{"product_id":"signed-rusty-egan-presents-blitzed-deluxe-66-track-4cd","title":"SIGNED RUSTY EGAN PRESENTS BLITZED! DELUXE 66-TRACK 4CD","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eFULLY CURATED BY RUSTY EGAN FROM HIS 1979-1980 BLITZ CLUB DJ SET LISTS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eBOX-SET FEATURES EXTENSIVE SLEEVE NOTES BY ALEXIS PETRIDIS AND RUSTY EGAN PLUS UNSEEN PHOTOS BY PETER ASHWORTH, SHEILA ROCK \u0026amp; TERRY SMITH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e4CD SET FEATURES 5hrs OF RUSTY’S 1979-1980 BLITZ CLUB CLASSICS!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eALL FORMATS INCLUDE HARD TO FIND EXTENDED MIXES \u0026amp; RARE EDITS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003cu\u003eRusty Egan Presents BLITZED!\u003c\/u\u003e’ – track-listings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e4CD BOX-SET\u003c\/u\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eCD ONE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e01 The Human League - Being Boiled (Fast Product version)\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e02 Tubeway Army - Down In The Park\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e03 Magazine - Permafrost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e04 Vice Versa - New Girls Neutrons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e05 Fad Gadget - Back To Nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e06 Pretenders - Private Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e07 Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e08 The Normal - Warm Leatherette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e09 Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e10 Thomas Leer \u0026amp; Robert Rental - Day Breaks, Night Heals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e11 Shock - R.E.R.B.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e12 The Glitter Band - Makes You Blind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e13 John Foxx - Burning Car\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e14 Yello - Bostich (album version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e15 Dalek I - Dalek I Love You (Destiny) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e16 Cowboys International - Thrash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e17 Joy Division - Shadowplay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e18 Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e19 Ultravox! - Hiroshima Mon Amour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eCD TWO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e01 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven (long version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e02 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity (1980 Dindisc version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e03 Ultravox - Passing Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e04 Kraftwerk - Radioactivity (edit)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e05 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e06 Jeff Wayne\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e- The Eve Of The War (disco re-mix)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e07 Don Armando’s 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e Avenue Rhumba Band - I’m An Indian Too\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e08 Japan - Life in Tokyo (short version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e09 Blondie - Heart Of Glass (12” version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e10 Amanda Lear - Follow Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e11 Wolfgang Riechmann - Wunderbar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e12 Eno, Moebius, Roedelius - Broken Head\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e13 M - Pop Muzik (12” version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e14 Barry De Vorzon - Theme From ‘The Warriors’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e15 Roxy Music - Angel Eyes (extended remix)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e16 Suicide - Dream Baby Dream (long version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eCD THREE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e01 Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e02 Throbbing Gristle - Hamburger Lady\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e03 The Walker Brothers - No Regrets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e04 Hot Chocolate - Put Your Love In Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e05 The Men - I Don’t Depend On You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e06 Metro - Criminal World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e07 Billy Cobham - Spanish Moss – A Sound Portrait: Storm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e08 Cerrone - Supernature (12” full length version)\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e09 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eGarçons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e - French Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e10 Lori And The Chameleons - Touch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e11 Visage - Moon Over Moscow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e12 Kraftwerk - Schaufensterpuppen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e13 Mick Ronson - Only After Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e14 Landscape - Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e15 La Dusseldorf - Rheinita (single version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eCD FOUR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e             \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e01 The Cure - A Forest (album version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e02 The Regents – 7 Teen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e03 Zaine Griff - Ashes And Diamonds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e04 Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e05 Telex - Moskow Diskow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e06 Taxi-Girl - Mannequin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e07 Silicon Teens - Memphis Tennessee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e08 The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e09 Simple Minds - Changeling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e10 Skids - Animation (edit)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e11 Giorgio Moroder - Chase (from ‘Midnight Express’ soundtrack)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e12 Rinder And Lewis - Willie And The Hand Jive (12” version)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e13 Visage - Fade To Grey (1980 Dance Mix)\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e14 Gina X Performance - No G.D.M.