VA - You’re No Big Deal (Grunge, The U.S. Underground And Beyond 1984-1994) [2025] (4 x CDs)

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VA - You’re No Big Deal (Grunge, The U.S. Underground And Beyond 1984-1994) [2025] (4 x CDs)

On first glance, "You’re No Big Deal" looks like someone emptied three different scenes onto the table and hoped chronology would glue it together. Cherry Red usually runs tight thematic lines, but this one feels more like a cultural map than a genre box—wide, scrappy, and occasionally chaotic.

When I call "You’re No Big Deal" one of the most revealing grunge‑era documents in years, I’m not talking about nostalgia or canon polishing. What you’re holding is a four CD excavation of the decade when American underground guitar music was mutating in real time, long before the mainstream tried to package it. Cherry Red issued it in 2025, but the story it tells is older, messier, and far more interesting than the tidy “Seattle explosion” narrative we’ve all heard.

I want you to hear CD1 as a foundation rather than a preface. Green River, Redd Kross, 10 Minute Warning, Bam Bam, Poison 13, early Meat Puppets, these weren’t stepping stones, they were the scene. Their singles and small‑run releases shaped the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that later got labelled “grunge.” And yes, the Australian and New Zealand presence, The Scientists, feedtime, Cosmic Psychos, The Celibate Rifles, isn’t a footnote. It’s a reminder of how much the Seattle crowd absorbed from the Antipodean underground, something musicians always acknowledged even if the history books didn’t.

As you move into the late ’80s material, you’ll notice how wide the net really is. Mudhoney, Blood Circus, Babes in Toyland, Tad, and Skin Yard sit comfortably beside Crunchbird, Helltrout, and Kill Sybil. This is the part of the story I love most, the regional 7‑inches, the basement shows, the bands who never chased polish because immediacy mattered more.

By the time the set reaches the early ’90s, L7, The Breeders, Hole, Screaming Trees, Superchunk, Dead Moon, Melvins, Veruca Salt, you can feel the scene expanding sideways rather than upward. The mainstream may have been watching, but the underground never stopped behaving like the underground. Even the outliers, Cop Shoot Cop, Thrillhammer, Wicker Biscuit, Gary Young, reinforce that this wasn’t a genre so much as a shared attitude.

For me, that’s the real value of "You’re No Big Deal" it restores the noise, the looseness, the stubborn DIY spirit that made this era matter in the first place.

You may ask why does Nirvana not appear in this set. This set is built almost entirely from independent-label masters. So instead of trying to fake a canonical history, they lean into the pre‑mainstream ecosystem, the bands who shaped the soil Nirvana grew out of.

Once you look at it through that lens, the “mess” starts to make more sense, it’s less “the story of grunge” and more “the world grunge came from.”  If you judge it as a grunge compilation, it’s scattershot. If you judge it as a 1984-1994 U.S. underground guitar history, it’s actually pretty sharp, just broader and more unruly than the title suggests. (B)

