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	Live Stiffs 1978 Stiff Records			Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the .>>>>............ Shop I Knew the Bride (When She .................Used.to Rock 'n' Roll) Let's Eat Wrestless Eric & the New ................Rockets Semaphore Signals Reconnez Cherie Larry Wallis' Psychedilic Rowdies Police Car	Elvis Costello & the Attractions I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself Miracle Man Ian Dury & the Blockheads Wake Up and Make Love with Me Billericay Dickie All Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll & Chaos
The legendary Stiff Records Tour! For the Stiff story, see below.

	Various Artists Bowling Balls II 1981 Clone Records			Men - Susan Schmidt & ..... ..... ..... ..... Debbie Smith Go Ahead and Kiss Her - Unit 5 Another Desert Story - Bizarros Noise Pollution - Hammer Damage "Wise Up" - Tin Huey		Gracefully and Ladylike - Unit 5 Dismal Dismissal (No Cash, No Sale) - ..... ... Susan Schmidt & Debbie Smith New Leather Jacket - Unit 5 Jelly Bean Says - Totsuzen Danball Astronettes - The Waitresses
The second in a series of two compilations of Akron, Ohio bands who recorded for the now-legendary Akron label, Clone Records. Great stuff here, something to cherish forever.

	Various Artists Extended Mix 1987 sirtwiggly records			Why Can't I Be You? - The Cure Exception of Love - The Truth Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Deisre (Come and Get It) - ..... ..... ..... Gene Loves Jezebel Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ... The Police Heartbreak Beat - The ..................Psychedelic Furs The Deceleration Fix - Joy Circuit		Tesla Girls - OMD I Can't Think About Dancin' - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Missing Persons Secret Separation - The Fixx Love Removal Machine - The Cult Dancin' in the Street - Mick Jagger ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... & David Bowie Day-In Day-Out - David Bowie
When I was in radio, I had access to a bunch of radio-only promotional things and dance mixes of singles and so on. One day, I taped a bunch and made this compilation.

	The Stiff Records Box Set 1994 Stiff Records			Disc 1 So It Goes - Nick Lowe Heart of the City - Nick Lowe Between the Lines - The Pink ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Fairies Cincinatti Fatback - Roogalator Styrofoam - Tyla Gang New Rose - The Damned (I Belong to the) Blank Generation ..............................-.Richard Hell Stab Your Back - The Damned Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello England's Glory - Max Wall Maybe - Jill Read One Chord Wonders - The Adverts Alison - Elvis Costello Jo Jo Gunne - Dave Edmunds Whole Wide World - Wreckless ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..Eric Kill - Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - .......................................Ian Dury Razzle in My Pocket - Ian Dury Suffice to Say - Yachts Let's Loot the Supermarket Again ..........Like We Did Last Summer ......................................... - Mick Farren Watching the Detectives - ...............................Elvis Costello My Old Man - Ian Dury Police Car - Larry Wallis Yankee Wheels - Jane Aire & the ..........................................Belvederes Back to Schooldays - Graham ..... .......... .......... ..... ...Parker		Disc 2 I Love My Label - Nick Lowe Mary Provost - Nick Lowe What a Waste! - Ian Dury I Just Don't Know What to Do with .........................Myself - Elvis Costello Whoops-a-Daisy - Humphrey Ocean & ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .the.Hardy Annuals I Think We're Alone Now - Lene Lovich Jocko Homo -.Devo Hit Me with Your Rythm Stick .................... - Ian Dury & the Blockheads Semaphore Signals - Wrekcless Eric I'll Get By in Pittsburgh - Jona Lewie B-A-B-Y - Rachel Sweet Lucky Number - Lene Lovich Solitary Confinement - The Members Frozen Years - The Rumour Take the Cash (K.A.S.H.) - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... Wreckless Eric They Don't Know - Kirsty MacColl You'll Never Get Me Up in One of ...................Those - Mickey Jupp Who Does Lisa Like? - Rachel Sweet Drive Friendly - Motor Boys Motor Win or Lose - Lew Lewis Reformer The Hop - Theatre of Hate One Step Beyond - Madness Emotional Traffic - The Rumour Inbetweenies - Ian Dury & .the ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Blockheads Lucky Seven - Lew Lewis Reformer
This box set celebrates the wonderful music made in England by the definition of 'Do It Yourself,' Stiff Records (1976 - 1983) Stiff brought the world some of the best bands ever. Elvis Costello, Devo, Ian Dury, the Damned . . . Plus for many American acts, Stiff was the only place that would give them a chance (Rachel Sweet, Jane Aire & the Belvederes, Devo - all from Akron, OH!) But, as they say, all good things must come to an end. It wouldn't be until 1994 or so with the formation of Creation Records and Go! Records (both British, of course) that we'd see something of this kind of excitement in the music industry again. And sadly,
that only lasted a few years as well.				Disc 3 My Girl - Madness Israelites - Desmond Dekker Buena - Joe 'King' Carasco ..... ..... ..... ..... ... & the Crowns Stupefaction - Graham Parker You'll Always Find Me in the ....Kitchen at Parties - Jona Lewie Trouble with Love - Any Trouble What Becomes of the ..... ..... ..... Broken-Hearted.-. .... Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone Mercury Poisoning (live) ................................. - Graham Parker Let Go - Dirty Looks Baggy Trousers - Madness It's My Party ..- Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin Green Green Grass of Home ............................ - John Otway Three Bells in a Row - ..... ..... ..... ..... ... Tenpole Tudor Stop the Cavalry- Jona Lewie Going Left Right - Department S Is Vic There? (French Version) ......................... - Department S If You Need Me - The Equators Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor Allamana - Desmond Dekker Pretend - Alvin Stardust Loud Music in Cars - Billy Bremner Throwing My Baby Out with the ............ Bathwater - Tenpole Tudor Just One Cornetto - ............ Pookiesnackenburger Who Likes Jazz? - Via Vagabond You Broke My Heart in 17 Places ......................... - Tracey Ullman		Disc 4 Sign of the Times - The Belle Stars Sweet Memory - The Belle Stars Language Problems - Electric Guitars Breakaway - Tracey Ullman Like Dust - Passion Puppets Dangerous Dreams - Jakko Destination Zululand -.King Kurt The Sick Bed of Cuchulain - The Pogues Pick Me Up - ......... The Inspirational Choir of the ....... Pentecostal First-Born Church of ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... .....the Living God Here is My Number - Makin' Time Dark Streets of London - The Pogues Wild Child - The Untouchables A New England - Kirsty MacColl Pretty One - Jamie Rae Free Yourself - The Untouchables Sally MacLennane - The Pogues Brilliant Mind - Furniture Don't Wait Up - Dr. Feelgood Killer Joe (Right Cross) - The Tommy ................................. Chase Quartet Shake Like Judy Says - Furniture Hunting, Shooting, Fishing - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Dr. Feelgood

