Name: Digging Your Scene: New Pop & All That Jazz 82-87 - Digging Your Scene: New Pop & All That Jazz 82-87
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Everything But the Girl - Night and Day

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

Scritti Politti - Rock-A-Boy Blue

The French Impressionists - Pick Up the Rhythm

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

Blue Rondo a la Turk - the Method

Weekend - Weekend Stroll

Paul Haig - the Song Is You

The Higsons - Run Me Down

Furniture - Why Are We in Love

Jah Wobble - Sunshine

Malcolm McLaren - Merengue

The Republic - My Spies

Joboxers - Why Don't You Do Right? (Live at the Phoenix Theatre)

Carmel - Bad Day (Live in the Studio)

Swallow Tongue - Saari

Jah Wobble / the Edge / Holger Czukay - Snake Charmer

Kalima - the Smiling Hour

Mari Wilson - Glamourpuss

Matt Bianco - Matt's Mood (Extended Version)

The Pale Fountains - Southbound Excursion

Soft Cell - L'esqualita

Everything But the Girl - Each and Every One

Working Week - Venceremos - We Will Win (Jazz Dance Special 12" Version)

Madness - One Better Day

The Special Aka - Housebound

David Sylvian - the Ink in the Well

Tracie - (I Love You) When You Sleep

Friends Again - Thank You for Being An Angel

Pleasure Ground - Life of Jade

Level 42 - Seven Days

Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So

A Certain Ratio - There's Only This

In Embrace- Chocolates for Breakfast

The Kane Gang - Giving Up

The Colourfield - Castles in the Air

Vic Godard - Holiday Hymn

Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love

China Crisis - Black Man Ray

Virna Lindt - Whistle Wind

The Sound Barrier - Mornington Crescent NW1

Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street

Pressure Point - Mellow Moods

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Listen to This

Dislocation Dance - He's the Man

Dee C. Lee - See the Day

Brilliant - It's a Man's Man's Man's World (The Trans Global Mix)

Fine Young Cannibals - Blue

The Communards - Breadline Britain

The Friday Club - Window Shopping (Extended Version)

J.B.'s Allstars - Al. Arm

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (U.S. Mix)

Anthony Adverse - T-R-O-U-B-L-E

The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue? (Uncut Version)

Makin' Time - Walk a Thin Line

Swing Out Sister - Breakout (A New Rockin' Version)

Heaven Seventeen Featuring Jimmy Ruffin - the Foolish Thing to Do (Version 1)

Mondo KanÃ© and Guest Star Georgie Fame - New York Afternoon (Extended Version)

Louis Philippe - Like Nobody Do

Kid Montana - Spooky

Marden Hill - Curtain

Rah Band - Take Some Thyme

Eighth Wonder - Having It All (Extended Mix)

Stan Campbell - Crawfish (Extended Version)

The Florentines - Whisper Not

Basia - Freeze Thaw

ABC - When Smokey Sings (The Detroit Mix)

The King of Luxembourg - Something for Sophia Loren

The James Taylor Quartet - Alfie

Stock Aitken Waterman - Roadblock

Martyn Bates - the Look of Love

Biting Tongues - Compressor

Night Trains - Open Channel D

Item UPC: 5013929120983

Date First Available: July 03, 2026

Label: CHERRY RED

Digging Your Scene: New Pop & All That Jazz 82-87

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

4CD sequel to 'Heaven Sent The Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983', documenting the influence of jazz and 50s/60s black American music (including retro soul) on modern pop in the UK between 1982 and 1987. Celebrating an era when jazz inspired many pop acts, from bossa beats to mainstream covers of the classics; from Latin-fuelled club favourites to torch ballads and acid jazz grooves. In 1982 a new jazz era was dawning and Soho, a hotbed since the 50s, was where the renaissance began. Blue Rondo A La Turk, who had the first 'New Jazz' hit, were led by Chris Sullivan who opened The Wag Club in Wardour Street in April 1982, a vital catalyst for the 'New Jazz' scene. Vic Godard, singer with Subway Sect, recast as a crooner, hosted his Club Left jazz-swing nights at the Wag (as well as at London's jazz capital Ronnie Scott's). Chief among the new acts were Weekend who morphed into Working Week, whose 1984 debut single 'Venceremos' felt like a clarion call. Everything But The Girl had embraced jazz influences on their debut single, a cover of Cole Porter's 'Night And Day'. Meanwhile, Mark Reilly left Blue Rondo to form Matt Bianco, a more overtly pop/jazz creation. Julien Temple's Absolute Beginners film (including Eighth Wonder and The Style Council on it's soundtrack) based on Colin MacInnes' 1959 novel took jazz to a mainstream audience. When the film was released in 1986, jazz in it's broadest sense was everywhere in British pop, from covers of jazz standards (Alison Moyet, Bronski Beat) to jazz pop hits from Swing Out Sister and The Blow Monkeys.

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