Various - NME / Rough Trade C81
Original Release Date
1981Release Information
UK Tape 1981 (New Musical Express/Rough Tapes - COPY 001)
1 Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl 6:09
2 The Beat - Twist & Crawl Dub 4:58
3 Pere Ubu - Misery Goats 2:26
4 Wah! Heat - 7,000 Names Of Wah 3:57
5 Orange Juice - Blue Boy 2:52
6 Cabaret Voltaire - Raising The Count 3:32
7 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Kebab Trauma (Live) 3:50
8 Furious Pig - Bare Pork 1:28
9 The Specials - Raquel 1:56
[9 on reissue: Panther Burns - Bourgeois Blues 3:24]
10 Buzzcocks - I Look Alone 3:00
11 Essential Logic - Fanfare In The Garden 3:00
12 Robert Wyatt - Born Again Cretin 3:07
13 The Raincoats - Shouting Out Loud 3:19
14 Josef K - Endless Soul 2:27
15 Blue Orchids - Low Profile 3:47
16 Virgin Prunes - Red Nettle 2:13
17 Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters 4:57
18 The Red Crayola - Milkmaid 2:01
19 Linx - Don't Get In My Way 5:15
[19 on reissue: Television Personalities - The Magnificent Dreams 3:30]
20 John Cooper Clarke - The Day My Pad Went Mad 1:46
21 James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher 4:03
22 Ian Dury - Close To Home 4:13
23 The Gist - Greener Grass 2:32
24 Subway Sect - Parallel Lines 2:38
25 John Cooper Clarke - 81 Minutes 0:13 [not credited]
Chart Placings
NoneCredits
1: Engineered by The Skipper. Recorded Jan' 81.
2: Produced by Bob Sargeant
3: Recorded by Mike Bishop, Cleveland July 1980 and mixed at Suma.
4: Recorded at SOS Liverpool. All guitars Pete Wiley, Bass – Washington, Drums, Jungle Beat Joe Musker, Synth King Bluff. Thanks to Peter Coleman
5: Produced by Alex Fergusson and Orange Juice. Engineered by Calum Malcolm, April 1980.
6: Produced by Kirk/Mallinder/Watson at Western Works, Jan 1981.
7: Recorded at the Electric Ballroom, Feb 1980
8: Engineered by Martin Frederix
9: Produced by J. Dammers and D. Jordan, 1979
10: Recorded by Martin Hannett and produced by Martin Rushent
11: Produced by Phil, Lora and Adam Kidron. Recorded at Foel and mixed at Berry St. Engineered by Dave Anderson
12: Double Bass – Peter Ind. Engineered by Ian Solomon
13: Produced by The Raincoats and engineered by Adam Kidron
14: Engineered by Calum Malcolm Produced by Josef K
15: Produced by Blue Orchids and engineered by John Brierley at Cargo Studios. Keyboards/Vocals/Guitar – Martin. Bass Guitar – Rick. Drums – Ian
16: Composed, arranged and produced by Virgin Prunes
17: Produced by Malcolm Ross and Alan Horne. Engineered by Ron McLarty
18: Written Art & Language/M. Thompson
19: Produced by Bob Carter, David Grant, Peter Martin for The Solid Foundation
20: Recorded live in a stupor.
21: Written, arranged & produced by James Blood Ulmer
22: Produced by Chaz Jenkel and Ian Dury, Jan 1977
23: Stewart - Guitar, Drum Machine. Lewis - Bass, Organs. Produced by Stewart, Lewis, Dave Anderson, Philip at Foel Studios 1980
24: "Dedicated to all those who hate radio one".
Alternative Credits for 9 and 19 on reissue:
9: Recorded 12.3.81, Sam Phillips Co. Engineer Stan Kessler, Memphis, Tennessee
19: Recorded at Starforce Studios, Battersea/Produced by Hector Munro/Engineered by Steve Warwick, Jan. 1981
Reviews & Opinions
None yetAdditional Notes
This mail order compilation was reissued later the same year for a conventional release (i.e. in shops) with two changes (see track listings).
