Brit Hop 2

Various Artists - Street Sounds UK Electro

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Street Sounds Records (ELCST 1984) in 1984 to high resolution 24-bit lossless flac audio.

A1  Zer-O - Real Time (Retrospective Dub)
A2  Syncbeat - Music
A3  Broken Glass - Style Of The Street
A4  Forevereaction - U People
B1  Zer-O - Real Time
B2  Rapologists - Hip Hop Beat (Street Mix)
B3  Forevereaction - B.E.D. '34

Big Pop Candy Mountain

Various Artists - EEC Punk Rock Mountain A Sarah Bootleg

Ripped from a compact disc album released on Fierce Recordings (FRIGHT 056CD) in 1992 to high'ish quality lossless flac audio. Okay, so neither a Sarah record nor a bootleg, however a good place to finish off this bloggy tribute to Sarah. All recorded on the same night across various venues in the UK and Europe - The Wake set was allegedly from a gig in Athens Greece.

1  The Orchids - Bemused, Confused & Bedraggled
2  The Orchids - Peaches
3  St. Christopher - The Love Of A Sister
4  Gentle Despite - If I Touch
5  The Wake - Major John
6  The Wake - Carbrain
7  The Field Mice - Coach Station Reunion
8  The Field Mice - Landmark
9   Heavenly - Boyfriend Stays The Same
10 Heavenly - Wrap My Arms Around Him

Fruity Loops

Various Artists - Engine Common

Ripped from a compact disc compilation released on Sarah Records (SARAH 628CD) to high quality lossless flac audio.

1  The Hit Parade - In Gunnersbury Park
2  The Sugargliders - Letter From A Lifeboat
3  The Orchids - Thaumaturgy
4  The Harvest Ministers - You Do My World The World Of Good
5  Blueboy - Clearer
6  Brighter - Half-Hearted
7  The Sugargliders - What We Had Hoped
8  The Rosaries - Leaving
9  The Field Mice - Missing The Moon
10 The Orchids - I Was Just Dreaming
11 The Sugargliders - Fruitloopin'
12 Blueboy - Popkiss
13 Secret Shine - Honey Sweet
14 The Harvest Ministers - Six O'Clock Is Rosary
15 Brighter - End
16 Another Sunny Day - Don't Suppose I'll Get A Second Chance

Glass Arcades

Various Artists - Glass Arcade

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Sarah Records (SARAH 501) in 1991 to high resolution 24-bit lossless flac audio.

A1  The Field Mice - Holland Street
A2  Another Sunny Day - Rio
A3  Eternal - Sleep
A4  The Sweetest Ache - Tell Me How It Feels
A5  The Orchids - Farewell, Dear Bonnie
A6  The Sea Urchins - A Morning Odyssey
A7  The Springfields - Wonder
A8  The Field Mice - So Said Kay
B1  Heavenly - I Fell In Love Last Night
B2  The Orchids - Something For The Longing
B3  Even As We Speak - Goes So Slow
B4  The Field Mice - Quicksilver
B5  Eternal - Breathe
B6  St. Christopher - Salvation
B7  Even As We Speak - Nothing Ever Happens
B8  The Sweetest Ache - If I Could Shine

C77

Various Artists - Pogo a Go Go!

Ripped from a cassette album released by the New Musical Express (NME 021) in 1986 to high quality lossless flac audio. You could almost suggest that the NME invented a genre with the C86 cassette, however it's worth remembering that if it wasn't for "C77" there would have been no C86. Where is the NME now? ....what on earth went so wrong?

