Back in May/June 1986, the New Musical Express released one of their regular mail-order cassettes. Reflecting the latest trends in Indie music, C86 was a 22-track cassette which was inspired by the NME’s C81 tape from half a decade earlier. Aside from a few name bands (The Pastels, Primal Scream, the Wedding Present, the Mighty Lemon Drops), most acts were relatively unknown beyond the back pages and gig listings of the weekly music press. A few hadn’t even issued a record! C86 slowly but surely became the NME’s best-selling ever compilation, selling an estimated 40,000 copies and eventually being reissued on LP and cassette by Rough Trade the following year. C86 prompted a week of shows at the ICA and would come to embody a whole musical style and era. This deluxe expanded edition of the original C86 cassette adds some 50 bonus tracks. The box set is curated by original compiler Neil Taylor and has the endorsement of the NME. Neil has chosen tracks which could conceivably have been on the original C86 package: all the recordings were made between mid-1985 and mid-1986. Neil wrote about many of the bands at the time. The C86 3-CD has been assembled by the same team behind 2013’s Award-winning 5-CD box set “Scared To Get Happy” (AIM Best Catalogue Release Of 2013). Many tracks have never been on CD before. A few are even previously unreleased. Key names include The June Brides, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Primitives, That Petrol Emotion, Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes, Happy Mondays, The Nightingales, The Railway Children, Pop Will Eat Itself, BMX Bandits, the Blue Aeroplanes and Treebound Story (featuring Richard Hawley). Tracklist DISC ONE:1. PRIMAL SCREAM – Velocity Girl2. THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS – Happy Head3. THE SOUP DRAGONS – Pleasantly Surprised4. THE WOLFHOUNDS – Feeling So Strange Again *5. THE BODINES – Therese6. MIGHTY MIGHTY – Law7. STUMP – Buffalo *8. BOGSHED – Run To The Temple *9. A WITNESS – Sharpened Sticks10.THE PASTELS – Breaking Lines *11.AGE OF CHANCE – From Now On, This Will Be Your God *12.SHOP ASSISTANTS – It’s Up to You *13.CLOSE LOBSTERS – Firestation Towers *14.MIAOW – Sport Most Royal15.HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)16.THE SERVANTS – Transparent17.MacKENZIES – Big Jim (There’s No Pubs In Heaven) *18.BIG FLAME – New Way (Quick Wash And Brush Up With Liberation Theology) *19.WE’VE GOT A FUZZBOX AND WE’RE GONNA USE IT – Console Me *20.McCARTHY – Celestial City *21.THE SHRUBS – Bullfighter’s Bones *22.THE WEDDING PRESENT – This Boy Can Wait (A Bit Longer!) DISC TWO:1. THE JUNE BRIDES – Just The Same2. YEAH YEAH NOH – Another Side To Mrs Quill3. THE PRIMITIVES – Lazy4. JESSE GARON & THE DESPERADOES – Splashing Along5. THE BAND OF HOLY JOY – Rosemary Smith6. THE McTELLS – Virginia M.C. *7. B.M.X. BANDITS – E1028. ONE THOUSAND VIOLINS – Like One Thousand Violins9. THE DENTISTS – Peppermint Dreams10.THE MEMBRANES – Everything’s Brilliant11.THE WEATHER PROPHETS – Worm In My Brain12.THE BRILLIANT CORNERS – Meet Me On Tuesdays13.TALULAH GOSH – I Told You So 14.PIGBROS – Hedonist Hat15.14 ICED BEARS – Inside16.ST. CHRISTOPHER – Go Ahead, Cry *17.THE GROOVE FARM – Captain Fantastic (Demo)18.KILGORE TROUT – The Peacock Nose *19.THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Inside Me20.THE HIT PARADE – You Didn’t Love Me Then21.THAT PETROL EMOTION – Mine 22.THE TURNCOATS – One Breath *23.A RIOT OF COLOUR – Skink (Flexi Version) *24.PAUL GROOVY & THE POP ART EXPERIENCE – Tune In, Turn On, Trip Out **25. THE RAILWAY CHILDREN – Darkness And Colour DISC THREE:1. THE CHESTERF!ELDS – Sweet Revenge2. THE JASMINE MINKS – World’s No Place3. STITCHED-BACK FOOT AIRMAN – Why *4. RAZORCUTS – Sad Kaleidoscope5. TREEBOUND STORY – I Remember *6. THE NIGHTINGALES – Part Time Moral England7. EPISODE FOUR – Strike Up Matches8. THE AVONS – Everything’s Going Right *9. MEAT WHIPLASH – Don’t Slip Up10.KING OF THE SLUMS – Spider Psychiatry *11.HAPPY MONDAYS – Freaky Dancin’12.BIFF BANG POW! – Love’s Going Out Of Fashion13.BLUE AEROPLANES – Outback Jazz14.LAWRENCE & THE COMFORTABLE SOCIETY – Heartache *15.LAUGH – Take Your Time, Yeah (Flexi Version) *16.NORTH OF CORNWALLIS – Billy Liar **17.POP WILL EAT ITSELF – Mesmerized18.BENNY PROFANE – Hang Fire *19.GO! SERVICE – Real Life20.JANITORS – Good To Be The King *21.THE CLAIM – Gullible’s Travels22.THE AUCTIONEERS – Scoop **23.NOSEFLUTES – Perfect Cockney Hard-On *24.THE LOVE ACT – Hep Clothes **25.THE ENORMOUS ROOM – I Don’t Need You * ** = PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED* = ORIGINALLY NEW TO CD (AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST PRESSING
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