Birth Of A Nation: Inevitable Records / Various Birth Of A Nation: Inevitable Records / Various CD

UK three CD collection. In the late 1970s and 1980s, 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 '80s 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 this is an in-depth look at the roots of several special careers, produced with input from Inevitable founder Jeremey Lewis.

1. Better Scream - Wah! Heat 2. Joe - Wah! Heat 3. Black Leather - Nightmares in Wax 4. Shangri-La - Nightmares in Wax 5. Girl Song - Nightmares in Wax 6. Euthenics - Modern Eon 7. Waiting for the Cavalry - Modern Eon 8. Seven Minutes to Midnight... to Be Continued - Wah! Heat 9. Don't Step on the Cracks - Wah! Heat 10. I'm Falling - Dead or Alive 11. Flowers - Dead or Alive 12. Faction - Faction 13. Wrong Again - Faction 14. Number Eleven - Dead or Alive 15. Namegame (Live Version) - Dead or Alive 16. A Giant Raft - It's Immaterial 17. No Place for a Prompter -It's Immaterial 18. African and White - China Crisis 19. Be Suspicious - China Crisis 20. Your Voice - Freeze Frame 21. Conversation Piece -Freeze Frame 22. I'm Thinking of You Now - Box of Toys 23. Old Man Rome - Box of Toys 24. Foxhole - Freeze Frame 25. Furnished Heart - Freeze Frame 26. Precious Is the Pearl - Box of Toys 27. It Goes Without Saying - Box of Toys 28. Seeking Professional Advice - Freeze Frame 29. My 10,000 Mile Home -Freeze Frame 30. Touch - Freeze Frame 31. Personal Touch - Freeze Frame 32. Jimmy's Grin - Margox 33. Daytime Assassins - the Builders 34. Burning Arrows - Venus Adore 35. Contrasting Strangers - the Light 36. Monument - the Light 37. Today, Tomorrow - Freeze Frame 38. Only a Boy - Freeze Frame 39. Pride of Winning - the Light 40. Ten Million Years - the Light 41. Nowhere to Nowhere - Dead or Alive 42. Running Wild - Dead or Alive 43. Number Eleven - Dead or Alive 44. Flowers - Dead or Alive 45. A Gigantic Raft - It's Immaterial 46. Imitate the Worm - It's Immaterial 47. White Man's Hut - It's Immaterial 48. Rake - It's Immaterial 49. Number Twelve - Dead or Alive 50. Untitled - Dead or Alive 51. Misty Circles - Dead or Alive 52. Misty Circles PT 2 - Dead or Alive 53. Fox Hole - Freeze Frame 54. Personal Touch - Freeze Frame 55. Your Voice - Freeze Frame 56. Today Tomorrow - Freeze Frame 57. Precious in the Pearl - Box of Toys 58. When Daylight Is Over (Sunset) - Box of Toys 59. Time Takes Me Back - Box of Toys 60. Thinking of You Now - Box of Toys