Friday 28 March 2008

The Indie Scene 1979: The Story of British Independent Music (Connoisseur Collection 1991)

Here is the third since long deleted compilation of classic underground hits. Here is some more of that great stuff.
Track list:
1 Bouncing Babies - Teardrop Explodes
2 Novelty - Joy Division
3 Rowche Rumble - The Fall
4 Cold City - Spizz Oil
5 Suicide a Go Go - Big In Japan
6 Red Planet - Comsat Angels
7 Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
8 Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army
9 Back to Nature - Fad Gadget
10 Nothing Special - Big In Japan
11 Love Song - The Damned
12 New Way - The Wall
13 People Say - The Go-Betweens
14 He's Frank - The Monochrome Set
15 Hunted - The Passions
16 7 Teen - The Regents
17 Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
18 They don't Know - Kirsty McColl
19 Emotional Traffic - The Rumour
20 The Prince - Madness
21 Tears of a Clown - The Beat
22 On my Radio - The Selecter

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Tuesday 25 March 2008

The Indie Scene 1978: The Story of British Independent Music (Connoisseur Collection 1991)

Here is the second since long deleted compilation of classic underground hits. Here is some great punk pop gems. Here's the track list:

1 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
2 Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
3 The Lurkers - Ain't Got a Clue
4 Angelic Upstarts - The Murder of Liddle Towers
5 Mekons - Where Were You
6 The Fall - Bingo Masters Breakout
7 Television Personalities - Part Time Punks
8 Snatch - All I Want
9 Wayne County & The Electric Chairs - Eddie and Sheena
10 Klark Kent - Don't Care
11 Jilted John - Jilted John
12 Lene Lovich - I Think We're Alone Now
13 Television Personalities - Where's Bill Grundy Now?
14 The Undertones - True Confessions
15 Rudi - Big Time
16 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
17 The Nips - All the Time in the World
18 The Doll - Desire Me
19 The Stranglers - Five Minutes
20 Protex - Don't Ring Me Up
21 The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas
22 Joy Division - Glass
23 The Normal - Warm Leatherette
24 Tubeway Army - Bombers

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Monday 10 March 2008

Stereolab - Free Witch And No Bra Queen (Duophonic 2001)

This Stereolab single was the tour single for the sound-dust tour in 2001.

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Stereolab - Rose, My Rocket-Brain! (Duophonic 2004)

Here is another rare single by Stereolab. It was the tour single for the Magrine Eclipse tour in 2004.

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Stereolab - The Underground is Coming (Duophonic 1999)

This EP I bought a couple of years ago in London. It's great stuff!

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Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus - Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus (Buddha 1968)

I wanted to add this bubblegum beauty. It's from the people behind Ohio Express & 1910th Fruitgum Co.

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Tuesday 4 March 2008

The Banana Splits - We're the Banana Splits (Decca 1968)

The original Tra la la song (covered by The Dickies) is a perfect bubbelgum pop song. Here is the whole LP from 1968. It's a mess of fun!

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