VA - C85 [2022] (3 x CDs)

C85

VA - C85 [2022] (3 x CDs)

UK three CD collection. Following the success of the compilation, The Sun Shines Here (which documented the roots of Indie Pop from 1980-84), the prequel to C86, C85 combines "name" bands with many obscurities making their debut on CD. Several acts on C85 would eventually feature on that NME's C86 collection: Primal Scream, The Wedding Present, the Mighty Lemon Drops, etc, who all had singles released in 1985. C85 bridges the gap between The Sun Shines Here and C86, opening with undoubtedly the most vital British breakthrough band of that year in The Jesus & Mary Chain and closing with the debut from a band who'd have to wait several years for their chance, The Stone Roses. Along the way, we hear many key records by the likes of post-Undertones band That Petrol Emotion, The Woodentops, James, Del Amitri, The Housemartins, and a then largely unknown Happy Mondays. Where discs one and two reflect the predominant indie pop sound with which C86 was most closely associated, disc 3 acknowledges the harder, more angular sounds of that era (encapsulated by the bands on the Ron Johnson label). Alongside band biographies for every track is an introductory essay by one-time NME scribe Neil Taylor, the original co-compiler of C86 and author of the book C86 And All That. In short, C85 is essential for any fan of 80s independent music. (Amazon)

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Track list

CD1

01 Jesus And Mary Chain Never Understand 2:59

02 That Petrol Emotion Keen 3:14

03 Woodentops Move Me 3:29

04 Mighty Lemon Drops Like An Angel 3:59

05 Hurrah! Funny Day 2:51

06 Loft Your Door Shines Like Gold 3:11

07 James Uprising 3:28

08 Shop Assistants All Day Long 1:51

09 June Brides Josef's Gone 2:25

10 Wedding Present (The Moment Before) Everything's Spoiled Again 3:20

11 Dentists Pallino 3:44

12 Housemartins Flag Day 3:33

13 Jasmine Minks What's Happening 1:53

14 Soup Dragons If You Were The Only Girl In The World (Would You Take Me) 3:17

15 Mighty Mighty Throwaway 2:17

16 Happy Mondays Delightful 3:39

17 Mccarthy In Purgatory 2:04

18 Biff Bang Pow Love And Hate 3:25

19 Primitives Across My Shoulder 1:59

20 Bodines Paradise 3:06

21 Perfect Disaster New Beginning 3:40

22 Hit Parade The Sun Shines In Gerrards Cross 3:17

23 Microdisney Horse Overboard 3:57

24 Miaow Fate 2:08

25 Impossible Years Attraction Gear 3:31

CD2

01 Primal Scream All Fall Down 2:12

02 Sarah Goes Shopping Summer Blues 2:33

03 Del Amitri Sticks And Stones, Girl 3:10

04 Passmore Sisters Dance The House Down 2:28

05 Claim Through His Sunglasses 3:45

06 Grab Grab The Haddock Last Fond Goodbye 2:56

07 Chesterf!elds Nose Out Of Joint (Flexidisc Version) 3:14

08 Sedgemorons Drop Dead Darling 2:18

09 Yeah Jazz Julie & The Sea Lions 2:52

10 Word Association Mary Mary 3:56

11 Kamikaze Pilots Sharon Signs To Cherry Red 3:06

12 One Thousand Violins Halcylon Days 3:30

13 Ronnie Can You Hear Me? Vroom For Romance 2:04

14 Go! Service It Makes Me Realise 3:07

15 Househunters Shopping City 4:04

16 Snakes Of Shake Southern Cross 3:36

17 St Christopher As Far As The Eye Can See 3:59

18 Word Wide Awake 4:28

19 Benny Profane Drop Dead (Demo) 3:42

20 Bridge World Of Your Own 4:04

21 Wake Of The Matter 2:52

22 Always Late Again 4:10

23 In Embrace Shouting In Cafés 3:33

24 Band Of Holy Joy Consumption 3:20

CD3

01 A Witness Lucky In London 2:29

02 Yeah Yeah Noh Prick Up Your Ears 3:56

03 Brilliant Corners My Baby In Black 3:08

04 Stitched-back Foot Airman Granular Twilight 2:15

05 Pig Bros Excessive 3:02

06 Membranes I Am Fish Eye 3:22

07 Age Of Chance Bible Of The Beats 3:36

08 Nose Flutes Girth 4:43

09 Folk Devils English Disease 2:57

10 Big Flame All The Irish (Must Go To Heaven) 2:16

11 Meat Whiplash Losing Your Grip 2:35

12 Bog-shed Fat Lad Exam Failure 3:09

13 Inca Babies Brother Rat 3:01

14 Five Go Down To The Sea Singing In Braille 3:13

15 Janitors Chicken Stew 2:49

16 Sinister Cleaners The Gnomes Of Zurich 3:55

17 Vee Vv Kindest Cut 3:21

18 Splat! Taxi 3:56

19 Bob Hope To Die Honeymoon 4:14

20 The Blue Aeroplanes I Wanna Be Your Lover 3:39

21 Palookas Clear Day 4:43

22 Sudden Afyernoon Acid Rain 4:33

23 Stone Roses So Young 3:21

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