A1 Sex Pistols - Satellite (Suburban Kid)
A2 The Undertones - True Confessions
A3 Nipple Erectors - King Of The Bop
A4 Television Personalities - Part Time Punks
A5 Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
A6 The Damned - Stretcher Case Baby
A7 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Watching The Detectives
A8 The Stranglers - Choosey Susie
A9 Victim - Strange Thing By Night
B1 The Clash - 1977 (Demo)
B2 Johnny Moped - Incendiary Device
B3 The Slits - Typical Girls
B4 Alternative TV - Love Lies Limp
B5 Swell Maps - Read About Seymour
B6 The Jam - In The City
B7 The Fall - Bingo Master's Breakout
B8 Subway Sect - Ambition
B9 Wire - Dot Dash
B10 Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict

Bored Teenagers

Various Artists - The Roxy London WC2 (Jan - Apr 77)

Ripped from a vinyl album released on EMI Records (EMS 1189) to high resolution 24-bit lossless flac audio. Forty years on ....a classic compilation of live punk from London's long gone Roxy venue. For penguinflight!

A1 Slaughter And The Dogs - Runaway
A2 Slaughter And The Dogs - Boston Babies
A3 The Unwanted - Freedom
A4 Wire - Lowdown
A5 Wire - 1.2.X.U.
A6 The Adverts - Bored Teenagers
B1 Johnny Moped - Hard Loving Man
B2 Eater - Don't Need It
B3 Eater - 15
B4 X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
B5 Buzzcocks - Breakdown
B6 Buzzcocks - Love Battery

Absolute

Various Artists - Absolute

Ripped from a compact disc album released on Parade Amoureuse Records (CONCATH 02) in 1989 to high quality lossless flac audio. Blog follower Kristian sent over this rip of Absolute which was a German CD re-compilation of the two Cathexis Recordings compilation albums You Bet We've Got Something Against You and Fight!

1   Princess Tinymeat - Lucky Bag
2   Fini Tribe - All Fours
3   Current 93 - Holy Holy Holy (For Dusa)
4   Princess Tinymeat - Jay Gone Bimbo
5   In The Nursery - Workcorps (Fist Style)
6   Revolting Cocks - T.V. Mind (It's In My Brain Version)
7   Pink Industry - The Corpse (Remix)
8   Soviet France - Le Mur Mur Nu
9   Hula - Bribery And Winning Ways
10 Shock Headed Peters - Thumbs Of A Murderer
11 Click Click - Qaf/Harpy
12 The Dave Howard Singers - I Am A Bunny
13 Click Click - Keep Out Of Sight
14 Jackhammer Five - She Said

A Spit In The Ocean

Various Artists - Best Of Ralph

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Ralph Records (RR 8251) in 1982 to high quality lossless flac audio. The recent early Yello single reminded me of this rip generously donated a while back, but never posted ... until now. Shame on me! Time now for some weird shit compiled from this important (but slightly odd) San Francisco record label.

A1 Snakefinger - The Model
A2 The Residents - Santa Dog '78
A3 Fred Frith - Dancing In The Street
A4 The Residents - Hello Skinny
A5 Tuxedomoon - What Use? (Remix)
A6 The Residents - Satisfaction
B1 The Residents - Constantinople
B2 Snakefinger - Man In The Dark Sedan
B3 Tuxedomoon - Jinx
B4 Yello - Bimbo
B5 Tuxedomoon - Incubus (Blue Suit)
B6 Snakefinger - The Spot
C1 Yello - Homer Hossa
C2 Fred Frith - A Spit In The Ocean
C3 The Residents - Sinister Exaggerator
C4 Snakefinger - Magic And Ecstasy
C5 Art Bears - Rats & Monkeys
C6 MX-80 Sound - Halloween
C7 Tuxedomoon - James Whale
D1 The Residents - Festival Of Death
D2 Yello - Blue Green
D3 Renaldo & The Loaf - Bali Whine
D4 Renaldo & The Loaf - Spratts Medium
D5 The Residents - Swastikas On Parade (Excerpt)
D6 The Residents - Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life
D7 Tuxedomoon - Tritone (Musica Diablo)
D8 Fred Frith - Norrgarden Nyvla

Musique D'Ameublement

Various Artists - From Brussels With Love

Ripped from a double vinyl album released on Les Disques Du Crépuscule (TWI 007) in 1986 to high resolution 24-bit flac. What originally began as a 24-bit rip from blog follower Damijan has turned into a close examination (or is it autopsy) of this classic  Crépuscule compilation. From the cassette through to the 2007 compact disque reissue there are subtle variations in tracklistings, and you need to have all five versions to get all the tracks. Our good friend, thehappyone has prepared a simple comparison document which I've included for your scrutiny.

