Various Artists - Jon Savage's 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded [Double CD Jewel Case]

Cat. no: CDTOP21452
Format: CD Double CD Jewel Case
Barcode: 029667074223
Release Date: 13 Nov 2026
Genre: Pop

A WELCOME RETURN TO THE ACE CATALOGUE THIS NOVEMBER * The soundtrack to Jon Savage's book of the same name, exploring 1966 - "the year the decade exploded" - via one essay and one record per month * Makes the case that the 7-inch single captured the era's ideas and intensity better than any album could * Several tracks tie directly to specifc chapters, from CND protest to The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol * Also stands alone as a mix of the familiar and the obscure, tracing mod pop, soul, Motown and the frst stirrings of psychedelia * Rooted in Savage's own memory of turning 13 that year, glued to pirate station Radio Caroline South

Tracks: The Quiet Explosion - The Uglys / Night Time - The Strangeloves / The Spy - The Guys From U.N.C.L.E. / Little By Little - Dusty Springfeld / Bad Little Woman - The Wheel-A-Ways / Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega / Festival Time - The San Remo Golden Strings / I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown & The Famous Flames / Batman Theme - Link Wray / Help Me (Get The Feeling) Pt 1 - Ray Sharpe with The King Curtis Orchestra / Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) - The Monitors / Barefootin' - Robert Parker / Substitute - The Who / Along Comes Mary - The Association / The Other Place - The Seeds / Secret Agents - The Olympics / Cool Jerk - The Capitols / Ain't It Hard - The Electric Prunes / Nothing Comes Easy  - Sandie Shaw / You're Gonna Miss Me - The Thirteenth Floor Elevators / Sock It To Em JB Pt 1 - Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers / Sock It To Em JB Pt 2 - Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / One Of These Days - The Roosters / I'll Be Your Mirror - The Velvet Underground & Nico / Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful / Working In The Coalmine - Lee Dorsey / You Better Believe It Baby - Joe Tex / 7 And 7 Is - Love / Love's Gone Bad - Chris Clark / Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett / Psychotic Reaction - Count Five / Do You Come Here Often?  - The Tornados / 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians / I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding / Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops / I'm A Boy - The Who / Come On Back  - Paul & Ritchie & The Crying Shames / Tell Me That You Love Me - James Brown & The Famous Flames / Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds / You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Supremes / Foolish Woman - The Oxford Circle / Love At Psychedelic Velocity - The Human Expression / One Hour Cleaners - The Blue Things / People! Let's Freak Out - The Freaks Of Nature / In The Past - We The People / The London Boys - David Bowie / The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game  - The Marvelettes / Hang On To A Dream  - Tim Hardin