C88: Deluxe 3Cd Boxset / Various C88: Deluxe 3Cd Boxset / Various CD

Three CD set. C88 is another celebration of the '80s Indie scene, documenting a golden era when tuneful guitar-based bands made records on shoestring budgets, often issued on small labels with hand-made artwork, with little hope of mainstream exposure. This set follows previous best-selling collections C86 (2014) and C87 (2016). Disc One is devoted to artists who haven't previously graced this series, who - for the most part - first made an impact in 1988. The Stone Roses, Pale Saints and The Mock Turtles would all enjoy mainstream success. Others like The Pooh Sticks, The Man From Delmonte, Bridewell Taxis were cult indie favorites. Sarah Records - which came to epitomize a certain type of Indie Pop - are represented by The Orchids, Another Sunny Day, The Sea Urchins and The Poppyheads (whose 'Cremation Town' debuts on CD here). Other key indie labels also figure, such as Creation (Apple Boutique, Pacific, The House Of Love, Emily), 53rd & 3rd (The Groovy Little Numbers, The Vaselines) and The Subway Organization (The Clouds, Rodney Allen, The Flatmates, Bubblegum Splash, etc.). Disc Two revisits many of the bands who appeared on C87 with later singles or B-sides, such as the likes of Bob, Cud, The Darling Buds, Kitchens Of Distinction, The Shamen, The Heart Throbs, The Bachelor Pad and other staples of the late 80s Indie scene. New names to the series who appear on C88 include Choo Choo Train, Moss Poles, The Snapdragons, The Wilderness Children, Fat Tulips, Annie & The Aeroplanes, Thrilled Skinny, Murrumbidgee Whalers and many others. Numerous tracks have never been on CD before. The deluxe clamshell package includes a weighty booklet full of illustrations, with an 9,000-word sleeve-note and band-by-band biographies by C86 co-compiler Neil Taylor.

1. On Tape - the Pooh Sticks 2. Elephant Stone (7" Version) - the Stone Roses 3. Where Do You Go (Flexi Version) - the Popguns 4. (Will Nobody Save) Louise - the Man from Delmonte 5. Are You Happy Now? (Molesworth Version) - the Charlottes 6. The Things You Want - the Snapdragons 7. A Sheltered Life - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 8. One Summer - Moss Poles 9. Lies - Bridewell Taxis 10. Defy the Law - the Orchids 11. Happy Like Yesterday 12. The Groovy Little Numbers 13. Julie Christie - the Driscolls 14. High - Choo Choo Train 15. Cremation Town - the Poppyheads 16. Tattered, Tangled and Torn -Bradford 17. So Happy to Be Alive-Thrilled Skinny 18. Sister Goodbye - the Prayers 19. Anorak City - Another Sunny Day 20. She's Gone - the Train Set 21. Barnoon Hill - Pacific 22. Forever Holiday (Ediesta Version) - Blow-Up 23. Mary's Garden - the Mock Turtles 24. The Pennine Spitter - King of the Slums 25. Colours and Shapes (Demo) -Pale Saints 26. The Ballad of Jet Harris -Apple Boutique 27. The Hill - the House of Love 28. Dying for It - the Vaselines 29. Kirsty - Bob 30. Slack Time - Cud 31. Please Rain Fall - the Sea Urchins 32. Shame on You - the Darling Buds 33. Prize - Kitchens of Distinction 34. Too Many Shadows - the Heart Throbs 35. Do It for Fun - the Bachelor Pad 36. They Fell for Words Like Love - Hangman's Beautiful Daughters 37. Giving Way to Trains - Murrumbidgee Whalers 38. What's Going Down - the Shamen 39. Heaven Knows - the Flatmates 40. Spell It Out - the Waltones 41. Mrs Susan Spence - the Wilderness Children 42. Yesterday - the Nivens 43. Real World - Baby Lemonade 44. Village Green - the Clouds 45. Fire Escape - Rote Kapelle 46. Mad Dogs - Emily 47. The 18:10 to Yeovil Junction - Bubblegum Splash 48. Michael Furey - Metro Trinity 49. Theme from Cow - Inspiral Carpets 50. Sun, Sea, Sand - the Revolving Paint Dream 51. Surfaround - the Fizzbombs 52. Plaster Saint - the Church Grims 53. Crush the Flowers (Demo) -The Wake 54. Sunshine Thuggery - the Siddeleys 55. Clear - Whirl 56. A Million Zillion Miles -Annie ; the Aeroplanes 57. You Opened Up My Eyes - Fat Tulips 58. Cincinnati - Holidaymakers 59. The Camera Loves Me-Would-Be-Goods 60. Anywhere But Home - the Caretaker Race 61. Who Works the Weather 62. The Great Leap Forward 63. Cubans in the Bluefields-East Village 64. Bythesea Road - the Haywains 65. The Old Road Out of Town (12" Mix) - the Wishing Stones 66. Shake - the Corn Dollies 67. Land of Gold - Bluetrain 68. The Sun Slid Down Behind the Tower - Reserve 69. Apple of My Eye-Remember Fun 70. Morning O'Grady - Yeah Jazz 71. Don't Bury Me Yet - the Raw Herbs 72. Curry Crazy - Bad Dream Fancy Dress 73. On My Way - the Claim 74. Glastonbury - Rodney Allen