Glam Rock Explosion! (4 Great Compilations) 7 CD - PART 2

VARIOUS:  ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS  60 JUVENILE DELINQUENT WRECKS 2019

                   

 

Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the United

Kingdom in the early 1970s and was primarily defined by the hairstyles, makeup, and flamboyant clothing of its musicians, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diverse sources, ranging from bubblegum pop and 1950s rock and roll to cabaret, science fiction, and complex art rock. The flamboyant clothing and visual styles of performers were often camp or androgynous and have been described as playing with other gender roles.

The UK charts were inundated with glam rock acts from 1971 to 1975. The March 1971 appearance of T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan on the BBC's music show Top of the Pops—performing "Hot Love"—wearing glitter and satins, is often cited as the beginning of the movement. Other British

glam rock artists included David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Sweet, Slade, Mud, Roxy Music, Alvin Stardust, Wizzard and Gary Glitter. In the United States, the scene was much less prevalent, but US artists such as New York Dolls, Sparks, Suzi Quatro, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and Jobriath achieved success in the UK and/or US. Glam rock declined after the mid-1970s, but influenced other musical genres including punk rock, post-punk, gothic rock and glam metal. The new romantic movement, which began as an underground fashion subculture movement in nightclubs in the late 1970s before becoming mainstream in the early 1980s, was also inspired by the visuals of the glam rock era.

Beyond Bowie and T. Rex, past chart-toppers like Mud and the Sweet, even buried below bands like

Kenny and Hello, there was a bubbling underground of goofy, glammy, and hooky rock & roll being played by bands in the U.K. during the '70s. Most of them were forgotten if they were ever known in the first place, lost to junk shops, bargain bins, and boot sales. 

The music was too good to be left in the dustbin forever, though, and early-2000s compilations like

Velvet Tinmine, Glitterbest, and Boobs finally gave bands like the Jook, Crushed Butler, and the Plod their moment to shine. After that little blast of activity, the reissues dried up until the arrival of 2019's excellent All the Young Droogs: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks, Rock 'N' Glam (And a Flavour of Bubblegum) from the 70's. 

It's easily the equal of the earlier sets, sharing some bands and artists but digging up loads of dusty

gems, too. The compilers (Phil King and Mark Stratford) split the three discs into separate themes, each of which was a main tributary to the glitter glam flood that filled the underground between 1971 and 1976.

ROCK OFF!

               

 

Rock Off! delves into the side of glam that was more likely to be denim clad than sporting a feather

RAY  OWEN'S  MOON

boa. It's made up of beery boogie rockers, blasts of proto-punk, some concrete heavy slabs of hard rock, and a bit of energetic pub rock. 

Iggy & the Stooges make an appearance with their wiry "I Got a Right," but most of the bands aren't that

IGGY  &  THE  STOOGES

wild or wooly. Or dangerous. Mostly they come across like goof-offs and wannabe tough guys, and that makes for way more fun. 

Tracks like the Brats' "Be a Man," Milk 'N' Cookies' "Wok 'N' Roll" or Slowload's really dumb "Big

THIRD  WORLD  WAR  II

Boobs Boogie" are not the work of serious musicians; nobody here comes close to saying anything profound or important, nobody is super skilled at their instrument, and most of the singers are still looking for the right pitch. If that sounds like a bad thing, perhaps look elsewhere for musical kicks. 

TUBTHUMPERS AND HELLRAISERS

       

 

Tubthumpers and Hellraisers collects fun and frolicsome rockers that were delivered with a wink

MOTT THE  HOOPLE

and a smile. Many of the bands are influenced by the Sweet and like them combine the same whomping hard rock attack with a sticky-sweet (and slightly silly) bubblegum feel to come up with danceable, singalong-ready tunes. 

Hector's "Bye Bye Bad Days" sounds like kiddie Sweet, Hot Rod's "I Want You (All Night Long)" adds

HECTOR

some yearning bubble-soul to the mix, the One Hit Wonders' "Hey Hey Jump Now" is a ridiculous cheer rocker, and the Jets' "Yeah!" is a synthy stomper. The quotient of hits to misses is very high and it says something that the biggest name here -- Mott the Hoople -- delivers only about the tenth best song.

ELEGANCE & DECADENCE

       

 

Elegance & Decadence  focuses more on the space ballads, off-kilter cabaret explorations, and

BE  BOP  DELUXE

sophisticated anti-pop that trailed in the wake of Bowie and Roxy Music. Most of the songs here are seriously weird and made by artists reaching for some kind of sophistication and drama they can't quite reach. 

The difference between reach and grasp makes for fascinating listening. A track like Paul St John's

ALASTAIR  RIDDELL

"Starship Lover" is such a goofy take on Bowie's extraterrestrial sound that it shouldn't work at all, but the quirks make it brilliant. 

Pick anyone from the track list and it'll be much the same. Brett Smiley's fragile music hall ditty

DOCTORS  OF  MADNESS

"Abstracting Billy" or James Arthur Edwards' overblown '50s ballad "Pastiche Blue" or Brian Wells' super-dorky "Paper Party" are all too precious and silly by half, but they are works of oddball genius instead. 

By the time the disc finishes spinning, it's impossible not to be convinced that this is the best, most insane

METRO

collection of glitter and glam ever committed to disc. When you add it to the other two discs in the set, it helps make All the Young Droogs an invaluable resource for aficionados of this very weird, very exciting period of music. 

The set is certainly the equal of the essential junk shop glam collections that have come before it, and the

ROCOCO

care and thought put into it might even make it better. Either way, fans of the sound and era should be glad that this sound is being dug up again. 
(By Tim Sendra)

Various – All The Young Droogs - 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks
Label: RPM Records – RPMBX 543, RPM Records – RPMBX 543/1
Format: 3 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: Jan 2019
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Glam, Bubblegum, Art Rock

                  

CD1. ROCK OFF!        

