Description
DESCRIPTION
Three CD set. C88 is another celebration of the '80s Indie scene, documenting a golden era when tuneful guitar-based bands made records on shoestring budgets, often issued on small labels with hand-made artwork, with little hope of mainstream exposure. This set follows previous best-selling collections C86 (2014) and C87 (2016). Disc One is devoted to artists who haven't previously graced this series, who - for the most part - first made an impact in 1988. The Stone Roses, Pale Saints and The Mock Turtles would all enjoy mainstream success. Others like The Pooh Sticks, The Man From Delmonte, Bridewell Taxis were cult indie favorites. Sarah Records - which came to epitomize a certain type of Indie Pop - are represented by The Orchids, Another Sunny Day, The Sea Urchins and The Poppyheads (whose 'Cremation Town' debuts on CD here). Other key indie labels also figure, such as Creation (Apple Boutique, Pacific, The House Of Love, Emily), 53rd & 3rd (The Groovy Little Numbers, The Vaselines) and The Subway Organization (The Clouds, Rodney Allen, The Flatmates, Bubblegum Splash, etc.). Disc Two revisits many of the bands who appeared on C87 with later singles or B-sides, such as the likes of Bob, Cud, The Darling Buds, Kitchens Of Distinction, The Shamen, The Heart Throbs, The Bachelor Pad and other staples of the late 80s Indie scene. New names to the series who appear on C88 include Choo Choo Train, Moss Poles, The Snapdragons, The Wilderness Children, Fat Tulips, Annie & The Aeroplanes, Thrilled Skinny, Murrumbidgee Whalers and many others. Numerous tracks have never been on CD before. The deluxe clamshell package includes a weighty booklet full of illustrations, with an 9,000-word sleeve-note and band-by-band biographies by C86 co-compiler Neil Taylor.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 On Tape - the Pooh Sticks
2 Elephant Stone (7" Version) - the Stone Roses
3 Where Do You Go (Flexi Version) - the Popguns
4 (Will Nobody Save) Louise - the Man from Delmonte
5 Are You Happy Now? (Molesworth Version) - the Charlottes
6 The Things You Want - the Snapdragons
7 A Sheltered Life - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
8 One Summer - Moss Poles
9 Lies - Bridewell Taxis
10 Defy the Law - the Orchids
11 Happy Like Yesterday
12 The Groovy Little Numbers
13 Julie Christie - the Driscolls
14 High - Choo Choo Train
15 Cremation Town - the Poppyheads
16 Tattered, Tangled and Torn -Bradford
17 So Happy to Be Alive-Thrilled Skinny
18 Sister Goodbye - the Prayers
19 Anorak City - Another Sunny Day
20 She's Gone - the Train Set
21 Barnoon Hill - Pacific
22 Forever Holiday (Ediesta Version) - Blow-Up
23 Mary's Garden - the Mock Turtles
24 The Pennine Spitter - King of the Slums
25 Colours and Shapes (Demo) -Pale Saints
26 The Ballad of Jet Harris -Apple Boutique
- Disc 2 -
1 The Hill - the House of Love
2 Dying for It - the Vaselines
3 Kirsty - Bob
4 Slack Time - Cud
5 Please Rain Fall - the Sea Urchins
6 Shame on You - the Darling Buds
7 Prize - Kitchens of Distinction
8 Too Many Shadows - the Heart Throbs
9 Do It for Fun - the Bachelor Pad
10 They Fell for Words Like Love - Hangman's Beautiful Daughters
11 Giving Way to Trains - Murrumbidgee Whalers
12 What's Going Down - the Shamen
13 Heaven Knows - the Flatmates
14 Spell It Out - the Waltones
15 Mrs Susan Spence - the Wilderness Children
16 Yesterday - the Nivens
17 Real World - Baby Lemonade
18 Village Green - the Clouds
19 Fire Escape - Rote Kapelle
20 Mad Dogs - Emily
21 The 18:10 to Yeovil Junction - Bubblegum Splash
22 Michael Furey - Metro Trinity
23 Theme from Cow - Inspiral Carpets
- Disc 3 -
1 Sun, Sea, Sand - the Revolving Paint Dream
2 Surfaround - the Fizzbombs
3 Plaster Saint - the Church Grims
4 Crush the Flowers (Demo) -The Wake
5 Sunshine Thuggery - the Siddeleys
6 Clear - Whirl
7 A Million Zillion Miles -Annie & the Aeroplanes
8 You Opened Up My Eyes - Fat Tulips
9 Cincinnati - Holidaymakers
10 The Camera Loves Me-Would-Be-Goods
11 Anywhere But Home - the Caretaker Race
12 Who Works the Weather
13 The Great Leap Forward
14 Cubans in the Bluefields-East Village
15 Bythesea Road - the Haywains
16 The Old Road Out of Town (12" Mix) - the Wishing Stones
17 Shake - the Corn Dollies
18 Land of Gold - Bluetrain
19 The Sun Slid Down Behind the Tower - Reserve
20 Apple of My Eye-Remember Fun
21 Morning O'Grady - Yeah Jazz
22 Don't Bury Me Yet - the Raw Herbs
23 Curry Crazy - Bad Dream Fancy Dress
24 On My Way - the Claim
25 Glastonbury - Rodney Allen
