VARIOUS ARTISTS | Moving Away From The Pulsebeat, 5CD Box Set – Coming March 29th
105 TRACKS CHARTING THE BRITISH POST-PUNK EXPLOSION 1978-1981.
A COMPENDIUM OF FAMILIAR NAMES, UNDERGROUND ODDITIES AND FRESHLY EXCAVATED HISTORICAL NUGGETS.
BUZZCOCKS! ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN! THE FALL! KILLING JOKE! PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED! SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES! TEARDROP EXPLODES! SCRITTI POLITTI! THE CURE and many more.
COMPILED BY THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU ‘TO THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING’, THE ‘C86…’ SERIES, ‘ELECTRICAL LANGUAGE’, ‘SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS’ AND MANY MORE IN-DEPTH BOX SETS.
FEATURING BAND-BY-BAND BIOGRAPHIES AND DETAILED SLEEVENOTES BY MARK PAYTRESS.
“Life’s about as boring as a dole queue” – Mark Perry
Punk rock attracted both dreamers and schemers. Many were simply fired up by the music. Some were motivated by manifestos and personal agendas. Others vanished the moment the novelty wore off and the hair dye washed out, leaving behind one or two fine records. Others, like The Clash, The Jam and The Cure, resolved to stay the course, giving themselves new challenges while carving out successful careers. Above all, the post-punk landscape was populated with cult heroes.
‘Moving Away From The Pulsebeat’ takes a whistlestop trip through that landscape as the dust settled on the apocalyptic overhaul of 1977. Curated in chronological order to preserve that journey, and capturing key singles, deep album cuts and fan favourites, this is the story of a genuinely subversive underground about to erupt upon the mainstream, rendering everything that had gone before irrelevant overnight.
Presented in extreme detail, with band-by-band biographies, sleeve imagery, release information and introductory essay by the widely published Mark Paytress, ‘Moving Away From The Pulsebeat’ is an essential time capsule for veterans, collectors and newcomers alike.
DISC ONE |
DISC TWO 1 THE POP GROUP She Is Beyond Good And Evil 2 SCARS Adult/Ery 3 THE RAINCOATS Adventures Close To Home 4 THE OUTSIDERS Touch And Go 5 ESSENTIAL LOGIC Wake Up 6 JOY DIVISION Disorder 7 CULT FIGURES Playing With Toys 8 TOYAH Neon Womb 9 DISCO ZOMBIES Greenland 10 AU PAIRS Kerb Crawler 11 REVILLOS The Fiend 12 THE SLITS Ping Pong Affair 13 HELSINKI 5 BELOW Jennifer Darling 14 THE RUTS S.U.S. 15 THE PASSAGE Time Delay 16 LENE LOVICH Bird Song 17 APARTMENT The Alternative 18 THE ASSOCIATES Mona Property Girl 19 ART ATTACKS Rat City 20 THE HUMAN LEAGUE The Path Of Least Resistance 21 ESSENTIAL BOP Chronicle 22 KILLING JOKE Nervous System |
DISC THREE |
DISC FOUR 1 THE JAM Scrape Away 2 THROBBING GRISTLE Something Came Over Me 3 FURNITURE Shaking Story 4 MYSTERE FIVE’S Heart Rules The Head 5 THEATRE OF HATE Original Sin 6 GIRLS AT OUR BEST! It’s Fashion 7 BOOTS FOR DANCING Hesitate 8 SISTERS OF MERCY Watch 9 RESTRICTED CODE First Night On 10 NORMIL HAWAIIANS The Beat Goes On 11 MODERN EON Waiting For The Cavalry 12 SKI PATROL Agent Orange 13 DEAD OR ALIVE I’m Falling 14 IN CAMERA Fragments Of Fear 15 AVANT GARDENERS Where Are My Hormones 16 BLAH BLAH BLAH Central Park 17 VIRGIN PRUNES Twenty Tens (I’ve Been Smoking All Night Long) 18 NEW ORDER In A Lonely Place (Original version) 19 SECOND LAYER Underneath The Gloss |
DISC FIVE |