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Here's what Demon Music Group have to say about their latest release, which includes both Burning Car by John Foxx and Hiroshima Mon Amour by Ultravox!...

London, 1979. From the rubble and ashes of punk a new youth cult was emerging. Divinely inspired by Bowie, Roxy Music and Kraftwerk, a new tribe the press started labelling New Romantics, or Futurists, discarded punk’s old-hat claims towards authenticity and protest, in pursuit of glamour, make-up, dressing up and dancing. Their home was The Blitz Club, a tiny wine bar at the edge of Covent Garden and what went on there between 1979 and 1980 would genuinely change the world. The other name for this cult? Blitz Kids.

Without necessarily knowing it, The Blitz was birthing the next wave of British pop stars. A young Boy George ran the cloakroom, its host and doorman was a young Steve Strange, soon-to-be the frontman of Visage, Spandau Ballet played their first gig there and on a given night you might find yourself dancing next to a member of Ultravox. Fashion designers in Regency ballgowns mingled with secretaries in rubber, post boys dressed as Biggles danced next to art school kids dressed as Pierrot. David Bowie assembled his extras for the Ashes To Ashes video from the Blitz kids. Mick Jagger was refused entry. Too square.

And the club had a mighty soundtrack, assembled painstakingly by its resident DJ Rusty Egan. Rusty’s sets brought together heroes like Eno, Iggy, and Lou Reed cool European electronic pioneers like Kraftwerk, Telex and Yello, the electronic side of disco (Cerrone, Hot Chocolate, Amanda Lear) and cutting-edge film soundtracks from the likes of Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder and Barry De Vorzon. Rusty also spans the nascent sounds of Britian’s next new wave – Japan, Landscape, The Human League, Visage, Ultravox, Fad Gadget…

Compiled exhaustively from his DJ sets, Rusty Egan Presents Blitzed! brings together the sounds of a night at the club circa 1980 on either 66 track 4CD or 36 track 4LP sets. Beautifully presented with contemporary photography from Sheila Rock, Peter Ashworth and Terry Smith, the booklets also contain sleeve notes from Alexis Petridis and Rusty himself.



The full track-listings are as follows...

CD One
01. Being Boiled (Fast Product Version) [The Human League]
02. Down In The Park [Tubeway Army]
03. Permafrost [Magazine]
04. New Girls / Neutrons [Vice Versa]
05. Back To Nature [Fad Gadget]
06. Private Life [Pretenders]
07. Nightclubbing [Iggy Pop]
08. Warm Leatherette [The Normal]
09. Hot On The Heels Of Love [Throbbing Gristle]
10. Day Breaks, Night Heals [Thomas Leer & Robert Rental]
11. R.E.R.B. [Shock]
12. Makes You Blind [The Glitter Band]
13. Burning Car [John Foxx]
14. Bostich (Album Version) [Yello]
15. (Destiny) Dalek I Love You [Dalek I]
16. Thrash [Cowboys International]
17. Shadowplay [Joy Division]
18. Nag Nag Nag [Cabaret Voltaire]
19. Hiroshima Mon Amour [Ultravox!]

CD Two
01. The Number One Song In Heaven (Long Version) [Sparks]
02. Electricity (Dindisc 1980 Version) [Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark]
03. Passing Strangers [Ultravox]
04. Radioactivity (Edit) [Kraftwerk]
05. The Man Who Sold The World [Lulu]
06. The Eve Of The War (Disco Re- Mix) [Jeff Wayne]
07. I’m An Indian Too [Don Armando’s 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band]
08. Life in Tokyo (Short Version) [Japan]
09. Heart Of Glass (12" Version) [Blondie]
10. Follow Me [Amanda Lear]
11. Wunderbar [Wolfgang Riechmann]
12. Broken Head [Eno - Moebius - Roedelius]
13. Pop Muzik (12" Version) [M]
14. Theme From 'The Warriors' [Barry De Vorzon]
15. Angel Eyes (Extended Remix) [Roxy Music]
16. Dream Baby Dream (Long Version) [Suicide]

CD Three
01. La Vie En Rose [Grace Jones]
02. Hamburger Lady [Throbbing Gristle]
03. No Regrets [The Walker Brothers]
04. Put Your Love In Me [Hot Chocolate]
05. I Don't Depend On You [The Men]
06. Criminal World [Metro]
07. Spanish Moss – A Sound Portrait: Storm [Billy Cobham]
08. Supernature (12" Full Length Version) [Cerrone]
09. French Boy [Garçons]
10. Touch [Lori And The Chameleons]
11. Moon Over Moscow [Visage]
12. Schaufensterpuppen [Kraftwerk]
13. Only After Dark [Mick Ronson]
14. Japan [Landscape]
15. Rheinita (Single Version) [La Düsseldorf]

