{"product_id":"various-three-day-week-when-the-lights-lp-02966700931","title":"Various - Bob Stanley \/ Pete Wiggs Present Three Day Week: When The Lights Went Out 1972-1975 \/ Various [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouble 180gm clear vinyl LP pressing with deluxe gatefold jacket. Features two extra tracks. 2019 collection. Britain wasn't on it's own in having a thoroughly miserable 1973. Tens of thousands of Britons remained housed in wartime pre-fabs and sub-standard dwellings. The bright new colors of the post-war Festival of Britain and Harold Wilson's talk in the '60s of the \"white heat of technology\" now seemed very distant as strikes, inflation, and food and oil shortages laid Britain low. What had gone wrong? And what did pop music have to say about it? With perfect timing this album soundtracks Britain on the brink of chaos. It includes lost masterpieces (Phil Cordell's 'Londonderry'), gritty singles by the new names of the early '70s (Mungo Jerry's 'Open Up', David Essex's 'Stardust') and forgotten gems by some of the biggest names of the previous decade, now struggling to make themselves heard (the Kinks' 'When Work Is Over', the Troggs' 'I'm On Fire'). Sometimes the approach was tongue-in-cheek (the Strawbs' 'Part Of The Union'), other times it was the sound of sheer frustration (Mike McGear's 'Kill'), and occasionally it was angry enough to incur the wrath of special branch (Hawkwind's banned 'Urban Guerilla'). Mostly the sound of these records evokes the feeling of nights in with only candles to light the house and TV closing down at 10pm: the empty spaces of Adam Faith's 'In Your Life'; the fuzz guitar minimalism of Ricky Wilde's 'Hertfordshire Rock'; Climax Chicago's alternative lifestyle-musing 'Mole On The Dole'. Compiled by Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, it amplifies the noise of a country which was still unable to forget the war, even as it watched the progressive post-war consensus disintegrating. We hear shrugs and cynicism, laughter through gritted teeth, melancholy, and a real anger that would rise to the surface with punk a few years later.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart of the Union - the Brothers (The Strawbs)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrdinary Boy - Small Wonder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hertfordshire Rock - Ricky Wilde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Work Is Over - the Kinks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSailing - the Sutherland Bros Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Your Life - Adam Faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLondonderry - Phil Cordell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut Loose - Stud Leather\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm on Fire - the Troggs 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKill - Mike McGear 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd the Fun Goes on - Lieutenant Pigeon 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen Up - Mungo Jerry 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRod - Matchbox 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe's a Mover - Marty Wilde 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUrban Guerilla - Hawkwind 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHomes Fit for Heroes - Edgar Broughton Band 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreathless - Bombadil 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Am I Waiting - Robin Goodfellow 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Ruthy Said - Cockney Rebel 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClocks - Paul Brett 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Turn Me on - the Troll Brothers 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMole on the Dole - Climax Chicago 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Feel So Down - Barracuda 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthern Soul Dancer - Wigan's Ovation 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Ride a Paula Pillion - Stavely Makepeace 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar Against War - Pheon Bear 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoly Pin - Roly 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStardust - David Essex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"206","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50571254890792,"sku":"02966700931","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3903588.jpg?v=1763989401","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/various-three-day-week-when-the-lights-lp-02966700931","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}