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Best Of Heartbeat Records

Heartbeat Records was set up in Bristol in 1978 by local folkie-type musician Simon Edwards and music store owner Tony Dodds to release the debut single by Bristol punk band Social Security. John Peel dubbed 'I Don't Want My Heart to Rule My Head' "Charmingly rustic", but then he would. With a free button badge coming with each copy, the record sold well and despite Dodds jumping ship after its release, the label was up and running. With a few exceptions, Heartbeat largely moved away from punk into post-punk territory, serving up a dazzling array of clever, quirky bands - lots of sparse jagged guitars, busy drums and all the synths you could eat. But having said that, bands like Europeans, Apartment, The X-Certs, Glaxo Babies, The Letters, Stormtrooper, Art Objects and Affairs of the Heart, to name just several, were exploring very different styles giving the label a richly diverse roster that probably reached its peak with the release of Heartbeat's 1979 compilation Avon Calling, described by John Peel (again) as "...really the standard by which the others must be judged in future. Because it really is superb, there are 15 tracks on the LP, genuinely not a bad one amongst them, and a lot of really good stuff." And that went for Heartbeat as a whole, as you'll hear on this comprehensive collection of the label's finest tracks

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€ 6.75
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CD - 1 disk
Release date
10-02-2014
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Item-nr
452626
EAN
5052571051221
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. GLAXO BABIES - WHO KILLED BRUCE LEE
2. EUROPEANS - EUROPEANS
3. THE LETTERS - NOBODY LOVES ME
4. X - CERTS - BLUE MOVIES
5. APARTMENT - THE CAR
6. PRIVATE DICKS - SHE SAID GO
7. GLAXO BABIES - CHRISTINE KEELER
8. ART OBJECTS - SHOWING OFF TO IMPRESS THE GIRLS
9. SOCIAL SECURITY - STELLAS GOTTA FELLA
10. ESSENTIAL BOP - CHRONICLE
11. APARTMENT - WINTER
12. JOE PUBLIC - HOTEL ROOMS
13. GLAXO BABIES - ITS IRRATIONAL
14. SNEAK PREVIEW - SLUGWIERD
15. DIRECTORS - WHAT YOU'VE GOT
16. PRIVATE DICKS - GREEN IS IN THE RED
17. DOUBLE VISION - MY DEAD MOTHER
18. VICE SQUAD - NOTHING
19. STINGRAYS - SOUND
20. STORMTROOPER - PRIDE BEFORE A FALL
21. FEAR OF DARKNESS - FEAR OF DARKNESS
22. GLAXO BABIES - SHAKE (THE FOUNDATIONS)
23. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART - WATERLOO SUNSET
24. ART OBJECTS - PAPERWEIGHT FLOOD