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CD1

01 Green River - Come on Down 3:20

02 Redd Kross - Linda Blair 1984 2:03

03 10 Minute Warning - Stooge 3:12

04 Bam Bam - Villains (Also Wear White) 2:52

05 Poison 13 - One Step Closer 3:31

06 Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground 3:06

07 Feast - Look for The Light 4:21

08 Scientists - If It's The Last Thing I Do 3:56

09 Hüsker Dü - Crystal 3:29

10 Malfunkshun - My Only Fan 4:23

11 Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things 3:06

12 Soundgarden - Hunted Down 2:41

13 U-men - Solid Action 2:11

14 Pixies - Caribou 3:14

15 Feedtime - Curtains 4:24

16 Replacements - The Ledge 4:07

17 Flaming Lips - Maximum Dream for Evil Knievel 2:51

18 Green River - This Town 3:23

19 Cosmic Psychos - Can't Come In 2:19

20 Celibate Rifles - Jesus on TV 2:11

21 Happy Flowers - Mom and Dad Like The Baby More Than Me 3:09

CD2

01 Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick 2:32

02 Bundle of Hiss - Rabies 4:05

03 Fluid - Cold Outside 3:18

04 Cat Butt - 64 Funny Cars 4:23

05 Blood Circus - Two Way Street 2:55

06 Babes in Toyland - Dust Cake Boy 3:45

07 Scream - Fucked Without A Kiss 3:16

08 Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat 4:09

09 Girl Trouble - Riverbed 3:46

10 Crunchbird - Subway Circle 2:25

11 Soundgarden - Flower 3:26

12 Tad - Behemoth 4:08

13 Kill Sybil - Olympia (Single Version) 4:22

14 Love Battery - Between The Eyes 4:28

15 Seaweed - Inside 2:44

16 Skin Yard - Start at The Top 3:06

17 Gas Huffer - Firebug 1:47

18 Mudhoney - In 'n' Out of Grace 5:31

19 Helltrout - Smoking Lounge 2:20

20 Mother Love Bone - Thru Fade Away 3:44

CD3

01 Sonic Youth - Kool Thing 4:06

02 L7 - Shove 3:21

03 Toadies - I Hope You Die 5:20

04 Pavement - From Now On 2:03

05 Thrown Ups - Stockboy, Superhero 0:53

06 Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness 6:02

07 Breeders - Glorious 3:24

08 Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon 4:54

09 Hole - Teenage Whore 2:57

10 Nomeansno - Body Bag 4:41

11 7 Year Bitch - Lorna 1:56

12 Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia 3:53

13 Mercury Rev - Syringe Mouth 4:04

14 Calamity Jane - Say It 3:14

15 Eric’s Trip - Lost 3:34

16 Thrillhammer - Bleed 3:51

17 Cop Shoot Cop - Discount Rebellion 2:22

18 Treepeople - Ballard Bitter 3:15

19 Nubbin - Macaroni 3:15

CD4

01 Temple of The Dog - Pushin' Forward Back 3:45

02 Monkeywrench - I'm Blown 3:56

03 Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing 3:37

04 Honcho Overload - Sugarfoot (Single Version) 2:33

05 Luscious Jackson - Keep on Rockin' It 3:39

06 Cheater Slicks - Murder (Live at Cbgbs) 3:51

07 Beasts of Bourbon - Just Right 5:31

08 Gits - Here's to Your Fuck 1:51

09 Superchunk - Precision Auto 2:46

10 Dead Moon - It's O.k. 3:35

11 Melvins - Set Me Straight 2:25

12 Patchouli Sewer - Beauty Sleep 2:12

13 Wool - Kill The Crow 3:19

14 Kim Salmon and The Surrealists - Non Stop Action Groove 3:25

15 Veruca Salt - All Hail Me (Remix) 3:05

16 Sleep Capsule - Eat It's Tongue 2:22

17 Steel Wool - Four Winds 4:03

18 Wicker Biscuit - Creepy Doll 2:42

19 Gary Young - Plant Man 1:58

20 Cellophane - Tripping Fields 1:55

21 St. Johnny - I Hate Rock and Roll 4:10

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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VA - Post-Punk Excavations, Australia 1977-1985 (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

POST PUNK AUSTRALIA

VA - Post-Punk Excavations, Australia 1977-1985 (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Post-punk refers to a diverse and experimental wave of music that emerged in the late 1970s, immediately following the initial burst of punk rock. While punk was raw, fast, and rebellious, post-punk kept the spirit of defiance but expanded the sonic palette, embracing art-school sensibilities, dub, funk, electronic textures, and avant-garde influences.

At its core, post-punk is defined less by a strict sound and more by an attitude, a willingness to deconstruct rock norms and rebuild them with irony, abstraction, and emotional complexity. Post-punk also laid the groundwork for genres like goth, industrial, new wave, and indie rock. It’s not a genre that ends, it mutates.

