VA - Fame: Jon Savage's Secret History Of Post-Punk 1978-81 (Remastered) (2012/2021)

Featuring 21 essential tracks from impLOG, File Under Pop, AC Marias, The Flying Lizards, Rema Rema, Robert Rental and Thomas Leer, DNA, Wire, The Urinals and more… The spine of this collection are tracks by post-punk luminaries Wire, Joy Division and the Prefects. not so 'secret' you may think, but consider the nascent lo-fi Subway Sect, the uncompromising other-worldly sounds of impLOG's “Holland Tunnel Dive” & the hyper obscure experimentalism of File Under Pop and you're getting the idea. From Pere Ubu's dystopian phychedelia to the motorik of Chrome, it's a snapshot of a brief era, heavy on invention.

t may be suggested that the art of the good compilation album is one that is finely balanced between selecting the familiar and the obscure. known pleasures sit alongside previously unheard offerings, ready to open up new areas of musical contemplation.

When this collection originally appeared in 2012 critical acclaim was generous

"Tracks that, especially in our current world of templated genre, seem nothing less than extraordinary. So fired, as they all are, by the ferocity of innovative abandon – an overwhelming desire to create something shockingly new".

Tracklist
01. Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness
02. Chrome - Chromosome Damage
03. Nigel Simpkins - Times Encounter
04. Vic Godard & The Subway Sect - Imbalance[Rehearsal]
05. File Under Pop - Heathrow
06. Cabaret Voltaire - Partially Submerged
07. The Prefects - Total Luck
08. Mars - 3E
09. Rosa Yemen - Herpes Simplex
10. A.C. Marias - Drop
11. Kleenex - Ain't You
12. Noh Mercy - Caucasian Guilt
13. The Flying Lizards - Hands 2 Take
14. The Human League - The Dignity Of Labour Pt.3
15. Wire - A Touching Display[Demo]
16. Joy Division - Autosuggestion
17. Thomas Leer & Robert Rental - The Hard Way In And The Easy Way Out
18. The Urinals - Sex
19. The Method Actors - Do The Method
20. DNA - Blonde Redhead
21. Implog - Holland Tunnel Drive