VA - The Magical Sound Of The San Francisco Underground EP

Label: Fabulous Music UK / Hardkiss US
Year: 1992
Style: Breakbeat, House, Electro
Info: Genius sample usage and yes, a mash up. Take the jangle from the Smiths "William It Was Really Nothing", the guitar from Cocteau Twins "Lorelei" and a chorus shouting "all night long" probably from Lionel Richie and one or two other choice samples and you have yourself a party rock anthem called Joy. 
The rest of the ep is for the most part average to good. Given the proper dj treatment and placement, Arabia and I Feel It are workable and capable of getting some results and surely to get some heads running with wtf! pasted on their faces. Forget Mrs. Blowpop tho, it's crap. (discogs review)

Tracklist:

01 Mrs. Blowpop - Sonic

02 Love Club - Arabia

03 Tree Of Hearts - Joy

04 Enlight - I Feel It

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The Heart Throbs - I Wonder Why EP

Label: One Little Indian
Year: 1990


Tracklist:
01 I Wonder Why
02 Big Commotion
03 Clear As A Bell
04 Pale Fire

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VA - 15 Flaming Groovies

Label: Fire Records
Year: 1989
Info: Rare Fire Records compilation.


Tracklist:
01 The Perfect Disaster - '55
02 The Perfect Disaster - Hey Now
03 Spacemen 3 - Revolution
04 Spacemen 3 - Hypnotized
05 Chuck Prophet - Scarecrow
06 Chuck Prophet - Look Both Ways
07 Close Lobsters - Lovely Little Swan
08 Close Lobsters - Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
09 The Parachute Men - Bed And Breakfast
10 The Parachute Men - Leeds Station
11 The Television Personalities - The Room AT The Top Of The Stairs
12 The Television Personalities - My Hedonistic Tendencies
13 Dave Graney - World Full Of Daughters
14 Dave Graney - The Greatest Show In Town
15 Blue Aeroplanes - Veils Of Colour
16 Blue Aeroplanes - Continually Torn Apart
17 The Royal Assassins - Open Up The Rivers
18 The Royal Assasins - Quit Sun

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The Primitives - Way Behind Me

Label: RCA
Year: 1988

Tracklist:
01 Way Behind Me
02 All The Way Down
03 Way Behind Me (Acoustic Version)
04 All The Way Down (Beat Version)

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The Railway Children - Rarities #1

Label: Ether Records
Year: 2007
Info: A 10-song album of unreleased Railway Children rarities is available on Ether Records run by Gary Newby (who lives in Japan). Rarities #2 (Live) is now available for download only direct from www.railwaychildren.co.uk

Tracklist:
01 Shopping Around
02 Dream Arcade (original version)
03 Like No Other
04 Railroad Side (original version)
05 Wait For The Worthless
06 Can't Follow The World
07 Darkness and Colour (original version)
08 Ready Amber
09 Sunflower Room
10 Because (live version)

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Dodgy - Every Single Day (part one)

Label: A&M Records
Year: 1998

Tracklist:
01 Every Single Day
02 The Bridge
03 Look Up (Hip Mix)

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Creation Records' First 100 Singles (from 1983 to 1991)

Creatiopart 1 (featuring the singles in order of catalogue number from 1983 to 1987)

Creation Singles 1-50 by Creation on Mixcloud

part 2 (featuring the singles in order of catalogue number from 1987 to 1990)

Creation Singles 51-75 by Creation on Mixcloud

part 3 (featuring the singles in order of catalogue number from 1990 to 1991)

