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The Pitchfork 500 The Brits Are Coming Part 1 - Dexys to Specials

Apr 8, 2009, 5:50am Loft And Lost
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear Young Marble Giants – Final Day Altered Images – Happy Birthday The Specials – Ghost Town This is the first of a four-part series of Pitchfork 500 posts, as the next 16 tracks are all from Great Britain. This was thanks to an amazing outpouring of pop and rock from the British Isles in the early '80's - bands that had taken the call to arms of punk and post-punk, and used the attitude of experimentation to make some rather startling new music. Some, like [...]
Artist:The Specials
Title:Ghost Town
Link Text:Ghost Town by The Specials
File Name:91-ghost-town.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Young Marble Giants
Title:Final Day
Link Text:Final Day by Young Marble Giants
File Name:89-final-day.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1980
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