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The Edge of the 70's

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sonybmg
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

5 reviews
Sales Rank: 6155

Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9

UPC: 886973724125
EAN: 0886973724125
ASIN: B001E18C86

Release Date: September 22, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Tracks:

Disc 1

•	David Bowie - Sound Vision
•	Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
•	Martha The Muffins - Echo Beach
•	Patti Smith - Because The Night
•	The B-52s - Rock Lobster
•	The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops
•	The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
•	Jonathan Richman The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
•	Ian Dury The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
•	Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
•	Toyah - IEYA
•	The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
•	The Jam - Strange Town
•	Secret Affair - Time For Action
•	Jags - Back Of My Hand
•	The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
•	The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
•	The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
•	The Members - Sound Of The Suburbs

Disc 2

•	Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
•	X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
•	Siouxsie The Banshees - Playground Twist
•	The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
•	Joy Division - Transmission
•	Public Image Ltd - Death Disco
•	Gary Numan - Complex
•	Human League - Being Boiled
•	Japan - European Son
•	Flying Lizards - TV
•	Telex - Rock Around The Clock
•	John Foxx - Underpass
•	Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity
•	New Musik - Straight Lines
•	Fad Gadget - Back To Nature
•	Ultravox - Rockwrok
•	The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
•	The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You

Disc 3

•	Ramones - Baby, I Love You
•	Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
•	The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
•	The Pretenders - Kid
•	Mink De Ville - Spanish Stroll
•	Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
•	M - Pop Muzik
•	Quantum Jump - The Lone Ranger
•	Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
•	Regents - 7Teen
•	Jilted John - Jilted John
•	Adam The Ants - Car Trouble
•	Buzzcocks - Promises
•	XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
•	Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
•	Squeeze - Up The Junction
•	The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
•	John Cooper Clarke - Gimmix! Play Loud

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Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars

Cool, Yes. June 22, 2009
pjr (London, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For many people cool has always been defined by the clothes you wore and the music you listened to. Whatever generation, there are subcultures to be part of with lables and badges to wear which defined you as part of the right set and each has its very own soundtrack. At some time in our adolescent lives we all either were, or wanted to be, one of the cool kids. br / br /The thing is, that there is always a plethora of music surrounding us and most would probably not slavishly stick to the confines of one style. "The Edge Of The Seventies" acknowledges this and does a good job in providing some examples of each of its styles and types. Covering the period from 1977-80 this is what many call the golden age of the pop single. These are the ones from its cooler hinterlands. br / br /Across 3 CDs there is the pre-punk, punk, new wave, post-punk, power pop, electronica, mod revial, goth, and good left-field pop. It's a pretty good summation of the kind of records people of the time would have in their record collections. The surprising thing is how many of them are hits. This is a collection of accessible music with the emphasis, most of the time, on melody as opposed to dischord. It's sometimes experimental but without actually challenging the ears of the listener too excessively. This is still, at its heart, a pop album. Many of the acts here did appear on Top Of The Pops. br / br /This is an era which has been plundered and re-packaged more times than it is really reasonable to mention and so there are some usual compilation suspects here including "Teenage Kicks", "Babylon's Burning", "Roadrunner", and "Being Boiled" detracts slightly from the selections as they all tend to suffer from slight overuse. That said thre are a good number of tracks not usually found in these places which really do mark this out as something close to a more worthwhile purchase. Inspired inclusions include: "Transmission", "7Teen", "Broken English", "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass", "Time For Action", "TV", and "IEYA", some of which are not exactly easy to find in any other format. br / br /As an example of the kind of music people really went out and purchased in this period, this is a pretty good apporximation of the times. There are other more challenging, brilliant groundbreaking documents of this period featuring music which is far more difficult and, in some cases, more innovative. Yet without the music included here many of those bands would not have found an audience as this is the conduit to something a little more left-field. A well programmed (with the glaring exception of Quantum Jump), enjoyable reminder of what people really listened to in these groundbreaking years.

5 out of 5 stars

Take Note !! April 5, 2009
A. Hemsley (N Yorks)
One of the best CDs of the era. br / br /Dont think about getting it - just order it! br /Your wont be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars

Best Compilation Since 1974 June 15, 2009
S. J. Calvert (rochdale, uk)
The Edge of the 70's br / br /This is the 1st time i have taken the trouble to review something. br / br /When i was a spotty teenager, various mates compiled tape cassettes of dubious tunes for you to investigate - This is the PERFECT compilation all on 3 cds. br / br /Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead, is the perfect start of CD2, a much missed 7" rarity always featured at teen parties of the era. br /Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity - wow, would not have thought of putting it in the selection, but it really works out well with the mix, the Tourist to complete a fine mixture of tunes!! Buy Now enjoy for the summer of 2009. br / br /The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops - another fine rarity that does not feature on many compilations coupled with The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes - another wow selection on CD1. br / br /Read the list of artist, think back to being 13 sampling the beers, the summer of 1979 forget about your mortgage now. 1979 was a top year for music, buy this, play it in your car this summer await many more compilations of this brilliant kind.

3 out of 5 stars

Disappointing selection October 2, 2008
Mr. J. H. Morris (further north than you)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This seems a little disappointing after the imaginative selection assembled for the sister compilation "Edge of the Eighties". That set pulled together less obvious tracks by Soft Cell, Altered Images, New Order et al as well as rarely heard gems by Blue Zoo, Swansway and The Mobiles to name a few. Now, the seventies equivalent is out and I was hoping to get a similarly well thought out collection. However, as wonderful as most of the music is, it's a bit of a let down to see that once again we get Teenage Kicks, Another Girl Another Planet and Roadrunner etc. Most of the tracks here regularly turn up on any New Wave-themed compilation.

3 out of 5 stars

Usual problem with compilations October 1, 2008
TonyD (Up North)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought this on the back of being a student in the 70's and experiencing the music first time round... br /Disc one is OK, some good tracks. br /Disc two - why did they even bother ? br /Disc three - excellent ! br /

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