The post-punk era in Australia, spanning roughly from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, was a fiercely independent and creatively explosive period. Emerging from the ashes of punk’s raw immediacy, Australian post-punk artists embraced experimentation, abstraction, and a deep sense of place. Unlike the UK or US scenes, which often revolved around major urban centers and labels, Australia’s post-punk movement thrived in isolation, fueled by DIY ethics, community radio, and small-run independent labels like M-Squared, Missing Link, and Aberrant.

Importantly, the Australian post-punk scene was not just a mirror of overseas trends, it was a response to local conditions: geographic isolation, cultural conservatism, and a hunger for new forms of expression. Though many bands remained underground, their influence rippled outward, shaping indie rock, electronic experimentation, and even mainstream pop in decades to come. Today, this era stands as a testament to creative defiance, where limitations bred innovation, and where Australia carved its own jagged path through the post-punk landscape.

Post-Punk Excavations, Australia 1977-1985 is a deep archival dive into the sonic resistance that flourished across Australia’s underground during a turbulent cultural shift. This isn’t a greatest hits package, it’s a field recording of a nation’s creative unrest, where isolation bred invention and the post-punk ethos took root in garages, squats, and DIY studios from Brisbane to Adelaide.

The compilation spans well-known agitators like The Saints, X, and Severed Heads, but its true value lies in the rarities, tracks that slipped through the cracks of commercial distribution and now survive mostly in collector circles. Take Electric Fans’ “Say Anything”: a female-fronted new wave band, with no streaming presence, and no known reissue. It’s a ghost track, likely cassette-only, and emblematic of the ephemeral nature of Australia’s early synth-pop experiments.

Equally elusive is Yclept Dinmakers’ “Kapu Or Higgins” [1981], a cryptic fragment from the tape underground. With no label attribution, it’s a sonic artifact that defies easy categorization possibly a one-off or part of a short-run compilation. Then there’s Purple Vulture Shit’s “Do A Shit” [1982], a track infamous for its title but nearly impossible to source. Released via micro-label or private press, it’s a raw document of punk absurdism, unfiltered and unrepeatable.

Labels like M-Squared, Missing Link, and Innocent Records thread through the compilation, each a lifeline for artists operating outside the mainstream. Systematics’ “International Voltage” (1980, M-Squared) and Primitive Calculators’ “I Can’t Stop It” (1979, Innocent) showcase the synth-punk edge that defined Sydney’s warehouse scene. Meanwhile, People With Chairs Up Their Noses’ “Road to Egg” (1980, M-Squared) offers theatrical absurdity and remains long out of print.

This collection isn’t just about music, it’s about context. These tracks were forged in cultural isolation, often recorded on four-track machines, pressed in low number runs, and distributed hand-to-hand. They represent a moment when Australian artists weren’t just reacting to global trends, they were reshaping them with grit, humor, and a fierce sense of place. Each track is a signal from the edge, preserved here not for nostalgia, but for historical clarity. (B)

