A collection of the usual suspects perhaps though when the songs are this great, is it any surprise? A rollercoaster ride that's over in under 36 minutes but packs a lot in to it's wild ride. Strap in!
* Or, in the case of The Stranglers, the six-minute-plus cover version of a stone cold classic pop song.
The selection includes several songs that appeared in JC's excellent 60 Albums @ 60 series, which revealed All Mod Cons by The Jam at #1. So today's post is dedicated to JC with thanks and love.
1) Friends (John Peel Session): Adam & The Ants
2) Radios In Motion: XTC
3) Reasons: Skids
4) Action Time Vision: Alternative TV
5) Touch And Go (Single Version): Magazine
6) Just Lust: Buzzcocks
7) Billy Hunt: The Jam
8) Suicide A Go Go: Big In Japan
9) I'm Gonna Love You Too: Blondie
10) Drug-Stabbing Time: The Clash
11) Sand In My Joints (Album Version): Wire
12) Walk On By (Cover of Dionne Warwick): The Stranglers
1978: Action Time Vision EP / The Image Has Cracked: 4
1978: All Mod Cons: 7
1978: Chairs Missing: 11
1978: Charles EP: 3
1978: Ever Fallen In Love... (With Someone You Shouldn't've) EP: 6
1978: From Y To Z And Never Again EP: 8
1978: Give 'Em Enough Rope: 10
1978: Parallel Lines: 9
1978: Touch And Go: 5
1978: Walk On By EP / Black And White (ltd LP+7"): 12
1978: White Music: 2
1990: The Peel Sessions: 1
