Recommended music: Movement - BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions 1977-1979

The fruits of a new partnership with the BBC, 'Movement' is the first cd in a planned series of Peel Session compilations. This album gathers up 41 seminal tracks from one of the most influential periods of music - you can't really say that it was from Peel's peak, as he was constantly riding the crest of a wave of new music, but just look at the years covered and you know you're in for a treat.

All of the bands that defined this era are here, and then some. New wave, post punk, Two Tone, the genesis of electronica & new romanticism - you name it, this album's got it covered. Things were moving so quickly that the range of bands feels like it covers a much wider span of time - who'd have thought that Dr. Feelgood & John Cooper Clarke were only 2 years apart from OMD & Simple Minds.

It will be interesting to see how future cds are themed, and whether they'll cover such a short span of time. For now though, this is definitely one of the best compilation cds of the year - an essential purchase.

CD1:

1. The Jam - In The City
2. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
3. Generation X - Youth Youth Youth
4. The Stranglers - No More Heroes
5. The Adverts - Gary Gilmour's Eyes
6. The Slits - Love and Romance
7. XTC - Science Friction
8. Dr. Feelgood - She's A Windup
9. Tom Robinson - Don't Take No For An Answer
10. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll
11. Adam & The Ants - Deutscher Girls
12. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
13. The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
14. The Undertones - Get Over You
15. The Rezillos - Top of the Pops
16. The Flys - Love and a Molotov Cocktail
17. The Members - Sound of the Suburbs
18. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
19. The Skids - The Saints Are Coming
20. The Angelic Upstarts - We Are The People
21. The Ruts - S.U.S
22. 999 - Homocide
23. John Cooper Clarke - Reader's Wives

CD2:

1. Penetration - Movement
2. The Monochrome Set - Goodbye Joe / Strange Boutique
3. Wire - The Other Window
4. Magazine - Light Pours Out Of Me
5. Joy Division - Transmission
6. Killing Joke - Wardance
7. The Human League - Being Boiled
8. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Messages
9. The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
10. Simple Minds - Premonition
11. Public Image Ltd. - Poptones
12. Steel Pulse - Jah Pickney (Rock Against Racism)
13. Aswad - It's Not Our Wish
14. UB40 - Food For Thought
15. The Specials - Gangsters
16. Madness - The Prince
17. The Selecter - Street Feeling
18. The Beat - Ranking Full Stop