• Track Listing

By popular demand, Cherry Red created this sequel to last year’s "1977: The Year Punk Broke." This takes us to ’78, and you know that title refers to the X-Ray Spex classic "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo." That joins "5 Minutes" Stranglers, "Public Image" Public Image Ltd., "Alternative Ulster" Stiff Little Fingers, "She’s So Modern" Boomtown Rats, "Oh! I Didn’t Say" Tubeway Army, "Don’t Rain on My Parade" Japan, "Live in a Car" UK Subs, "Emergency" 999, "Touch and Go" Magazine, "10:15 Saturday Night" Cure, "In the Crowd" Jam, "Borstal Breakout" Sham 69, "You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory" Johnny Thunders, "Automatic Lover" Vibrators, "It’s the New Thing" Fall, "Destination Venus" Rezillos, "Slow Motion" Ultravox, "What She Wants, She Needs" Eater, "28/8/78" Scritti Politti and more cuts that bridged punk, post-punk and new wave. A 48-page booklet brings us back to an amazing year in UK music! Cherry Red.