Jon Savage – Jon Savage’s 1980-1982 (The Art Of Things To Come) (Book)

Jon Savage’s 1980-1982 (The Art Of Things To Come) is a genre-spanning two-disc array of pivotal singles, extended mixes, context-providers, scene-stealers and lost gems from disco, b-boy, new wave, rap, indie and synth: these are the decks that defined the dawn of the 80s, captured the mood and crystallised Jon Savage’s personal experiences of these years.

Artists include the Associates, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, the Human League, Grace Jones, New Order, Yello, the Peech Boys and Zapp.

Living in Manchester, working for Granada TV in tandem with Tony Wilson and spinning discs at Joy Division and New Order gigs, this was a time where clubs were key for Jon. It’s no surprise that this is the first volume where 12-inch singles make their mark in the series.

The 80s began with Thatcher in power, the rise of the New Right in America and the death of Ian Curtis, but by 1982 the world was travelling out of post-punk darkness into the light of a bright new decade. It was beginning of the art of things to come.

2 x CD, Compilation

Tracklist:
1-1 The Bizarros*– Underground 2:14
1-2 The Beat (2)– Twist And Crawl 2:31
1-3 The Cars– Candy-O 2:36
1-4 Joy Division– These Days 3:25
1-5 Echo & The Bunnymen– Simple Stuff 2:33
1-6 Donna Summer– Our Love 4:53
1-7 Giorgio Moroder– The Apartment 4:28
1-8 Grace Jones– She's Lost Control 3:44
1-9 Manicured Noise– Faith 3:28
1-10 Devo– Whip It 2:38
1-11 Zapp– More Bounce To The Ounce 3:56
1-12 Simple Minds– I Travel 3:08
1-13 A Certain Ratio– Flight 6:03
1-14 The B-52's– Dirty Back Road 3:21
1-15 Modern Eon– Euthenics 2:52
1-16 Bush Tetras– Too Many Creeps 3:52
1-17 Brother "D"* With Collective Effort– How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise? 5:52
1-18 Was (Not Was)– Hello Operator... 5:21
1-19 The Psychedelic Furs– Mack The Knife 4:14
1-20 Public Image Ltd*– Home Is Where The Heart Is 7:28
2-1 Orange Juice (3)– Poor Old Soul Pt 2 2:36
2-2 The Cure– Primary 5:57
2-3 The Human League– The Sound Of The Crowd 3:53
2-4 Josef K– Pictures 2:17
2-5 New Order– Everything's Gone Green 5:30
2-6 Yello– Bostich 4:34
2-7 The Associates– Message Oblique Speech 5:33
2-8 Soft Cell– Bedsitter 7:50
2-9 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five– Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel 7:04
2-10 Royal Family & The Poor*– Art On 45 4:46
2-11 P-Funk All Stars– Hydraulic Pump Pt 2 6:41
2-12 Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force*– Planet Rock 5:18
2-13 Au Pairs– We're So Cool 3:26
2-14 Peech Boys– Don't Make Me Wait 5:40
2-15 Pretenders*– My City Was Gone 5:25