4CD SET EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEW POP MOVEMENT, 1979-1983. FEATURING THE HUMAN LEAGUE, FUN BOY THREE, SOFT CELL, SCRITTI POLITTI, THE STYLE COUNCIL, HEAVEN 17, THE CURE, EURYTHMICS, TEARS FOR FEARS, ALTERED IMAGES, ART OF NOISE AND COUNTLESS OTHER BIG NAMES AND LESSER-KNOWN GEMS. COMPILED AND CURATED BY THE TEAM WHO BROUGHT YOU SCARED TO GET HAPPY, THE SUN SHINES HERE, MUSIK MUSIC MUSIQUE AND OTHER CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED COMPILATIONS.

A term forever associated with tastemaker NME scribe turned Svengali Paul Morley, New Pop came to describe any forward-thinking British music of the early 1980s which wasnt rockist (macho men with guitars, etc.) or overtly punky and anti-establishment in outlook. New Pop was an aspiration. Punk had shaken up the UK music industry and more importantly, had inspired a generation of art students, budding musicians and others with a sense of what was possible. By the end of 1979, while many artists continued to forge a futuristic vision for guitar-based rock music, others saw the potential of reinventing Pop. But this was not chintzy, tacky pop of the kind that had survived punks great reset. Instead, credible, progressively minded artists sought to bring back life to the radio, to make the single count as Morley himself put it. Taking its cue from 1979s big three M, Flying Lizards and The Buggles Heaven Sent explores five seismic years that saw aspiration and success replace anti-success, DIY culture for many. Covering a broad musical palette packed, image conscious, highly curated and too sharp for anybody over twenty-five to understand, this was in many ways as much an overhaul of pop music as punk had been of the tired rock scene. Subtler and less anarchic certainly, but always fresh and inventive. Conceived and curated by the team behind many of our most critically acclaimed post punk, pop and electronica compilations, Heaven Sent is a time capsule period piece, framing perfectly that period between the post-punk aftershock and the mid-80s dominance of Thatcherite High Street pop. A must for collectors and musical historians alike.

1.1 M – Pop Musik (Full Length Disco Mix)
1.2The Flying Lizards- Money
1.3 Buggles- Video Killed the Radio Star
1.4 Godley & Creme – An Englishman in New York (Single Version)
1.5 The Korgis- Young & Russian
1.6New Musik- Living by Numbers
1.7 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- Red Frame/White Light
1.8 Toyah- Bird in Flight
1.9 Grace Jones- Shes Lost Control
1.10Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls- Dream Sequence (One)
1.11 The Clash – Hitsville U.K.
1.12 The Passions- I’m in Love With a German Film Star
1.13The Human League- Boys and Girls
1.14China Crisis- African and White (Inevitable Version)
1.15 Fad Gadget- Make Room
1.16 Department S- Is Vic There?
1.17Japan- The Art of Parties
1.18Altered Images- A Days Wait
1.19Heaven 17- Im Your Money
1.20Thomas Leer- Letter From America
1.21The Associates — Q Quarters
2.1Eurythmics- Never Gonna Cry Again
2.2Thomas Dolby- Urges
2.3The Slits- Earthbeat (7 Version)
2.4Monsoon- Ever So Lonely (Indipop version)
2.5Hazel O’Connor- Hanging Around
2.6Anthony Moore- World Service (Single Version)
2.7A Flock of Seagulls – Telecommunication
2.8Simple Minds- Sweat in Bullet
2.9Soft Cell- Bedsitter
2.10Chaz Jankel- Questionnaire
2.11The Creatures- Mad Eyed Screamer
2.12Tears for Fears- Suffer the Children
2.13Haircut One Hundred- Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
2.14Dexys Midnight Runners- Liars A to E (Single Version)
2.15The Teardrop Explodes- Tiny Children
2.16Rip Rig + Panic- Bob Hope Takes Risks
2.17Mari Wilson- Beat the Beat
2.18TV21- All Join Hands
2.19 The Undertones- Beautiful Friend
2.20Blue Rondo a la Turk- Klactoveesedstein
2.21John Cooper Clarke- The Day My Pad Went Mad
3.1ABC- Poison Arrow
3.2Fashion- Streetplayer-Mechanik
3.3Fun Boy Three- The Telephone Always Rings
3.4Culture Club- White Boy (Extended Mix)
3.5Scritti Politti- Faithless
3.6Elvis Costello & The Attractions- You Little Fool
3.7Haysi Fantayzee- John Wayne Is Big Leggy
3.8The Apollinaires- The Feeling’s Gone
3.9Weekend- Past Meets Present
3.10King Trigger- River
3.11Swamp Children- Taste What’s Rhythm
3.12Dead or Alive- The Stranger
3.13Paul Young- Iron Out the Rough Spots
3.14Wide Boy Awake- Chicken Outlaw
3.15The Comsat Angels- After the Rain (Single Remix)
3.16The Higsons- Tear the Whole Thing Down
3.17The Pale Fountains- Thank You
3.18Set the Tone- Dance Sucker
3.19The Jam- Shopping
4.1The Cure- Lets Go to Bed
4.2Malcolm McLarenand theWorld’s Famous Supreme Team- Buffalo Gals
4.3The Stranglers- European Female
4.4Madness- Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)
4.5Tracie- The House That Jack Built
4.6 Hey! Elastica — Suck a Little Honey
4.7Paul Haig- Heaven Sent
4.8Eyeless in Gaza- New Risen
4.9The Style Council- Headstart for Happiness (Single Version)
4.10JoBoxers – Johnny Friendly
4.11 The Kane Gang- Brother Brother
4.12The Specials- Bright Lights
4.13Dislocation Dance- Show Me
4.14Friends Again- State of Art
4.15Ian Dury- Really Glad You Came
4.16Colourbox- Shotgun
4.17Furniture- Robert Nightmans Story
4.18Swallow Tongue- Animation
4.19Art of Noise- Moments in Love