VARIOUS - DIGGING YOUR SCENE [CD]

This item will be released on Friday 26th June. It will be shipped to arrive on or around the release date.

In 1982 a new jazz era was dawning and Soho, a hotbed since the 50s, was where the renaissance began. Blue Rondo A La Turk, who had the first ‘New Jazz’ hit, were led by Chris Sullivan who opened The Wag Club in Wardour Street in April 1982, a vital catalyst for the ‘New Jazz’ scene.Vic Godard, singer with Subway Sect, recast as a crooner, hosted his Club Left jazz-swing nights at the Wag (as well as at London’s jazz capital Ronnie Scott’s). Chief among the new acts were Weekend who morphed into Working Week, whose 1984 debut single ‘Venceremos’ felt like a clarion call. Everything But The Girl had embraced jazz influences on their debut single, a cover of Cole Porter’s ‘Night And Day’.Meanwhile, Mark Reilly left Blue Rondo to form Matt Bianco, a more overtly pop/jazz creation. Julien Temple’s Absolute Beginners film (including Eighth Wonder and The Style Council on its soundtrack) based on Colin MacInnes’ 1959 novel took jazz to a mainstream audience. When the film was released in 1986, jazz in its broadest sense was everywhere in British pop, from covers of jazz standards (Alison Moyet, Bronski Beat) to jazz pop hits from Swing Out Sister and The Blow Monkeys.

DISC ONE

1. Everything But The Girl - Night And Day

2. Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

3. Scritti Politti - Rock-A-Boy Blue

4. The French Impressionists - Pick Up The Rhythm

5. Joe Jackson - Steppin’ Out

6. Blue Rondo A La Turk - The Method

7. Weekend - Weekend Stroll

8. Paul Haig - The Song Is You

9. The Higsons - Run Me Down

10. Furniture - Why Are We In Love

11. Jah Wobble - Sunshine

12. Malcolm McLaren - Merengue

13. The Republic - My Spies

14. JoBoxers - Why Don’t You Do Right? (Live At The Phoenix Theatre)

15. Carmel - Bad Day (Live In The Studio)

16. Swallow Tongue - Saari

17. Jah Wobble / The Edge / Holger Czukay - Snake Charmer

18. Kalima - The Smiling Hour

19. Mari Wilson - Glamourpuss

DISC TWO

1. Matt Bianco - Matt’s Mood (Extended Version)

2. The Pale Fountains - Southbound Excursion

3. Soft Cell - L'Esqualita

4. Everything But The Girl - Each And Every One

5. Working Week – Venceremos – We Will Win (Jazz Dance Special 12” Version)

6. Madness - One Better Day

7. The Special AKA - Housebound

8. David Sylvian - The Ink In The Well

9. Tracie - (I Love You) When You Sleep

10. Friends Again - Thank You For Being An Angel

11. Pleasure Ground - Life Of Jade

12. Level 42 - Seven Days

13. Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So

14. A Certain Ratio - There's Only This

15. In Embrace- Chocolates For Breakfast

16. The Kane Gang - Giving Up

17. The Colourfield - Castles In The Air (Instrumental Version)

DISC THREE

1. Vic Godard - Holiday Hymn

2. Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love

3. China Crisis - Black Man Ray

4. Virna Lindt - Whistle Wind

5. The Sound Barrier - Mornington Crescent NW1

6. Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street

7. Pressure Point - Mellow Moods

8. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Listen To This

9. Dislocation Dance - He's The Man

10. Dee C. Lee - See The Day

11. Brilliant - It's A Man's Man's Man's World (The Trans Global Mix)

12. Fine Young Cannibals - Blue

13. The Communards - Breadline Britain

14. The Friday Club – Window Shopping (Extended Version)

15. J.B.'s Allstars – Al. Arm

16. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (U.S. Mix)

17. Anthony Adverse - T-R-O-U-B-L-E

18. The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue? (Uncut Version)

19. Makin’ Time - Walk A Thin Line

DISC FOUR

1. Swing Out Sister - Breakout (A New Rockin' Version)

2. Heaven Seventeen Featuring Jimmy Ruffin - The Foolish Thing To Do (Version 1)

3. Mondo Kané And Guest Star Georgie Fame - New York Afternoon (Extended Version)

4. Louis Philippe - Like Nobody Do

5. Kid Montana - Spooky

6. Marden Hill - Curtain

7. RAH Band - Take Some Thyme

8. Eighth Wonder - Having It All (Extended Mix)

9. Stan Campbell - Crawfish (Extended Version)

10. The Florentines - Whisper Not

11. Basia - Freeze Thaw

12. ABC - When Smokey Sings (The Detroit Mix)

13. The King Of Luxembourg - Something For Sophia Loren

14. The James Taylor Quartet - Alfie

15. Stock Aitken Waterman - Roadblock

16. Martyn Bates - The Look Of Love

17. Biting Tongues - Compressor

18. Night Trains - Open Channel D

• Product Type: Audio CD
• Barcode: 5013929120983
• Release Date: June 26, 2026

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