INDIE POP
VA - Scared To Get Happy, A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [2013] (5 x CD's)
Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989 is the first box (5 x CD's) ) set ever to document the explosion of Indie Pop in Britain across the 1980's. It features 134 songs from indie pop artists from the 1980s. It was released in June 2013 by Cherry Red Records. Cherry Red Records explained the album is inspired by Lenny Kaye's album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.
A truly remarkable, must-have 6 ½ hour, 5 cd box set with134 British indie-pop artists from the 80's. Comes in a 5 ½" x 7 ½" box that looks & opens like a hardcover book w/a 56 page non-removable booklet. The sound is overall excellent and recorded at a very even level (for those of you who like to make your own playlists). Lots of influences heard, from The Smiths & Echo & Bunnymen to ska to jangle-pop, sunshine-pop & power-pop, with even a bit of garage rock. Focusing exclusively on British artists and evoking a particular time and place in musical history, it endeavors to tell a story rather than be a definitive guide. The common thread between these songs on Scared To Get Happy is a willingness to experiment and push the boundaries of traditional pop. The compilation takes from the best of the indie labels at the time, with healthy doses of music from Postcard, Sarah, Cherry Red, Rough Trade, Creation, NME’s mail-order C86 cassette series, etc. The artist lineup can at times feel like a roll call of familiar indie-pop touchstones. Even the ones that aren't so amazing, particularly the more oddball songs are great period pieces. But most of the tunes are seriously choice. It was the stuff I hadn't known that made this comp what it was for me. (Amazon)
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VA - Scared To Get Happy, A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [2013] CD1+CD2
VA - Scared To Get Happy, A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [2013] CD3+CD4
VA - Scared To Get Happy, A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 [2013] CD5
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Track lists
CD1
01. Revolutionary Spirit - the Wild Swans
02. Getting Nowhere Fast - Girls at Our Best!
03. Showing Off to Impress the Girls - Art Objects
04. (There's Always) Something on My Mind - the Pale Fountains
05. The Missionary - Josef K
06. The Jet Set Junta - the Monochrome Set
07. Dumb Magician -Blue Orchids
08. Don't Come Back - the Marine Girls
09. Candy Skin -Fire Engines
10. Ambition - TV21
11. Everything and More - Dolly Mixture
12. Paraffin Brain - the Nightingales
13. All About You - Scars
14. It's a Fine Day - Jane
15. I Think I Need Help - the Farmers Boys
16. Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl - the Room
17. Summerdays - Weekend
18. Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) - Prefab Sprout
19. Nerve Pylon - the Lines
20. Feeling Dizzy - Everything But the Girl
21. The Lost and the Lonely - the Higsons
22. Human Features - Black
23. Roll on Summertime - the Daintees
24. Happy Birthday - the Bluebells
25. Norman and Narcissus - Trixie's Big Red Motorbike
26. A Picture of Dorian Gray (Live) - TV Personalities
CD2
27. The Sun Shines Here - Hurrah!
28. If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain) - Fantastic Something
29. Everybody's Problem - Pulp
30. Dark 7 - Strawberry Switchblade
31. Stop the Rain - the Suede Crocodiles
32. I'm Used Now - Grab Grab the Haddock
33. Sense Sickness - Del Amitri
34. Honey at the Core - Friends Again
35. Oblivious - Aztec Camera
36. Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken (Indie Version) - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