Creation Singles 76-100 by Creation on Mixcloud

A Riot Of Colour - Complete

Label: Dreamworld Records / Everlasting
Year: 1986/1987
The story of A Riot Of Colour by Alister Jackson (member of AROC): Every band has a place where they say it all started. Ours was Aberdare Gardens, a leafy street in North London's Swiss Cottage. Having moved 'up to the smoke' from Sevenoaks to start a band, A Riot of Colour (name pinched from a newspaper headline about the Queen) was born in this enormous Victorian house, shared with between 7 and 19 others, depending on who'd been to The Blenheim that night!
London's permanent drummer shortage led to our enlisting a Sequential Circuits DrumTraks for our debut two-song 7" Lyntone flexi-disc. Twenty years of hindsight has shown this delicate black sliver of plastic to have been the perfect ambassador, opening some interesting doors including the biggest, John Peel's. It couldn't have been simpler. Waiting outside the Beeb for a couple of nights at ten-past-midnight and handing it over to him in person. In our naïvety, we keenly listened to his show the next night and, lo and behold, he actually went and played the thing.
We sold the disc to Peel's listeners for 50p to cover postage. Free copies we'd left on Rough Trade's counter-top were devoured and a review in Sounds singles page followed. Soon afterwards John Walters called to offer us a session. What, after one flexi? We truly were shocked and stunned. All of sudden we were a real band and we needed a drummer fast. (read more)

Skink/Newtown (flexi-disc)
01 Skink
02 Newtown

Skink EP
01 Skink
02 House
03 Country
04 Newtown

Swallow EP
01 Swallow
02 Too Close
03 03 Sign 'O' The Cross (Version)


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The Lightning Seeds / Terry Hall - Sense

"Sense" was Ian Broudie's first song-writing collaboration with Terry Hall. Since the early 1990's Terry's name has been increasingly linked to the Lightning Seeds. Terry had been one of Ian's favourite lyricists and wanted to work with him again (they met before and worked on some material from The Colourfield). In 1992 Broudie (The Lightning Seeds) released second single "Sense" off the album (after "Life of Riley" single) however it was only a minor hit. Terry Hall recorded his own version of the song a couple of years later on "Home" produced by Ian Broudie. Terry Hall's single from 1995 featured the album version of "Sense" together with two covers - The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" and Bacharach and David's "This Guy's in Love with You". The cover of the single features a picture of Terry Hall as a kid.

The Lightning Seeds - Sense (1992, Virgin Records)

01 Sense
02 Flaming Sword
03 Hang On To A Dream
04 The Life Of Riley (Remix)

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Terry Hall - Sense (1995, Anxious Records)

01 Sense
02 God Only Knows
03 This Guy's In Love With You
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The Times - Lundi Bleu

Label: Creation Records
Year: 1992
Info: Ed Ball's version of  New Order's "Blue Monday".

Tracklist: 
01 Lundi Bleu (Radio Edit)
02 Lundi Bleu (Praise The Lord Mix)
03 Lundi Bleu (The Grid's World Communication Mix)
04 Lundi Bleu ('Smiling' Remix)
05 Lundi Bleu (Brazilian Vocal Edit)
06 Lundi Bleu (Japanese Vocal Edit)
07 Lundi Bleu (German Vocal Edit)
08 Lundi Bleu (Spanish Vocal Edit)

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Raymonde - Stop Kicking My Heart Around

Label: Chrysalis
Year: 1988
Info: Mancunian band, led by James Maker.

Tracklist:
01 Stop Kicking My Heart Around (Single Version)
02 Fool of Fortune
03 Love, Sex, Security

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Lean Tales - 7" & EP

Label: Bubblegum Records
Year: 2009/2010
Info: Lean Tales were a Glasgow-based band formed in early 2007 and broke up in 2010. The bands sound is a mix of jangle pop and classic sound of 60’s girl groups. Also may be of interest to the avid The Smiths/The Organ listener.

Come Take Me​/​Laundry Pills 7" (unreleased) 
01 Come Take Me
02 Laundry Pills
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Flesh and Paper EP
01 The Taste Of Superglue
02 Penny On The Floor
03 Money Smile
04 Days Are Quick
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Echobelly - Bellyache EP

Label: Pandemonium Records
Year: 1993
Info: Debut release on the independent Pandemonium label.

Tracklist:
01 Bellyache
02 Sleeping Hitler
03 Give Her A Gun
04 I Don't Belong Here

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Calm Of Zero (ex Echobelly) - Demos

Label: Not On Label / Unsigned
Year: 2010
Info: Sounds, music, lyrics... Echobelly? Close, but.. Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson, both formerly of Echobelly, returns in 2010 with their brand new project - Calm of Zero.

