C89 / Various C89 / Various CD

UK three CD collection. C89 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. Disc One is devoted to artists who haven't previously graced this series, who first made an impact in 1988/1989. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, The La's, Milltown Brothers, The Family Cat and The Telescopes were among the indie scene's biggest names that year. Disc Two revisits many of the bands who appeared on C88, with later singles or B-sides by The Stone Roses, Mock Turtles, Pooh Sticks, The Man From Delmonte, Bridewell Taxis, Popguns, etc. Sarah Records - which came to epitomize a certain type of Indie Pop - are represented by Brighter, The Orchids, Another Sunny Day and Christine's Cat. Other key indie labels also figure, such as Creation (The Revolving Paint Dream), Bristol's The Subway Organization (Korova Milk Bar, Choo Choo Train), Manchester's Playtime (The Rainkings, New Fast Automatic Daffodils), Sheffield's Native (Treebound Story, featuring Richard Hawley, and The Snapdragons), Brighton's La-Di-Da (Daisycutters, Bobby Scarlet, How Many Beans Make Five, Said Liquidator) and Liverpool's Pink Moon (Barbel, The DaVincis, Jactars). C89 also includes two previously unissued tracks. New names to the series include The Bardots, The Seers, Po!, The Ammonites, The Ogdens, Kit, The Candy Darlings, Jane Pow, Rorschach, etc.

1. Come in Come Out - the La's 2. Tom Verlaine - the Family Cat 3. Which Way Should I Jump - Milltown Brothers 4. Nothing - the Telescopes 5. Inside Out - Brighter 6. Lions - New Fast Automatic Daffodils 7. Let It Happen - Red Chair Fadeaway 8. Do It Again - Korova Milk Bar 9. Adam's Song - the Sun and the Moon 10. White Pearl - Bobby Scarlet 11. It's a Beautiful Day - the Ogdens 12. Freedom Trip - the Seers 13. That's Where Caroline 14. Lives - the Candy Darlings 15. Break the Strain - the Rainkings 16. Confidence - Po! 17. Sad Anne - the Bardots 18. Sun and Moon - the Onset 19. Days in the Sun - the Ammonites 20. Captain Elastic - Rorschach 21. Another Friendly Face - How Many Beans Make Five 22. Commonplace - Hey Paulette 23. That's My Girl - Jane Pow 24. Cheatin' My Heart - Kit 25. Sheriff Fatman - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 26. Going Down - the Stone Roses 27. Waiting for the Winter - the Popguns 28. Wicker Man - the Mock Turtles 29. What Will We Do Next? - the Orchids 30. My Love Is Like a Gift You Can't 31. Return - the Man from Delmonte 32. Green Sea Blue - the Revolving Paint Dream 33. I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well - the Pooh Sticks 34. Just Good Friends -Bridewell Taxis 35. You Should All Be Murdered - Another Sunny Day 36. Doctor Good and His Incredible 37. Life Saving Soap - the Driscolls 38. How Can You Say You Really 39. Feel?- the Charlottes 40. Swimming in the Heart of Jane - Treebound Story 41. Fingerdips - the Prayers 42. Dole Boys on Futons - the Snapdragons 43. One Thing - Barbel 44. Briar Rose - Choo Choo Train 45. Skyrider - Holidaymakers 46. It's Up to You - Fallover 24 (Previously Unissued) 47. Biscuits in a Tin - Thrilled Skinny 48. A Million Miles - Brian 49. Plastic Bag from Tescos - the Wilderness Children 50. 10,000 Miles - the Moss Poles (Previously Unissued) 51. Fisherman's Friend - the Haywains 52. Bombs Away on Harpurhey - King of the Slums 53. Picking Up the Bitter Little Pieces - the Claim 54. Swallow - a Riot of Colour 55. Friends - Daisycutters 56. Tony Hadley - Peruvian Hipsters 57. This Big Love - the Cherry Orchard 58. Welcome -Ambitious Beggars 59. Thomas Wolfe - the Davincis 60. Big Car - Avo-8 61. The Most Beautiful Girl in Town - the Becketts ? 62. Bubble Bus - Sunflowers 63. Passion - the Magnificent Lkage 64. Tell Me Now - Strawberry Story 65. Wherever I Go (Demo)- Newsflash 66. All You Ever Say - the Mayfields 67. Burn Your Books ; Join 68. My Life - the Ruth Ellis Swing Band 69. Your Love Is... - Christine's Cat 70. Say What You Feel - Said Liquidator 71. Annabel Lee - Jane from Occupied Europe 72. Sun Still Shines - Big Red Bus 73. The Coldest Water -Men of Westenesse 74. Mr. Watt Said - the Church Grims 75. Pull the Plug - Jactars 76. Surfing Days - Me and Dean Martin 77. Seven Red Apples - the Rain