	DIY: The Modern World - UK Punk (1977 - 1978) 1993 Rhino Records			The Modern World - The Jam Wild Youth - Generation X (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures ............................ - The Rezillos Emregency - 999 (There's Gonna Be a) ..... ... Borstal.Breakout - Sham 69 Shot By Both Sides - Magazine What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks I Am the Fly - Wire The Day the World Turned .................Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex		Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers Ain't Got a Clue - The Lurkers (I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp - ....................................The Soft Boys If the Kids Are United - Sham 69 Action Time Vision - Alternative TV Bingo Master - The Fall Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & .....................................the Banshees Homicide - 999 Ambition - Subway Sect
In 1993, Rhino Records released an impressive collection of tapes and CD's titled D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself). This collection celebrated the wonderful and influential music (mostly unheard of by the masses) released on both sides of the Atlantic since 1976. Unfortunately, I don't have all of them - but I do have quite a few. The first being this one.

	DIY: Teenage Kicks - UK Pop I (1976 - 1979) 1993 Rhino Records			So It Goes - Nick Lowe Do Anything You Wanna Do ................ - Eddie & the Hot Rods Mary Provost - Nick Lowe Whole Wide World - ........................... Wreckless Eric Dancing the Night Away - ....................;;;;;;;;;;;;. The Motors 2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson .......................................... Band Television Generation - ............................ Kursaal Flyers Take Me, I'm Yours - Squeeze Another Girl, Another Planet .......................... - The Only Ones		This Is Pop? - XTC Brickfield Nights- The Boys Airport - The Motors Jilted John - Jilted John Top of the Pops - The Rezillos Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Rich Kids Teenage Kicks - The Undertones Look Back in Love (Not in Anger) ............................................ - Yachts A Girl I Know (Precis of a Friend) .................................... - The Pleasers Into the Valley - Skids
Strictly pop - strictly UK.

	DIY: Blank Generation - The New York Scene (1975 - 1978) 1993 Rhino Records			Blitzkreig Bop - The Ramones (I Live For) Cars and Girls - .............................. The Dictators Ask the Angels - ....................... Patti Smith Group Leet Me Dream If I Want To - ................................ Mink Deville Max's Kansas City (1976) - ...Wayne County & the Back ................................ Street Boys X Offender - Blondie Blank Generation - Richard Hell & ............................... The Voidoids		See No Evil - Television Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys Chinese Rocks - The Heartbreakers Sheena is a Punk Rocker - ................................ The Ramones Crocodile Tears - Mumps Born to Lose - The Heartbreakers Cheree - Suicide

Spotlighting the New York punk scene, which spawned so many greats . . .

	DIY: We're Desperate - The L.A. Scene (1976 - 1979) 1993 Rhino Records			Down On the Boulevard - The Pop! Younger Point of View - The Dogs Counting - The Motels Forming - The Germs I Hate the Rich - The Dils Don't Push Me Around - The Zeros A Life of Crime - The Weirdos You're So Strange - The Zippers Pretty Please Me - The Quick She Don't Know Why I'm Here ................................. - The Last		Say Goodbye to the Black Sheep .................................. - The Furys Mr. Big - The Dils We're Desperate - X We Got the Buetron Bomb - ................................. The Weirdos Lexicon Devil - The Germs Nothing Means Nothing Anymore .................................. - Alley Cats La Bamba - The Plugz You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) ................................ - The Dickies TAQN - Eyes Survive - Bags Los Angeles - X
L.A. gets a chance to show its punk scene. Outside of The Motels and X, no one else here made a dent in the mass consciousness. Shame, really.

