Dislocation Dance - Music Music Music (1981)

A-Side: Stand Me Up/Don't Knock Me Down/YOPS Course/Meeting Mum And Dad/Friendship/Take A Chance (On Romance).../...Have A Chance
B-Side: Roof Is Leaking/With A Smile On Your Face And A Frown In Your Heart/Vendetta (Theme)/Narrow Laughs/Footloose/Can't Race Time... And The Mad Killer (Coda)/Wonder What I'll Do Tomorrow
released 1981 / New Hormones ORG 15
Band origin: Manchester/UK
Members on this recording: Ian Runacres (gtr, keyb'ds, vcls), Andy Diagram (trumpet, vcls), Paul Emmerson (bs), Dick Harrison (drms).

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Further information:  Dislocation Dance biography at LTM

Listen to Narrow Laughs

The Fall - Slates [6-Song 10-inch E.P.] (1981)

I used to hang like a chandelier
My lungs encrusted in blood but the flex is now cut clear
»Fit And Working Again«

A-Side: Middle Mass/An Older Lover Etc./Prole Art Threat
B-Side: Fit And Working Again/Slates, Slags, Etc./Leave The Capitol
released 1981 / Rough Trade TRADE 3/10
Band origin: Manchester/UK
Members on this recording: Mark E. Smith (vcls, piano, hrmnca), Marc Riley (gtr, piano, vcls), Craig Scanlon (gtr, piano), Steve Hanley (bs, gtr, vcls), Paul Hanley (drms, perc).

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Further information:  The Fall online

Listen to Fit And Working Again

Passage - Troops Out [45] (1981)

It's funny every TV comic jokes about the Taigs
You never hear them laugh about the loyalist brigades
»Troops Out«

A-Side: Troops Out [single version] • B-Side: Hip Rebels
released 1981 / Night & Day ampm 22:00
Band origin: Manchester/UK
Members on this recording: Dick Witts (vcls, synth), Andrew Wilson (gtr), Joey McKechnie (drms).

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Further information:  The Passage Website

Listen to Troops Out [single version]

David Thomas & The Pedestrians - The Sound Of The Sand (1981)

The details of my fabulous past. I wish I could send them away. 
»Man's Best Friend«

A-Side: The Birds Are Good Ideas/Yiki Tiki/The Crickets In The Flats/Sound Of The Sand/The New Atom Mine
B-Side: Big Dreams/Happy To See You/Crush This Horn, Pt. 2/Confuse Did/Sloop John B/Man's Best Friend
released 1981 / Rough Trade ROUGH 30
Band origin: Cleveland (Ohio)/US
Members on this recording: David Thomas (vcls), Richard Thompson (gtr), Philip Moxham (bs), Allen Ravenstine (synth), Eddie Thornton (trumpet), Anton Fier (drms). Additional musicians: John Greaves (bs, piano), Chris Cutler (drms), Alan Greene (gtr), Paul Hamann (bs), Ralph Carney (sax), Scott Krauss (drms), Mayo Thompson (acc).

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Further information:  Pere Ubu Individual Biographies: David Thomas

Listen to Man's Best Friend

Yello - Bimbo [45] (1981)

You think you're special and you're a standard guy
»Bimbo«

A-Side: Bimbo • B-Side: I.T. Splash
released 1981 / Do It Records DUN 11
Band origin: Zurich/Switzerland

Members on this recording: Dieter Meier (vcls), Boris Blank (synth), Carlos Perón (synth).

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Further information:  YELLO - Official Website

Listen to Bimbo

Pyrolator - Ausland (1981)

Es klopft nicht am Fenster, es klopft nicht an der Tür... Es klopft in meinem Kopf!
»Du bist so... Ich träume«

A-Side: Max/Die Haut der Frau/Mein Hund/Elefantendisco/Fricandel speciaal (Gaat swingen)/Gold & Silber/Bacano, Brothercito!
B-Side: 180°/True Love/Studio fatal/Cassiopeia/Du bist so... Ich träume
released 1981 / Ata Tak WR10
Band origin: Dusseldorf/Germany
Members on this recording: Kurt Dahlke [aka Pyrolator] (synth). Additional musicians: Frank Fenstermacher (vcls, sax), Frank Samba (drms, perc), Eberhardt Steinkrueger (vcls), Ludwig Goetz (trombone), Fredrik Nilsen (gtr), Holger Hiller (back vcls), Ina (back vcls), Martine (vcls), Carmen (vcls), Bossa Nova (gtr), Obi Obi (perc), Moritz Rrr..