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CD1

01 Saints - Wild About You 2:35 1977

02 Brats - Be A Man 2:53 1977

03 X - Suck Suck 1:57 1977

04 Aints - The Church of Simultaneous Existence 3:08 1978

05 Go-Betweens - Karen 4:05 1978

06 Thought Criminals - Hilton Bomber 1:59 1978

07 Aints - Like an Oil Spill 3:41 1979

08 Go-Betweens - People Say 2:36 1979

09 Lipstick Killers - Hindu Gods (Of Love) 3:18 1979

10 Numbers - Government Boy 2:11 1979

11 Primitive Calculators - I Can't Stop It 2:23 1979

12 Scientists - Frantic Romantic 2:46 1979

13 Slugfuckers - Schizo Revolution 4:03 1979

14 Thought Criminals - More Suicides Please 2:29 1979

15 Whirlywirld - Red River 4:16 1979

16 X - I Don't Wanna Go Out 2:02 1979

17 XL Capris - My City of Sydney 2:37 1979

18 Flying Calvittos - Lucky to Be Australian 4:12 1979

19 Dagoes - We Sell Soul 4:17 1980

20 Essendon Airport - Talking to Cleopatra 3:43 1980

21 Frank Savage & The Citizens - Little Boy Lost 2:20 1980

CD2

22 Fun Things - Savage 2:44 1980

23 Fun Things - When The Birdmen Fly 3:16 1980

24 Leftovers - Killing Time 3:17 1980

25 Makers of the Dead Travel Fast - Taels of the Saeghors 4:48 1980

26 Marching Girls - True Love 2:58 1980

27 Metronomes - A Circuit Like Me 3:52 1980

28 Particles - Apricot's Dream 2:36 1980

29 People With Chairs Up Their Noses - Road to Egg 1:56 1980

30 Systematics - International Voltage 1:57 1980

31 Tsk Tsk Tsk - Nice Noise Theme 3:26 1980

32 Visitors - Brother John 4:29 1980

33 Shy Impostors - Seein' Double 3:29 1980

34 Swell Guys - Sidetracking 1:55 1980

35 Birthday Party - Nick The Stripper 4:22 1981

36 Birthday Party - Release The Bats 2:31 1981

37 Dagoes - Ten Years On 4:39 1981

38 Electric Fans - Say Anything 2:32 1981

39 End - My Confession 2:56 1981

40 Justinstinkt - Drainpipe 3:17 1981

41 Limp - Pony Club 2:49 1981

42 Negative Reaction - The Hollow Men 8:31 1981

CD3

43 Pel Mel - No Word From China 3:34 1981

44 Poles - Over & Beyond & Through 4:52 1981

45 Saints - Brisbane (Security City) 4:22 1981

46 Sardine - Stuck on You 4:14 1981

47 Spliffs - You Know What They'll Say 2:48 1981

48 The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast - The Dumbwaiters 4:12 1981

49 Wild West - Calling the House 2:28 1981

50 Yclept Dinmakers - Kapu Or Higgins 1:41 1981

51 Particles - I Luv Trumpet 4:52 1981

52 Go-Betweens - By Chance 2:29 1982

53 Go-Betweens - Hammer The Hammer 2:47 1982

54 Kevins - Romeo, Romeo 3:16 1982

55 Moodists - Gone Dead 3:34 1982

56 Purple Vulture Shit - Do A Shit 2:04 1982

57 Sacred Cowboys - Hell Sucks 3:37 1982

58 Super-K - Recurring Nightmare 4:48 1982

59 Tablewaiters - Confrontation With A Mountain 2:06 1982

60 Fabulous Marquises - Honeymoons 3:54 1982

61 Triffids - Spanish Blue 2:07 1982

62 Eleven Eleven (Australia 1983) - Devastate Me 3:49 1983

63 Moodists - The Disciples Know 3:33 1983

CD4

64 Screaming Tribesmen - Igloo 4:00 1983

65 Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened 3:21 1983

66 Tactics - Buried Country 3:12 1983

67 Bodysnatchers - Mystery 2:28 1983

68 Horse He’s Sick - Terminal Rebound 3:47 1983

69 Popular Mechanics - Fatal Slip 2:10 1983

70 Hunters & Collectors - The Slab 3:58 1984

71 Kelpies - Dead Meat 2:18 1984

72 Laughing Clowns - Holy Joe 3:57 1984

73 Sekret Sekret - Girl with a White Stick 3:30 1984

74 Triffids - Family Name 3:34 1984

75 He Dark Age - Holding out for Eden 4:32 1984

76 Wet Taxis - Nun Strike 2:52 1984

77 Ed Kuepper - Electrical Storm 4:19 1985

78 Laughing Clowns - Ghost of an Ideal Wife 4:15 1985

79 Lighthouse Keepers - Springtime 4:10 1985

80 Moffs - Another Day in The Sun 4:50 1985

81 Sekret Sekret - New King Jack 3:32 1985

82 Slaughtermen - God's Not Dead 2:36 1985

83 Wreckery - Everlasting Sleep 4:44 1985

84 Deadly Hume - I Hate You 2:54 1985

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VA - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat, Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981 (5 x CDs)

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VA - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat, Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981 (5 x CDs)

The “VA - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat, Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981” box set is an extraordinary anthology that embodies the dynamic and transformative period of post-punk music in Britain. Launched by Cherry Red, this assortment is a tribute to the creative outburst that took place in the late 70s and early 80s, an era marked by a drastic transformation in musical creativity and societal norms.