	DIY: Come Out and Play - American Power Pop I (1975 - 1978) 1993 Rhino Records			Shake Some Action - Flamin' .................................Groovies Baby It's Cold Outside - Pezband Hanging On the Telephone - .................................The Nerves Wayside - Artful Dodger Hit the Floor - Earthquake Can't Wait - Piper When You Find Out - The Nerves The Summer Sun - Chris Stamey Blow Yourself Up - Tommy Hoehn My Mind - The Scruffs		Why Can't It Be - The Names Southern Girls - Cheap Trick All Kindsa Girls - The Real Kids Come Out and Play - The Paley ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ... Brothers Where Have You Been All My Life ................................ - Fotomaker Stop! Wait a Minute - Pezband Christi Girl - The Flash Cubes Tired of Waking Up Tired - The Diodes I Am the Cosmos - Chris Bell
Ah, the wimpy sounds of Power Pop in its infancy. I don't mean to come down on Power Pop. I love Power Pop, but in the 90's sense (Jellyfish, Owsley, The Merrymakers, Sloan). And in light of what else was going on musically in this time frame (Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Who), this music DID seem wimpy. But don't let that fool you -- plenty of great tunes here.

	DIY: Shake It Up! - American Power Pop II (1978 - 1980) 1993 Rhino Records			Shake It Up (Ain't it Time) - >>>......................... - The Cryers I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend ............................ - The Rubinoos (I Thought) You Wanted to Know ............ - Chris Stamey & the dB's The First One - Gary Valentine Love You Tonight (Saturday's Gone) - Prix Giving It All - 20/20 Tell It to Carrie - The Romantics Tomorrow Night - Shoes Yellow Pills - 20/20 Walking Out on Love - The Beat		Too Late - Shoes Work-a-Day World - The Beat Waiting for the Night - The Pop You Got It (Release It) - ............Pearl Harbor & the Explosions Stay in Time - Off Broadway What I Like About You - The Romantics Zero Hour - The Plimsouls I Like Girls - The Know Tell That Girl to Shut Up ..........................- Holly & the Italians
More of the same, just a little more gutsy.

	DIY: Mass. Ave - The Boston Scene (1975 - 1983) 1993 Rhino Records			Mass Ave. - Willie Alexander Do the Boob - Real Kids Loretta - Nervous Eaters They Saved Hitler's Brain - ........................... Unnatural Axe Better Off Dead - La Peste You're All I've Got Tonight ................................... - The Cars No Place Like Home - ...................... The Neighborhoods Jackie Onassis - Human Sexual ................................... Response		That's When I Reach for My Revolver - ........................... - Mission of Burma I Want to Help You Ann - The Lyres Hey! (Not Another Face in the Crowd) ............................................ - Thrills Lonelyhearts - The Atlantics I Always Call Her Back - Del Fuegos Knock Me Down - The Outlets
Boston gets its turn (where is the Akron-Cleveland comp?!?!) in the DIY series. Only The Cars, Del Fuegos and Mission of Burma are the only ones that ring any bells for anyone outside of Boston.

	The Local Scene, Vol. 1 2001 sirtwiggly records			Puppet Wars - Tin Huey Cuyahoga Creeping Bent - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Tin Huey Poor Alphonso - Tin Huey The Tin Huey Story - Tin Huey Bountiful Living - Chi-Pig Ring Around the Collar - Chi-Pig Automatic Lips -.Hammer Damage Laugh - Hammer Damage It Hurts, Janey - Bizarros Laser Boy - Bizarros A New Order - Bizarros Robert Takes the Road to .......... ... Liebernawash - Tin Huey Squirm You Worm - Tin Huey I Gotta Know - Human Switchboard No! - Human Switchboard Nothing Doing - ..... ..... .....Cowboys International 2 Millions - Cowboys International Many Times - ..... ..... .....Cowboys International Prime of My Life - ..... ..... ...... Human Switchboard In My Room - Human Switchboard Trash - Cowboys International Many Times (Revisited) - ...............Cowboys International English Kids - Tin Huey		Sister Rose - Tin Huey Supermarket - The Cowboys Teenage Life - The Cowboys What Can I Do? - The Wombats Utter Frustration - The Wombats Kingdom of Love - The Soft Boys Vegetable Man.-.The Soft Boys Strange - The Soft Boys Tick Tockman - The Clocks Confidentially Renee - The Clocks Footprints - Dr. Bloodmoney Don't Bet the Rent - Dr. Bloodmoney Nobody Loves Me - F-Models Russia Rocks - F-Models Knock Knock - The Wild Giraffes Burning Love - The Wild Giraffes She's Got My Heart - The Action Til I See You Again - The Action They Came Crawling - Carsickness For You - Carsickness Kitchen in Formica - The DiffiCult Born - The DiffiCult Keys - The DiffiCult
In 1976 - 77, Akron, Ohio, was dubbed 'the New Liverpool.' There was an incredible amount of talent coming from the Rubber Capital of the World, and since I've spent my entire life here, I decided it was time to commit all those dusty 45's and decomposing tapes to CD. Had to preserve my formative years somehow, dinnit I! Anyway, this is the first in a hopefully ever-growing collection.