37. Kardomah Caf - the Cherry Boys
38. This Brilliant Evening - in Embrace
39. Dolly - Microdisney
40. Plenty - the Woodentops
41. Southern Mark Smith - the Jazz Butcher
42. Where the Traffic Goes - the Jasmine Minks
43. Forever - the Hit Parade
44. Every Conversation - the June Brides
45. In the Afternoon - the Revolving Paint Dream
46. Hymn from a Village - James
47. Just Like Honey (Demo Oct '84) - the Jesus & Mary Chain
48. The Chocolate Elephant Man - Biff Bang Pow!
49. Temple of Convenience - Yeah Yeah Noh
50. God Bless - the Bodines
51. Debra - Big Flame
52. Up the Hill and Down the Slope - the Loft
CD3
53. Velocity Girl - Primal Scream
54. Go Out and Get 'Em, Boy! - the Wedding Present
55. Thru the Flowers - the Primitives
56. Sad - the BMX Bandits
57. All Day Long - the Shop Assistants
58. Something Happens - the Mighty Lemon Drops
59. XX Sex (Demo) - We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It
60. Is There Anyone Out There? - Mighty Mighty
61. Quite Content - the Soup Dragons
62. Red Sleeping Beauty - McCarthy
63. Motorcity - Age of Chance
64. Completely and Utterly - the Chesterfields
65. Cut the Cake - the Wolfhounds
66. Loggerheads - the Servants
67. Don't Worry (Demo) - the Close Lobsters
68. Sick Little Girl - Pop Will Eat Itself
69. Big Pink Cake - Razorcuts
70. It's a Good Thing - That Petrol Emotion
71. Almost Prayed - the Weather Prophets
72. Vote for Love - Jamie Wednesday
73. Beatnik Boy - Talulah Gosh
74. She Dazzled Me with Basil - the Dentists
75. A Gentle Sound - the Railway Children
76. Baby Blue Marine (Alternative Version) - the Groove Farm
77. The Rain Fell Down - Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes
78. (Whatever Happened to) Alice? - Rosemary's Children
79. Balloon Song - 14 Iced Bears
80. A Wonderful Day - the Wonder Stuff
CD4
81. Shine on - House of Love
82. Something About You - the Shamen
83. The Albums of Jack - the Bachelor Pad
84. Albert Parker - Gol Gappas
85. Love Is Blue - Hangman's Beautiful Daughters
86. Heaven Forbid - Whirl
87. Delilah Sands - the Brilliant Corners
88. Shimmer - the Flatmates
89. Gruesome Castle - the Wake
90. Engine Failure - This Poison!
91. If I Said - the Darling Buds
92. Tidalwave - the Boy Hairdressers
93. She Looks Right Through Me - the Waltones
94. Room in Your Heart - the Rosehips
95. Love Resistance - Apple Boutique
96. Take Your Time Yeah! - Laugh
97. She's a Nurse But She's Alright - the Raw Herbs
98. Toy - the Heart Throbs
99. Tranquil - the Clouds
100. You Make My Head Explode - the Groovy Little Numbers
101. My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon - the Siddeleys
102. Tug-Boat Line - Rumblefish
103. The World Is - the Hepburns
104. One of Those Things - Bubblegum Splash
105. Be Small Again - the Corn Dollies
106. Lee Remick - the King of Luxembourg
107. Son of a Gun (Demo) - the La's
CD5
108. The Hardest Thing in the World - the Stone Roses
109. Keep the Circle Around - Inspiral Carpets
110. Indiepop Ain't Noise Pollution - the Pooh Sticks
111. Solace - the Sea Urchins
112. Only (A Prawn in Whitby) - Cud
113. Landslide - the Popguns
114. All Aboard the Love-Mobile - One Thousand Violins
115. I'm in Love with a Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist - Another Sunny Day
116. Strawberry Window - East Village
117. Choirboys Gas (Hack the Cassock) - Bad Dream Fancy Dress
118. Circle Line - Rodney Allen
119. I've Got a Habit - the Orchids
120. Skin Storm - Bradford
121. Are You Happy Now? - the Charlottes
122. Picking Up the Bitter Little Pieces - the Claim
123. Dreamabout - the Poppyheads
124. Adam's Song (Pour Fenella) - the Sun and the Moon
125. Jesse Man Rae - the McTells
126. Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook - the Would-Be-Goods
127. Speak to Me Rochelle - the Desert Wolves
128. Dry the Rain - the Rain
129. Forever Holiday - Blow Up
130. Suburban Love Songs - the Fanatics
131. Roses - the Milltown Brothers
132. Sun Is in the Sky - the Seers
133. Perfect Needle - the Telescopes
134. Catweazle - the Boo Radleys
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