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The Sun Shines Here - The Roots Of Indie Pop 1980-1984 (Clamshell)
The Sun Shines Here - The Roots Of Indie Pop 1980-1984 (Clamshell)
74 TRACKS EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF INDIE POP, FROM THE GLORIOUSLY AMBITIOUS PRODUCTIONS OF SOON-TO-BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES TO THE LO-FI SHOESTRING RECORDINGS OF UNDERGROUND MAINSTAYS. A COMPANION TO THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL 'SCARED TO GET HAPPY'
FEATURING THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, THE TEARDROP EXPLODES, AZTEC CAMERA, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, PULP, SCRITTI POLITTI, PREFAB SPROUT, DEL AMITRI, VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT, WAH! HEAT, THE MONOCHROME SET AND COUNTLESS OTHER ICONIC ARTISTS.
INCLUDES MANY TRACKS NEVER BEFORE ISSUED ON CD AND RARITIES BY THE LIKES OF APRIL SHOWERS, THE WEE CHERUBS (WHO EVOLVED INTO THE BACHELOR PAD), THE CINEMATICS (SOON TO BECOME RAZORCUTS), MO-DETTES, THE PAGE BOYS (WHO EVOLVED INTO 1000 VIOLINS), PULP (AN EARLY B-SIDE), THE TWINSETS (FIRST PROPER RELEASE), THE RINGING (A JUNE BRIDES SPIN-OFF, MAKING THEIR DEBUT ON CD), AND THE SUEDE CROCODILES (THEIR SECOND SINGLE, UNISSUED AT THE TIME)
PRODUCED BY THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU 'SCARED TO GET HAPPY', 'STILL IN A DREAM', 'ANOTHER SPLASH OF COLOUR', 'REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT', 'LOSING TOUCH WITH MY MIND', THE 'C86' SERIES AND COUNTLESS OTHER HIT COMPILATIONS AND BOX SETS.
'The Sun Shines Here' captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it.
In 2013, Cherry Red released the widely acclaimed 5CD collection, 'Scared To Get Happy', documenting the evolution of independent pop across the '80s, from its roots in post-punk through the so-called C86 scene and beyond.
Eight years later, Cherry Red presents the sequel, 'The Sun Shines Here'. Once again referencing a Hurrah! song, this 3CD set revisits and explores the birth of Indie Pop, a period when, in the early 1980s, as London centred around more angular, aggressive music, bands emerged from Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester drawing on the cooler end of '60s and '70s music to create something fresh and new.
THE ROOTS OF INDIE POP 1980-1984
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 3 |
Released | October 29, 2021 |
Original release date | 1984 |
EAN/UPC | 5013929111400 |
Label | CHERRY RED CRCDBOX114 |
Genre | Indie |
Dimensions | 133 × 134 × 17 mm · 166 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Wah Heat! - Better Scream
- The Teardrop Explodes - Read It in Books
- Lori & the Chameleons - the Lonely Spy
- Scars - Love Song
- The Disco Zombies - Mary Millington
- Mo-dettes - Twist and Shout
- It's Immaterial - Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job)
- Manicured Noise - Freetime
- The Chefs - Sweetie
- Josef K - It's Kinda Funny
- Au Pairs - It's Obvious
- Dolly Mixture - Step Close Now
- Vic Godard & the Subway Sect - Stop That Girl
- Family Fodder - Debbie Harrry
- Ludus - Mutilate
- Girls at Our Best! - Go for Gold!
- Essential Logic - Fanfare in the Garden
- The Monochrome Set - Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners
- Art Objects - 20th Century Composites
- The Lines - Transit
- Jowe Head - Cake Shop Girl
- The Wild Swans - God Forbid
- Altered Images - Insects
- The Bluebells - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Demo)
- The Jazzateers - Don't Let Your Son Grow Up to Be a Cowboy
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2. CD
- Scritti Politti - the "Sweetest' Girl"
- The Nightingales - Inside out
- Weekend - the View from Her Room
- Everything but the Girl - on My Mind
- Blue Orchids - Wait
- Prefab Sprout - Radio Love
- Joni Dee Featuring the Times - Here Come the Holidays
- The Farmer's Boys - Whatever is He Like?
- The Pale Fountains - Just a Girl
- The Raincoats - Running Away
- The Gift - Crashing Down
- Tracey Thorn - Simply Couldn't Care
- Microdisney - Hello Rascals
- Dislocation Dance - You'll Never Never Know
- The Laughing Apple - Wouldn't You?
- The Cinematics - Puffa Train
- In Embrace - Sun Brings Smiles
- The Daintees - Involved with Love
- Five or Six - Chalk Circle
- Trixie's Big Red Motorbike - Hold Me
- The Gymslips - Big Sister (It's Probably Better)
- Ben Watt - on Box Hill
- Marine Girls - That Fink Jazz-me-blues Boy
- Del Amitri - the Difference is
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3. CD
- Friends Again - State of Art
- Pulp - There Was...
- Jane and Barton - I Want to Be with You
- Swallow Tongue - Got to Be There
- The Page Boys - You're My Kind of Girl
- The Jetset - Judy's Toy Box
- Hurrah! - Hip Hip
- Biff Bang Pow! - Fifty Years of Fun
- The June Brides - in the Rain
- The Revolving Paint Dream - in the Afternoon
- The Brilliant Corners - Tangled Up in Blue
- Yeah Yeah Noh - Bias Binding
- April Showers - Abandon Ship
- The Twinsets - Sophisticated Boom Boom
- Aztec Camera - Jump
- The Ringing - Caprice
- The Higsons - Music to Watch Girls by
- The Loft - Winter
- Jasmine Minks - Ghost of a Young Man
- The Wee Cherubs - Waiting for My Man
- Grab Grab the Haddock - I'm Used Now
- The Pastels - Million Tears
- St Christopher - Crystal Clear
- The Suede Crocodiles - Paint Yourself a Rainbow
- The Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down