Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs Present Three Day Week: When the Lights Went Out 1972-1975

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Overview

Three Day Week: When the Lights Went Out 1972-1975 is a cousin to the compilations Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs assembled for Ace during the late 2010s; collections intended to document the political upheavals in England, Paris, and the United States during the late '60s and early '70s through pop music. Three Day Week shifts the timeline a little further, chronicling the jumbled mess of the mid-'70s. Taking its time from an eight-week period in early 1974 where the U.K. government placed restrictions on electricity usage for commercial customers, Three Day Week is devoted to music that feels caught between a post-war past and a globalist future, all reflecting a rather grim present. Synthesizers are scattered throughout the 26 tracks on the comp and a fair number of acts pursue uncharted musical territory, often in direct conflict with their peers. Knowing revivals of old-time rock & roll (Ricky Wilde's "The Hertfordshire Rock") sit alongside nasty metallic riffing from Hawkwind ("Urban Guerilla"), dour folk-rock, cheerful bubblegum, theatrical pomp, Baroque pop, and freaked-out ruminations by middle-aged survivors of the '60s, highlighed by the Kinks' "When Work Is Over," which sounds more resonant here than on its parent album, Soap Opera. Stylistically, none of it would seem to fit together, yet Three Day Week underscores how so much British rock & roll of the mid-'70s did not quite fall along the glam, prog, and proto-punk lines that conventional rock history suggests. That makes this comp more than worthwhile as both cultural and musical history, but it's also a tremendous amount of fun for any pop and rock fan with slightly left-of-center tastes. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/05/2019
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667093927
Rank:	84947

Tracks

1. Part of the Union  -  Brothers  - John Ford  - Richard Hudson  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
2. Ordinary Boy  - Mike Berry  - Pete Hoskins  -  Small Wonder  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
3. The Hertfordshire Rock  - Peter Shelley  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs  - Marty Wilde  - Ricky Wilde
4. When Work Is Over  - Ray Davies  -  Kinks  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
5. Sailing  - Bob Stanley  -  Sutherland Bros Band  - Gavin Sutherland  - Pete Wiggs  - Muff Winwood
6. In Your Life  - David Courtney  - Adam Faith  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
7. Londonderry  - Phil Cordell  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
8. Cut Loose  - Roger Cook  - Alan Kirkham  - Bob Stanley  -  Stud Leather  - Pete Wiggs
9. I'm on Fire  - Richard Moore  - Bob Stanley  -  Troggs  - Peter Walsh  - Pete Wiggs
10. Kill  - Mike McGear  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
11. And the Fun Goes On  - Nigel Fletcher  -  Lieutenant Pigeon  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs  - Rob Woodward
12. Open Up  - Ray Dorset  -  Mungo Jerry  - Barry Murray  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
13. Rod  - Steve Brendell  - Rod Lynton  -  Matchbox  - Jack Oliver  - Bob Stanley  - Paul Vigrass  - Pete Wiggs
14. Urban Guerilla  - Dave Brock  - Robert Calvert  - David Hamilton-Smith  -  Hawkwind  - Anton Matthews  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
15. Homes Fit for Heroes  - Edgar Broughton  -  Broughton  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
16. Breathless  -  Bombadil  - Terry Bull  - Nick Mobbs  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
17. Why Am I Waiting  - Robin Goodfellow  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
18. What Ruthy Said  -  Cockney Rebel  - Geoff Emerick  - Steve Harley  - Neil Harrison  - Andrew Powell  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
19. Clocks  - Paul Brett  - Mike Piggott  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
20. Mole on the Dole  -  Climax Chicago Blues Band  - Colin Cooper  - John Cuffley  - Richard Gottehrer  - Peter Haycock  - Derek Holt  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
21. I Feel So Down  -  Barracuda  - Peter Shelley  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
22. Northern Soul Dancer  - Alf Brooks  - Jim McClusky  - Pete Preston  - Phil Preston  - Bob Stanley  -  Wigan's Ovation  - Pete Wiggs
23. Don't Ride a Paula Pillion  - Nigel Fletcher  - Bob Stanley  -  Stavely Makepeace  - Pete Wiggs  - Rob Woodward
24. War Against War  - Jimmy Edwards  - Lynton Guest  -  Pheon Bear  - Bob Stanley  - Pete Wiggs
25. Roly Pin  - Roly Davis  -  Roly  - Bob Stanley  - Ray Stiles  - Pete Wiggs
26. Stardust  - David Essex  - Bob Stanley  - Jeff Wayne  - Pete Wiggs

