Various Artists - Business Unusual (The Other Record Collection)

Back in 1978, independent record label Cherry Red saw a gap in the compilation album market, no one was compiling independent single releases. And so after contacting a number of fellow Indies 14 tracks were assembled (including Cherry Red’s own The Tights) into a bulging monster. The artists included ranged from Punk and New Wave through to Experimental Industrial and Electro. Some of the artists will be known to many of you who stop by here, some will be listened to for their first time. It’s an interesting mix of genres that on first listen doesn’t work, but I never thought it was meant to. As a historical artefact chronicling music during a time of flux in the industry, it is absolutely spot on. Get your headphones on and wind up the volume, pain is the least of your worries.