A friend of mine, listening to an embryonic version of this mix — a sort of imaginary soundtrack to The Originals, the graphic novel by Dave Gibbons — described it as being “Ready Steady Go! in Hell.” And I thought; Yeah, I can work with that.
The Who — Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere from Thirty Years Of Maximum R & B (1994)
New Fast Automatic Daffodils — Beatlemania / What Kind of Hell Is This? from Body Exit Mind (1993)
Johnny Boy — Johnny Boy Theme from Johnny Boy (2006)
Dusty Springfield — The Windmills Of Your Mind from Dusty In Memphis (1969)
The La’s — There She Goes from The La’s (1990)
Petula Clark — Downtown from Downtown (1964)
The Jam — David Watts from All Mod Cons (1978)
XTC — Making Plans For Nigel from Drums and Wires (1979)
Val Bennett — The Russians Are Coming (Take Five) from Trojan Reggae Chill Out Box Set (2003)
Joe Jackson — Beat Crazy from Beat Crazy (1980)
Traffic — Paper Sun from Feelin’ Alright: The Very Best of Traffic (2000)
FranÁƒ§oise Hardy — Tous Les GarÁƒ§ons Et Les Filles from The Yeh-Yeh Girl from Paris! (1965)
The (English ) Beat — Too Nice To Talk To from Wha’ppen? (1981)
Bram Tchaikovsky — Girl Of My Dreams from Strange Man, Changed Man (1979)
The Selecter — Three Minute Hero from Too Much Pressure (1980)
The Pudding — Magic Bus from Rubble Volume 6: The Clouds Have Groovy Faces (2003)
Girls Aloud — Hoxton Heroes from Can’t Speak French EP (2008)
The Creation — Making Time from We Are Paintermen (1967)
Morrissey — The Last Of The Famous International Playboys from Bona Drag (1990)
The Packabeats — Theme From “The Traitors” from The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959-1966 (2002)
The Bangles — Going Down To Liverpool from All Over the Place (1984)
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