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- Record Label: Cherry Red
- Release Date: Jan 30, 2026
- Summary: The four-disc compilation features 101 tracks by artists who performed at the New York club CBGB including Blondie, Patti Smith, Ramones, Talking Heads, and Television.
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- Record Label: Cherry Red
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave, New York Punk
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Apr 2, 2026Hitting on the familiars and blanketing the listener with worthy obscurities is a one-way ticket to compilation glory, and CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 is a triumph of sound and education that brings an important moment in time fully to life.
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Apr 2, 2026CBGB OMFUG: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 opens a window into a particularly colorful era, even if the colors were mostly shades of black.
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UncutApr 2, 2026These songs, still beautifully disruptive decades later show why the music outlasted the club itself. [Feb 2026, p.50]
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MojoApr 2, 2026Bear witness to the city's enduringly restless guitar-led, predominantly white male aesthetic - obnoxious, inventive, middle finger raised. [Mar 2026, p.95]