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e15 Vangelis - Chung Kuo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e16 Lou Reed - Perfect Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The ethos was that everybody in that club could be heroes, just for one day and my DJ set lists at the Blitz were designed to make YOU the star - on the dancefloor, at the bar or just standing there in your finest on a dreary Tuesday night,”\u003c\/i\u003e remarks Egan of the innovative music he has compiled for this new box-set.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“You could be whoever you wanted to be - your life was going to be great and the ‘80s were here.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe late ‘70s had been so grey and drab and I wanted the music I played each week to instantly transport you somewhere else – maybe to Europe with a few film noir references or to Japan via some exciting new electronic sounds.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOf course there were lots of robotic vocals sung in German, Russian, French and English too.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs Egan says, Britain was a bleak place to be in the late-Seventies, only just starting to emerge from the grip of the three-day working week and the regular power cuts that had plagued the nation for years,\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003e as well as the most significant strikes since the general strike of 1926 as gravediggers, hospital cleaners, truck drivers, school cafeteria workers, pilots, train drivers, printers and binmen (to name but a few) took industrial action over the winter of 1978-1979. The mass disruption and freezing conditions of those grim months earned this period the title of the ‘Winter of Discontent’ and a powerful place in collective memory\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt was against this backdrop that \u003cb\u003eRusty Egan\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSteve Strange\u003c\/b\u003e decided to start their own weekly central London club night at Billy’s in 1978, heartily sick of the regular violence they encountered on evenings out in the capital’s venues at that time. Their new club night was an instant success but the Soho bar’s owner greedily decided to double his prices, so the duo moved it after just a few weeks to a dusty World War II themed Covent Garden wine bar called the Blitz, opening there in February 1979 amidst its candlesticks, gingham tablecloths, Winston Churchill portraits and metal wartime posters.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe pair had originally met briefly backstage at an early 1978 Welsh gig with \u003cb\u003eRich Kids\u003c\/b\u003e - the short-lived post-punk band put together by ex-Sex Pistol bassist \u003cb\u003eGlen Matlock\u003c\/b\u003e and featuring Egan on drums (following a brief stint drumming with \u003cb\u003eThe Clash\u003c\/b\u003e), \u003cb\u003eSteve New\u003c\/b\u003e on guitar and former Slik teen-hero \u003cb\u003eMidge Ure \u003c\/b\u003eon vocals.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRegularly bumping into each other at various London punk gigs that summer, Egan (the son of musical parents who ran an Irish showband) would often let the 19-year-old Welshman sleep on the floor of his flat.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMoney was tight; Strange was just down from the valleys and barely scraping a living as a shop assistant at the new PX fashion boutique in Covent Garden whilst 21-year-old Egan was by now out of work – Rich Kids had split and a brief stint drumming on sessions with various bands had also come to nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith Strange taking control of the door\/front of house whilst Egan handled DJ duties, the \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e soon established itself as the place to be (and the place to be seen) on a Tuesday night in London.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAttracting a crowd of like-minded, artistically rich but (mostly) financially poor individuals, the club took on a ‘collective’ feel, where squat-dwelling former punks as well as art and fashion students from nearby Saint Martins could mix without fear, helping each other out in whatever way they could with their latest projects and ideas, all set to the soundtrack of Egan’s rapidly expanding record box. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAs Spandau Ballet manager and \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e regular \u003cb\u003eSteve Dagger\u003c\/b\u003e remarked, \u003ci\u003e“They had to make it work – there was no Plan B or even any thought of failure.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs the unseen photos by \u003cb\u003eSheila Rock\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePeter Ashworth\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTerry Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (flown-in specially from New York by Time Magazine to cover the exciting new club photo-reportage style) in the box-set’s booklet attest, creativity was your entry ticket to the new club night.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe ’Blitz Kids’ (as the tabloids named them) were \u003ci\u003e“kids who’d grown out of the twentieth century”\u003c\/i\u003e according to author and cultural commentator \u003cb\u003ePeter York\u003c\/b\u003e and their number included soon-to-be major British designers like \u003cb\u003eKatharine Hamnett\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMelissa Caplan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Galliano\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eStephen Linard\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eStephen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, who would mix with young artistic talent such as \u003cb\u003eGrayson Perry\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Maybury\u003c\/b\u003e and a then 15-year-old \u003cb\u003eTracy Emin\u003c\/b\u003e, amongst others.