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Do You Have The Force? Volume 2 - Jon Savage's Alternate History Of Electronica 1978-82

    Jon Savage's second eclectic voyage through Post-Punk era Electronic music, Disco, Experimental & Proto-Techno 1978-82.

    Re-mastered with care & attention from the very best available audio sources for maximum listening pleasure..

    This compilation is selected and curated by renowned cultural commentator, writer and film-maker Jon Savage. Amongst many highly revered projects Jon has produced the definitive work on Punk Rock in “England's Dreaming” and the documentary & book “Teenage” The Creation of Youth, 1875 - 1945. He is also the biographer of Joy Division & author of the top 10 Sunday Times best seller "This Searing Light, The Sun & Everything Else" The Oral History Of Joy Division in 2019. His new book The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979) is published in in 2024.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Barry says: A propulsive selection of cosmic disco, thumping Italo and proto techno from compilation mastermind, Jon Savage. This time there’s a bit more snapping percussion and evocative dancefloor action, but provides the perfect development from his brilliant library music compilation over a similar time frame.

    TRACK LISTING

    A1 Dee D. Jackson-Automatic Lover 4:07
    A2 Telex - Moscow Diskow (Original 12" Version) - 5"20
    A3 Soft Machine - Soft Space 8"56
    B1 Qondile-African Dawn 2"54
    B2 Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair 6"30 (Original 12" Mix Version)
    B3 I Signori Della Galassia - Archeopterix 4"00
    B4 Cerrone - La Secte De Marrakech Suite 4"33
    C1 John Foxx-Burning Car 3”15
    C2 Thomas Leer & Robert Rental – Monochrome Days 4”01
    C3 Cabaret Voltaire-Red Mask 6”54
    C4 Caution – UFO 5"30 (Original 12" Mix Version)
    D1 Martin Rev - Nineteen 86 4"36
    D2 Pascal Comelade - Sequence 1 2"55
    D3 The Flying Lizards - An Age 2"31
    D4 Throbbing Gristle - Beachy Head 3"39
    D5 Terminal City -Mugin For Unknown 5”40

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    Jon Savage's The Secret Public - How The LGBTQ+ Aesthetic Shaped Pop Culture 1955-1979

      Homosexuality has been a part of post-war popular music since its very inception. Until the early 70s, however, it wasn’t talked about openly in that world: it was coded, hidden, secret. This of course mirrored society - during the 50s and 60s, the gay community felt like outcasts: harassed by the police, demonised by the media and politicians, imprisoned simply for being who they were.

      This compilation spans the time before and after Bowie, reflecting both the coded nature about the topic in the 50s and 60s and the greater openness that occurred in the early 70s. It begins in late 1955, with the extraordinary success of Little Richard; continues through early-60s pop and pop art; Tamla and soul, glam rock, the early 70s funk and disco that was played in the underground New York clubs, and then moves on to the omnipresence of disco, in the late 70s.

      This double CD compilation is about freedom - and freedom for all. Whilst some of the artists identify as LGBTQ+, then or now, some are included simply because they were played in gay or lesbian clubs — where their lyric or sound proved useful and enjoyable to the patrons - or because they were shaped in some way by the gay aesthetic or gay managers. It’s a love letter to the entwined world of music and sexuality in all its many guises and we hope you enjoy the ride.


      TRACK LISTING

      Disc One
      1. I Hear A New World - Joe Meek & The Blue Men
      2. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard & His Band
      3. Esquerita And The Voola - Esquerita
      4. Wondrous Place - Billy Fury
      5. Strawberry Blonde (The Band Rocked On) - Frank D'rone
      6. Foot Stompin' - The Dovells
      7. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
      8. Peppermint Twist (Part 1) – Joey Dee & The Starliters
      9. Sally, Go ‘Round The Roses - The Jaynetts
      10. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
      11. Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
      12. Get Down With It - Bobby Marchan
      13. I'll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground & Nico
      14. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins
      15. Stand Up Straight And Tall - Jackie Shane
      16. Women Is Losers – Big Brother & The Holding Company
      17. No Stranger Am I - Norma Tanega
      18. Pretty Golden Hair - Al Stewart
      19. David Watts - The Kinks
      20. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations
      21. Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
      22. Life & Death In G & A - Abaco Dream
      23. Nathan Jones - The Supremes
      24. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
      25. Coochi-Coo - Polly Perkins
      26. I'm A Man - Jobriath
      27. Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
      28. Law Of The Land - The Temptations

