Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival
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| Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival | |
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| Live album by Various | |
| Released | March 1978 |
| Genre | Power pop, Pub rock, Punk, New wave |
| Label | Warner Bros (Cat. No. K66077) |
Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival is a hit double-LP of live recordings taken from various bands – mainly Power pop, Pub rock, Punk, and New wave groups - that played the Front Row Festival at Hope and Anchor, Islington between Tuesday 22 November and Thursday 15 December 1977.[1] It reached number 28 in the UK Albums Chart[2]
The Hope & Anchor has been described as a "seminal live venue" in 1977, catering for "both emerging punk / new wave bands and the numerous pub rock acts operating on the live circuit at the time".[3] The same author called the album as "eclectic" with "superb performances from artists like The Stranglers, The Only Ones, X-Ray Spex, The Saints and The Suburban Studs alongside staple pub rock acts".[4]
Contents |
[edit] Original Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Dr. Feelgood" by The Wilko Johnson Band
- "Straighten Out" by The Stranglers
- "Styrofoam" by The Tyla Gang
- "Don't Munchen It" by The Pirates
- "Speed Kills" by The Steve Gibbons Band
- "I'm Bugged" by XTC
- "I Hate School" by The Suburban Studs
[edit] Side two
- "Billy" by The Pleasers (see Thamesbeat)
- "Science Friction" by XTC
- "Eastbound Train" by Dire Straits
- "Bizz Fizz" by Burlesque
- "Let's Submerge" by X-Ray Spex
- "Crazy" by 999
[edit] Side three
- "Demolition Girl / The Saints
- "Quite Disappointing" / 999
- "Creature Of Doom" / The Only Ones
- "Gibson Martin Fender" / The Pirates
- "Sound Check" / Steel Pulse
- "Zero Hero" / Roogalator
[edit] Side four
- "Underground Romance" / Philip Rambow
- "Rock & Roll Radio" / The Pleasers
- "On The Street" / Tyla Gang
- "Johnny Cool" / Steve Gibbons Band
- "Twenty Yards Behind" / Wilko Johnson Band
- "Hanging Around" / The Stranglers
[edit] References
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Punk. Ontario: Collector’s Guide Publication. pp. p.102.;
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Joynson, Vernon (2001). Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave & Early Post Punk. Wolverhampton: Borderline Publications. pp. p.12.;
- ^ Joynson, Vernon (2001). Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave & Early Post Punk. Wolverhampton: Borderline Publications. pp. p.12.;