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMany of the aspiring musicians soon to become British pop’s most innovative early Eighties exports would be there on a regular basis, including the \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e’s cloakroom manager \u003cb\u003eBoy George\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSade\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSpandau Ballet\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBilly Idol\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eUltravox\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eVisage\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAdam And The Ants\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBananarama\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMarilyn\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGary Numan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSiouxsie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSigue Sigue Sputnik\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAll were soaking up the sounds Egan was seeking out during his regular record buying trips to the Continent - a propulsive, mostly electronic sonic palette which he would serve up on a weekly basis with the aim of exciting and inspiring this new generation of extravagantly-dressed young artists, designers, fashionistas, club impresarios, actors, broadcasters, journalists, writers, music moguls, DJs and future pop royalty, all busily plotting worldwide domination within the club’s Covent Garden confines every Tuesday night.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e’s glamorous reputation spread rapidly and the venue became steadily more packed each week. Strange was forced to introduce a tougher door policy, not through any particular sense of elitism (although any eager hopefuls were expected to have made at least a decent effort to appear fashionable and impress him) but to adhere to the capital’s strict fire safety restrictions on numbers whilst keeping any potential troublemakers out of the club’s safe space.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe new door policy meant he famously refused \u003cb\u003eMick Jagger\u003c\/b\u003e entry to the \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e one night (although disputed, it was claimed this was due to Strange’s annoyance at the Rolling Stones frontman trying to get in whilst wearing jeans and a baseball cap).\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/b\u003e and his entourage were snuck around the rear of the building in May 1980 though, despite the club being completely full to capacity that night.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAlways artistically and socially curious, Bowie was there to keep a close eye on what was happening as well as to recruit extras (including Strange himself) for his and \u003cb\u003eDavid Mallet\u003c\/b\u003e’s ‘Ashes To Ashes’ promo clip, at that time the most expensive music video ever made. Despite his solo catalogue being unavailable due to licencing restrictions, \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Bowie’s fingerprints (and influence) are all over this new box-set; \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas well as his well-documented work on featured tracks by Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, that’s Bowie playing saxophone and duetting (alongside the Spiders From Mars) with Lulu on her storming version of his “The Man Who Sold The World.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSpandau Ballet’s \u003cb\u003eGary Kemp\u003c\/b\u003e, whose band were advised by Rusty to go straight out and buy a synthesiser in 1979 and would play their first ever public gig at the \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e’s Christmas party later that year, says of this new compilation; “\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e, with Steve Strange’s curated ragamuffins and Rusty Egan’s electro soundtrack, was the engine room for the ‘80s. Spandau Ballet was forged from that heat. We were determined to make our own advances into the new culture we wanted to lead. Vinyl was just one of our mediums. Here are the tunes we danced to, planned over, posed and gazed to. Energy poured out of this backing track.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlthough the late Seventies had seen a steady line of new, affordable synthesisers which led to a number of key independent proto-electronic single releases (some literally recorded in bedrooms) by young British mavericks like \u003cb\u003eThe Normal\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThomas Leer \u0026amp; Robert Rental\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eVice Versa\u003c\/b\u003e, and despite his own regular overseas record buying trips, Egan soon realised he still didn’t have enough electronic music to play in his DJ sets at the Blitz.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe decided his best course of action might simply be to make his \u003ci\u003eown\u003c\/i\u003e future-facing music in conjunction with his like-minded former Rich Kids bandmate \u003cb\u003eMidge Ure\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe duo recorded a number of more electronic-focussed demos in the basement of EMI’s Manchester Square Studios in 1979, but the major label wasn’t keen on what they heard.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEnlisting \u003cb\u003eBilly Currie\u003c\/b\u003e (of Ultravox Mk.1 and Tubeway Army renown), Magazine’s \u003cb\u003eJohn McGeoch\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDave Formula\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBarry Adamson\u003c\/b\u003e and, after initially considering teenage French model \u0026amp; singer \u003cb\u003eRonny\u003c\/b\u003e (who Ure \u0026amp; Egan had also been demoing with their spare studio time at EMI), Egan suggested his \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e co-owner and friend Steve Strange might actually be ‘the face’ they had been searching for to front their new British synth supergroup, \u003cb\u003eVisage\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe remix of Visage’s \u003ci\u003e‘Fade To Grey’\u003c\/i\u003e on this new box-set is actually Rusty Egan \u0026amp; Midge Ure’s 06.42 original 1980 Dance Mix with its long phased drum outro, the exact version the DJ would play via cassette in the \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe band’s record label had declined to issue a UK 12” remix upon the initial release of the worldwide smash hit single – \u003ci\u003e“Our A\u0026amp;R man at the time told us that nobody would want to dance to it anyway,”\u003c\/i\u003e says Egan. This 06.42 remix was eventually released on an eponymously-titled mini-LP in North America twelve months after the single had already become a worldwide smash hit.