This collection consists of five CDs, each filled with tracks that encapsulate the spirit of the post-punk era. With an impressive total of 105 tracks, the box set offers a thorough exploration of the sounds and feelings of that time. It showcases a wide array of artists, from renowned bands like The Soft Boys, Ultravox, and Buzzcocks, to lesser-known treasures such as Métal Urbain and Swell Maps. Each artist adds their distinctive touch to the post-punk story, resulting in a rich mosaic of sound that is diverse yet unified.

A distinguishing feature of this box set is its careful curation. The tracks are organized chronologically, giving listeners a sense of the progression and evolution of the genre. This deliberate arrangement allows one to recognize the subtle changes and shifts in the post-punk scene, from its raw inception to its eventual development into a complex genre.

This box set is a historical record. It includes comprehensive biographies of each band, sleeve images, release details, and an introductory essay by Mark Paytress. These components offer valuable context, enriching the listening experience by providing insights into the cultural and social environment in which this music was born.

“VA - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat, Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981” is not just a box set; it’s a gateway to the past. It takes listeners back to a crucial point in music history, allowing them to relive the post-punk era in all its raw and rebellious splendor. Whether you’re a seasoned fan, a collector, or a newcomer, this box set provides a captivating and immersive journey through post-punk Britain.

“VA - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat, Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981 [2024]” stands as a powerful symbol of music’s ability to express and drive transformation. It serves as a reminder of a time when artists dared to push boundaries, challenge conventions, and ultimately, break away from the mainstream beat. This box set is not just a compilation of music; it’s a historical artifact, a narrative of a movement, and a celebration of creativity and defiance. It’s an essential acquisition for any music lover. (B)