                       

   
01. Ray Owen's Moon – Hey Sweety
Written-By – Ray Owen
02. Third World War – Working Class Man
Written-By – Jim Avery, Terry Stamp
03. Iggy & The Stooges – I Got A Right
Written-By – James Osterberg
04. Milk 'N' Cookies – Wok N' Woll
Written-By – Ian North
05. Method – Hold On Tight
Written-By – Hughes, Brassington
06. The Brats – Be A Man
Written-By – Sparky Donovan
07. Change – Lazy London Lady
Written-By – Thor Magnus Sigmundsson
08. Glo Macari – Lookin' For Love
Written-By – Macari, Ferris
09. Slowload – Big Boobs Boogie
Written-By – Carl Nielsen, Neville Crozier
10. James Hogg – Lovely Lady Rock
Written-By – Robert Ashong
11. Iron Virgin – Teenage Love Affair
Written-By – Rick Derringer
12. Supernaut – I Like It Both Ways
Written-By – Burnham, Twinn, Burnham, Murphy
13. Fancy – Brother John
Written-By – Roberto Banasiak, Nigel Benjamin, Phillip Mitchell
14. Rats – Don't Let Go
Written-By – Colin Owen, Iain Lees, Joseph Dignam, Keith Locke, Ron Dickson
15. Cole Younger – She's Not My Lover
Written-By – Cole Younger 
16. Sweeney Todd Featuring Brian Guy Adams – Roxy Roller
Written-By – James McCulloch, Nick Gilder
17. Taste – Boys Will Be Boys
Written-By – Ken Murdoch
18. Hustler – Get Outa My 'Ouse
Written-By – Kenneth Lyons
19. Ning – Machine
Written-By – Mike Berry 
20. Stevie Wright – Hard Road
Written-By – Johannes Vandenberg, George Young

Flac Size: 429 MB

CD2. TUBTHUMPERS & HELLRAISERS        

                                 

    
01. Harpo – My Teenage Queen
Written-By – Harpo
02. Hector – Bye Bye Bad Days
Written-By – Jeremy Paul, Paul Lynton
03. Bilbo Baggins – Saturday Night
Written-By – Tony Waddington, Wayne Bickerton
04. Hello – Game's Up
Written-By – Eddie Seago, Gerry Shephard, John Springate
05. Frenzy – Poser
Written By – Tucker
Written-By – Patterson, Kean, Moir, Hannigan
06. Simon Turner – Sex Appeal
Written-By – Jonathan King
07. The Jets – Yeah!
Written-By – Kenneth Elliott, Kieron O'Connor
08. Lemming – Lucifera
Written-By – Peter Bewley, Richard de Bois
09. Mott The Hoople – Whizz Kid
Written-By – Ian Hunter
10. Angel – Little Boy Blue
Written-By – Andy Scott 
11. Baby Grande – Zephyr
Written-By – Kilbey
12. Hot Rod – I Want You (All Night Long)
Written-By – Brian Freshwater, David Jeavons 
13. Redhead – Looking For You
Written-By – John Edward
14. Stud Leather – Cut Loose
Written-By – Alan Kirkham, Roger Cook
15. Biggles – Gimme Gimme Some Lovin'
Written-By – Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell
16. Mint – Dog Eats Dog
Written-By – Stephen Fearn
17. Tank – Fast Train
Written-By – John Bromley, Martin Rushent
18. The One Hit Wonders – Hey Hey Jump Now
Written-By – Anthony Phillips, William Girling, Mike Berry, Terence Sando
19. Boneshaker – Sweetness
Written-By – Bill Parkinson
20. U.K. Jones – Let Me Tell Ya
Written-By – Mike Berry 

Flac Size: 426 MB

CD3. ELEGANCE & DECADENCE        

                         

   
01. Brett Smiley – Abstracting Billy
Written-By – Brett Smiley
02. John Howard – Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Written-By – John Howard 
03. Metro – Criminal World
Written-By – Duncan Browne, Peter Godwin, Sean Lyons
04. Roy Allison – White Stockings
Written-By – Daniel Boone
05. Paul St John – Spaceship Lover
Written-By – Laurie Marshall
06. Rococo – Ultrastar
Written-By – Geoffrey Ward, Roy Shipston
07. Woody Woodmansey's U - Boat–Star Machine
Written-By – Woody Woodmansey
08. Be Bop Deluxe – Night Creature
Written-By – Bill Nelson
09. Clive Kennedy – New York City Pretty
Written-By – Clive Kennedy
10. John Henry – I Won't Dance
Written-By – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Otto Harbach
11. Steve Elgin – Don't Leave Your Lover Lying Around (Dear)
Written-By – Steve Elgin
12. Alastair Riddell – Wonder Ones
Written-By – Alastair Riddell
13. Helter Skelter – I Live In Style In Maida Vale (Demo Version)
Written-By – Jesse Hector
14. Greg Robbins – Virginia Creeper
Written-By – Greg Robbins
15. Brian Wells – Paper Party
Written-By – Brian Wells 
16. Doctors Of Madness – Waiting
Written-By – Richard Strange
17. Sleaze – Showbiz Kid
Written-By – Timothy Smith
18. Spiders From Mars – White Man, Black Man
Written-By – Dave Black, Pete McDonald 
19. James Arthur Edwards – Pastiche Blue
Written-By – Jimmy Edwards 
20. Buster – Daybreak
Written-By – Peter Leay, Robert Fennah

Flac Size: 478 MB

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