Various Artists - Labels Unlimited (The Second Record Collection)

Following hot on the heels of the semi successful Business Unusual compilation, Cherry Red decided to try again, this time aiming for the Christmas market of 1979. 16 tracks (15 from other indie labels) this time pushing the envelope to even more extraordinary lengths. New wave, Industrial, Experimental, Electronic and Girlschool. A mix that yet again doesn’t appear to work on paper but somehow gels well as yet another cross section of the indie music scene in 1979. The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), Anarcho Punk, Zoo Liverpool and Spizz Oil to name but a few of the genres represented here make listening quite interesting. Welsh band Llygod Ffyrnig sing about the N.C.B. in Welsh, as you’d expect. I’ve no idea what they’re singing about, but it doesn’t really matter.