Tracklist:
 01 Silence On The Radio
02 Mind Over Matter
03 Happiness
04 Flesh And Bones
05 Leviathan
06 Still Running
07 Long Way Round

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The Durutti Column - Vini Reilly

Label: Factory Records
Year: 1989
Info: He was in his Morrissey phase... there you go.
The story of a sleeve: Vini wanted a photo on the cover for a change. He even had his hair done by Andrew Berry for the shoot. The print went off to Mark Holt and the usual ground breaking 8vo sleeve was created.
Vin didn't like the sleeve, didn't like it one bit. "Here's Bob Dylan, do it like that", said Vini. It's the sleeve you see on the cover of this CD.
Mark Holt, Vini's graphics magician, founder of the legendary 8vo, thinks today that three weeks at the Woolhall working with the two Stephens on 'Viva Hate' had messed him up; "He was in his Morrissey phase, wanted the picture bigger... there you go." [click to see original 8vo artwork]


Tracklist:
01 Love No More
02 Pol In G
03 Opera I
04 People's Pleasure Park
05 Red Square
06 Finding The Sea
07 Otis
08 William B
09 They Work Every Day
10 Opera II
11 Homage To Catalonea
12 Requiem Again
13 My Country

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Vincent Gerard & Steven Patrick - I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong

Label: Factory Records
Year: 1989
Info: Better known as Vini Reilly and Morrissey. This 7inch vinyl was given away free by Factory Records with first editions of  FACT244 the Durutti Column album. The recording is an out-take from the recording sessions for Morrissey's "Viva Hate" LP sessions with Vini Reilly.

Tracklist:
01 I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong
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02 I Know Very Well How I Got My Edit Wrong (Moz Krew Serbia Extended Version)

Vincent Gerard & Steven Patrick - I Know Very Well How I Got My Edit Wrong (MKS Extended Version) by Moz Krew Serbia

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Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark

Label: Rough Trade Records
Year: 1986
Info: Easterhouse were the best political band of the 80s known for jangly guitars and leftist political leanings. Formed in Manchester by the Perry Brothers in the mid-80’s they first came to prominence after being championed by Morrissey. They signed to Rough Trade Records and the single ‘Whistling In The Dark’ was Top 5 independent chart hit.

Tracklist:
01 Whistling In The Dark
02 Ain't That Always The Way (Apocalypse)
03 Confrontation

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VA - Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984

Label: LTM Recordings
Year: 2009
Info: The 77 minute remastered CD features several rare edits and tracks.

Tracklist: 
01 New Order - Lonesome Tonight (7" Edit)
02 Stockholm Monsters - Terror
03 The Wake - Talk About The Past (7" Edit)
04 Section 25 - Reflection
05 Marcel King - Reach For Love (New York Remix)
06 52nd Street - Can't Afford (Unorganised Mix)
07 Quando Quango - Atom Rock
08 Shark Vegas - Pretenders Of Love
09 Abecedarians - Smiling Monarchs
10 Red Turns To - Deep Sleep
11 The Durutti Column - Duet (Without Mercy)
12 Kalima - The Smiling Hour
13 Simon Topping - Chicas Del Mundo
14 Streetlife - On Instinct
15 Lavolta Lakota - A Prayer

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Amateur Night In The Big Top - Clowns and Pet Sounds

Label: Off World Sounds
Year: 2003
Info: Shaun Ryder's first official solo album done under the group name 'Amateur Night In The Big Top'. Artwork by Central Station design - responsible for all Happy Mondays and Black Grape covers.