Anyway, the 1986 Belgian double vinyl contains most of the goodies, so here it is. What has also transpired is there are also variations between a few of the other reissued compilations on the label. Nothing is ever simple these days it seems. If you wish to buy the reissue compact disques please head over to the revamped label website and buy direct.

A1  John Foxx - Musique D'Ameublement
A2  Thomas Dolby - Airwaves
A3  Harold Budd - Children On The Hill
A4  Jez And Vini - Sleep Will Come
A5  Dream Makers - Helen's Song
A6  The Durutti Column - Weakness And Fever
A7  Michael Nyman - A Walk Through H
B1  John Foxx  - Musique D'Ameublement
B2  Gavin Bryars - White's SS
B3  The Durutti Column - Piece For An Ideal
B4  Kevin Hewick & New Order - Haystack
B5  A Certain Ratio - Felch
B6  The French Impressionists - Rainbows Never End
B7  The French Impressionists - Waiting For Someone
B8  The French Impressionists - Castles In The Air
B9  The French Impressionists - Mannequin
C1  John Foxx Musique D'Ameublement
C2  Brian Eno - An Interview With Brian Eno
C3  Bill Nelson - The Shadow Garden
C4  Jeanne Moreau - Un Entretien Avec Jeanne Moreau
C5  Richard Jobson - Armoury Show
D1  John Foxx - Musique D'Ameublement
D2  Alan Rankine - Can You Believe Everything I See?
D3  Gabrielle Lazure - A Children's Tale
D4  Martin Hannett  - The Music Room
D5  The Pale Fountains - We Have All The Time In The World
D6  The Names - Cat

FACT 24 in 24 Bits

Various Artists - A Factory Quartet

Ripped from a double vinyl album released on Factory Records (FACT 24) in 1980 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. Here is a much requested re-post using my original 24/96 files from a few years back.

The second Factory Records sampler was originally planned as a double 10" set, but thankfully the label settled on this beautifully packaged double album with an embossed polaroid-style sleeve. Like the first 7" sampler, each artist gets one side of vinyl to introduce themselves, though The Durutti Column had already appeared on the label. The diversity of the chosen artists is huge, ranging from the ethereal beauty of The Durutti Column, through the distorted jazz-rock of Blurt, to scouse dirge noise terrorists The Royal Family And The Poor. Kevin Hewick supplies a difficult mix of live sets, where perhaps his 1980 Graveyard sessions would have fitted better, but as history says, he never got to finish five songs (with New Order).

Vini Reilly recruits ACR drummer Donald Johnson with a Martin Hannett production, and the three resulting tracks are among his best, For Belgian Friends being the highlight.

Hewick is joined onstage by ACR's Peter Terrell with his noisebox, but heckles and banter between Hewick and his audience spoil it for me. Blurt are an acquired taste, but like a post-punk Beefheart they pound a twisted beat with ear-splitting sax. The RFATP set is saved by Martin Hannett's presence in the production suite. It's a deep, dark noise funk-muck dirge, where the distorted guitars resemble early Section 25 whilst Joy Division's synths washaway deep in the mix.

Strangely, the album was never reissued for the CD generation, though some tracks have appeared as extras on various other reissues.

