Various - The Sun Shines Here: The Roots Of Indie Pop 1980-1984 (CD)

Sealed.

Three CD set containing 74 tracks exploring the evolution of indie pop, from the gloriously ambitious productions of soon-to-be household names to the lo-fi shoestring recordings of underground mainstays. Featuring The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Teardrop Explodes, Aztec Camera, Everything But The Girl, Pulp, Scritti Politti, Prefab Sprout, Del Amitri, Vic Godard & The Subway Sect, Wah! Heat, The Monochrome Set and countless other iconic artists. Includes many tracks never before issued on CD and rarities by the likes of April Showers, The Wee Cherubs (who evolved into The Bachelor Pad), The Cinematics (soon to become Razorcuts), Mo-Dettes, The Page Boys (who evolved into 1000 Violins), Pulp (an early B-Side), The Twinsets (first proper release), and The Suede Crocodiles. The Sun Shines Here captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it.

Disc 1
1 Wah Heat! - Better Scream
2 The Teardrop Explodes - Read It in Books
3 Lori & the Chameleons - The Lonely Spy
4 Scars - Love Song
5 The Disco Zombies - Mary Millington
6 Mo-Dettes - Twist and Shout
7 It's Immaterial - Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job)
8 Manicured Noise - Freetime
9 The Chefs - Sweetie
10 Josef K - It's Kinda Funny
11 Au Pairs - It's Obvious
12 Dolly Mixture - Step Close Now
13 Vic Godard & the Subway Sect - Stop That Girl
14 Family Fodder - Debbie Harrry
15 Ludus - Mutilate
16 Girls at Our Best! - Go for Gold!
17 Essential Logic - Fanfare in the Garden
18 The Monochrome Set - Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners
19 Art Objects - 20th Century Composites
20 The Lines - Transit
21 Jowe Head - Cake Shop Girl
22 The Wild Swans - God Forbid
23 Altered Images - Insects
24 The Bluebells - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Demo)
25 The Jazzateers - Don't Let Your Son Grow Up to Be a Cowboy

Disc 2
1 Scritti Politti - The "Sweetest' Girl
2 The Nightingales - Inside Out
3 Weekend - The View from Her Room
4 Everything But the Girl - On My Mind
5 Blue Orchids - Wait
6 Prefab Sprout - Radio Love
7 Joni Dee (featuring the Times) - Here Come the Holidays
8 The Farmer's Boys - Whatever Is He Like?
9 The Pale Fountains - Just a Girl
10 The Raincoats - Running Away
11 The Gift - Crashing Down
12 Tracey Thorn - Simply Couldn't Care
13 Microdisney - Hello Rascals
14 Dislocation Dance - You'll Never Never Know
15 The Laughing Apple - Wouldn't You?
16 The Cinematics - Puffa Train
17 In Embrace - Sun Brings Smiles
18 The Daintees - Involved with Love
19 Five or Six - Chalk Circle
20 Trixie's Big Red Motorbike - Hold Me
21 The Gymslips - Big Sister (It's Probably Better)
22 Ben Watt - On Box Hill
23 Marine Girls - That Fink, Jazz-Me-Blues Boy
24 Del Amitri - The Difference Is

Disc 3
1 Friends Again - State of Art
2 Pulp - There Was
3 Jane and Barton - I Want to Be with You
4 Swallow Tongue - Got to Be There
5 The Page Boys - You're My Kind of Girl
6 The Jetset - Judy's Toy Box
7 Hurrah! - Hip Hip
8 Biff Bang Pow! - Fifty Years of Fun
9 The June Brides - In the Rain
10 The Revolving Paint Dream - In the Afternoon
11 The Brilliant Corners - Tangled Up in Blue
12 Yeah Yeah Noh - Bias Binding
13 April Showers - Abandon Ship
14 The Twinsets - Sophisticated Boom Boom
15 Aztec Camera - Jump
16 The Ringing - Caprice
17 The Higsons - Music to Watch Girls By
18 The Loft - Winter
19 Jasmine Minks - Ghost of a Young Man
20 The Wee Cherubs - Waiting for My Man
21 Grab Grab the Haddock - I'm Used Now
22 The Pastels - Million Tears
23 St Christopher - Crystal Clear
24 The Suede Crocodiles - Paint Yourself a Rainbow
25 The Jesus and Mary Chain Upside Down