Tracklist:
01 The Story
02 Long Legs (Parts 1, 2, 3)
03 Scooter Girl
04 Clowns
05 Murder
06 Northern Soul Brother (Shapeshifter)
07 Monster
08 In 1987

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Biker Boy - Heart EP

Label: Hybris Records
Year: 2005
Info: youtube video

Tracklist:
01 Heart
02 Situations
03 The Worst Case Scenario
04 Please, Don't Mind

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VA - Crépuscule For Café Après-Midi

Label: Les Disques Du Crépuscule for JVC Victor Japan
Year: 2001

Tracklist:
01 The Border Boys - When The Party Is Over
02 The Pale Fountains - Just A Girl
03 Antena - Le Poisson Des Mers Du Sud
04 Devine & Statton - Under The Weather
05 The French Impressionists - Santa Baby
06 The Pale Fountains - Benoit's Christmas
07 Mikado - Message De Noel
08 The Arcadians - Lolita's Back In Town
09 The Arcadians - Here's Where Mary Loved To Be
10 Antena - Nelle A Hawai
11 Cathy - Claret Toi
12 The Pale Fountains - We Have All The Time In The World
13 Paul Haig - Running Away
14 Aztec Camera - Hot Club of Christ
15 Mikado - Par Hasard
16 Antena - Seaside Week End
17 Ultramarine - Stella
18 The French Impressionists - Boo Boo's Gone Mambo~My Guardian Angel
19 Roy Nathanson Quartet - Tin Tin Deo
20 Marine - A Man and A Woman
21 The Durutti Column - Experiment in Fifth
22 Thick Pigeon - Silhouettes
23 Young Marble Giants - Ode to Booker T

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VA - Cherry Red For Café Après-Midi

Label: Cherry Red Records for JVC Victor Japan
Year: 2002

Tracklist:
01 Everything But The Girl - Each And Every One
02 Ben Watt - On Box Hill
03 Marine Girls - A Place In The Sun
04 Tracey Thorn - Femme Fatale
05 Ben Watt - North Marine Drive
06 Tracey Thorn - Goodbye Joe
07 Fantastic Something - 1000 Guitars of St. Dominiques
08 The Hepburns - You're A Queer One, Les Mun
09 Grab Grab The Haddock - I'm Used Now
10 Everything But The Girl - Bittersweet
11 Fantastic Something - If She Doesn't Smile
12 Mood Six - I Saw The Light
13 Eyeless In Gaza - Changing Stations
14 In Embrace - Shouting In Cafes
15 Eyeless In Gaza - New Risen
16 Morgan Fisher - Un Homme et Une Femme
17 Ben Watt & Robert Wyatt - Walter And John
18 Jane - It's A Fine Day
19 Marine Girls - Lazy Ways
20 Kevin Coyne - Love In Your Heart
21 The Monochrome Set - I'll Scry Instead
22 Five Or Six - Portrait
23 Joe Crow - Compulsion
24 Felt - A Preacher In New England
25 Ben Watt - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
26 Everything But The Girl - Night And Day

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Richard Dutton - The Boorer Sessions

Label: Not On Label
Year: 2010
Info: Personally this session is the best thing I’ve heard in a long time. Written by Manchester singer/songwriter Richard Dutton and produced and recorded by Morrissey’s band musician Boz Boorer in a Boorer's Serra Vista studios in Taipas, Portugal (sept/2009 and march/2010). And still unsigned.

Credits to:
Richard Dutton - Vox / Guitar
and The So and So's:
Zara Finnegan - Drums
Jay Bardsley - Guitar
Ed Birkhead - Bass
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Boz Boorer (tracks 1 and 4) - Sax / Double Bass

Tracklist:
01 Unmistakable You
02 Two Part Return
03 First One Off The Waltzer
04 You Can't Lose
05 Lucy's Lane
06 Boulevard One

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Boys - In Loch Ness

Label: Smashing Time Records
Year: 2005
Info: ‘Boys’ is a Morrissey-obsessed rockabilly/pop band from Sweden.