CD Four
01. A Forest (Album Version) [The Cure]
02. 7 Teen [The Regents]
03. Ashes And Diamonds [Zaine Griff]
04. To Cut A Long Story Short [Spandau Ballet]
05. Moskow Diskow [Telex]
06. Mannequin [Taxi-Girl]
07. Memphis Tennessee [Silicon Teens]
08. I Heard It Through The Grapevine [The Slits]
09. Changeling [Simple Minds]
10. Animation (Edit) [Skids]
11. Chase (From 'Midnight Express' Soundtrack) [Giorgio Moroder]
12. Willie And The Hand Jive (12" Version) [Rinder And Lewis]
13. Fade To Grey (1980 Dance Mix) [Visage]
14. No G.D.M. [Gina X Performance]
15. Chung Kuo [Vangelis]
16. Perfect Day [Lou Reed]



LP One
A01. Being Boiled (Fast Product Version)The Human League]
A02. Down In The Park [Tubeway Army]
A03. Back To Nature [Fad Gadget]
A04. New Girls Neutrons [Vice Versa]
A05. Hot On The Heels Of Love [Throbbing Gristle]
B01. Warm Leatherette [The Normal]
B02. Nag Nag Nag [Cabaret Voltaire]
B03. Burning Car [John Foxx]
B04. Electricity (Dindisc 1980 Version) [Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark]
B05. R.E.R.B. [Shock]

LP Two
C01. Hiroshima Mon Amour [Ultravox!]
C02. Permafrost [Magazine]
C03. Put Your Love In Me [Hot Chocolate]
C04. Moon Over Moscow [Visage]
D01. The Number One Song In Heaven (Long Version) [Sparks]
D02. Makes You Blind [The Glitter Band]
D03. 7 Teen [The Regents]
D04. Angel Eyes (Extended Remix) [Roxy Music]

LP Three
E01. I Don’t Depend On You [The Men]
E02. Theme From 'The Warriors' [Barry De Vorzon]
E03. Willie And The Hand Jive (12" Version) [Rinder And Lewis]
E04. La Vie En Rose [Grace Jones]
F01. Schaufensterpuppen [Kraftwerk]
F02. Passing Strangers [Ultravox]
F03. Nightclubbing [Iggy Pop]
F04. No G.D.M. [Gina X Performance]

LP Four
G01. Only After Dark [Mick Ronson]
G02. Changeling [Simple Minds]
G03. Animation (Edit) [Skids]
G04. Life in Tokyo (Short Version) [Japan]
G05. Follow Me [Amanda Lear]
G06. To Cut A Long Story Short [Spandau Ballet]
H01. Bostich (Album Version) [Yello]
H02. Chase (From 'Midnight Express' Soundtrack) [Giorgio Moroder]
H03. Fade To Grey (1980 Dance Mix) [Visage]
H04. Perfect Day [Lou Reed]



The 4CD Box Set - with a Limited Edition print signed by Rusty Egan - can be ordered from Amazon...

The 4LP Box Set can be ordered from Amazon...

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Rob

I'm very sad to read Chris Cross passed away on 25. March.

Thank you Chris for all the music you gave us. Rest in Peace.

Here's what Cherry Red Records have to say about their latest release, which includes Hiroshima Mon Amour by Ultravox!...

Punk rock attracted both dreamers and schemers. Many were simply fired up by the music. Some were motivated by manifestos and personal agendas. Others vanished the moment the novelty wore off and the hair dye washed out, leaving behind one or two fine records. Others, like The Clash, The Jam and The Cure, resolved to stay the course, giving themselves new challenges while carving out successful careers. Above all, the post-punk landscape was populated with cult heroes.

Moving Away From The Pulsebeat takes a whistle-stop trip through that landscape as the dust settled on the apocalyptic overhaul of 1977. Curated in chronological order to preserve that journey, and capturing key singles, deep album cuts and fan favourites, this is the story of a genuinely subversive underground about to erupt upon the mainstream, rendering everything that had gone before irrelevant overnight.

Presented in extreme detail, with band-by-band biographies, sleeve imagery, release information and introductory essay by the widely published Mark Paytress, Moving Away From The Pulsebeat is an essential time capsule for veterans, collectors and newcomers alike.



Release Date: 29 March 2024
Catalogue Number: CRCD5BOX169

Moving Away From The Pulsebeat can be ordered from Amazon...

The full track-listing is as follows...