	The Local Scene, Vol. 2 2001 sirtwiggly records			Never Go Home - Joy Circuit Go Ahead and Kiss Her - Unit 5 Gracefully and Ladylike - Unit 5 Days of St. Christopher - ..... ..... ..... ..... ... The DiffiCult Low Rider - The DiffiCult Cadillac Love - The Bomb Simian Sync.-.The Bangorillas Looking for the One - The Effect Smokes Another Cigarette - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... The Toll Tony Charge - Messages If These are Men - The Choir Time Held the Night - Joy Circuit The Deceleration Fix - Joy Circuit Fill in the Blank - Dennis Carleton Sometimes I Wonder - ....................... Dennis Carleton Positive Thinking - Catwalk Attention - Catwalk City Life - The High Plains Drifters All the Same - The High ..... ..... ..... ..... Plains Drifters	Come Close to Me - Artful Dodger The Bends - The Raisins July / December - Color Me Gone Tug of Love - The Attitude When Darkness Falls - In Pursuit Quarters - The Raisins Stealin' Dad's Beer.-.The Raisins Possum in the City - The Raisins Dead Cousteaus - Joy Circuit Masquerade - Joy Circuit I Can't Take it No More - The Infidels Walking in Circles - The Act Looks Like Rain - The Act Wild World - Shake the Faith Already Gone - Shake the Faith Love Turns to Darkness - Joy Circuit Wise to the Style - Joy Circuit Enough - psychodots Artichoke - psychodots
More of the same, except I included some local bands from other areas of the country (Catwalk from California;The Raisins, psychodots from Cincinnati). Reason being that these groups I had either played on college radio, or they meant quite alot to me. The only stipulation is that their recordings were not done on a major label. Everything DIY.

	The Local Scene, Vol. 3 2001 sirtwiggly records			Give Her the World - Standing ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... Waves Did I Hurt You? - Angry Salad Jenny Won't Play Fair - ................ The Semantics Average American - The ..... ..... ..... ..... .... Semantics Johnny Come Lately - The ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Semantics Big Love Now - psychodots Standing 8 -.psychodots Just Don't Try - Witch Hazel Plain - Witch Hazel Tension Envelopes - ..... ..... ... Flying Carpet People I Make Them the World - ........... . Flying Carpet People To the Stairs - Flying Carpet ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... People Without a Prayer/ Mindreader - . ...............Chris Von Sneidern Moaner - psychodots Green Mind - Dink Fell to Earth - Anagram You Do Smoething to Me - ......... ..... ..... ......Roger Klug You're Alright - Roger Klug Bed of Nails - psychodots More to Life - psychodots	Non-Alignment Pact - Pere Ubu Brave New Toys - System 56 Waiting for You (I Say Na Na) - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... Exotic Birds Can You Walk On the Water, Baby? - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..The Mice Little Creature - The Mice China Turns to Dust - Terrible Parade If This Night Should Ever End -. ..... ..... ..... .... .... .... ... The Silence Shy King - In Fear of Roses Babble On - In Fear of Roses Ocean's Apart - The Evidence Actions Speaks Louder - The Evidence Dancing On the Airwaves - Exotic Birds After the Raid - Mannequin Parade I Want You - The Reactions B-Movie Hero - Joy Circuit She Doesn't Even Know I'm Alive - ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. The Willies Jenny Says - The Willies
Even more of the same, branching out into local scenes around the US. Even included some professional- type recordings, but they were done on independent labels (the sole exception being The Semantics, who recorded an album for Geffen Records in 1993).

	The Local Scene, Vol. 4 2001 sirtwiggly records			I Been Refused - Devo She Cries When It Rains - ....................... Joy Circuit Swerve - The Waynes What It's Like - The Adults Something Inside - Nick Riff Not Guilty - Slack Jaw Lookin' .-.Medicine Show Until Tomorrow - World in a Room Sedation - Sands of Time Wall of Confusion - The Smarties What I Want - The Loons It's as Close as it Gets - .................... The Fifth Wheel Cheese - Naked Entrepreneurs I Hate You Mr. Einstein - ..... ..... ..... ..... ... Queue Up Riot - Deaf Mosaic Sweet Young Thing - BlueTaxi Fire Above & Fire Below - Macaw Can We Talk- King ov Hearts DNA - Rasch Another Place - Azure Blue	She Comes in Colors - Tracey Thomas Fish Market - Melissa's Green Thumb Another Change - Lake Effect Modern Moonlight - James Young Walls - Colorvine Victim - The Graveblankets Human Condition - The Graveblankets I Hate Route 8 - CD Truth We Got the Blimp - CD Truth Into the Sea Now - CD Truth Big Star - Paranoid Lovesick Velvet - Paranoid Lovesick Tension - Time No Reason Wise to the Style - Time No Reason Blinded Eyes - Chris Von Sneidern Lose Yr Mind - Chris Von Sneidern Never Going to Sleep Again - Dink Cupid Falls - Sunshine Suicide The Welcome Song - Sunshine Suicide
Still more of the same!

	The Local Scene, Vol. 5 2001 sirtwiggly records			Jess - The Trade Don't Ya' Want Me? - The Trade Dark Inside - psychodots Old Fashioned Girl - psychodots Bim Bam Boom - Roger Klug A Little Thing Called Trust - .............................. Roger Klug Pop.-.Toe The Facts on Mr. Jackson Ashley ............ - Shouting Mountain Fields of Hanson - B.F.E.. Dancing Trees - Fluid Grind Bitter End - Jericho Turnpike Charlatan - The Nigels Dream Come True - ..... ..... ..... .... King ov Hearts Just Enough - Third Wish Before Our Eyes - John McGrail Back in the Day - The Simpletons Velvet - Queue Up Tower - Delicate Balance Child - Somasonic	There Goes My Heart Again - 3-D The Lonely Passenger - The Fifth Wheel Fishin' for Brains - Sunshine Suicide It's My Party and I'll Bitch .... .... ... If I Want To -.Sunshine Suicide One in a Million - The Dnghrs Try - Rob Fetters Touch the Flame.-.Joy Circuit Time Held the Night - Joy Circuit Skin Machine - Michael Render New Disease - Michael Render In This Place - Michael Render Impulse - Michael Render Melt - Strip Process - projectnine How Do You Funk? - projectnine I'll Remember You - The TwistOffs Burnin' - The TwistOffs
Running out of steam, but just a little more of the same!