A1  The Durutti Column – For Mimi
A2  The Durutti Column – For Belgian Friends
A3  The Durutti Column – Self-portrait
B1  Kevin Hewick – Rubble
B2  Kevin Hewick – 1940
B3  Kevin Hewick – A Little Feeling
B4  Kevin Hewick – Forget
B5  Kevin Hewick – Morphia
B6  Kevin Hewick – The Enchanted Kiss
B7  Kevin Hewick – Haystack
C1  Blurt – Puppeteer
C2  Blurt – Dyslexia
C3  Blurt – Some Come
C4  Blurt – Benighted
D1  The Royal Family And The Poor – Dirge
D2  The Royal Family And The Poor – Vaneigem Mix
D3  The Royal Family And The Poor – Dirge
D4  The Royal Family And The Poor – Death Factory
D5  The Royal Family And The Poor – Dirge
D6  The Royal Family And The Poor – Rackets

Hicks From The Sticks

Various Artists - Hicks From The Sticks

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Rockburgh Records (ROC 111) in 1980 to high resolution 24-bit flac. Here's an album which has featured twice before from my vinyl, however Steve has chipped in with a rip of his own, and it deserves to be shared.

A1 Airkraft - Move In Rhythm
A2 Expelaires - Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In)
A3 Clock DVA - You're Without Sound
A4 Music For Pleasure - The Human Factor
A5 Nightmares In Wax - Shangri-La
A6 Ada Wilson and Keeping Dark - Head In The Clouds
A7 Modern Eon - Choreography
A8 Medium Medium - Them Or Me
B1 Radio 5 - True Colours
B2 They Must Be Russians - Where Have I Seen You
B3 Section 25 - After-Image
B4 Art Failure - Gimmick
B5 I'm So Hollow - I Don't Know
B6 Wah! Heat - Hey Disco Joe
B7 Stranger Than Fiction - Immortal In Mirrors
B8 The Distributors - T.V. ME

The Kids Were All Right

Various Artists - Doing It For The Kids

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Creation Records (CRELP 037) in 1988 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. I ripped this many months ago, hence the 24/96 files, and never actually got around to posting. Now seems about the right time....

A1  The Jasmine Minks - Cut Me Deep
A2  Felt - Ballad Of The Band
A3  The House Of Love - Christine
A4  The Weather Prophets - Well Done Sonny
A5  Primal Scream - All Fall Down
A6  Biff Bang Pow! - She Paints
A7  The Jazz Butcher - Lot 49
B1  Heidi Berry - North Shore Train
B2  Nikki Sudden - Death Is Hanging Over Me
B3  My Bloody Valentine - Cigarette In My Bed
B4  Pacific - Jetstream
B5  The Times  - Godevil
B6  Momus - A Complete History Of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17-24)
B7  Emily - Reflect On Rye
B8  Razorcuts - Brighter Now

Everything Has Gone Green

Various Artists - Different Colours, Different Shades

Ripped from a compact disc album released on London Records/Factory Too Records (FACD 2.40) in 1997 to high quality lossless flac audio. 

1   Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity
2   A Certain Ratio - All Night Party
3   The Distractions - Time Goes By So Slow
4   Crawling Chaos - Sex Machine
5   The Names - Night Shift
6   Joy Division - Decades
7   Stockholm Monsters - Fairy Tales
8   New Order - Everything's Gone Green
9   Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar
10 Kalima - The Smiling Hour
11 Red Turns To - Deep Sleep
12 Quando Quango - Bad Blood
13 Karl Denver - Wimoweh
14 Happy Mondays - Donovan
15 The Durutti Column - Love No More

From Mancunian Friends

Various Artists - Too Young To Know, Too Wild Care

Ripped from a compact disc compilation released on Factory Too/London Records (828 7002) in 1997 to high quality lossless flac audio. I know, I know, all these tracks have likely featured here at some point, and most of you will not need this compilation, but what the hell, it's my blog and I can do as I like! ;-)

The Railway Children have recently reformed and are playing the famous 100 Club in London tonight supported by ACR's Jez Kerr (with Pete Terrell on guitar) , so if anybody needs a good gig night out in London, they now know where they need to be. Plug over. Enjoy!

