Various Artists - FAC 2 A Factory Sample (Factory 1978)

The first record released by Factory includes three tracks by John Dowie.
Great stuff from Joy Division, Durutti Column and Cabaret Voltaire. A real classic.

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Mr John Dowie - Another Close Shave (Virgin 1977)

John Dowie a wildly humorous poet,
song sketcher and on-stage comedy antics. Released an e.p. on Virgin
Records, Another Close Shave, six tracks including British Tourist
(I Hate The Dutch). A hit in Holland and a song you sometimes need.

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Yo la Tengo - " ... Is Murdering The Classics" (EGON 2006)

Yo La Tengo's fundraising request-radio shows (for WFUM in Jersey City USA, I think) has been destilled into this album of covers. It's still for sale thru the Yo La Tengo website. So order it before it's too late. And yes they are murdering the classics!

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Colin Newman - A-Z (Beggars Banquet 1980)

Colin Newman of Wire's debut solo album is brilliant.

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Cluster - Zuckerzeit (Brain 1974)

Here is a real treat.

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The Indie Scene 1977: The Story of British Independent Music (Connoisseur Collection 1991)

This compilation is the first of a serie of compilation to cover "The story of British Independent music". I bought this hundred years ago and I think it's out of print. Anyway I haven't manage to find anyplace you can buy it. It contains classic tracks from Buzzcocks, Stranglers, Dead Boys aswell as more obscure from Johnny and the Self Abusers, Radio Star and The Banned.

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David Kamp & Steven Daly - The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge (Broadway Books 2005)

You know your a snob when look thru this book and nothing is new to you. It's great fun actually. Just one question for you before you start reading. Who is Steven Daly?

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Shonen Knife - Pretty Little Baka Guy (1986)

Today i'm all for Shonen Knife. A fantastic band. This album from 1986 is incredible good.

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Suredo - Swell EP (Ceilidh 1992)

This is the debut by Suredo. Four track EP.

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The Bats - Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres (Flying Nun 2000)

And for you that hasn't heard New Zeelands The Bats. Here's a best of compilation. Now go and buy all their records.

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The Chills - Secret Box (2001)

An old friend of mine said he wanted some mp3s of the The Chills 'cos his vinyl records had been storage somewhere and he desperately wanted to hear them again. So here is a compilation of rarities from 1980-2000 with New Zeeland's almost best pop band (I like the Bats). It has been sold out.

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Zounds - Demystification (Rough Trade 1981)

This is maybe my all time favourite pop song. So I just had to put it up here.
Zounds was an anarcho post punk band formed in Reading 1977.

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Labop - Buckle Up! (CSR 2001)

This rocking no brakes cdr release is by the swedish group Labop. It's actually a trio with two Suredo members. It was recorded in Linköping 2001 with Jörgen Wärnström of Cloudberry Jam. It got some airplay back then and I still like it.

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Hüsker Dü - Northern Lights (Demo 1979)

In "Our band could be your life" you can read about the early stuff of Hüsker Dü. Here is an early studio demo from late 1979. Included aswell is two outtakes from the Statues-session from 1980.

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Michael Azerrad -"Our Band Could Be Your Life" (Little, Brown & Company 2003)

Sometimes it's fun to read about music. This one have some good anecdotes about some of my favorite band of the 80's. Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Beat Happening, Butthole Surfers, Black Flag, Dinosaur Jr.

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The Dickies - Dawn of The Dickies (A&M 1979)

OK...here is the second album of the L.A. power pop punk band The Dickies. This one comes with two bonus tracks.

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The Dickies - The Dawn of the Outtakes (bootleg 1979)

Here is a bootleg single with three outtakes from The Dickies second album " Dawn of the Dickies". Two great power pop songs and a bluesy one.

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Poptopia! Power Pop Classics Of The '70's (Rhino 1997)

A great compilation of quintessential power pop. If you don't love these songs you don't love power pop.

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Billy Nicholls - "Would You Believe" (Immediate 1968)

An astonishing debut album featuring The Small Faces, This album is a true psychpop-classic and a must for all fans of The Small Faces, The Zombies.

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Suredo - "wewerenotespeciallyyoung..." (CSR 2003)

This cdr was originally released in 2003. It contains ten outtakes and demos from the first demo in 1990 to the last recording in 1995.

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Suredo - "whatahandsomeface?" (Ceilidh 1993)

Here's the only LP with the swedish indiepop band Suredo. Released in october 1993 on Ceilidh Productions. Sometimes people ask me for it so I thought I put it out here so you all can hear it.

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