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt was also tweaked and edited down by Egan \u0026amp; remixer \u003cb\u003eJohn Luongo\u003c\/b\u003e for release as the 12” Remix on Visage’s first ever best of album in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs well as a host of electronic classics, this new \u003cb\u003e‘Rusty Egan Presents BLITZED!’\u003c\/b\u003e box-set includes many hard to find extended remixes and edits from artists like \u003cb\u003eGrace Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRoxy Music\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn a rare move, the legendary D\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'; color: #1e1e1e; background: #F4F4F4;\"\u003eü\u003c\/span\u003esseldorf act agreed to the use of two of their tracks on their friend’s new compilation, including a scarce promo edit of their seminal track “Radioactivity.” As Egan says in the box-set’s liner notes, \u003ci\u003e“When you play Kraftwerk records, it doesn’t matter how loud you play them – they never distort.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt’s a perfect sound.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Human League\/B.E.F.\/Heaven 17 and Electronically Yours podcast founder \u003cb\u003eMartyn Ware\u003c\/b\u003e, an artist featured twice on this new box-set via The Human League’s debut independent 7-inch “Being Boiled” as well as the Sheffield synth act’s transitional 1979 disco-pop track “I Don’t Depend On You” (issued under the nom de plume The Men), recently described Egan as an \u003ci\u003eanimateur \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003ea person who enlivens or encourages something, a musical professional whose role is to engage audiences with a new or unfamiliar form of music – and it’s a perfect description of the man whose relentless enthusiasm continues to shine through, almost five decades into his storied career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEgan \u0026amp; Strange moved on from the Blitz after little more than eighteen months and opened their \u003cb\u003eClub For Heroes\u003c\/b\u003e at the more upmarket Barracuda Club on Baker Street in June 1981.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis new venture quickly became a new mecca for a voracious London paparazzi, keen to photograph and cash-in on the club’s glamorous visiting international stars such as \u003cb\u003eMichael Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGrace Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDebbie Harry\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBryan Ferry\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKid Creole\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTalking Heads\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eYellow Magic Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMick Jagger \u003c\/b\u003e(presumably more suitably attired this time).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAside from groundbreaking work via his own band \u003cb\u003eVisage\u003c\/b\u003e (and his early punk days playing with both \u003cb\u003eThe Clash\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRich Kids\u003c\/b\u003e), Egan has occupied the drum stool across a number of other projects in his near 50-year career, including \u003cb\u003eSkids\u003c\/b\u003e (guitarist \u003cb\u003eStuart Adamson\u003c\/b\u003e was a \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e regular – witness Rusty’s explosive drum intro to the band’s ‘Animation,’ taken from their 1979 ‘Days In Europa’ album, on this new box-set), \u003cb\u003ePhil Lynott\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRonny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMidge Ure\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eShock\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Senate\u003c\/b\u003e and more; he signed a young \u003cb\u003eSoft Cell\u003c\/b\u003e to their first deal with his own publishing company (Metropolis Music); he booked and flew \u003cb\u003eMadonna\u003c\/b\u003e to play her first ever UK public live show at \u003cb\u003eCamden Palace\u003c\/b\u003e (his \u0026amp; Strange’s final club venture), also giving \u003cb\u003eFat Tony\u003c\/b\u003e his first DJ job; he booked \u003cb\u003eRun D.M.C.\u003c\/b\u003e to play one of their first UK shows at his London Lyceum club night \u003ci\u003ePlayground \u003c\/i\u003ein spring 1985.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAdditionally, he has mixed and remixed a whole plethora of acts including \u003cb\u003eMadonna\u003c\/b\u003e (Egan provided 12” remixes for her 1982 debut single ‘Everybody’), \u003cb\u003eU2\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMoby\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eLa Roux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eMylene\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Farmer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAfrika Bambaataa\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNona Hendryx\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eB-Movie\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSpear Of Destiny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSpace\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAnne Clark\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eStill working as a gigging DJ on a weekly basis whilst putting the finishing touches to his much-awaited second album of electronic music collaborations (due late-2024 and titled ‘Romantic’), Egan is planning a return to live music as well as an immersive theatrical experience based on the \u003cb\u003eBlitz Club\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; 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