Rusty Egan: Presents… Blitzed! Signed Edition Deluxe
Rusty Egan: Presents… Blitzed! Signed Edition Deluxe Packaging
Rusty Egan Presents Blitzed!
Includes limited edition signed print
Rusty Egan: Presents… Blitzed! Signed Edition Deluxe Packaging
Includes limited edition signed print
This album contains so many iconic tracks and stuff that has had less exposure over the years. If you love 80s music then this needs to be in your collection.
This is not a traditional compilation album, but then Blitz did not set out to be a traditional club: one only has to look at the musical progeny, notably Visage and Spandau Ballet to see that. Are there omissions? Yes, in exploring this era it is inevitable that there will be licensing issues. However, in building this compilation Rusty Egan has done an excellent job in providing an overview of one of the most influential club scenes in the UK. Given the relatively short life of Blitz, this is all the more astonishing.
My favourite was ‘The Hartington Bar’ which I originally assumed was named after Steve Strange’s birth name but was rather disappointed to discover ir was because it was located in Hartington Street !
Anyway that was a divey but exciting place (still there today , but still vacant because of modern standards like toilets and fire exits ) and quite a few of the tracks on this amazing compilation were originally heard by me and my mates in there over Pernod and Orange (followed by a lot of lager in plastic ‘glasses ‘ – I know)!
This completion is awesome, most of which is not on any other completion – probably two thirds of this contains tracks I have never heard before.
Anyway, Rusty thank you for putting this together. It is unusual in both bringing back great memories of probably the best days of my life and some WTF moments in regard to ‘how the hell did this pass me by ‘?
I am 61 now but this set is amazing and the kick up the backside in terms of innovation , imagination and sheer balls that today’s pop and club swill could well do with .
Alas I think that’s not happening.
But we can dream, as we did back in those amazing days . You want to buy this !
Where do i start well packaged, informative , track listing to die for overall a terrific 4x cd set . I was only 14 then when this was all going on but loved the aspect of it all from music especially to what it was about . So good on you Rusty on bringing out something to remember the era by and hopefully for many more to like that time right now . Top class
And any of you wondering where your signed print is – if you have a squiggle like the one in my photo, then thats your “signature”. Yeah, pathetic isn’t it?
Maybe the shortcomings will be addressed in a “volume 2”, if it ever happens.
The music is really good – lots of tracks that don’t usually appear on compilations of this sort. It’s expensive for a 4CD set but I felt a signed version was worth having.
Like the previous reviewer I thought mine wasn’t signed and was going to return it. Then I saw a black felt pen squiggle on the right hand side. I don’t think Rusty’s heart was in the signing task! Perhaps he should have channeled some of the energy spent promoting the box into signing it at least half legibly!
Either way I love his stuff and this is an exceptional compilation.