VA - Birth Of A Nation, Inevitable Records, An Independent Liverpool 1979-1986 [2019] (3 x CD's)

 

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VA - Birth Of A Nation, Inevitable Records, An Independent Liverpool 1979-1986 [2019] (3 x CD's)

In the late 1970's and 1980's, Jeremy Lewis established and ran Liverpool's Inevitable Records, and in doing so provided what he calls an "incubator" for an impressive selection of the talent emerging from the city at that time. From Pete Burns and Dead Or Alive to China Crisis, Wah! Heat and others, Inevitable provided the launchpad for many successful careers. Operating initially out of Lewis' Amazon Studios, and mutating as the years passed from an outlet for the city's spiky post-punk sounds to a synth-pop, commercially minded imprint with major label backing, Inevitable proved popular with John Peel and found admirers from across the 80's musical spectrum. Presented here for the first time is an overview of the label, including a disc of contemporary Peel Sessions from key artists and a 3,000 word account of it's story by Jeremey Lewis himself. Of particular interest to many will be never-before-heard (or re-issued) work by a young Pete Burns - his first Nightmares In Wax single, two Dead Or Alive singles plus two previously unreleased Dead Or Alive Peel Sessions are included. A further look at the wonderful music explored in Revolutionary Spirit (Previously Posted) this is an in-depth look at the roots of several special careers, produced with input from Inevitable founder Jeremey Lewis. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Wah! Heat Better Scream 3:21

02 Wah! Heat Joe 4:55

03 Nightmares On Wax Black Leather 5:06

04 Nightmares On Wax Shangri-La 3:33

05 Nightmares On Wax Girl Song 3:24

06 Modern Eon Euthenics 2:54

07 Modern Eon Waiting For The Cavalry 3:12

08 Wah! Heat Seven Minutes To Midnight... 3:34

09 Wah! Heat Don't Step On The Cracks 3:07

10 Dead Or Alive I'm Falling 4:24

11 Dead Or Alive Flowers 6:00

12 Faction Faction 2:25

13 Faction Wrong Again 3:45

14 Dead Or Alive Number Eleven 4:53

15 Dead Or Alive Namegame [Live Version] 3:54

16 It's Immaterial A Giant Raft 2:33

17 It's Immaterial No Place For A Prompter 2:30

18 China Crisis African And White 3:49

19 China Crisis Be Suspicious 4:58

CD2

01 Freeze Frame Your Voice 4:08

02 Freeze Frame Conversation Piece 2:53

03 Box Of Toys I'm Thinking Of You Now 3:42

04 Box Of Toys Old Man Rome 3:51

05 Freeze Frame Foxhole 3:43

06 Freeze Frame Furnished Heart 3:55

07 Box Of Toys Precious Is The Pearl 4:56

08 Box Of Toys It Goes Without Saying 2:33

09 Freeze Frame Seeking Professional Advice 3:32

10 Freeze Frame My 10,000 Mile Home 4:56

11 Freeze Frame Touch 3:27

12 Freeze Frame Personal Touch 3:45

13 Margox Jimmy's Grin 3:15

14 Builders Daytime Assassins 4:28

15 Venus Adore Burning Arrows 3:57

16 Light Contrasting Strangers 3:45

17 Light Monument 3:39

18 Freeze Frame Today, Tomorrow 4:19

19 Freeze Frame Only A Boy 3:36

20 Light Pride Of Winning 3:09

21 Light Ten Million Years 4:21

CD3

01 Dead Or Alive Nowhere to Nowhere (Peel Session 1981) 2:50

02 Dead Or Alive Running Wild (Peel Session 1981) 3:55

03 Dead Or Alive Number Eleven (Peel Session 1981) 4:48

04 Dead Or Alive Flowers (Peel Session 1981) 7:00

05 It's Immaterial A Gigantic Raft (Peel Session 1981) 3:27

06 It's Immaterial Imitate the Worm (Peel Session 1981) 2:35

07 It's Immaterial White Man's Hut (Peel Session 1981) 3:13

08 It's Immaterial Rake (Peel Session 1981) 3:34

09 Dead Or Alive Number Twelve (Peel Session 1982) 3:56

10 Dead Or Alive Untitled (Peel Session 1982) 3:22

11 Dead Or Alive Misty Circles (Peel Session 1982) 3:55

12 Dead Or Alive Misty Circles Pt 2 (Peel Session 1982) 3:22

13 Freeze Frame Fox Hole (Peel Session 1983) 3:37

14 Freeze Frame Personal Touch (Peel Session 1983) 3:47

15 Freeze Frame Your Voice (Peel Session 1983) 3:58

16 Freeze Frame Today Tomorrow (Peel Session 1983) 4:42

17 Box of Toys Precious is the Pearl (Peel Session 1983) 5:09

18 Box of Toys When Daylight is Over (Sunset) (Peel Session 1983) 4:37

19 Box of Toys Time Takes Me Back (Peel Session 1983) 3:31

20 Box of Toys Thinking of You Now (Peel Session 1983) 4:13

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