Disc One
01. Wading Through A Ventilator [Soft Boys]
02. Hiroshima Mon Amour [Ultravox!]
03. Paris Maquis [Metal Urbain]
04. Black Velvet [Swell Maps]
05. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat [Buzzcocks]
06. Dontsplitit [Subway Sect]
07. All Time Low [2.3]
08. White Night [The Lines]
09. Voices [Siouxsie & The Banshees]
10. Armalite Rifle (Fast Product Version) [Gang Of Four]
11. Movement [Penetration]
12. Crowded Room [XTC]
13. Existential [pragVEC]
14. Life [Alternative TV]
15. Give Me Everything [Magazine]
16. Everybody's On Revolver Tonight [O Level]
17. Listen To The Sirens [Tubeway Army]
18. Strontium [The Crazies]
19. Red And Black [Spizzoil]
20. Camera Camera (Zoo Version) [The Teardrop Explodes]
21. Stay Awake [Glaxo Babies]
22. Closed Groove [Stiff Little Fingers]

Disc Two
01. She Is Beyond Good And Evil [The Pop Group]
02. Adult/Ery [Scars]
03. Adventures Close To Home [The Raincoats]
04. Touch And Go [The Outsiders]
05. Wake Up [Essential Logic]
06. Disorder [Joy Division]
07. Playing With Toys [Cult Figures]
08. Neon Womb [Toyah]
09. Greenland [Disco Zombies]
10. Kerb Crawler [Au Pairs]
11. The Fiend [Revillos]
12. Ping Pong Affair [The Slits]
13. Jennifer Darling [Helsinki 5 Below]
14. S.U.S. [The Ruts]
15. Time Delay [The Passage]
16. Bird Song [Lene Lovich]
17. The Alternative [Apartment]
18. Mona Property Girl [The Associates]
19. Rat City [Art Attacks]
20. The Path Of Least Resistance [The Human League]
21. Chronicle [Essential Bop]
22. Nervous System [Killing Joke]

Disc Three
01. Poptones [PiL]
02. Hegemony [Scritti Politti]
03. Tabletalk [Adam & The Ants]
04. Sleepwalk [John Cooper Clarke And The Invisible Girls]
05. J'attends Les Marines [Electric Chairs]
06. Fiery Jack [The Fall]
07. Inner Sanction [The Insex]
08. Sister Europe [Psychedelic Furs]
09. Her Story [The Flying Lizards]
10. Co-Optimist [Again Again]
11. Kicks [Expelaires]
12. A Forest [The Cure]
13. The Ballad Of Miss Demeanour [Flowers]
14. Water [Occult Chemistry]
15. Black And White [The The]
16. Who's In Here With Me? [Cravats]
17. Unbalanced [Artery]
18. The Puppet [Echo & The Bunnymen]
19. There Is No Shower [Diagram Brothers]

Disc Four
01. Scrape Away [The Jam]
02. Something Came Over Me [Throbbing Gristle]
03. Shaking Story [Furniture]
04. Heart Rules The Head [Mystere Five's]
05. Original Sin [Theatre Of Hate]
06. It's Fashion [Girls At Our Best!]
07. Hesitate [Boots For Dancing]
08. Watch [Sisters Of Mercy]
09. First Night On [Restricted Code]
10. The Beat Goes On [Normil Hawaiians]
11. Waiting For The Cavalry [Modern Eon]
12. Agent Orange [Ski Patrol]
13. I'm Falling [Dead Or Alive]
14. Fragments Of Fear [In Camera]
15. Where Are My Hormones [Avant Gardeners]
16. Central Park [Blah Blah Blah]
17. Twenty Tens (I've Been Smoking All Night Long) [Virgin Prunes]
18. In A Lonely Place (Original Version) [New Order]
19. Underneath The Gloss [Second Layer]

Disc Five
01. The Magnificent Seven [The Clash]
02. Born Again Cretin [Robert Wyatt]
03. C30 C60 C90 Go [Bow Wow Wow]
04. Click Talk [Young Marble Giants]
05. Seconds [Nightingales]
06. Another Babys Face [23 Skidoo]
07. Dull Day [The Birthday Party]
08. Pictures [Josef K]
09. You're Welcome [The Undertones]
10. Meat Whiplash [Fire Engines]
11. Nocturnal (Edit) [Jah Wobble]
12. So Much Fault [Dislocation Dance]
13. Building Kind [Five Or Six]
14. Mother's Hour [Ludus]
15. Je Veux Ton Amour [Section 25]
16. Colourless Dream [Sad Lovers And Giants]
17. Go, Go, Go! (This Is It) [Rip Rig And Panic]
18. Tightrope Walker [The Reflections]
19. FTN [Club Tango]
20. Programme Love [The Outcasts]
21. It Goes Waap! [The Higsons]
22. Changing Trains [Kan Kan]
23. All Roads Lead To Norway [Membranes]

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Rob