Tuesday, June 23, 2020

VA - Dreams To Fill The Vacuum – The Sound Of Sheffield 1978-1988 [2019] (4 x CD's)



SOUND OF SHEFFIELD

VA - Dreams to Fill the Vacuum – The Sound of Sheffield 1978-1988 [2019] (4 x CD's)

Yet another 4 CD box from Cherry red, which this time brings back to life authentic pearls of Sheffield sound.  This CD collection is for anyone who wants to track the progression of a musical era which influenced, and is continuing to the influence, generations of music now and in years to come.  It has something for everyone and features classics, rarities, album tracks and twelve previously unreleased songs.  The collection is a musical snapshot which is eminently of that important era in social history and its relationship with the music produced, whilst charting the importance of Sheffield, and all its brutalist and pioneering charm.

Extensive four CD + book set exploring the punk and post-punk sound of the 'steel city'. Features classics, rarities, album tracks and 12 previously unreleased gems from The Human League, Pulp (and members thereof), Heaven 17, Thompson Twins, B. E. F., Artery, ABC, Clock DVA, Hula, The Danse Society, In The Nursery, Treebound Story and many more. The book contains over 20,000 words of artists' sleeve notes, essays and memoirs from key players in the city's music scene. Curated and designed by the people who brought you Manchester - North Of England, Revolutionary Spirit - The Sound Of Liverpool, Silhouettes And Statues, Electrical Language, Scared To Get Happy, Still In A Dream and many more critically acclaimed box sets.  Absolutely unmissable (Amazon)


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Track lists

CD1


01    Human League    Dancevision    2:22
02    They Must Be Russians    Don't Try to Cure Yourself    2:58
03    I'm So Hollow    Dreams to Fill the Vacuum    2:55
04    Prams    Modern Men    2:42
05    2.3    All Time Low    2:59
06    Hobbies of Today    Metal Boys    3:18
07    Mein Glas Fabrik    Track No. 5    2:47
08    Red Zoo    Help Me    4:19
09    I Scream Brothers    Avoid the Surgery (Demo)    2:08
10    B Troop    Junior    3:11
11    Thompson Twins    She's in Love With Mystery    2:50
12    Repulsive Alien    Say and Do    1:14
13    Veiled Threat    Torch    2:52
14    De Tian    Questions of Gender    2:20
15    Molodoy    Unknown    5:41
16    Tv Product    Social Psychology    1:03
17    Negatives    Electric Waltz    3:33
18    Y?    End of Act One    2:45
19    Toy Shop    The Maze    2:55
20    Vena Cava    A Girlfriend Is...    2:58
21    Graph    Drowning    5:10
22    Rapid Eye Movement    Men in the Mirrorshades    2:54
23    A Major European Group    Llamas (Live at the Wimpy Bar)    2:50
24    Past Seven Days    Raindance    6:05
25    Pagan Bo    Living in Confusion    2:28

CD2

01    Heaven 17    (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (12" Mix)    4:23
02    Vision    Lucifer's Friend    3:59
03    Artery    The Clown    3:54
04    New Model Soldier    Twist    4:45
05    Surface Mutants    Train    5:23
06    Clock Dva    4 Hours (Remixed Single Version)    3:55
07    British Electric Foundation    A Baby Called Billy    4:04
08    Flying Alphonso Brothers    War Games    3:52
09    Shy Tots    English Industrial Estate    2:36
10    Disease    Heavy Men    2:56
11    Stunt Kites    Deity's Lament    4:45
12    Mau Maus    Secret Society    1:23
13    Naughtiest Girl Was a Monitor    Marcella Ball    4:58
14    Quite Unnerving    Corpse Creeper    5:18
15    Acrobats of Desire    Parking Boys    2:55
16    Blimp    Man With a Luminous Head (Demo)    1:36
17    Mirror Crack'd    Scramble for Style    2:48
18    Vital    Real Life    3:08
19    Heroes of the Beach    Psychokiller    3:25
20    Abc    Alphabet Soup    5:20

CD3

01    Pulp    Everybody's Problem    3:17
02    Bass Tone Trap    Intruder in the Dust    4:59
03    Uv Pop    Just a Game    3:28
04    The Danse Society    Danse/Move    4:50
05    In the Nursery    Iskra    3:12
06    Dachau Choir    Dying Man, Faithful Priest    4:14
07    Out of Reach    Tex Mirror H    3:35
08    Hula    (No One Leaves The) Fever Car    5:07
09    Time in Motion    Quiet Type    3:49
10    Siiiii    Over    4:31
11    Ipso Facto    Mannequin    3:23
12    Fatales    Worlds Apart    3:34
13    Tsi Tsi    Billingham's Island (Demo)    2:58
14    Fish and Breadcake    Fish and Breadcake    3:18
15    Harriet    Late Nights (Demo)    4:13
16    Chakk    Out of the Flesh (Mix 1)    6:07
17    Native Europe    The Distance From Koln    2:30
18    Defective Turtles    Silicon Chip    4:03
19    Vendino Pact    Persuasion    3:01
20    Typhoon Saturday    In My Eyes (Demo)    2:54

CD4


01    Peter Hope and the Jonathan S. Pomore Method    Kitchenette    4:06
02    Scala Timpani    Winds of Change    3:23
03    One Thouisand Violins    You Ungrateful Bastard (Flexi Version)    3:31
04    A.C. Temple    Crayola    3:04
05    Sedition    Up the Hill    4:16
06    Flight Commander    Message From a Dead Man    5:13
07    Anti Group    Zulu    6:25
08    Chain    Chains    4:34
09    Dig Vis Drill    Fix the Kitchen    3:51
10    Kilgore Trout    Children    3:31
11    Fishwives    Bottle Breast    5:50
12    Mr Morality    Treehouse    3:47
13    Workforce    Skin Scraped Back    4:59
14    Treebound Story    Like a Fool    2:42
15    Nick Fish and the Seahorses    Wonderful Life    3:55
16    Box    Crowbar    3:44
17    Midnight Choir    Colorado Dead Man    5:00
18    Junk    The World Doesn't Turn    3:01
19    Wacky Gardeners    Lawnmower Woman    2:23
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8 comments:

  1. I predict a wonderful compilation full of surprises.
    Tonights listening list for sure BB.

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    1. Hi D,
      definitely different to many posted here. Enjoy.

      Cheers.

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  2. Fantastic post. Thanks. These boxsets are amazing. Thank you.

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  3. this looks amazing! I'm suprised there's no Cabaret Voltaire though, that's the first band that comes to mind when I think of Sheffield... no complaints, though, there's lots here that I'm not familiar with (and that's a good thing). thanks again for all the top quality posts!

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    1. Hi oooo,
      Lots of great tunes here in this set. its always great to hear new music. Enjoy.

      Cheers.

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  4. Hello Butter boy, Any chance you could re up this amazing comp? Thank you in adavance!

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    1. Hi djmantis.
      New links established tested and working.
      Cheers.

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