Tracklist:
01 The Anatomy Of Melancholy
02 Sex: Male; Race: White
03 The Chrysler Song
04 Rockabilly Swing Swung Gal
05 Wapping (Whitechapel Version)
06 There Is Someone Who Loves You
07 Maria Dolores
08 The Girl Who Had Everything
09 Quo Estai Amore
10 Oh, Johnny

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Gary Clail / On-U Sound System - Emotional Hooligan

Label: Perfecto
Year: 1991

Tracklist:
01 Food, Clothes And Shelter
02 Pt. 2 Monk Track
03 Escape
04 The Emotional Hooligan
05 Magic Penny
06 Human Nature (On The Mix) (12" Version)
07  Crocodile Eyes
08 Rumours
09 Beef (The Future Mix) (12" Version)
10 Temptation (Parts 1 & 2)
11 False Leader (Parts 1 & 2)


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Billy Bragg - Sexuality (Remixes)

Label: Go! Discs
Year: 1991

Tracklist:
01 Sexuality (Manchester Remix)
02 Sexuality (London Remix)

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The Social - Under Grey English Skies / London Is Divided

Label: Influx Music
Year: 2007

Tracklist:
01 Under Grey English Skies
02 London Is Divided

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VA - Factory Benelux Greatest Hits

Label: Factory Benelux
Year: 1983

Tracklist:
01 A Certain Ratio - Guess Who?
02 52nd Street - Cool As Ice
03 Quando Quango - Love Tempo
04 Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar
05 The Wake - Something Outside
06 Stockholm Monsters - Miss Moonlight

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Gene - The John Peel Sessions

Label: BBC Radio 1 (Source)
Year: 2000
 Info: Broadcasted and recorded from BBC Radio 1 on October 31, 2000 with 3-head tapedeck and then converted into mp3s. Sound quality is good.

Tracklist:
01 Walking In The Shadows
02 We'll Get When We Deserved
03 You
04 Yours For The Taking

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Pony Club - Home Truths

Label: Setanta
Year: 2002

Tracklist:
01 Fuck with my heart
02 CCTV
03 Stop
04 Single
05 Thing about men
06 Millions like us
07 Home is so sad
08 What did you expect
09 Tenderness
10 Happy families
11 Flakey wife
12 Afternoon drinking

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A Certain Ratio - acr:mcr

Label: A&M Records
Year: 1990

Tracklist:
01 Spirit Dance
02 Won't Stop Loving You (remixed by Bernard Sumner)
03 BTTW 90
04 Be What You Wanna Be
05 Good Together (vocals by Bernard Sumner & Shaun Ryder)
06 Funky Heaven
07 Tribeca
08 Repercussions (Live)

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Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America

Label: Virgin Records
Year: 1988

Tracklist:
01 To Cry About
02 Year In Song
03 Body's In Trouble
04 Dear Darling
05 Anew Day
06 When You Know Why You're Happy
07 My Friends Have
08 Help Me Lift You Up
09 Keeping You In Mind
10 Not Be Alright
11 You Will Be Loved Again

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 http://www.sendspace.com/file/yejbfa

Autokat - Innocence / Short Circuit

Label: Akoustik Anarkhy Manchester
Year: 2007

Tracklist:
A Innocence
AA Short Circuit

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James Maker And Noko 440 - Born That Way

Label: Attack Records
Year: 2004

Tracklist:
A Born That Way
B I'm Unbearable

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Singles To Be Cremated With - Compiled By Morrissey

Label: New Musical Express (Article)
Year: 1989

Tracklist:
01 The World's Loneliest Man - Vince Eager
02 Don't Take The Lovers From The World - Shirley Bassey
03 What A Nice Way To Turn 17 - The Crystals
04 There, I've Said It Again - Sam Cooke
05 Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets - Dionne Warwick
06 Strange, I Know - The Marvelettes
07 Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
08 I Take It Back - Sandy Posey
09 Heart - Rita Pavone
10 Shoes - Reparata
11 Terry - Twinkle
12 Attack - The Toys
13 I've Been A Bad, Bad Boy - Paul Jones
14 Insult To Injury - Timi Yuro

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See See Rider - See See Rider EP

Label: Lazy Records
Year: 1990

Tracklist:
01 She Sings Alone
02 Snowfall
03 Slip So Slow
04 See See

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Fantastic Something - If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain)

Label: Cherry Red Records
Year: 1984

Tracklist:
01 If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain)
02 The Thousand Guitars Of St. Dominiques

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  http://www.sendspace.com/file/a9y6y6