1979 – Great Year or Greatest Year?

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Time: January 25 - 3:00:00 pm

• The Boomtown Rats, “Someone's Looking At You”

  from The Fine Art of Surfacing

  Island - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:00:00 pm

• XTC, “Making Plans for Nigel”

  from Drums and Wires

  Virgin Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:00:00 pm

• Television Personalities, “Where's Bill Grundy Now?”

  from Part Time Punks (The Very Best of Television Personalities)

  Fire Records - 1999

Time: January 25 - 3:02:17 pm

• The Zones, “Mourning Star”

  from Under Influence

  Arista Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:04:14 pm

• The Jam, “Saturday's Kids”

  from Setting Sons (Remastered)

  Polydor - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:07:14 pm

• The Undertones, “Jimmy jimmy”

  from The Undertones

  Salvo - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:09:58 pm

• The Slickee Boys, “Gotta Tell Me Why”

  from 3rd EP

  Limp Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:12:58 pm

• Classic Ruins, “1+1<2”

  from 1+1<2

  Ace Of Hearts Records - 1980

Time: January 25 - 3:15:58 pm

• The Boys, “Sabre dance”

  from To Hell with the Boys

  Safari Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:17:59 pm

• The Boys, “Rue Morgue”

  from To Hell with the Boys

  Safari Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:21:40 pm
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  The Neighborhoods, “No Place Like Home”

  from DIY: Mass. Ave. - The Boston Scene (1975-83)

  Rhino Records - 1993

Time: January 25 - 3:24:40 pm

• The Knack, “let Me Out”

  from Get the Knack

  Capitol - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:27:02 pm

• Cheap Trick, “I'll Be With You Tonight”

  from Dream Police

  Epic Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:30:02 pm

• Paul Collins Beat, “There She Goes”

  from The Beat

  Legacy Recordings - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:33:02 pm

• Blondie, “dreaming”

  from Eat to the Beat

  Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:36:10 pm

• Pearl Harbor & The Explosions, “You Got It (Release It)”

  from Pearl Harbor & the Explosions

  Rhino/Warner Bros. - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:38:40 pm

• The Squares, “This is Airbeat”

  from DIY: Starry Eyes - UK Pop II (1978-79)

  Rhino Records - 1993

Time: January 25 - 3:41:40 pm

• The Monks, “Love in Stereo”

  from Bad Habits

  Parlophone UK - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:45:10 pm

• Dave Edmunds, “Girls Talk”

  from Repeat When Necessary

  Swan Song - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:48:10 pm

• The Rubinoos, “I wanna be your boyfriend”

  from Back to the Drawing Board

  Beserkley Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:51:31 pm

• The Dickies, “You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)”

  from The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (Expanded Version)

  A&M - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:56:25 pm

• The Damned, “love song”

  from Machine Gun Etiquette

  Chiswick Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 3:59:25 pm

• Joe Jackson, “Throw it Away”

  from Look Sharp! (Remastered)

  A&M - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:02:14 pm

• The Police, “No Time This Time”

  from Reggatta de Blanc (Remastered)

  A&M - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:05:14 pm

• The Stranglers, “Duchess”

  from The Raven

  United Artists - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:08:14 pm

• The Clash, “Hateful”

  from London Calling

  Epic - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:11:14 pm

• The English Beat, “Ranking Full Stop”

  from I Just Can't Stop It (Remastered)

  Shout Factory Records - 1980

Time: January 25 - 4:14:14 pm

• The Selecter, “Too Much Pressure”

  from Too Much Pressure

  Chrysalis Records - 1980

Time: January 25 - 4:18:05 pm

• The Specials, “concrete jungle”

  from The Specials

  Chrysalis Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:21:23 pm

• Madness, “madness”

  from One Step Beyond...

  Rhino/Warner Bros. - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:24:01 pm

• The Pop Group, “She Is Beyond Good and Evil”

  from Y

  Freaks R Us - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:27:01 pm

• Talking Heads, “I Zimbra”

  from Fear of Music

  Sire Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:30:01 pm

• The Records, “Starry eyes”

  from Shades In Bed

  Virgin Records - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:33:01 pm

• Shoes, “too late”

  from Double Exposure

  Black Vinyl Records (3) - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:35:39 pm

• 20/20, “Yellow Pills”

  from 20/20

  Portrait - 1979

Time: January 25 - 4:39:56 pm

• The Cars, “Dangerous Type”

  from Candy-O

  Rhino/Elektra - 1979