Various Artists - Jon Savage's 1976 Something Was Going To Happen 2LP

RELEASES ON THE 30/10/26

A vinyl-only two-album set of the revered pop culture pundit’s favourite singles from 1976, the year that ended with the first punk 45s. Sequenced roughly by UK release date, it moves from pre-punk friction and outsider funk to dub reggae, strange disco and the rush of the new.

Jon frames 1976 as a year split in two: before and after Ramones. Alongside records he lived with at the time, he folds in later discoveries including Shack Up. Mainstream flashes from Abba, Candi Staton, Blue Öyster Cult and 10cc sit beside sermons from Junior Murvin, Burning Spear and Max Romeo.

Slight liberties are taken with Roxy Music and Buzzcocks, both active in real form during 1976. This vinyl rework expands on Ace’s 1972-1976 CD, adds many new songs and avoids leaning entirely on pre-punk. Fold-out cover artwork by Philip Diggle.

Tracklist:

1. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning
2. Burning Spear - Old Marcus Garvey
3. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War In A Babylon
4. Patti Smith Group - My Generation
5. 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
6. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
7. Banbarra - Shack Up
8. Hello - Teenage Revolution
9. Ramones - Havana Affair
10. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
11. Blondie - In The Sun
12. The 101'ers - Keys To Your Heart
13. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Horseplay (Weary Of The Schmaltz)
14. Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves
15. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
16. Hot Blood - Soul Dracula
17. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
18. Nick Lowe - Heart Of The City
19. Lewis Furey - Top Ten Sexes
20. Miami - Kill That Roach
21. The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
22. The Damned - New Rose
23. Pere Ubu - Street Waves
24. Buzzcocks - Time's Up

About this product: this release is pressed on 2x black vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.