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FESTIVE
50S

1979

1.	Sex Pistols	Anarchy In The UK
2.	Undertones	Teenage Kicks
3.	The Clash	White Man In Hammersmith Palais
4.	The Jam	Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
5.	The Clash	Complete Control
6.	Stiff Little Fingers	Alternative Ulster
7.	Special AKA	Gangsters
8.	Stiff Little Fingers	Suspect Device
9.	Pil (Public Image Ltd)	Public Image
10.	The Damned	New Rose
11.	The Ruts	In A Rut
12.	Undertones	Get Over You
13.	Sex Pistols	God Save The Queen
14.	Sex Pistols	Holidays In The Sun
15.	Stiff Little Fingers	Johnny Was
16.	Sex Pistols	Pretty Vacant
17.	Magazine	Shot By Both Sides
18.	Stiff Little Fingers	Wasted Life
19.	The Jam	Eton Rifles
20.	The Only Ones	Another Girl, Another Planet
21.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Love In A Void
22.	The Damned	Love Song
23.	Gang Of Four	Damaged Goods
24.	Led Zeppelin	Stairway To Heaven
25.	Buzzcocks	Boredom
26.	The Clash	White Riot
27.	The Jam	Strange Town
28.	Pil (Public Image Ltd)	Death Disco
29.	Undertones	You've Got My Number
30.	Pink Floyd	Shine On You Crazy Diamond
31.	Undertones	Jimmy Jimmy
32.	The Who	My Generation
33.	Dead Kennedys	California Uber Alles
34.	David Bowie	Heroes
35.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Icon
36.	Specials	Too Much Too Young
37.	Skids	Into The Valley
38.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Switch
39.	Tubeway Army	Are Friends Electric?
40.	The Fall	Rowche Rumble
41.	Mekons	Where Were You?
42.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Jigsaw Feeling
43.	The Cure	10:15 Saturday Night
44.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Playground Twist
45.	Stranglers	No More Heroes
46.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Helter Skelter
47.	The Ruts	Babylon's Burning
48.	Siouxsie And The Banshees	Hong Kong Garden
49.	The Clash	Police & Thieves
50.	Buzzcocks	What Do I Get?

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