Various - C87: Deluxe 3CD Box Set

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2017 three CD set. Back in May/June 1986, the New Musical Express released their mail-order cassette, C86. Aside from a few 'name' indie bands (The Pastels, Primal Scream, the Wedding Present), most acts were relatively unknown beyond the back pages and gig listings of the weekly music press. Nevertheless, C86 slowly sold an estimated 40,000 copies, and would come to embody a whole musical style and era. In 2014, Cherry Red reissued C86 as a deluxe expanded edition, adding 50 bonus tracks to the original 22. The box set was curated by original compiler Neil Taylor and had the endorsement of the NME. And once again, the package was extremely well-received and sold handsomely. To expand on the huge success of C86, here is the natural sequel: 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 making their debut on CD. None of the selections on C87 have been available on any of Cherry Red's recent compilations (e. g. Scared To Get Happy). All tracks were recorded and/or released in the year or so following C86 (i. e. summer 1986 to the end of 1987). The original C86 cassette also boasted a clutch of recordings of a more angular, abrasive nature from the Ron Johnson stable. These more 'difficult' bands are congregated early on Disc 3. Tracks new to CD include those by The Bachelor Pad, The Heart Throbs, Rote Kapelle, The Raw Herbs, the Great Leap Forward, The Submarines and Hangman's Beautiful Daughters.

Disc 1
The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
The House of Love - Real Animal
This Poison! - Poised Over the Pause Button
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
The Wonder Stuff - It's Not True
The Heart Throbs - I, the Jury
The Clouds - Get Out of My Dream
Cud - Mind the Gap (Demo)
The Shamen - Young Till Yesterday
The Darling Buds -Spin (Flexidisc Version)
Kitchens of Distinction - Escape!
The Boy Hairdressers -Golden Shower
The Great Leap Forward -My Grandfather's Cluck
The Inspiral Carpets -Now You're Gone (Demo)
The Bachelor Pad -Albert Hofmann
The Nivens - Room Without a View
The Flatmates -I Could Be in Heaven
Blow-Up - Good for Me
The Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Raw Herbs - Old Joe
Rote Kapelle -These Animals Are Dangeroos
Bob - What a Performance
The Submarines - Grey Skies Blue
Hangman's Beautiful Daughters - Don't Ask My Name
The Waltones - Downhill
I, Ludicrous - My Baby's Got Jet Lag

Disc 2
One Thousand Violins - Please Don't Sandblast My House
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
Laugh - Paul McCartney
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten!
The Primitives - We Found a Way to the Sun
The Wolfhounds - the Anti-Midas Touch
Biff Bang Pow! -In a Mourning Town
The Bodines - Clear
Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
Mighty Mighty - Built Like a Car
Pop Will Eat Itself - Sweet Sweet Pie
McCarthy - Frans Hals
The Chesterfields - Ask Johnny Dee
Miaow - When It All Comes Down
Razorcuts - I Heard You the First Time
David Westlake - the Word Around Town
Gol Gappas - Saint Lucy
The Railway Children - Brighter
BMX Bandits - The Day Before Tomorrow
A House - Kick Me Again Jesus
The Groove Farm - Couldn't Get to Sleep
Brilliant Corners - Please Please Please
Baby Lemonade - Secret Goldfish
The Corn Dollies - Forever Steven
Rosemary's Children - Southern Fields

Disc 3
Dog Faced Hermans - Catbrain Walk
Stump - Tupperware Stripper
Gaye Bykers on Acid - Everything's Groovy
Bog-Shed - Tried and Tested Public Speaker
A Witness - Red Snake
MacKenzies - New Breed
The Shrubs - Edith
Stitched-Back Foot Airman - Tears in the Gutter
14 Iced Bears - Like a Dolphin
Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes - I'm Up Here
The Desert Wolves - Love Scattered Lives
The Siddeleys - What Went Wrong This Time?
The Weather Prophets - In My Room
The Wishing Stones - Beat Girl
The Caretaker Race - Man Overboard (Demo)
The Dentists - Just Like Oliver Reed
Jamie Wednesday - We Three Kings of Orient Aren't
Phil Wilson - 10 Miles
East Village - Her Father's Son
Yeah Jazz - Sharon
The Rosehips - So Naïve
The Hepburns - Made Up
Emily - the Old Stone Bridge