      Disc Two
      1. Get Dancin' Part 1 – Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock Iii
      2. Lady Marmalade - Labelle
      3. Nobody's Gonna Change Me – The Dynamic Superiors
      4. Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A. - The Miracles
      5. I Need A Man (12-Inch Version) - Grace Jones
      6. I Feel Love - Patrick Cowley
      7. Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks
      8. Fuck Off - Jayne County & The Electric Chairs
      9. Glad To Be Gay - Tom Robinson Band
      10. I Was Born This Way (12-Inch Version) - Carl Bean
      11. Prison (12-Inch Version) - Space
      12. Disco Dance (Mega Mix) (12-Inch Version) - Michele
      13. I Need Somebody To Love Tonight (12-Inch Version) - Sylvester

      Jon Savage

      The Secret Public

        A monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture, from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage

        An electrifying look at key moments in music and entertainment history
        between 1955 and 1979. From the secret sexuality of stars such as Little Richard in the 1950s through to the ambiguity of David Bowie, glam rock and
        Sylvester’s ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’. Jon Savage reflects on the
        figures and events that helped move gay culture from the margins to the mainstream and changed the face of pop forever.

        The Secret Public is a searching examination of the fortitude and resilience of
        the gay community through the lens of popular music and culture; it reflects
        on the freedom found in divergence from the norm and reminds us of the need to be vigilant against those seeking to roll back the rights of marginalised groups.

        Various Artists

        Jon Savage’s 1983-1985: Welcome To Techno City

          Continuing his long-running and highly respected series for Ace, spanning year by year since the germination of his 1966 volume for both Ace and Faber Books, Jon Savage serves us up another of his spectacular insights into popular culture, this time for the years 1983 to 1985.

          Born out of the ashes of post-punk, there were plenty of experimental singles during the early part of this period: Siouxsie’s ‘Swimming Horses’, Shriekback’s ‘Lined Up’, Soft Cell’s ‘Heat’, Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Gods Will Be Gods’, and the Smiths’ ‘Girl Afraid’ – a perfect kitchen sink scenario. Pete Shelley and Scritti Politti went the electronic route to great effect, while the Special AKA delivered the perfect riposte to ‘Hard Times’ and having fun on the dole with the under-appreciated ‘Bright Lights’.

          But by the end of 1984, the true action throughout this period was to be found in electronic, black American and club music: whether the metal beat of Section 25’s ‘Looking From A Hilltop’, Trans-X’s daffy hi-NRG Eurobelter ‘Living On Video’, Shalamar’s pure electro ‘Disappearing Act’, or the new music coming out of Sugarhill and Tommy Boy – Grandmaster Flash, Double Dee and Steinski, and the sampled Malcolm X.

          This compilation begins in the mainstream and ends in the underground. It was the classic high 80s, before the full downside of the New Right political project was revealed – although the signs were all there – but the pop fizz cloaked a nostalgia that masked the beginnings of social and subcultural breakdown. The tribes were at war, wearing clothes from pop’s past, a dizzying phenomenon that looted the 50s and 60s in a costume drama of confrontation and dislocation.

          As ever, Jon reports from the thick of the action and provides both front line reportage and academic insight. Play loud and enjoy the trip.


          TRACK LISTING

          CD One
          1. All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan
          2. Soweto - Malcolm McLaren With The Mclarenettes
          3. Lined Up - Shriekback
          4. Telephone Operator - Pete Shelley
          5. Gods Will Be Gods - Echo & The Bunnymen
          6. Heat (12-Inch Version) - Soft Cell
          7. (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew – The Rock Steady Crew
          8. Disappearing Act (12-Inch Version) - Shalamar
          9. Bright Lights - The Special Aka
          10. White Lines (Don't Do It) (12-Inch Version) – Grandmaster & Melle Mel
          11. Techno City (12-Inch Vocal Version) - Cybotron
          12. Swimming Horses - Siouxsie & The Banshees
          13. Heartbeat (12-Inch Version) - The Psychedelic Furs
          14. No Sell Out (12-Inch Version) – Malcolm X (Keith Leblanc)
          15. What Presence?! - Orange Juice
          16. Girl Afraid (12-Inch Version) - The Smiths

          CD Two:
          1. Why? (12-Inch Version) - Bronski Beat
          2. Love Resurrection (12-Inch Version) - Alison Moyet
          3. Looking From A Hilltop (12-Inch Version) – Section 25
          4. Think Fast (12-Inch Version) - Pamela Joy
          5. Hypnotize (Version) (12-Inch Version) - Scritti Politti
          6. Close (To The Edit) (12-Inch Version) - The Art Of Noise
          7. Life's A Scream (12-Inch Version) - A Certain Ratio
          8. Never Understand - The Jesus & Mary Chain
          9. Sunspots - Julian Cope
          10. Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
          11. In The Night - Pet Shop Boys
          12. Single Life - Cameo
          13. I Want You (12-Inch Version) - Cabaret Voltaire
          14. Crazy – R.E.M. 


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