	Ready Steady Go! 2002 sirtwiggly records			5-4-3-2-1! - RSG! Theme Nothin' Shakin' - Billy Fury Everyday I Have to Cry - Dusty ................................ Springfield Tennessee Waltz - Alma Warren Just One Look - The Hollies	Walkin' the Dog - Rufus Thomas My Generation - The Who It's Gonna Be Alright - Gerry & the ....................................... Pacemakers Look Who It Is - Helen Shapiro My Own Two Feet - Kenney
I became enterprising with this. In the early 90's, VH-1 used to show old episodes of Ready, Steady, Go!, the classic British 60's version of American Bandstand. They would get popular groups of the day to perform their latest hits, with a bunch of Mod kids dancing about. Great stuff, but I only had it on video. So as I said, enterprising chap that I am, I dubbed an episode to CD (also dubbed a Rolling Stones edition, and I'm working on a Beatles edition). Incredible stuff. Though I missed the scene by about two decades and a continent, I can at least venture back and experience some of that magical London scene!

	Q Best of the Best 97 1997 Q Records			Block Rockin' Beats - ................... The Chemical Bros. Wake Up Dead Man - U2 Black Eyed Boy - Texas On and On - Eryka Baduh Swallowed - Bush Diesel Power - The Prodigy Tonight - Supergrass Cowboys - Portishead		Barrel of a Gun - Depeche Mode Country Sad Ballad Man - Blur Manusun's Only Love Song - Mansun Burning Wheel - Primal Scream Heroes - Roni Size Reprazent Fade In-Out - Oasis The Tourist - Radiohead
A friend of mine introduced me to Q Magazine in 1996, which I started to read religiously! An incredible bible during the amazing Britpop years, I became addicted to Q. Even moreso when their free CD's started to be included with the issues sent over to the US. This is the first one I ever received. And it truly is 'Best of the Best.'

	Q Summer Festivals 1998 1998 Q Records			Movin' On Up - Primal Scream Song 2 - Blur Temptation - New Order Push It - Garbage The Ballad of Tom Jones - ............ Space w/ Cerys Matthews This is Nowhere - Pulp		The Only One I Knew - The Charlatans Bombin' the L - Fun Lovin' Criminals Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams Brimful of Asha - Cornershop Corpses in Their Mouths - Ian Brown Broken Heart - Spiritualized Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out! - ............................ Bentley Rhythm Ace
Every year there are several music festivals in England that celebrate many of the musical styles around. I can't find anything like this in the Cleveland area, the supposed 'Rock 'n' Roll Capital of the World.' (What a laugh! Though I lobbied for Cleveland to get the Rock Hall, I'd like to start a lobby now to move it where it's deserved: San Francisco, London . . . even Cincinatti, Ohio, has more to do with Rock 'n' Roll than Cleveland does now. But I digress . . . .) Anyway, this compilation celebrates these British festivals and the groups that played there in 1998.

	Q Best of the Best 98 1998 Q Records			La Femme D'Argent - Air The Rockafeller Skank - ................................ Fatboy Slim Destiny Calling - James Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo Teardrop - Massive Attack The Dope Show - Marilyn Manson		I Think I'm Paranoid - Garbage Here Comes the Breeze - Gomez My Little Empire - Manic Street ..................................... Preachers Sinner - Neil Finn Look What I Found in My Beer - ........................ The Beautiful South The Masterplan - Oasis Stay - Bernard Butler
Another year, another 'best of . . '

	Q Summer Festivals 1999 1997 Q Records			Saint - Texas Roll Up & Shine - Stereophonics Push Upstairs - Underworld Liars' Bar - The Beautiful South Tonite it Shows - Mercury Rev Lazyitis - Happy Mondays Numbskull - Ash		Late in the Day - Supergrass Fee Fi Fo - The Cranberries Jayou (clean) - Jurassic 5 Back in My Place - Reef Special - Garbage Rapture - Blondie Same Old Show - Basement Jaxx
More highlights of the summer music festivals in England.

	Q Best of the Best 99 1999 Q Records			In Our Lifetime - Texas Tender (Radio Edit) - Blur Moving - Supergrass Tinseltown to the Boogiedown - .............................. Scritti Politti Rendez-vu (Radio Edit) - ......................... Basement Jaxx I Know What I'm Here For - James She's in Fashion - Suede Driftwood - Travis		Can't Stand It - Wilco A Moment to Myself - Macy Gray Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi - Air Bring It On - Gomez Natalie's Party - Shack Pick a Part That's New - Stereophonics The Sunshine Underground - ...................... The Chemical Brothers At the River (Q Edit) - Groove Armada That's Amore - Dean Martin
Another year, another 'best of . . '

	Q Best of the Best 2000 2000 Q Records			Beaitufil Day (Quincey and ............. Sonance Radio Edit) - U2 Go Let it Out - Oasis Let the People Know - Toploader Sunburn - Muse Mafia - Kelis w/ Markita We're Not Right - David Gray Get Off - The Dandy Warhols Yellow - Coldplay		Here it Comes - doves Porcelain - Moby The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy Kamikaze - PJ Harvey The Ballad of Chasey Lain - . ..................... The Bloodhound Gang Idioteque - Radiohead He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot - ...................................... Grandaddy One - Johnny Cash
Another year, another 'best of . . '

	Q Essential Dance 2001 Q Records			Woke Up This Morning - ..... ..... ..... ..... .. Alabama 3 Connected - The Stereo MC's Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald Even Better Than the Real Thing - ............................................. U2 True Faith - New Order Go - Moby Retox - Fatboy Slim Jacques Your Body (Make Me ....... Sweat) - Le Rhythm Digitales		Pearl's Girl - Underworld The Time is Now - Moloko So Hard - Pet Shop Boys World In My Eyes - Depeche Mode Take California - Propellerheads Devil in Sports Casual - Midfield General Once More - The Orb Pacific 707 - 808 State Tension (Live at the Q Awards) - Orbital
In 2001, Q Magazine decided to put together 'themed' compilations. This is their first, focusing on dance music. Some of it is exciting, some embarrassing.