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roly   Primary Artist
Pete Wiggs   Primary Artist,Compiled
Stud Leather   Primary Artist
Troll Brothers   Primary Artist
Pheon Bear   Primary Artist
The Brothers   Primary Artist
David Essex   Primary Artist
Hawkwind   Primary Artist
Barracuda   Primary Artist
Edgar Broughton Band   Primary Artist
Mike McGear   Primary Artist
The Sutherland Bros Band   Primary Artist
Paul Brett   Primary Artist
Small Wonder   Primary Artist
Bob Stanley   Primary Artist,Compiled,Compiled
The Kinks   Primary Artist
Cockney Rebel   Primary Artist
Lieutenant Pigeon   Primary Artist
Marty Wilde   Primary Artist
Matchbox   Primary Artist
Stavely Makepeace   Primary Artist
Bombadil   Primary Artist
The Climax Chicago Blues Band   Primary Artist
The Troggs   Primary Artist
Adam Faith   Primary Artist
Mungo Jerry   Primary Artist
Phil Cordell   Primary Artist
Robin Goodfellow   Primary Artist
Wigan's Ovation   Primary Artist
Ricky Wilde   Primary Artist
Jeff Wayne   Conductor,Orchestra

Technical Credits

Neil Harrison   Producer
Peter Walsh   Producer
Liz Buckley   Project Coordinator
Peter Shelley   Composer,Producer
Jimmy Edwards   Producer
Gavin Sutherland   Composer
Terry Bull   Composer
Alan Kirkham   Composer
Pheon Bear   Composer
Paul Brett   Composer,Producer
David Essex   Composer
Hawkwind   Producer
Jeff Wayne   Producer
Dave Brock   Composer
Andrew Powell   Orchestral Arrangements
Edgar Broughton Band   Producer
Richard Gottehrer   Producer
Paul Vigrass   Composer
Mike Berry   Composer,Producer
Mike McGear   Composer,Producer
David Courtney   Producer,Composer
Phil Cordell   Composer,Producer
Pete Hoskins   Producer
Alf Brooks   Composer
Jim McClusky   Composer
Phil Preston   Composer
Pete Preston   Composer
Roly Davis   Composer
Jack Oliver   Composer,Producer
Steve Harley   Composer
Mick Patrick   Project Coordinator
Richard Hudson   Composer
Barry Murray   Producer
Edgar Broughton   Composer
Geoff Emerick   Engineer
David Hamilton-Smith   Engineer
Robert Calvert   Composer
Derek Holt   Composer
Roger Cook   Composer,Producer
Peter Haycock   Composer
Ray Davies   Composer,Producer
Ray Dorset   Composer
Marty Wilde   Composer
Nick Robbins   Mastering
Ady Croasdell   Project Coordinator
Bombadil   Producer
Colin Cooper   Composer
John Cuffley   Composer
Adam Faith   Composer,Producer
Muff Winwood   Producer
Mike Piggott   Composer
Richard Moore   Composer
Steve Brendell   Composer
Lynton Guest   Producer
Anton Matthews   Engineer
Robin Goodfellow   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Ray Stiles   Composer
Neil Dell   Package Design
Nigel Fletcher   Composer,Producer
Rob Woodward   Composer,Producer
Bob Stanley   Liner Notes
Rod Lynton   Composer
Nick Mobbs   Executive Producer
John Ford   Composer