1  Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
2  The Durutti Column - For Belgian Friends
3  A Certain Ratio - And Then Again
4  New Order - Age Of Consent
5  The Wake - Talk About The Past
6  The Railway Children - Brighter
7  James - Hymn From A Village
8  Abercedarians - Smiling Monarchs
9  Marcel King - Reach Out For Love
10 Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop
11 Quando Quango - Genius
12 Happy Mondays  - WFL (Think About The Future Mix)
13 Northside - My Rising Star
14 Cath Carroll - Moves Like You
15 Electronic - Getting Away With It

From Italian Friends

Various Artists - The Greetings Compact

Ripped from a compact disc album released on Materiali Sonori Records (MASO CD 9001) in 1993 to high quality lossless flac audio. I have featured a couple of the 1980's Greetings 12" EPs in the past. The Italian label responsible also released a couple of compilation CD a few years later. These artists all played the Greetings Festival in the label's home town of San Giovanni Valdarno. Some of the tracks were different recordings than those on regular releases, and some like ACR's The Runner and Stockholm Monsters' Dumbstruck were unavailable anywhere else.

1  Durutti Column - For Friends In Italy
2  Durutti Column - Florence Sunset
3  Cudu' With Christian Burchard - Waterplay
4  Blaine L. Reininger - Bismallah
5  Mary Kelley - (It'll Be) Alright
6  Mary Kelley - Goodbye Cruel World
7  Stockholm Monsters - Dumbstruck
8  Stockholm Monsters - Militia
9  A Certain Ratio - The Runner
10 A Certain Ratio - Inside

Elephants In The Room

Various Artists - The Elephant Table Album

Ripped from a double vinyl album released on X Tract Records (XX 001) in 1983 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. I posted my CD rip of this important compilation a few months ago. Now, courtesy of blog follower Adam, we can have a vinyl rip from near mint quality plastic. This version includes all the tracks missed off the compact disc. Dark knob twiddly electronica at its very best, enjoy!

A1  Portion Control  - Chew You To Bits
A2  Chris And Cosey - Raining Tears Of Blood
A3  Metamorphosis - Muzak From Hawthorne Court
A4  Coil - S Is For Sleep
A5  Nurse With Wound - Nana Or A Thing Of Uncertain Nonsense
B1  400 Blows  - Beat The Devil
B2  Konstruktivits - Andropov '84
B3  Lustmørd - Boning Of Men
B4  Muslimgauze - Melena Jesenska (Extract)
B5  David Jackman - Edge Of Nothing
C1  SPK - Despair
C2  MFH - Vox Humana
C3  Nocturnal Emissions - Suffering Stinks
C4  Attrition - Dream Sleep
C5  Legendary Pink Dots - Surprise, Surprise
C6  Paul Kelday - Birth Of Planetesimals (Extract)
D1  Bourbonese Qualk - Under The City
D2  Sirius B - Build Your Children
D3  New 7th Music - New Humanity Switchboard (Extract)
D4  We Be Echo - Alleycat
D5  Bushido - Modelwerk

Lonely As A Vinyl Blogger

Various Artists - Lonely Is An Eyesore

Ripped from a vinyl album released on 4AD Records (CAD 703) in 1987 to high resolution 24-bit flac. I shared a compact disc of this compilation just a few months ago. Steve has subsequently contributed an upgrade lifted straight from his original vinyl. Enjoy!

A1 Colourbox - Hot Doggie
A2 This Mortal Coil - Acid, Bitter And Sad
A3 The Wolfgang Press - Cut The Tree
A4 Throwing Muses - Fish
A5 Dead Can Dance - Frontier
B1 Cocteau Twins - Crushed
B2 Dif Juz - No Motion
B3 Clan Of Xymox  - Muscoviet Mosquito
B4 Dead Can Dance - The Protagonist

Factory Live

Various Factory Artists - Live

Ripped from numerous cassette tapes or otherwise or varying lineage to high quality lossless flac audio. I am a big collector of live recordings by Factory Records recording artists and here is a  two hour selection of highlights which have come my way over the years. This is technically a re-post because I recall posting these somewhere years ago! Enjoy.