	Q Essential Drive 2001 Q Records			Burn Baby Burn - Ash She Bangs the Drums - ......................... The Stone Roses Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix ................................. Experience Buck Rogers - Feeder Get Up - R.E.M. Acquiesce - Oasis Loco - Fun Lovin' Criminals The Magic Number - De La Soul Chemistry - Semisonic Bomb the Bass - Bug Powder Bust ....................... w/ Justin Warfield Start! - The Jam		King of the Kerb - Echobelly Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass Don't Bring Me Down - ELO Woman Trouble - Artful Dodger (UK) w/ ....................................... Craig David Raise the Alarm - Big Dog World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope Trash - Suede Greasy Grass River - The Black Crowes Very Best Friend - Proud Mary Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman & the ................................... Modern Lovers
Q's next themed compilation centers on pure rock, emotionally driven (sorry!) songs that pump you up and make you want to go a hundred miles an hour (not that we'd ever do that, of course!). Very cool!

	Q Best of the Best 2001 2001 Q Records			The Modern Age - The Strokes Love is the Key - The Charlatans The Rescue Blues - Ryan Adams 5/4 - Gorillaz Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva Truth or Dare - N.E.R.D. w/ Kellis ..................................... & Terrar Aerodynamic - Daft Punk Newborn - Elbow You and Whose Army? - ................................. Radiohead Hyper Music - Muse		Underdog (Save Me) - Turin Brakes All the Way to Reno - R.E.M. Hanging with the Wrong Crowd - ...................................... Ed Harcourt Shining Light - Ash How Does it Make You Feel? - Air So Fresh, So Clean - Outkast Party Til You Puke - Andrew WK Fever - Starsailor Step On My Old Size Nines - ................................... Stereophonics
Another year, another 'best of . . '

	Q Rise and Shine 2002 Q Records			Did You Miss Me? - ........The Cooper Temple Clause Hate to Say I Told You So - ............................... The Hives Sleep Alone - Electric Soft ............................ ...... Parade US Government - Black Rebel ...................... Motorcycle Club One of Those Days - Athlete Words Fail Me Now - Minuteman You Cut Her Hair - Tom McRae The Lonely - British Sea Power Miracle - Josh Rouse It Came from Japan - ........................ .. Von Bondies Empty Skies - Kosheen	Free - Telepopmusik Chains of Love - The Dirtbombs Over the Hills - Simian Ran for Miles - Gemma Hayes I Tried - Mull Historical Society Sleepyhead - Ed Harcourt Wishing Stone - Dot Allison Not Half - Alfie Human Beings - Lorien Leaving My Sorrows Behind .............................. - Ben Christophers
A prediction from Q Magazine: these are the best of new music in 2002, as far as the British music scene was concerned. Funnily enough, this was released in June 2002. What about the rest of the year? Anyway, BritPop was dead and Q started to cover techno-industrial-metal-rap rather extensively, so I stopped reading it. This was the last compilation (andprobably the last issue) I got. Another great era bites the dust.

	Yellow Pills: Volume One 1993 sirtwiggly records			Remedies - Dwight Twilley I Miss You - Shoes Speed Kills - Adam Schmitt Is It Any Wonder - The Cowsills Song of the Universe - Shoes Fingers On It - Enuff Z'Nuff Stars - Devin Hill You Can't Lie - Critics Rest Up - Jim Basnight Open Wide - Chris Von Sneidern Skinny - The Spongetones		The Girl - The Rubinoos Disarray - Tommy Keene Break Down the Walls - Ken Sharp It's You Tonight - The Flashcubes No Romance Today - Elliott Kendall Get to Know You - The Vandalias When is Your Dream - Wallop ..................... featuring Wally Bryson Why Can't We Make Believe We're in ........................... Love - Buddy Love Love Sick Trip - Three Hour Tour I Like the World - Mark Johnson
Y'know, sometimes Power Pop can rock your socks off (Enuff Z'Nuff) and other times it sounds wimpy as all get out (The Raspberries). Doesn't mean the 'wimpy' stuff stinks, it's just got a different feel to it. Anyway, this compilation celebrates the best in Power Pop from 1979 - 1993, including tunes from well-knowns and unheard-ofs alike.

	Do Something - Alternative 1994 Columbia Records			Mary Jane - Spin Doctors Low - Cracker Return to Innocence - Enigma Slowly, Slowly - Magnapop I'll Take You There - General Public		Hold Me Up - Velvet Crush Possession - Sarah McLachlan Leave It Alone - Living Colour Miles from Nowhere - The Smithereens Tear - Lotion
Got this one at Taco Bell, of all places! In 1994, the Bell was running a promotion to cash in on the latest "new wave" of music lovingly labelled 'Alternative.' Some great tunes on this CD. Sadly, every group on this compilation is now defunct. A tragedy, since the music scene did get some fresh blood pumped into it from 1994 - 1997. A truly golden era that just didn't last. Like most golden eras I guess.

