{"product_id":"029667032711","title":"PRE-ORDER: V\/A \"Jon Savage's 1976 Something Was Going To Happen\" 2xLP [Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around NOVEMBER 6th, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order for those items. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vinyl-only two-album set featuring the revered pop culture pundit's choice of singles from a year that culminated in the release of the first punk 45s. Here's Jon himself with the background. OK, here's the situation. The Top 10 best-selling singles of 1976 included just one banger - Abba's 'Dancing Queen' - and a variety of horrors topped by the Brotherhood Of Man ('Save Your Kisses For Me') and Elton John and Kiki Dee ('Don't Go Breaking My Heart'). At #7, after a couple of smooth US rockers, was another horror: 'Fernando' by Abba. Down a bit at #16 was perhaps the most egregious example of a bad year: the Wurzels' 'The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)'. For this compilation, same rules as usual: singles only, roughly chronological by UK release dates. Slight liberties have been taken with Roxy Music and Buzzcocks, but both existed in some real form during 1976. As usual, around two-thirds are records I listened to at the time and that meant something to me, while the remainder I found more recently, filling in my understanding of the year. 'Shack Up' is a good example: I heard it through A Certain Ratio and found the Banbarra original in the bins shortly afterwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTrack List:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 1 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning\u003cbr\u003e2 Burning Spear - Old Marcus Garvey\u003cbr\u003e3 Max Romeo \u0026amp; the Upsetters - War in a Babylon\u003cbr\u003e4 Patti Smith Group - My Generation\u003cbr\u003e5 10CC - I'm Mandy Fly Me\u003cbr\u003e6 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free\u003cbr\u003e7 Banbarra - Shack Up\u003cbr\u003e8 Hello - Teenage Revolution\u003cbr\u003e9 Ramones - Havana Affair\u003cbr\u003e10 The Runaways - Cherry Bomb\u003cbr\u003e11 Blondie - in the Sun\u003cbr\u003e12 The 101'Ers - Keys to Your Heart\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 2 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Eddie \u0026amp; the Hot Rods - Horseplay (Weary of the Schmaltz)\u003cbr\u003e2 Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves\u003cbr\u003e3 The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action\u003cbr\u003e4 Hot Blood - Soul Dracula\u003cbr\u003e5 Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) the Reaper\u003cbr\u003e6 Nick Lowe - Heart of the City\u003cbr\u003e7 Lewis Furey - Top Ten Sexes\u003cbr\u003e8 Miami - Kill That Roach\u003cbr\u003e9 The Saints - (I'm) Stranded\u003cbr\u003e10 The Damned - New Rose\u003cbr\u003e11 Pere Ubu - Street Waves\u003cbr\u003e12 Buzzcocks - Time's Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003estreet date 11\/6\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45201032052936,"sku":"029667032711","price":57.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/1337\/2616\/files\/4537320-3701907.jpg?v=1787852462","url":"https:\/\/1234gorecords.shop\/en-ca\/products\/029667032711","provider":"1-2-3-4 Go! Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}