Various Artists: New Guitars In Town – Power Pop 1978-82, 3CD Box Set

• 75 track 3CD clamshell box concentrating on the Power Pop boom of 1978-82.

• Features hits by The Jam, Boomtown Rats, Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, The Undertones and Squeeze.

• Also includes other name acts including the Rich Kids, Eddie & The Hot Rods, The Vapors, The Motors and Stiff Little Fingers.

• Collectors will delight in many of the obscurities that are appearing here on CD for the first time – from artists including Tonight, The Deaf Aids, The Covers, Filmstars, Zoot Alors and The Kraze.

• With a 36-page booklet containing notes on each track with relevant sleeve illustrations.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
1 BOOMTOWN RATS She’s So Modern
2 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS Pump It Up
3 THE FLYS Fun City
4 BUZZCOCKS Love You More
5 THE MOTORS Forget About You
6 STRANGEWAYS Show Her You Care
7 THE PLEASERS A Girl I Know (Precis Of A Friend)
8 TONIGHT Jealousy Kills (Beware!)
9 THE UPSTARTS Beggin’
10 WRECKLESS ERIC Veronica
11 NO SWEAT Don’t Take My Advice
12 NEON HEARTS Popular Music
13 THE QUESTIONS Can’t Get Over You
14 EDDIE & THE HOT RODS Power And The Glory
15 THE JAM Strange Town
16 NIGHTSHIFT Jet-Set
17 THE RECORDS Rock And Roll Love Letter
18 LEYTON BUZZARDS I’m Hanging Around
19 THE ROLLERS Turn On The Radio
20 THE DONKEYS Four Letters
21 SALFORD JETS Last Bus
22 KIDDA BAND Fighting My Way Back
23 THE UNDERTONES You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It!)
24 BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY (Who Wants To Be A) Criminal
25 THE DEAF AIDS Do It Again
 
DISC TWO
1 THE FANS Giving Me That Look In Your Eyes
2 THE JETS Tearaway
3 THE CARPETTES I Don’t Mean It
4 FILMSTARS Here In L.A.
5 THE PLANETS Iron For The Iron
6 THE QUADS There’s Never Been A Night
7 ZOOT ALORS Send Me A Postcard
8 THE BOYS Terminal Love
9 999 Inside Out
10 EXCEL What Went Wrong?
11 FAMOUS PLAYERS Who’s Kissing You
12 SQUEEZE Another Nail In My Heart
13 THE CARTOONS Lunchtime Love Affair
14 THE JAGS Party Games
15 RICHARD AND THE TAXMEN Now We’re Through
16 PETE STRIDE / JOHN PLAIN New Guitar In Town
17 TOYS Go To The Police
18 THE ELEVATORS Your I’s Are Too Close Together
19 PUBLIC SKOOL Walking The Rat
20 THE CLERKS On The Telephone
21 PURPLE HEARTS My Life’s A Jigsaw
22 RICH KIDS Young Girls
23 THE KRAZE Say Hello To My Girl
24 THE SLIDE Superman’s Shoes
25 THE STIFFS Innocent Bystander
 
DISC THREE
1 BACKSEAT ROMEOS Zero Ambition
2 B.T.P. FOLDERS Radio
3 THE MONKS Cool Way To Live
4 PROTÉGÉ Protection
5 STRAIGHT EIGHT Tonite
6 THE UNCOOL DANCEBAND My Girl Shy Girl
7 THE KICKS If Looks Could Kill
8 THE COVERS Too Hot To Handle
9 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Just Fade Away
10 TODD The Radio
11 THE VAPORS Jimmie Jones (Single Version)
12 TITCH TURNER’S ESCALATOR Don’t Really Want You Back Again
13 JO CALLIS Woah Yeah!
14 RONNIE MAYOR Can’t Wait `Till The Summer Comes
15 PLAIN JANE Loving You
16 THE ACES One Way St.
17 THE GAS The Finger
18 THE GROSS CLUB Second Chance
19 LINDA AND THE DARK Where Have All The Good Times Gone
20 CHRIS SIEVEY AND THE FRESHIES If You Really Love Me…Buy Me A Shirt
21 RUDI Crimson
22 CLIVE CULBERTSON The Night’s No Friend Of Mine
23 THE PINKEES Danger Games
24 SMART Mr. Right
25 HOLLYWOOD KILLERS Butterfly