	Ska Wars 1995 Castle Records			Disc 1 Sally Brown - Bad Manners Big 9 - Judge Dread On My Radio - The Selecter Do the Jerk - Potato 5 Dave & Mary - The Hotknives Blind Date - The Riffs Don't You Tell Me.-. ..... ..... ..... The Volecanoes No-One But You - Arthur Kaye & ..... ..... ..... ... ..... . the Originals Follw My Leader - The Loafers Sheila - Burial Skaville UK - King Hammond Bluebeat Suit - Potato 5 and ..... ..... ..... .... ..... Laurel Aitken Pound to the Dollar - Maroon Town Jesse James- Clubland Shame - Big 5 Best of Both Worlds - The Selecter		Disc 2 Madness - The Selecter w/ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Prince Buster Skinhead Girl - Bad Manners Julie Julie - The Hotknives Je T-aime - Judge Dread Bad News - The Loafers Monday Morning - The Riffs Nostalgia -.Maroon Town King Hammond Shuffle - King Hammond Bluebeat and Ska - Natural Rhythm The Fitz - International Beat On Our Way - Skin Deep Oh - Case Dambusters - JJ All Stars Ska Toon Time - The Volecanoes Ska Wars - Arthur Kay I Can See Clearly Now - Pauline Black
				Disc 3 Big 8 - Judge Dread Magical Feeling - International Beat The Selecter - The Selecter Reburial - Potato 5 Return of the Ugly - Bad Manners Play My Record - Arthur Kay Plastic Gangsters -.Plastic ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ... Gangsters Rocksteady Party - Potato 5 & ..... ..... .... ..... ..... Laurel Aitken Melancholy Sally - The Loafers HIgh Flyer - The Originals Don't Go Away - The Hotknives Come Into My Parlour - Skin Deep These Things - The Riffs Average Man - Maroon Town 007 (Shanty Town) - ..... ..... .... ..... . Natural Rhythm Carnaby Street - The Volecanoes		Disc 4 - LIVE Special Brew - Bad Manners Rudi Got Married - Laurel Aitken ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... & the Loafers Missing Words - The Selecter Hands Off She's Mine - ..... ..... ..... ..... ... International Beat Concrete Jungle - Special Beat Dick Barton - The Hotknives The Undertaker -.The Loafers Ruogh Rider - The Selecter w/ ..... ..... ..... .... ..... .... Prince Buster Lorraine - Bad Manners Stand Down Margaret - ..... ..... ..... .... ..... International Beat Too Much Too Young - Special Beat 3 Minute Hero - The Selecter W.L.N. - The Hotknives Walking in the Sunshine - Bad Manners Mad About You - Laurel Aitken ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... & the Loafers Non Shrewd - Big 5

Picked this one up in London in 1996. Y'see, the late 90's American Ska movement was laughable -- the same way any Punk movement after 1977 is laughable. It's been done! Come up with something new, bands of today! Of the best purveyors of the original Ska scene, only The Specials and Madness were known to the majority of Americans, thanks solely to MTV (aah, the good ol' days!). This compilation shows that these two groups were not the only ones around. The Selecter, Judge Dread, Bad Manners . . . thank God I found this collection!

	Snogging and Shagging 1997 Geffen Records			Ready or Not - Manbreak Blinded by the Sun - The . ................................Seahorses Dissent - Linoleum Woke Up This Morning - ..... ..... ..... ..... ... Alabama 3 Never Here - Elastica 86'd - Subcircus		Earn Enough for US - XTC No. 1 Pure Alcohol - 60 Ft. Dolls Big Mistake - Cuckoo It Must Be Love - Madness Microwaved - Pitchshifter Fireworks - Embrace
In 1997 I saw Echo & the Bunnymen with Longpigs (!) in Cleveland, Ohio. Very excited to see the Bunnymen back together. Anyway, reps from Geffen Records were in the audience passing out goodies, including this sampler. Nevermind some of the tracks were more than 10 years old, it was very cool to get something free at a concert!

	Maximum '65 2000 Sequel Records			Get Yourself Together - .............................. Small Faces I'm Your Witchdoctor - . ..... John Mayall's Bluesbreakers The Go-Go Train - Mike Stevens & ............................... the Shevells I Can't Help Thinking About Me - ............................... David Bowie Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) - . ...................................Donovan (If You Think You're) Groovy - .............................. . P.P. Arnold Hungry - The 5 am Event Circles - Fleur de Lys Take a Heart - The Sorrows Soul Sauce - Time Box		We Didn't Kiss, We Didn't Love, But ..................... Now We Do - The Clique (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - ..................................... The Spectres Jump and Dnace - The Carnaby Baby Don't You Do It - The Poets London social Degree - Billy Nicholls Popcorn Double Feature - ..... ..... ..... ..... The Searchers You're Just What I Was Looking for ............................ Today - Status Quo Handbags and Gladrags - Chris Farlowe Light Flight - The Pentangle Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Kind of misleading, this one. Mojo Magazine put out a Mod issue that was absolutely brilliant, and they included a free CD to compliment the issue. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I always thought the original Mod movement lasted from 1964 - 1966 . . . why there's tracks from 1968, 1969 I don't know. Either way, though, this is a very good compilation with a distinctly British feel.

