As a rule I haven’t posted any Various Artists albums,
until now. This obviously means that I have a selection of 13 (IMHO) classic
compilations ready to share with you lucky, lucky people. There’s not much to
say about the current crop of comps in general as they all seem to fall into
the Ministry Of Sound/Now That’s What I Call Music/Driving category, and unless
you grew up in the 90’s they pretty much suck my balls.
This month I’m going to share some of my favourites from
the late 70’s and early 80’s. You may think WTF is this crap, but seriously you
should give them a chance. Honestly just one listen will change your mind
forever about cutting edge New Wave/Electronic/Synth-Pop.
First up is a 1980 double album sampler from BOMP! Records,
Experiments In Destiny. Classic artists like the Dead Boys, Stiv Bators,
Lipstick Killers, Nuns, Romantics, Weirdos and a special guest appearance from
The New York Blondes, ripping through Little GTO. A huge cross section of New
Wave, Punk, Garage Rock, Power Pop and Rock & Roll (as Discogs describes
it) on the only US label that had the audacity to release such a monster onto
an unsuspecting 1980’s world.