1981 The Indie Scene - The Story Of British Independent Music

 

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The Connoisseur Collection's ten-volume Indie Scene: The Story of British Independent Music series maps the shift from punk to post-punk and new wave in the U.K. from 1977 to 1986.

A  FLOCK  OF  SEAGULLS

Focusing on artists who were on fledgling independent labels and thus digging up plenty of otherwise forgotten chips from the late-'70s/early-'80s fireball, each volume contains plenty enough for voracious neophytes to sink their teeth into.

AZTEC  CAMERA

And if you were a scenester back then and need to relive the glory of all those singles your mom threw out while you were at your umpteenth punk festival, these compilations should plug some gaps.

HAZEL  O'  CONNOR

The Indie Scene 1978 covers enough ground to show how punk began to branch off into a number of rather disparate strains.

SOUTHERN  DEATH  CULT

Relative expectables like Stiff Little Fingers' "Alternative Ulster," the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks,

THE  CRAMPS

" and Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love" are included, as are welcome contributions from ramshackle court jesters the TV Personalities ("Part Time Punks," "Where's Bill Grundy Now?"), Leeds' Mekons ("Where Were You"), expatriate punks Snatch ("All I Want"), and psychedelic Liverpudlians the Teardrop Explodes ("Sleeping Gas").

TOYAH

Surely this isn't your typical scene-specific roundup that recycles all the typical historical markers.

CLOCK  DVA

Just as important, if not more so, is the inclusion of the Normal's sinister "Warm Leatherette," an all-electronic composition from Mute Records founder Daniel Miller.

VIRGIN PRUNES
While many bands of the time set out to destroy rock while using guitars and drums and lyrics that often covered subject matter that wasn't all that removed from the bands they had their gobs of spittle pointed at, it was songs like "Warm Leatherette" that truly extracted the then-younger generation from traditional rock & roll, all the while prophesying the future of pop.

Various – The Indie Scene 81
Label: Connoisseur Collection – IBM CD 81
Series: The Indie Scene – 81
Format:    CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Goth Rock, Indie Rock, Punk, Post-Punk, Psychobilly, Synth-pop

TRAXS

                               

01. Department S – Is Vic There?   3:07
02. Pigbag – Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag   3:40
03. The Higsons – I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys   2:04
04. Hazel O'Connor – D-Days   3:11
05. Toyah – I Want To Be Free   3:09
06. Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It's My Party   3:48
07. Virna Lindt – Attention Stockholm   3:52
08. Aztec Camera – We Could Send Letters   5:47
09. Young Marble Giants – Click Talk (Testcard EP)   2:43
10. The dB's – Big Brown Eyes   1:59
11. Medium Medium – Hungry So Angry   3:58
12. Southern Death Cult – Fatman   3:45
13. The Birthday Party – Release The Bats   2:31
14. The Cramps – Goo Goo Muck   3:04
15. 999 – Little Red Riding Hood   2:51
16. Au Pairs – Inconvenience   2:57
17. Dead Or Alive – I'm Falling    4:27
18. A Flock Of Seagulls – (It's Not Me) Talking   3:32
19. Wire – Our Swimmer   3:31
20. Clock DVA – 4 Hours   3:53
21. Virgin Prunes – In The Grey Light   4:19
22. Past Seven Days – Rain Dance   6:02

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