02

524 New Order - Thieves Like Us (Original 1984 12" Single Version) 6:39

525 The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 4:14

526 The Smiths - This Charming Man 2:43

527 Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 4:56

528 The Saints - This Perfect Day (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 2:12

529 The Selecter - Three Minute Hero 3:02

530 Secret Affair - Time for Action 2:44

531 Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers 4:47

532 The Piranhas - Tom Hark 2:46

CD25

533 The Clash - Tommy Gun 3:14

534 The Selecter - Too Much Pressure (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 2:48

535 The Special A.k.a. Feat. Rico - Too Much Too Young (Live at the Lyceum, London) (1980 7" Single Version) 2:07

536 The Rezillos - Top of the Pops (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:19

537 The Fall - Totally Wired 3:25

538 Lori And The Chameleons - Touch 4:19

539 The Jam - Town Called Malice 2:54

540 The Clash - Train in Vain 3:10

541 Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 3:55

542 Joy Division - Transmission 3:34

543 The Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just a Story) (1981 7" Single Remix) 2:56

544 New Order - True Faith (Original 1987 12" Single Version) 5:54

545 Killing Joke - Turn to Red 3:57

546 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 3:43

547 Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours 4:26

548 The Beat - Twist & Crawl 2:34

549 Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 3:15

550 Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please 2:13

551 The Slits - Typical Girls 3:59

552 Blondie - Union City Blue 3:20

553 Tom Robinson Band - Up Against the Wall 3:35

554 The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator 3:57

CD26

555 Squeeze - Up the Junction 3:08

556 Generation X - Valley of the Dolls 3:33

557 John Cooper Clarke - Valley of the Lost Women 4:15

558 Fatal Microbes - Violence Grows 3:13

559 Xtc - Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down 4:20

560 Ian Dury - Wake Up and Make Love with Me 4:21

561 Aztec Camera - Walk Out to Winter 3:24

562 Squire - Walking Down the King's Road (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 3:36

563 The Police - Walking on the Moon 5:01

564 The Normal - Warm Leatherette 3:23

565 Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life 3:09

566 Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives 3:46

567 The Pop Group - We Are All Prostitutes 3:13

568 The Go-go's - We Got the Beat (Original 1980 Stiff Records 7" Single Version) 2:12

569 Ian Dury And The Blockheads - What a Waste 3:25

570 The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? 3:49

571 Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? 2:56

572 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding 3:32

573 The Jam - When You're Young 3:12

574 Slaughter And The Dogs - Where Have All the Boot Boys Gone? 3:10

575 The Mekons - Where Were You? 2:40

576 Television Personalities - Where's Bill Grundy Now? 2:16

CD27

577 Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk? 2:17

578 The Revillos - Where's the Boy for Me? 2:03

579 Devo - Whip It 2:38

580 The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 4:01

581 Mo-dettes - White Mice 3:38

582 The Tubes - White Punks on Dope (Original 1977 7" Promo Single Edit) 3:29

583 The Clash - White Riot (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 1:59

584 The Out - Who Is Innocent? 3:24

585 Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World 2:54

586 Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It? 6:37

587 Generation X - Wild Youth 2:50

588 Angelic Upstarts - Woman in Disguise 3:07

589 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:43

590 Fischer-z - The Worker (1979 7" Single Remix) 3:32

591 The Shapes - Wot's for Lunch Mum? (Not Beans Again!) 1:32

592 Blondie - X Offender (Original 1976 Private Stock 7" Single Version) 3:14

593 Au Pairs - You 2:51

594 Delta 5 - You 3:51

595 Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory 3:47

596 Kirsty Maccoll - You Caught Me Out 3:24

597 Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties 3:00

598 Generation X - Your Generation 3:17

599 The Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!) 2:37

600 Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device 2:36

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