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CD01

01 Soft Boys - Wading Through A Ventilator 3:22

02 Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amour 5:15

03 Metal Urbain - Paris Maquis 3:09

04 Swell Maps - Black Velvet 1:57

05 Buzzcocks - Moving Away From The Pulsebeat 5:41

06 Subway Sect - Dontsplitit 4:35

07 2.3 - All Time Low 2:56

08 Lines - White Night 3:26

09 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Voices 5:38

10 Gang Of Four - Armalite Rifle 3:04

11 Penetration - Movement 3:23

12 XTC - Crowded Room 2:53

13 Pragvec - Existential 2:32

14 Alternative Tv - Life 2:07

15 Magazine - Give Me Everything 4:24

16 O Level - Everybody's On Revolver Tonight 2:16

17 Tubeway Army - Listen To The Sirens 3:07

18 Crazies - Strontium 3:53

19 Spizzoil - Red And Black 3:52

20 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera 2:39

21 Glaxo Babies - Stay Awake 5:01

22 Stiff Little Fingers - Closed Groove 4:20

CD02

01 Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil 3:25

02 Scars - Adult/Ery 3:07

03 Raincoats - Adventures Close To Home 1:54

04 Outsiders - Touch And Go 3:40

05 Essential Logic - Wake Up 2:32

06 Joy Division - Disorder 3:29

07 Cult Figures - Playing With Toys 3:41

08 Toyah - Neon Womb 4:26

09 Disco Zombies - Greenland 3:48

10 Au Pairs - Kerb Crawler 2:46

11 Revillos - The Fiend 2:01

12 Slits - Ping Pong Affair 4:16

13 Helsinki 5 Below - Jennifer Darling 3:46

14 Ruts - S.U.S. 3:51

15 Passage - Time Delay 3:31

16 Lene Lovich - Bird Song 4:29

17 Apartment - The Alternative 3:17

18 Associates - Mona Property Girl 3:24

19 Art Attacks - Rat City 5:39

20 Human League - The Path Of Least Resistance 3:31

21 Essential Bop - Chronicle 3:17

22 Killing Joke - Nervous System 4:19

CD03

01 Pil - Poptones 7:49

02 Scritti Politti - Hegemony 2:06

03 Adam & The Ants - Tabletalk 5:34

04 John Cooper Clarke And The Invisible Girls - Sleepwalk 4:33

05 Electric Chairs - J'attends Les Marines 3:55

06 Fall - Fiery Jack 4:45

07 Insex - Inner Sanction 3:34

08 Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe 5:39

09 Flying Lizards - Her Story 4:44

10 Again Again - Co-Optimist 2:49

11 Expelaires - Kicks 3:09

12 Cure - A Forest 4:44

13 Flowers - The Ballad Of Miss Demeanour 3:06

14 Occult Chemistry - Water 1:33

15 The The - Black And White 3:24

16 Cravats - Who's In Here With Me? 5:20

17 Artery - Unbalanced 2:44

18 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Puppet 3:08

19 Diagram Brothers - There Is No Shower 2:21

CD04

01 Jam - Scrape Away 4:00

02 Throbbing Gristle - Something Came Over Me 7:49

03 Furniture - Shaking Story 2:30

04 Mystere Five's - The Heart Rules The Head 3:56

05 Theatre Of Hate - Original Sin 3:33

06 Girls At Our Best! - It's Fashion 2:24

07 Boots For Dancing - Hesitate 3:48

08 Sisters Of Mercy - Watch 3:12

09 Restricted Code - First Night On 3:06

10 Normil Hawaiians - The Beat Goes On 2:57

11 Modern Eon - Waiting For The Cavalry 3:12

12 Ski Patrol - Agent Orange 4:18

13 Dead Or Alive - I'm Falling 4:34

14 In Camera - Fragments Of Fear 4:26

15 Avant Gardeners - Where Are My Hormones 3:35

16 Blah Blah Blah - Central Park 3:55

17 Virgin Prunes - Twenty Tens (I've Been Smoking All Night Long) 2:27

18 New Order - In A Lonely Place 6:17

19 Second Layer - Underneath The Glass 6:38

CD05

01 Clash - The Magnificent Seven 4:30

02 Robert Wyatt - Born Again Cretin 3:10

03 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go 3:02

04 Young Marble Giants - Click Talk 2:42

05 Nightingales - Seconds 2:48

06 23 Skidoo - Another Babys Face 4:43

07 Birthday Party - Dull Day 3:05

08 Josef K - Pictures 2:17

09 Undertones - You're Welcome 2:45

10 Fire Engines - Meat Whiplash 3:22

11 Jah Wobble - Nocturnal (Edit) 4:10

12 Dislocation Dance - So Much Fault 1:42

13 Five Or Six - Building Kind 2:25

14 Ludus - Mother's Hour 2:05

15 Section 25 - Je Veux Ton Amour 5:18

16 Sad Lovers And Giants - Colourless Dream 4:46

17 Rip Rig And Panic - Go, Go, Go! (This Is It) 2:18

18 Reflections - Tightrope Walker 3:17

19 Club Tango - Ftn 3:47

20 Outcasts - Programme Love 3:15

21 Higsons - It Goes Waap! 3:48

22 Kan Kan - Changing Trains 4:31

23 Membranes - All Roads Lead To Norway 1:39

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VA - Shake The Foundations, Militant Funk & The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-1984 (3 x CD's)

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Previously Posted October 30, 2021

VA - Shake The Foundations, Militant Funk & The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-1984 (3 x CD's)

Shake the Foundations is a compact outgrowth of earlier Cherry Red boxed sets such as To the Outside of Everything and Optimism/Reject (Previously Posted). Across three discs, it emphasizes the post-punk bands who, in the spirit of having a go, investigated funk, disco, reggae, and other forms that could be reshaped for the sake of moving bodies. 

