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released 2004
this was a 4 disc set released by the purveyors of all things classic...rhino records
it was slander bob's posting of pere ubu that gave me the inspiration to post this all for you
if it weren't for most of the bands on this comp...there may not have been a SGM for you to be looking at right now...and you'd have to happy with whatever shit the radio shoveled into your ear holes
believe it or not...john hughes didn't create the 1980's...but he did give us molly ringwald...and i'd like to think that she'd have listened to this back then
disc 1:
1 - rem - radio free europe
2 - the jam - going underground
3 - the cure - a forest
4 - dead kennedys - holiday in cambodia
5 - the passions - i'm in love with a german film star
6 - the replacements - i will dare
7 - mission of burma - that's when i reach for my revolver
8 - x - johnny hit and run paulene
9 - the jesus and mary chain - just like honey
10 - depeche mode - black celebration
11 - dream syndicate - tell me when it's over
12 - red hot chili peppers - hollywood (africa)
13 - new order - temptation
14 - japan - ghosts
15 - magazine - a story from under the floorboards
16 - aztec camera - oblivious
17 - husker du - don't want to know if you're lonely
18 - black flag - rise above
19 - wall of voodoo - back in flesh
20 - the go-betweens - cattle and cane
disc 2:
1 - the pretenders - message of love
2 - ultravox - vienna
3 - dinosaur jr. - freak scene
4 - the smiths - this charming man
5 - ministry - stigmata
6 - lone justice - ways to be wicked
7 - killing joke - wardance
8 - orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - enola gay
9 - the english beat - mirror in the bathroom
10 - the raincoats - fairytale in the supermarket
11 - the smithereens - behind the wall of sleep
12 - minutemen - political song for michael jackson to sing
13 - dead milkmen - punk rock girl
14 - concrete blonde - still in hollywood
15 - joy division - love will tear us apart
16 - violent femmes - blister in the sun
17 - meat puppets - lake of fire
18 - the db's - amplifier
19 - prefab sprout - when love breaks down
20 - the cramps - goo goo muck
21 - the sisters of mercy - this corrosion
22 - xtc - senses working overtime
disc 3:
1 - echo & the bunnymen - the cutter
2 - bad brains - pay to cum
3 - the sugarcubes - birthday
4 - robyn hitchcock & the egyptians - madonna of the wasps
5 - faith no more - we care a lot
6 - sonic youth - teenage riot
7 - gang of four - to hell with poverty
8 - the feelies - fa cé-la
9 - they might be giants - ana ng
10 - the chameleons uk - swamp thing
11 - nick cave and the bad seeds - the mercy seat
12 - rain parade - i look around
13 - the psychedelic furs - all that money wants
14 - the church - under the milky way
15 - public image ltd. - rise
16 - love and rockets - kundalini express
17 - green on red - gravity talks
18 - throbbing gristle - adrenalin
19 - the stone roses - she bangs the drums
disc 4:
1 - pixies - monkey gone to heaven
2 - the the - uncertain smile
3 - bahaus - bela lugosi's dead
4 - siouxsie & the banshees - christine
5 - minor threat - straight edge
6 - lyres - i want to help you ann
7 - beat happening - our secret
8 - jane's addiction - jane says
9 - julian cope - world shut your mouth
10 - kate bush - running up that hill
11 - the gun club - sex beat
12 - camper van beethoven - take the skinheads bowling
13 - suicidal tendencies - institutionalized
14 - cocteau twins - pearly-dewdrop's drops
15 - happy mondays - 24 hour party people
16 - hoodoo gurus - i want you back
17 - descendents - suburban home
18 - the pogues - a pair of brown eyes
19 - the three o'clock - jet fighter
20 - butthole surfers - moving to florida
21 - billy bragg - a new england
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Cool post. A very good comp but typical of Rhino in that it leans a too far towards the mainstream - Ultravox, Pretenders, Kate Bush etc. There's a lot of major label bands considering it's supposed to be 'dispatches from the underground'.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, but some of SGM's most revered bands were up and running in the 80s and didn't get on there - especially Big Black, Scratch Acid and the Melvins. At least they found room for 'Moving To Florida', I guess.
SGM has already done a fine job in documenting the true 80s underground (Kilslug comes to mind as a great example). I'm sure you guys have a better handle on what was out there than most.
Hey, the logical progression from the radio show is a 'Best of SGM' comp, right? Congratulations on the show by the way, it's the tits.
Fucking greteatest sounds!!!80's e 90's!!!!!
ReplyDeletethanks so much for this, and everything else you upload!!
ReplyDeleteI always thought this was kind of a misstep in the great Rhino boxsets, who usually take the route of showcasing more obscure tracks (Nuggets) even when they are covering popular bands - see the "Where the Action Is" boxset for a perfect example. In this boxset as well as the "No Thanks" boxset put out around the same time, I felt like Rhino was being pretty lazy by just taking the "hit" by each cult band of the 80's across 4 CDs and allowing us to purchase it. I'm not actually sure who the audience really is for this boxset, maybe kids whose parents don't listen to good music?
ReplyDeleteThe links for Discs 2 & 3 don't work. Thought you'd like to know.
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