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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of C86, Cherry Red release a sequel, in the shape of C87! Imagine if the NME had reconvened a year on from their original compilation? Well, that’s the inspiration for another 70+ tracks, ranging from well-known indie names to obscurities.None of the selections on C87 have been available on any of Cherry Red’s recent compilations. All tracks were recorded and/or released in the year or so following C86 (i.e. summer 1986 to the end of 1987).

Disc 1 boasts bands whose first recordings were made in 86/87. Some of them – The House Of Love, The Shamen, The Darling Buds, The Inspiral Carpets, Cud, etc. – later enjoyed chart success. Others have since enjoyed cult status, including Kitchens Of Distinction, whose debut B-side ‘Escape!’ appears here for the first time; The Boy Hairdressers, who would soon evolve into Teenage Fanclub; The Vaselines, who were covered by Nirvana; and The Sea Urchins, who christened Sarah Records with the classic ‘Pristine Christine’. Discs 2 and 3 revisit many of the bands who graced the original C86 cassette, checking in on later recordings by the likes of The Bodines, The Wedding Present, Miaow, The Servants, The Wolfhounds, Mighty Mighty and McCarthy.

TRACK LISTING

DISC: 1
1: Pristine Christine - THE SEA URCHINS
2: Real Animal - THE HOUSE OF LOVE
3: Poised Over The Pause Button - THIS POISON
4: Son Of A Gun - THE VASELINES
5: It's Not True - THE WONDER STUFF
6: I, The Jury - THE HEART THROBS
7: Get Out Of My Dream - THE CLOUDS
8: Mind The Gap (Demo)* - CUD
9: Young Till Yesterday - THE SHAMEN
10: Spin (Flexidisc Version) - THE DARLING BUDS
11: Escape - KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION
12: Golden Shower - THE BOY HAIRDRESSERS
13: My Grandfather's Cluck - THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD
14: Now You're Gone (Demo) - THE INSPIRAL CARPETS
15: Albert Hofmann - THE BACHELOR PAD
16: Room Without A View - THE NIVENS
17: I Could Be In Heaven - THE FLATMATES
18: Good For Me - BLOW-UP
19: Big Rock Candy Mountain - THE MOTORCYCLE BOY
20: Old Joe - THE RAW HERBS
21: These Animals Are Dangeroos - ROTE KAPELLE
22: What A Performance - BOB
23: Grey Skies Blue - THE SUBMARINES
24: Don't Ask My Name - HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
25: Downhill - THE WALTONES
26: My Bay's Got Jet Lag - I, LUDICROUS

DISC: 2
1: Please Don't Sandblast My House - ONE THOUSAND VIOLINS
2: My Favourite Dress - THE WEDDING PRESNT
3: Paul Mc Cartney - LAUGH
4: Hang Ten - THE SOUP DRAGONS
5: We Found A Way To The Sun - THE PRIMITIVES
6: The Anti Midas Touch - THE WOLFHOUNDS
7: In A Mourning Town - BIFF BANG POW!
8: Clear - THE BODINES
9: Talulah Gosh - TALULAH GOSH
10: Built Like A Car - MIGHTY MIGHTY
11: Sweet Sweet Pie - POP WILL EAT ITSELF
12: Frans Hals - McCARTHY
13: Ask Johnny Dee - THE CHESTERFIELDS
14: When It All Comes Down - MIAOW
15: I Heard You The First Time - RAZORCUTS
16: David Westlake - THE WORD AROUND TOWN
17: Saint Lucy - GOL GAPPAS
18: Brighter - THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
19: The Day Before Tomorrow - BMX BANDITS
20: Kick Me Again Jesus - A HOUSE
21: Couldn't Get To Sleep - THE GROOVE FARM
22: Please Please Please - BRILLIANT CORNERS
23: Secret Goldfish - BABY LEMONADE
24: Forever Steven - THE CORN DOLLIES
25: Southern Fields - ROSEMARY'S CHILDREN

DISC: 3
1: Catbrain Walk - DOG FACED HERMANS
2: Tupperware Stripper - STUMP
3: Everything's Groovy - GAYE BYKERS ON ACID
4: Tried And Tested Public Speaker - BOG-SHED
5: Red Snake - A WITNESS
6: New Breed - MACKENZIES
7: Edith - THE SHRUBS
8: Tears In The Gutter - STITCHED-BACK FOOT AIRMAN
9: Like A Dolphin - 14 ICED BEARS
10: I'm Up Here - JESSE GARON & THE DESPERADOES
11: Love Scattered Lives - THE DESERT WOLVES
12: What Went Wrong This Time - THE SIDDELEYS
13: In My Room - THE WEATHER PROPHETS
14: Beat Girl - THE WISHING STONES
15: Man Overboard (Demo) - THE CARETAKER RACE
16: Just Like Oliver Reed - THE DENTISTS
17: We Three Kings Of Orient Aren't - JAMIE WEDNESDAY
18: 10 Miles - PHIL WILSON
19: Her Father's Son - EAST VILLAGE
20: Sharon - YEAH JAZZ
21: So Naive - THE ROSHIPS
22: Made Up - THE HEPBURNS
23: The Old Stone Bridge - EMILY