Jon Savage's 1976 - Something Was Going To Happen (LP)
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Jon Savage's 1976 - Something Was Going To Happen (LP)
[ Ace / 2 LP ]
Release Date: Friday 30 October 2026
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A vinyl-only two-album set featuring the revered pop culture pundit's choice of singles from a year that culminated in the release of the first punk 45s. Here's Jon himself with the background.
"For this compilation, same rules as usual: singles only, roughly chronological by UK release dates. Slight liberties have been taken with Roxy Music and Buzzcocks, but both existed in some real form during 1976. As usual, around two-thirds are records I listened to at the time and that meant something to me, while the remainder I found more recently, filling in my understanding of the year. 'Shack Up' is a good example: I heard it through A Certain Ratio and found the Banbarra original in the bins shortly afterwards."
Tracks:
SIDE ONE
1. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning
2. Burning Spear - Old Marcus Garvey
3. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War In A Babylon
4. Patti Smith Group - My Generation
5. 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
SIDE TWO
1. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
2. Banbarra - Shack Up
3. Hello - Teenage Revolution
4. Ramones - Havana Affair
5. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
6. Blondie - In The Sun
7. The 101'ers - Keys To Your Heart
SIDE THREE
1. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Horseplay (Weary Of The Schmaltz)
2. Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves
3. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
4. Hot Blood - Soul Dracula
5. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
6. Nick Lowe - Heart Of The City
SIDE FOUR
1. Lewis Furey - Top Ten Sexes
2. Miami - Kill That Roach
3. The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
4. The Damned - New Rose
5. Pere Ubu - Street Waves
6. Buzzcocks - Time's Up
