ROCK
VA - Young Limbs Rise Again, The Story of the Batcave Nightclub 1982-1985 [2023] (5 x CDs)
Young Limbs Rise Again is less a compilation than a time capsule, an attempt to bottle the atmosphere of London’s Batcave, the tiny, sweaty, and improbably influential club night that helped define the earliest contours of what would later be called Goth. The set traces the years 1982 to 1985, a period when the New Romantic wave was fading and punk’s last sparks had cooled, leaving a vacuum that the Batcave filled with theatrical darkness, DIY glamour, and a sense of communal mischief
Issued by Edsel/Demon Records in 2023, the collection assembles the music that actually shook the room: the bands who played the stage, the tracks that rattled the speakers, and the sounds that shaped the club’s. Rather than leaning on the later canon of Goth, it focuses on the raw, transitional moment when post‑punk, glam, cabaret, and outsider pop collided. That approach gives the box its archival weight. It documents a scene before it had a name—before the tropes, before the codification, before the genre calcified into something marketable.
The Batcave’s importance has always been more cultural than commercial. It was a gathering point for the creatively restless: musicians, designers, performance artists, and night creatures who treated the club as both refuge and laboratory. This compilation mirrors that eclecticism. It’s not about hits; it’s about atmosphere, attitude, and the sense of possibility that hung in the air. The sequencing leans into that spirit, moving between jagged guitars, theatrical vocals, and the kind of eccentric, humorous tracks that remind you how playful the early scene really was.
For collectors and historians, Young Limbs Rise Again offers a rare, well‑documented snapshot of a subculture in formation, messy, inventive, and defiantly alive. It’s a reminder that movements often begin in small rooms, with young limbs rising simply because the music demands it. (B)
==========================================================
ALL
OR
ALL
===========================================================
Track lists
CD1
01 Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love (extended version) 7:41
02 Cure - Let’s Go to Bed 3:34
03 Joy Division - Isolation 2:53
04 Cult - Resurrection Joe (long version) 6:08
05 Cramps - Garbageman 3:35
06 Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 4:52
07 Virgin Prunes - Pagan Lovesong (Vibeakimbo) 6:50
08 Xmal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus II 4:46
09 Theatre of Hate - The Hop 2:48
10 Public Image Ltd - This is Not a Love Song (12" version) 4:28
11 Flesh for Lulu - Subterraneans 5:19
12 Getting the Fear - Against the Wind 3:38
13 Associates - Club Country (12" version) 6:57
14 Vicious Pink - Ccan’t You See… 3:32
15 Dead or Alive - Misty Circles 3:40
16 Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me 3:27
17 Scars - All About You 5:06
CD2
01 Killing Joke - Follow The Leaders 4:06
02 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Slowdive 4:18
03 Birthday Party - Release The Bats 2:31
04 Psychedelic Furs - We Love You 3:26
05 March Violets - Fodder 2:37
06 Nightmares in Wax - Black Leather 4:10
07 Malaria! - Your Turn to Run 4:11
08 B-52's - Planet Claire 4:35
09 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Back of Love 3:14
10 Simple Minds - I Travel 6:13
11 Meteors - My Daddy is A Vampire 3:40
12 Gavin Friday - Strict Tempo 3:44
13 Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People 4:15
14 Danse Society - Heaven is Waiting 3:43
15 Shriekback - Nemesis 3:43
16 Throbbing Gristle - United 4:04
17 Sexbeat - Sweat 3:33
18 Specimen - Holes 4:39
19 Wasted Youth - I Wish I Was A Girl 5:40
CD3
01 New Order - Temptation 5:24
02 Soft Cell - Soul Inside 4:30
03 The - Uncertain Smile 4:55
04 Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore the Machine 6:41
05 Sisters of Mercy - Alice 3:32
06 Fall - Copped It 4:16
07 Japan - Adolescent Sex 4:13
08 Adam and the Ants - Kick! 2:08
09 Xmal Deutschland - Qual 3:49
10 Cramps - Human Fly 2:14
11 Propaganda - Dr Mabuse (First Life) 5:03
12 SPK - Metal Dance 3:41
13 Human League - Being Boiled 4:17
14 Specimen - The Beauty of Poisin 4:14
15 Glove - Like an Animal 4:45
16 Gene Loves Jezebel - Punch Drunk 2:23
17 Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue 3:41
18 Flowerpot Men - Jo’s So Mean to Josephine 5:38
19 Revillos - She’s Fallen in Love With a Monster Man 3:18
CD4
01 Specimen - Dead Man’s Autochop 3:57
02 Sexbeat - Sexbeat 3:40
03 Alien Sex Fiend - RIP 3:47
04 Christian Death - Deathwish 2:13
05 Marc and the Mambas - Sleaze 7:18
06 Play Dead - Propaganda 3:12
07 Flesh for Lulu - Roman Candle (12" version) 10:20
08 Bone Orchard - Fats Terminal 2:47
09 Zero le Crêche - Last Year’s Wife (12" version) 4:35
10 Lords of the New Church - Dance With Me 3:25
11 Anorexic Dread - Tracey’s Burning 9:36
12 Lets Wreck Mother - Cuts 3:08
13 Turkey Bones & the Wild Dogs - Raymond 8:32
14 Furyo - The Gold of Our Lives 3:48
15 Marc and the Mambas - Torment 4:20
CD5
01 Sweet - Hell Raiser 3:17
02 T. Rex - Telegram Sam 3:45
03 Lou Reed - Vicious 2:56
04 Roxy Music - All I Want is You 2:53
05 Sparks - Amateur Hour 3:38
06 New York Dolls - Jet Boy 4:41
07 Iggy Pop - Funtime 2:55
08 Suicide - Ghost Rider 2:32
09 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 3:13
10 Cockney Rebel - Mr Soft 3:19
11 Brian Eno - Needles in The Camel's Eye 3:09
12 Mick Ronson - Only After Dark 3:29
13 Jayne County & The Electric Chairs - Night Time 3:29
14 Hollywood Brats - Then He Kissed Me 3:11
15 Runaways - Cherry Bomb 2:19
16 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams 2:52
17 Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting for The Man 4:39
18 Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil 3:33
19 Hello - New York Groove 2:45
20 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive 3:47
=============================================================
=============================================================
Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.
=============================================================
=============================================================
No comments:
Post a Comment