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Further information:  Ata Tak: Pyrolator

Listen to Du bist so... Ich träume

V.A. - NME-Rough Trade C81 [Cassette] (1981)

A-Side: Scritti Politti: The Sweetest Girl • The Beat: Twist And Crawl Dub • Pere Ubu: Misery Goats • Wah! Heat: 7,000 Names Of Wah! • Orange Juice: Blue Boy • Cabaret Voltaire: Raising The Count • Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft: Kebab Träume [live] • Furious Pig: Bare Pork • Panther Burns: Bourgeois Blues • Buzzcocks: I Look Alone • Essential Logic: Fanfare In The Garden • Robert Wyatt: Born Again Cretin.
B-Side: Raincoats: Shouting Out Loud • Josef K: Endless Soul • Blue Orchids: Low Profile • Virgin Prunes: Red Nettle • Aztec Camera: We Could Send Letters • Red Crayola: Milkmaid • Television Personalities: Magnificent Dreams • The Massed Carnaby St. John Cooper Clarkes: The Day My Pad Went Mad • James Blood Ulmer: Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher • Ian Dury: Close To Home • Gist: Greener Grass • Subway Sect: Parallel Lines • John Cooper Clarke: 81 Minutes.
released 1981 / Rough Tapes Copy 001

note: Cassette-only compilation released on Rough Trade in association with the New Musical Express

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Listen to Buzzcocks: I Look Alone


Listen to Subway Sect: Parallel Lines

Krupps - Wahre Arbeit – Wahrer Lohn [12inch Single] (1981)

Schmutz und Dreck ist wahre Arbeit, Schmerz und Tadel wahrer Lohn
»Wahre Arbeit – Wahrer Lohn«

A-Side: Wahre Arbeit – Wahrer Lohn • B-Side: Lohn/Arbeit
released 1981 / Zick Zack ZZ 55
Band origin: Dusseldorf/Germany
Members on this recording: Jürgen Engler (vcls, stahlofon), Bernward Malaka (bs), Ralf Dörper (synth), Ralph Albertini (drms).

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Further information:  Die Krupps Fanbase

Listen to Wahre Arbeit – Wahrer Lohn

Wire - Our Swimmer [45] (1981)

The effect is graceful, but the progress is nil
»Our Swimmer«

A-Side: Our Swimmer • B-Side: Midnight Bahnhof Cafe
released 1981 / Rough Trade RT 079
Band origin: London/UK
Members on this recording: Colin Newman (gtr, vcls), Bruce Gilbert (gtr, vcls), Graham Lewis (bs, vcls), Robert Gotobed [aka Robert Grey] (drms) .

note: Tracks recorded in 1979 but not released until 1981.

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Further information:  The Official Wire Website

Listen to Our Swimmer

Del-Byzanteens - Girl's Imagination [E.P.] (1981)

There was slow movement she did with her hands
»Girl's Imagination«

A-Side: Girl's Imagination [E.P.-version]
B-Side: My Hands Are Yellow (From The Job That I Do)/My World Is Empty
released 1981 / Don't Fall Off The Mountain/Expanded Music EX 14Y
Band origin: New York City/US
Members on this recording: Phil Kline (gtr, vcls), Philippe Hagen (bs), Jim Jarmusch (keyb'ds, vcls), James Nares (perc).

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Further information:  MySpace: The Del-Byzanteens
+ The Del-Byzanteens | The Jim Jarmusch Resource Page

Listen to Girl's Imagination

New Order - Ceremony [45] (1981)

Then again the same old story, world will travel, oh so quickly
»Ceremony«

A-Side: Ceremony • B-Side: In A Lonely Place
released 1981 / Factory FAC 33
Band origin: Manchester/UK
Members on this recording: Bernard Sumner [aka Bernard Albrecht] (gtr, vcls), Peter Hook (bs), Gillian Gilbert (keyb'ds), Stephen Morris (drms).

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Further information:  New Order Online

Listen to Ceremony

Chris & Cosey - Heartbeat (1981) [test pressing]

Here I come, I'm gonna get you
»This Is Me«

A-Side: Put Yourself In Los Angeles/This Is Me/Voodoo/Moorby/Radio Void/Just Like You
B-Side: Bust Stop/Useless Information/Moving Still/Hairy Beary/Heartbeat
released 1981 / Rough Trade ROUGH 34 / this release is a test pressing
Band origin: London/UK
Members on this recording: Chris Carter (gtr, el. drms, synth, vcls), Cosey Fanni Tutti (aka Christine Newby) (synth, vcls).

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Further information:  CARTER TUTTI and CHRIS & COSEY Website

Listen to Put Yourself In Los Angeles

Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K. [12inch Single] (1981)

Demolition of the work ethic, takes us to the age of the primitive
»W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah! NO! NO! My Daddy Don't)«

A-Side: W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah! NO! NO! My Daddy Don't)
B-Side: C-30, C-60, C-90 ANDA!
released 1981 / EMI 12 EMI 5153
Band origin: London/UK
Members on this recording: Annabella Lwin (vcls), Matthew Ashman (gtr), Leigh Gorman (bs), David Barbarossa (drms).

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Further information:  The Bow Wow Wow Website

Listen to C-30, C-60, C-90 ANDA!