Back to 1979 special

In these dark days between X-Mess and new year I was getting melancholic whilst going through my record collection.

I came to the conclusion that for me (being sixteen and turning seventeen near the end of the year) 1979 was (one of) the best year(s) for new cutting edge music.

There was musical freedom all around, no limits, and bass and rhythm ruled, both in Jamaica as in post-punk land.

I bought so many records which are still close to my heart.

Here are some of them in a three hour mix!

1. Signature: PIL – Careering (Peel Session) (DJ Marcelle edit)

2. Public Image Limited – Careering

3×12”: Metal Box (Virgin)

3. The Fall – A Figure Walks

lp: Dragnet (Step-Forward Records)

4. Magazine – Rhythm Of Cruelty

lp: Secondhand Daylight (Virgin)

5. Linton Kwesi Johnson – Forces Of Victory

lp: Forces Of Victory (Island)

6. Jean-Jacques Burnel – Jellyfish

lp: Euroman Cometh (United Artists)

7. Undertones – Family Entertainment

lp: Undertones (Sire)

8. Joe Gibbs And The Professionals – Yard Music

lp: African Dub Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

9. Killing Joke – Turn To Red

12” ep: Almost Red (Malicious Damage / Island)

10. Gang Of Four – At Home He’s A Tourist

lp: Entertainment! (EMI)

10. Throbbing Gristle – What A Day

lp: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Industrial)

11. Specials – Monkey Man

lp: Specials (Two Tone)

12. Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Nowadays

7” (United Artists)

13. Mikey Dread – Everybody Needs A Proper Education

lp: Evolutionary Rockers (Dread At The Controls)

14. Kleenex – Ü

7” (Rough Trade)

15. The Residents – The Walrus Hunt

lp: Eskimo (Ralph Records)

16. The Clash – Armagideon Time

7”: London Calling (CBS)

17. Joy Division – Disorder

lp: Unknown Pleasures (Factory)

18. The Pop Group – Savage Sea

lp: Y (Rough Trade)

19. Trinity – Pope Paul Dead And Gone

lp: Rock In The Ghetto (Trojan Records)

20. Wire – Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW

7” (Harvest)

21. The Stranglers – The Raven

lp: The Raven (United Artists)

22. Cabaret Voltaire – Nag Nag Nag

7” (Rough Trade)

23. Swell Maps – H.S. Art

lp: A Trip To Marineville (Rough Trade)

24. Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business

7” (Rough Trade)

25. Prince Far-I – Free From Sin

lp: Free From Sin (Trojan Records)

26. The Damned – Smash It Up

7” (Chiswick)

27. The Raincoats – No Side To Fall In

lp: The Raincoats (Rough Trade)

28. The Jam – Eton Rifles

7” (Polydor)

29. Culture – Too Long In Slavery

lp: International Herb (Virgin)

30. Au Pairs – You

7” ep (021 Records)

31. The Slits – Typical Girls

lp: Cut (Island Records)

32. Stiff Little Fingers – No More Of That

lp: Inflammable Material (Rough Trade)

33. The Good Missionaries – Fellow Sufferer In Dub

lp: Fire From Heaven (Deptford Fun City Records)

33. Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead

12” (Small Wonder Records)

34. The Skids – Aftermath Dub

2x”: Masquerade (Virgin)

35. 4″ Be 2″ – One Of The Lads (Dub Version)

12” ep (Island Records)

36. Madness – One Step Beyond

lp: One Step Beyond (Stiff Records)

36. The Fall – Rowche Rumble

7” (Step-Forward Records)

37. Augustus Pablo – Tubby’s Dub song

lp: Original Rockers (Greensleeves)

38. The Mekons – Like Spoons No More

lp: The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen (Virgin Records)

39. A Certain Ratio – All Night Party

7” (Factory)

40. John Cooper Clarke – Gimmix Play Loud

10” lp: Walking Back To Happiness (Epic)

41. Essential Logic – Bod’s Message

12” ep: Wake Up (Virgin Records)

42. Public Image Limited – Death Disco

7” (Virgin)

43. The Flying Lizards – Money

12” (Virgin Records)

44. The Members – The Sound Of The Suburbs

7” (Virgin Records)

45. Talking Heads – Life During Wartime

lp: Fear Of Music (Sire)

46. The Clash – London Calling

7” (CBS)

47. The Ruts – Jah War

12” (Virgin Records)

48. Jah Wobble – Dan MacArthur (side B)

7” (Virgin Records)

49. Buzzcocks – I Don’t Know What To Do With My Life

lp: A Different Kind Of Tension (United Artists)

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