	British Invasion 1993 sirtwiggly records			Disc One Don't Let the Sun Catch You . Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers You Turn Me On (Turn On Song) ........................... - Ian Whitcomb Little Children - Billy J. Kramer Tobacco Road - ................... The Nashville Teens Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging ................................ Blue Jeans Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy Game of Love - Wayne Fontana I'm Telling You Now - Freddie & ........................... . the Dreamers 98.6 - Keith Wild Thing - The Troggs How Do You Do It? - Gerry & the ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... . Pacemakers A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy Bad to Me - Billy J. Kramer A Groovy Kind of Love - Wayne ............................. . . . . Fontana Silence is Golden - The Tremeloes With a Girl Like You - The Troggs Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry ..................... . & the Pacemakers Baby, Now That I Found You - ......................... The Foundations You've Got Your Troubles - ............................ . The Fortunes Here Comes My Baby - ........................... The Tremeloes		Disc Two Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - ......................................... The Hollies Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds Sunshine Superman - Donovan Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Do Ya - ELO Hold Your Head Up - Argent All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople Leather Jacket - Mick Taylor Rock On - David Essex I Don't Want to Lose My Baby - Chad ........................................... & Jeremy
A cheapy K-Mart compilation that is actually quite good. Lots of classic tracks - some available elsewhere, but the price was right.

	The Best of British ... This is Mod 2001 Anagram Records			Opening Up - The Circles Can't Sleep at Night - ............................ The Cigarettes Saturday Night - The Odds I've Got Me Parka - The Sussed Twisted Wheel - The Killermeters Scooby Doo - The Purple Hearts Need Somebody to Love - ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. The VIPs Just a Little Mod - Terry Tonik Looking for Love - The Scene I Fought the Law - Long Tall Shorty		In This Town - The Moment Looking for You - The Rage Three Bands Tonite - The Directions Flat 19 - Merton Parkas All Day & All of the Night - ................................ The Reputations Protect Your Love - The Untouchables I Can't Put My Finger On You - .............................. The Amber Squad If You Want It - The Graduates First Impressions - Small World Even If I Know - Sema 4
In Britain around 1979 - 1980, the Mod revival hit with full force. Punk was dead, The Who's Quadrophenia film opened with rave reviews . . . even Pete Townshend paid homage to mods in his 1980 video for 'Rough Boys' from his Empty Glass album. This compilation spotlights some of the several mod bands that were happening during that revival. Quite interesting and exciting, indeed.

	Stiff Competition: A Cheap Trick Tribute 1997 sirtwiggly records			Stiff Competition - Silent Witness Hello There / Clock Strikes Ten - ........................... Danny Vaughn If You Want My Love - Sharon ................................ Middendorf Heaven Tonight - Acara I Want You to Want Me - Glenn .................................... Burtnick On Top of the World - Frank . ....................................Dimino Everyting Works If You Let It - . ...............................Enuff Z'Nuff Auf Wiedersehen - Funny Money He's a Whore - Gilby Clark She's Tight - Eddie Ojeda		Reach Out / Come On, Come On - ............................... Shake Appeal Big Eyes - Tenfold Can't Hold On - Robin Zander / Larry . ...........................................Dvoskin Surrender - Rattlebone Voices - Passion Risk Dream Police - Latshaw ELO Kiddies - Garlic Lookout - Fabulous How Are You - Crown Jewels Mandocello - Joey John
It's about time! Honouring the ultimate power pop outfit with a tribute CD. The only drawback is that outside of Enuff Z'Nuff and Glenn Burtnick, nobody has ever heard of these mediocre, wannabe Pop Metal acts. A wonderful idea lackadaisically approached. And it shows.

	Listen to What the Man Said: Popular Artists Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney 2001 Oglio Records			Band On the Run - Owsley My Brave Face - SR-71 Junk - Kevin Hearn & Stephen ........Page (BNL), Stephen Duffy ...............................(Lilac Time) Jet - Semisonic No More Lonely Nights - ......................The Merrymakers Let Me Roll It - Robyn Hitchcock Too Many People - Finn		Dear Friend - The Minus 5 Eveery Night - Matthew Sweet Waterfalls - Sloan Man We Was Lonely - World Party Coming Up - John Faye Power Trip Maybe I'm Amazed - Virgos Love in Song - Judybats Warm and Beautiful - Linus of Hollywood Ram On - They Might Be Giants
Finally! It always irks me that people espouse the genius of John Lennon while ignoring the genius of Paul McCartney. Yes, Lennon was a brilliant songwriter, but take a close look at The Beatles' history. You'll see that after 1966 (the year Lennon wanted to quit the group), Paul became the de facto leader. And every artistic bent the group had until their breakup (Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, psychedelia, roots rock) all came from Paul. This collection is a tribute to his continued genius after the Beatles as a solo artist and as the frontman for Wings.

	Coming Up: Independent Artists Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney 2001 Oglio Records			Let 'Em In - Starbelly Take It Away - The Jellybricks Every Night - Mark Bacino This One - Cliff Hillis My Brave Face - Star Collector Temporary Secretary - The ................................Andersons Mull of Kintyre - Kyf Brewer With a Little Luck - The ...............................Masticators		Somedays - Phil Keaggy Getting Closer - Michael Carpenter Maybe I'm Amazed - Gadget White ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ... Band Helen Wheels - The Shazam Oh Woman, Oh Why - Ray Paul Another Day - Cherry Twister Back On My Feet - Cockeyed Ghost
More tributes, but this time from indie acts. Check out Star Collector's take on 'My Brave Face.' Utterly brilliant.


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