In the wake of punk's seismic and well recounted impact on the UK music scene, countless hitherto unavailable influences suddenly became available and de rigueur for the nation's would-be pop stars. Enabled by a new kind of record shop that began to appear across the country in Rough Trade's image and encouraged by an absolute disregard for 'the rules', interested young people were quickly exposed to a broad spectrum of music from beyond the realm of three chord rock 'n roll. Nowhere was the outcome more notable than on the dancefloors of the day. 'Shake The Foundations' captures that after dark revolution, showcasing an era when disco, dub, electronica, funk and - whisper it - pop sensibilities - began to flood into the alternative, post-punk landscape. Running parallel with Ze Records and the no-wave movement in the US, clubs such as Marc Almond's Digital Disco and legendary nights at The Garage in Nottingham, The State in Liverpool, the Blue Note in Derby and across London at nights like the Batcave became fast moving, democratic melting pots. Across 3CDs, Bill Brewster selects highlights from his own extensive DJing career, each disc individually curated. As he himself puts it, "The important thing was not to impress James Brown, emulate the Fatback Band or wear Kraftwerk's game-face. The point was to have a go. 'Shake The Foundations' is not a comprehensive look at post-punk, so much as a shakily hand-drawn map of a particular area. It's what happened when the post-punk fallout collided with the dancefloor, and forty years later we're still feeling it's effects". (Amazon)

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CD1

01 A Certain Ratio Guess Who? 5:02

02 23 Skidoo Coup 4:16

03 Haircut 100 Evil Smokestacking Baby 4:33

04 Simple Minds This Fear of Gods 7:00

05 Stranglers Love 30 4:02

06 Passage Born Every Minute 5:38

07 Blue Rondo А La Turk Sarava 3:35

08 Medium Medium Serbian Village 4:46

09 Higsons Push Out the Boat 3:20

10 John Cooper Clarke Post-War Glamour Girl 3:35

11 Passions Skin Deep 4:18

12 Jah Wobble Invaders of the Heart (Mix One) 4:34

13 Modern Romance Can You Move 3:55

14 Wide Boy Awake Slang Teacher 5:25

15 C Cat Trance Hypnotised 5:21

16 Maximum Joy Stretch 3:51

CD2

01 Tones on Tail Lions 4:01

02 Ian Dury Trust is a Must 6:50

03 Perfect Zebras What Dance is This? 4:14

04 Fun Boy Three Faith, Hope and Charity 2:50

05 Shock Dream Games 4:05

06 Jesse Rae Rusha 5:54

07 Thomas Leer Don't 5:32

08 Kissing the Pink Big Man Restless 3:49

09 Paul Haig Blue for You 5:01

10 Visage Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5:06

11 Six Sed Red Bang 'em Right 6:21

12 Quando Quango Tingle 5:20

13 Vicious Pink Cccan't You See 3:30

14 Fashion Move On 3:55

15 Wide Boy Awake Set Fighter 4:03

CD3

01 Surface Mutants When Are We? (Now We Are) 4:22

02 Furniture Why Are We in Love 5:11

03 Pop Group Rob a Bank 2:19

04 Animal Magic Get it Right 4:36

05 Nightmares in Wax Black Leather 4:11

06 Normil Hawaiians Obedience 3:00

07 012 Asbestos Lead Asbestos 5:28

08 Vee VV Keep Beat 4:07

09 Mataya Clifford Living Wild 4:14

10 Electric Chairs So Many Ways 3:56

11 London Underground Dreams Are Better 4:16

12 Group Therapy Arty-Fact 4:18

13 Diagram Brothers We Are All Animals 2:43

14 Chicken Granny Quit the Body 3:07

15 Machine Gun Hogg & Co Bed Bound Saga 3:36

16 Playgroup Hoggs Might Fly 3:26

17 Glaxo Babies Shake (The Foundations) 3:57

18 Family Fodder Disco Purge 2:28

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