{"product_id":"various-artists-winter-of-discontent-cd","title":"Various Artists: Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present Winter Of Discontent (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NesHST_cDb8?si=p5i2VbG3X0eDs4Ti\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was plenty of genuine discontent in Britain at the tail end of the 1970s, and it had little to do with bin strikes or dark rumours about overflowing morgues. In the world of popular music, the most liberating after-effect of the Sex Pistols was that anyone with something to say now felt they could make a 7” single. \u003cem\u003eWinter Of Discontent\u003c\/em\u003e is the sound of truly DIY music, made by people who maybe hadn’t written a song until a day or two before they went into the studio. It’s spontaneous and genuinely free in a way the British music scene has rarely been before or since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter Of Discontent\u003c\/em\u003e has been compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, the latest in their highly acclaimed series of albums that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Daisy Age\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFell From The Sun\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEnglish Weather\u003c\/em\u003e. The era's bigger DIY names (Scritti Politti, TV Personalities, the Fall) and the lesser-known (Exhibit A, Digital Dinosaurs, Frankie’s Crew) are side by side on “Winter Of Discontent”. Mark Perry’s Sniffin’ Glue command – “Here’s one chord, here’s another, now start a band” – was amplified by the Mekons and the Raincoats, whose music shared a little of punk’s volume, speed and distortion, but all of its obliqueness and irreverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Mekons - Where Were You?\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFatal Microbes - Violence Grows\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnimals \u0026amp; Men - The Terraplane Fixation\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBlue Orchids - Work\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKarl’s Empty Body - Small Hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrankie’s Crew - Somebody\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eScritti Politti - Confidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThin Yoghurts - Drink Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnne Bean \u0026amp; Paul Burwell - Low Flying Aircraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePerforming Ferret Band - Brow Beaten\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Manchester Mekon - No Forgetting\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eZounds - Can’t Cheat Karma\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAndroids Of Mu - Bored Housewives\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Fall - In My Area (Take 2)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Digital Dinosaurs - The Sideways Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Good Missionaries - Attitudes\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHuman Cabbages - The Window’s Broken\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTelevision Personalities - King And Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExhibit ‘a’ - In The Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePerforming Ferret Band - Nudes\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTarzan 5 - Different Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Gynaecologists - The Red Pullover\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Door And The Window - Production Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Ace Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48508967551322,"sku":"CDCHD1603","price":9.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/products\/various-winter-discontent.jpg?v=1675257417","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/various-artists-winter-of-discontent-cd","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}