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File under: Post Punk

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Women In Revolt! Underground Rebellion In British Music — 1977-1985 (LP, Yellow Vinyl)

Label: Music For Nations, Sony Music Commercial Music Group, Tate Gallery

Format: LP, Yellow Vinyl

Genre: Experimental

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2025 stock Women In Revolt! is an exhibition of work by over 100 women artists working in the UK during the 1970s and 80s. In a first of its kind showing, it explores how women used radical ideas and rebellious methods to change the face of British culture. With music, painting, sculpture, photography, film, and performance, they forged a path for women's liberation in the UK, against a backdrop of extreme social change.

Drawing on the work and experiences of women outside the establishment and often excluded from art history, Women In Revolt! Showcases a productive, politically engaged set of communities, who paved the way for future generations. It explores and reflects on issues and events such as the British Women’s Liberation movement, the fight for legal changes impacting women, maternal and domestic experiences, Punk and independent music, Greenham Common and the peace movement, the visibility of Black and South Asian Women Artists, Section 28 and the AIDs pandemic.

To underline this trailblazing exhibition, a compilation has been dutifully curated to further reveal the music, sound art, and prominent musicians creating during this artistic and societal paradigm shift. The music that defines and defied this era, not only soundtracked but spurred on increasingly impassioned creative output and representation for women. Bands included on the compilation like X-Ray Spex and The Slits remain front of mind for band’s espousing this robust stance both sonically and politically, with equally impactful artists included like Ludus, whose lead singer Linder Sterling also impacted the genre with her radical feminist visual artwork and music.

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File under: Post Punk
Cat. number: 19658811231
Year: 2023
Notes:
Hype sticker on shrinkwrap reads: Women In Revolt! Limited edition neon yellow vinyl 19658811231 Text on reverse cover: The beginning of the end of patriarchy… Compilation created to accompany the exhibition Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990 which appeared at Tate Britain in London, UK from 8th November 2023 to 7th April 2024. This compilation ℗&© 2023 Music For Nations. Made in the EU. Copyright information: Track A1 ℗ 1979 June Miles Kingston A2 ℗ 1979 Island Records, a division of United Music Operations Limited A3 ℗ 2004 Cooking Vinyl Limited A4 ℗ 1983 Cherry Red Records Ltd A5 ℗ 1978 X-Ray Spex A6 ℗ 1979 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG company A7 ℗ 1980 Girls At Our Best under exclusive licence to Cherry Red Records B1 ℗ 1980 LTM Recordings B2 ℗ 2009 We ThRee B3 ℗ 1981 Cherry Red Records B4 ℗ 1985 Domino Recording Co Ltd B5 ℗ 1978 Hiss And Shake Records Ltd B6 ℗ 1981 Vivien Goldman B7 ℗ 1983 Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter Runouts are etched. Optimal engineering marks 1I are mirrored. Vivien Goldman is spelled correctly on inside sleeve but as Vivienne Goldman on rear cover and labels. Track A3 has duplicate writing credits under Vi Subversa and her real name Frances Sansom.

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