Spitball Army

Today’s playlist is a quick journey through the New Wave sounds as I heard them back on the cusp between the ’70s and ’80s. That is all. Now, please excuse me while I go find my skinny, shiny, turquoise vinyl tie.

Approximate playing time: 79 minutes.  I have been asked to warn you that track #4 (“The Boiler”) is somewhat harrowing…so, now, you have been warned.

1. Mick Farren  “Let’s Loot the Supermarket Again Like We Did Last Summer”  (1977)
2. Madness  “One Step Beyond”  (1979)
3. The Beat [later, The English Beat]  “Tears of a Clown”  (1979)
4. The Special AKA with Rhoda  “The Boiler”  (1982)
5. The Clash  “The Guns of Brixton”  (1979)
6. Pearl Harbor & the Explosions  “Drivin'”  (1980)
7. The Motels  “Danger”  (1980)
8. Graham Parker  “Love Gets You Twisted”  (1979)
9. Robin Lane & the Chartbusters  “Don’t Cry”  (1980)
10. Martha & the Muffins  “Echo Beach”  (1980)
11. Elvis Costello  “You Belong to Me”  (1978)
12. The Ramones  “We’re a Happy Family”  (1977)
13. Blondie  “Will Anything Happen?”  (1978)
14. Talking Heads  “New Feeling”  (1977)
15. Grace Jones  “Nightclubbing”  (1981)
16. The Cars  “Since I Held You”  (1979)
17. Nervous Eaters  “Loretta”  (1980)
18. Ultravox  “Vienna”  (1981)
19. The Jam  “Start!”  (1980)
20. The Go-Betweens  “Cattle and Cane”  (1983)
21. U2  “Stories for Boys”  (1980)
22. Echo & the Bunnymen  “The Cutter”  (1983)
23. The Church  “The Unguarded Moment”  (1982)

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Fred FM playlist (27 June 2010)

I had really wanted to include something from one of the albums by The Cretones, but came up dry in my search.  If you happen to know of a source for their music, most especially the 1980 album Thin Red Line, please fill me in.  Thanks!  […and K. Cortez comes through in a split-second pinch.  Thanks, man.]