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After the UK punk explosion, female artists increasingly rose up in an industry long dominated by men. This 4-CD set chronicles the amazingly diverse releases from women between ’77 and ’87. The 90 tracks and more than 14,500 words of notes in the hardback book take us from the punk clubs to the dance floor to the arenas: "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" X-Ray Spex, "Turn My Motor On" Kirsty MacColl, "Lucky Number" Lene Lovich, "Kid" Pretenders, "Typical Girls" Slits, "Take It All Away" Girlschool, "Saeta" Nico, "Aie A Mwana" Bananarama, "Winter Kills" Yazoo, "Speak No Evil" Cocteau Twins, "They Don’t Know" Tracy Ullman, "Mandinka" Sinéad O’Connor, "Bird in Flight" Toyah, "Brute Fury" Lora Logic, "Son of a Gun" Vaselines, "Small Town Girl" Tracey Thorn, "Such Is Life" Cosey Fanni Tutti (with John Lacey), "Private Armies" Vivien Goldman, "Black and Blue" Selecter…you’ll hear punk, metal, electronica, dub and more, from big stars and underground heroines alike! Cherry Red.