good afternoons, people! today we’re going all the way back to the 80’s for this comp known as c81. c81 was compiled by nme journalist roy carr and rough trade pr dude christopher rose for the 5th anniversary of independent label movement in the uk and of course to show off rough trades wares. more info can be found here, via wikipedia. there’s some real awesome stuff here, there are a few turds too. but of course what might be pure shite to may, may be golden to you. so its all subjective.
1. the sweetest girl - scritti politti
2. twist & crawl dub - the beat
3. misery goats - pere ubu
4. 7000 names of wah - wah! heat
5. blue boy - orange juice
6. raising the count - cabaret voltaire
7. kebab traume live - d.a.f.
8. bare pork - furious pork
9. racquel - the specials
10. i look alone - the buzzcocks
11. fanfare in the garden - essential logic
12. born again cretin - robert wyatt
13. shouting out loud - the raincoats
14. endless soul - josef k
15. low profile - blue orchids
16. red nettles - virgin prunes
17. we could send letters - aztec camera
18. milkmaid - red krayola
19. dont get in my way - linx
20. the day my pad went mad - the massed carnaby st john copper clarkes
21. jazz is the teacher, funk is the preacher - james blood ulmer
22. close to home - ian drury
23. greener grass - gist
24. parallel lines - subway sect
22. 81 minutes - john cooper clarke
What happened to the Ian Dury (or Iam Drury, as it is listed)?
its fixed and it was a damn typo….
thanks a bunch. this was spectacular. didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers - thought maybe the name change was a commentary somehow (like I Am Dreary?). you are doing a yeoman’s work.
ah man no feathers ruffled…glad you dig it…
Thanks so much for this, it’s really made my day!
been sitting looking at my cassette version for years. now I can listen to it again. thanks a lot
I was 16 when this came out and i played my cassette so much i nearly wore it out.
I like some tracks more than others but always played it all and never fast-forwarded any parts of it - no turds in my opinion!
Thanks for posting this, i cant wait to hear it again after so many years.
Nice one. I’ve been after this for yonks, as I left the original in an attic somewhere. I shall be eduacating somw of my younger colleagues later with this. Cheers !