01. No Escape - Cabaret Voltaire (Amsterdam 1980)
02. Shadowplay - Joy Division (Futurama 1979)
03. My Mother Ate My Soul - Section 25 (High Wycombe 1980)
04. Isolation - Joy Division (London 1980)
05. Flight - A Certain Ratio (High Wycombe 1980)
06. Sketch For Summer - Durutti Column (London 1980)
07. Atmosphere - Joy Division (Malvern 1980)
08. Nightshift - The Names (Brussels 1981)
09. Digital - New Order (London 1981)
10. Shack Up - A Certain Ratio (Bologna 1981)
11. The Wind Season - Crispy Ambulance (London 1982)
12. The Beggar - Durutti Column (Paris 1982)
13. Fire So Close - James (Liverpool 1983)
14. Sakura - Sectio 25 (New York 1982)
15. Soft Babies - Stockholm Monsters (Manchester 1982)
16. The Presence - Crispy Ambulance (Nijmegen 1982)
17. Doubts Even Here - New Order (London 1983)
18. Host - The Wake (Cardiff 1983)
19. Cries And Whispers - New Order (Atlanta 1983)
20. Love Tempo - Quando Quango (Manchester 1984)
21. Terror - Stockholm Monsters (Reading 1984)
22. Reflection - Section 25 (Hollywood 1985)
23. Send Them Away - The Wake (Liverpool 1985)
24. Optimism - Life (Sheffield 1985)
25. Smiling Monarchs - Abecedarians (Hollywood 1985)
26. Brighter - Railway Children (New York 1988)
27. The Smiling Hour - Kalima (Manchester 1986)

The Real Copyright Liberators

Various Artists - No Rights Given Or Implied

Ripped from a compact disc album released on Bond Street Records (BS 001) in 1993 to high quality lossless flac audio.

1  Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson One: The Payoff Mix
2  Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson Two: The James Brown Mix
3  Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson Three: The History Of Hiphop
4  Steinski & Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On
5  Steinski & Mass Media - It's Up To You (Television Mix)
6  Afrika Bambaataa, Afrika Islam & Jazzy Jay - Fusion Beats
7  Big Apple Production Vol. II - Genius At Work
8  TD - Feelin' James
9  Coldcut - Say Kids (What Time Is It?)
10 Coldcut - Beats & Pieces

Whip It Up!

Various Artists - The Whip

Ripped from a vinyl compilation album released on Kamera Records (KAM 014) in 1983 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. Enough of all that fuzzy stuff, here's the classic camped-up collection of gothica, The Whip ripped cleanly from vinyl by Steve. All the tracks were unreleased and exclusive at the time - nice to hear Youth's Brilliant before they went commercial, various members of Sex Gang Children get all Sex Gang on a couple of solo tracks, Marc Almond chips in with a collaboration with another Sex Gang person, goth-punks Brigandage play Hide and Seek, Dave Vanian tries to get all tender, the one minute contribution from Naz Nomad (aka The Damned) is a gem,, For me, Play Dead never disappoint and Bloodstains has one of those classic goth bass lines which Youth would have been proud of. Great compilation!

A1 Dave Sex Gang - The Whip
A2 Brilliant - Scream Like An Angel
A3 Andi Sex Gang/ Marc Almond  - The Hungry Years
A4 Matthew Best - 32nd Piano Concerto In A Minor
A5 Brigandage - Hide And Seek
B1 Dave Vanian - Tenterhook
B2 Naz Nomad And The Nightmares - Just Call Me Sky
B3 Play Dead - Bloodstains, Pleasure
B4 A Short Commercial Break - Weetabix And Bran Flakes
B5 Blood And Roses - ShM YhShVh
B6 Slave-Drive - Slave-Drive
B7 Sex Gang Children - Oh Funny Man