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Various - Digging Your Scene: New Pop & All That Jazz 82-87 [CD]

Digging Your Scene: New Pop & All That Jazz 82-87
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4CD sequel to 'Heaven Sent The Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983', documenting the influence of jazz and 50s/60s black American music (including retro soul) on modern pop in the UK between 1982 and 1987. Celebrating an era when jazz inspired many pop acts, from bossa beats to mainstream covers of the classics; from Latin-fuelled club favourites to torch ballads and acid jazz grooves. In 1982 a new jazz era was dawning and Soho, a hotbed since the 50s, was where the renaissance began. Blue Rondo A La Turk, who had the first 'New Jazz' hit, were led by Chris Sullivan who opened The Wag Club in Wardour Street in April 1982, a vital catalyst for the 'New Jazz' scene. Vic Godard, singer with Subway Sect, recast as a crooner, hosted his Club Left jazz-swing nights at the Wag (as well as at London's jazz capital Ronnie Scott's). Chief among the new acts were Weekend who morphed into Working Week, whose 1984 debut single 'Venceremos' felt like a clarion call. Everything But The Girl had embraced jazz influences on their debut single, a cover of Cole Porter's 'Night And Day'. Meanwhile, Mark Reilly left Blue Rondo to form Matt Bianco, a more overtly pop/jazz creation. Julien Temple's Absolute Beginners film (including Eighth Wonder and The Style Council on it's soundtrack) based on Colin MacInnes' 1959 novel took jazz to a mainstream audience. When the film was released in 1986, jazz in it's broadest sense was everywhere in British pop, from covers of jazz standards (Alison Moyet, Bronski Beat) to jazz pop hits from Swing Out Sister and The Blow Monkeys.

Tracklist:

  1. Everything But the Girl - Night and Day
  2. Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
  3. Scritti Politti - Rock-A-Boy Blue
  4. The French Impressionists - Pick Up the Rhythm
  5. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
  6. Blue Rondo a la Turk - the Method
  7. Weekend - Weekend Stroll
  8. Paul Haig - the Song Is You
  9. The Higsons - Run Me Down
  10. Furniture - Why Are We in Love
  11. Jah Wobble - Sunshine
  12. Malcolm McLaren - Merengue
  13. The Republic - My Spies
  14. Joboxers - Why Don't You Do Right? (Live at the Phoenix Theatre)
  15. Carmel - Bad Day (Live in the Studio)
  16. Swallow Tongue - Saari
  17. Jah Wobble / the Edge / Holger Czukay - Snake Charmer
  18. Kalima - the Smiling Hour
  19. Mari Wilson - Glamourpuss
  20. Matt Bianco - Matt's Mood (Extended Version)
  21. The Pale Fountains - Southbound Excursion
  22. Soft Cell - L'esqualita
  23. Everything But the Girl - Each and Every One
  24. Working Week - Venceremos - We Will Win (Jazz Dance Special 12" Version)
  25. Madness - One Better Day
  26. The Special Aka - Housebound
  27. David Sylvian - the Ink in the Well
  28. Tracie - (I Love You) When You Sleep
  29. Friends Again - Thank You for Being An Angel
  30. Pleasure Ground - Life of Jade
  31. Level 42 - Seven Days
  32. Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So
  33. A Certain Ratio - There's Only This
  34. In Embrace- Chocolates for Breakfast
  35. The Kane Gang - Giving Up
  36. The Colourfield - Castles in the Air
  37. Vic Godard - Holiday Hymn
  38. Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love
  39. China Crisis - Black Man Ray
  40. Virna Lindt - Whistle Wind
  41. The Sound Barrier - Mornington Crescent NW1
  42. Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street
  43. Pressure Point - Mellow Moods
  44. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Listen to This
  45. Dislocation Dance - He's the Man
  46. Dee C. Lee - See the Day
  47. Brilliant - It's a Man's Man's Man's World (The Trans Global Mix)
  48. Fine Young Cannibals - Blue
  49. The Communards - Breadline Britain
  50. The Friday Club - Window Shopping (Extended Version)
  51. J.B.'s Allstars - Al. Arm
  52. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (U.S. Mix)
  53. Anthony Adverse - T-R-O-U-B-L-E
  54. The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue? (Uncut Version)
  55. Makin' Time - Walk a Thin Line
  56. Swing Out Sister - Breakout (A New Rockin' Version)
  57. Heaven Seventeen Featuring Jimmy Ruffin - the Foolish Thing to Do (Version 1)
  58. Mondo Kané and Guest Star Georgie Fame - New York Afternoon (Extended Version)
  59. Louis Philippe - Like Nobody Do
  60. Kid Montana - Spooky
  61. Marden Hill - Curtain
  62. Rah Band - Take Some Thyme
  63. Eighth Wonder - Having It All (Extended Mix)
  64. Stan Campbell - Crawfish (Extended Version)
  65. The Florentines - Whisper Not
  66. Basia - Freeze Thaw
  67. ABC - When Smokey Sings (The Detroit Mix)
  68. The King of Luxembourg - Something for Sophia Loren
  69. The James Taylor Quartet - Alfie
  70. Stock Aitken Waterman - Roadblock
  71. Martyn Bates - the Look of Love
  72. Biting Tongues - Compressor
  73. Night Trains - Open Channel D

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