blitzing the ballroom

As the 70s took hold of the UK, the colourful expectations of the 60s had all butfaded away. The Op Art, the psychedelics & the Victorian militria had been replaced by the greys and browns of geometric wallpaper, the three day week and the oh-so dull Heath/Wilson pendulum. Splashing a much-needed burst of posterpaint colour around came the movement which was to be known as Glam Rock. No one minded that its chief protagonists had been round the block a few times before. Marc Bolan, Gary Glitter, Alvin Stardust, Mud, The Sweet, Roy Wood & Slade had all been stomping around with varying degrees of success for many years. Tottering precariously around on silver platforms, made up like provocative pantomime dames, playing a strange drum-heavy confection based on Rock & Roll mixed with nursery rhyme pop simplicity, the pop world had its sparkling alternative to the head-nodding complexity of the double concept album. Here's a collection of splendid Glam obscurities, all laced with a harder edge, as if to prove that, should the need ever arise, these artistes could more than match their progressive counterparts for rock sensibility. And who said tank tops were a thing of the past?"

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Track Listing:"

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1. SHAMBLES: Hello "
2. TIGER: I'm An "
3. ANGEL: Little Boy "
4. TRUE ADVENTURE: Outlaw Love "
5. CHANGE: Wildcat "
6. STUMPY: Keep It Coming "
7. UNION EXPRESS: Do You Love Me "
8. ABACUS: Indian Dancer "
9. PAUL RYDER & TIME MACHINE: Are You Ready "
10. PANTHER: One Man Band "
11. WINSTON: Mona "
12. FRENZY: Poser "
13. BULLFROG: Glancy "
14. PETE DUNTON: Taking Time "
15. TIM DANDY: Run, Run, Run, Run, Run "
16. GIGGLES: High School Girls "
17. STEPHEN: Right On Running Man "
18. SCREEMER: Billy "
19. SAKKARIN: Hang On Sloopy20. FYNNIUS FOGG: Roller Skating Baby"