V.A. - All For Art... And Art For All (1984)

A-Side: Revolving Paint Dream: In the Afternoon • Mixers: Never Find Time • Page Boys: Honey • Tangerine Experience: Only The Sky Children Know • Pastels: I Wonder Why • Jowe Head: Lolita • Direct Hits: Girl In The Picture • TV Personalities: The Dream Inspires.
B-Side: Mad Hatters: Dancing With The Dead • Jed Dmochowski: I'm Sad • Laughing Apple: Wouldn't You? • Gifted Children: My Favorite Films • Mixers: Love Hurts • Direct Hits: What Killed Aleister Crowley? • Jowe Head: February • TV Personalities: Happy All The Time (version).
released 1984 / Whaam! BIG 8

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Listen to Revolving Paint Dream - In The Afternoon


Listen to Mad Hatters - Dancing With The Dead

V.A. - The Akron Compilation (1978)

A-Side: Jane Aire & The Belvederes: When I Was Young • Tin Huey: Chinese Circus • Rachel Sweet: Truckstop Queen • Bizarros: Nova • Waitresses: The Comb • Rubber City Rebels: Rubber City Rebels.
B-Side: Waitresses: Slide • Jane Aire & The Belvederes: I'm An Actress • Sniper: Love Is Making Me Bleed • Idiots Convention: Mephistopheles' Passion • Rachel Sweet: Tourist Boys • Terraplane: A Beer And A Cigarette • Chi Pig: Apu-Api (Help Me).
released 1978 / Stiff 6.23538 [German release]

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Further information: Discogs review by dr_orlof

Listen to Bizarros - Nova


Listen to Waitresses - Slide

V.A. - Four On 4 [E.P.] (1984)

A-Side: Thee Milkshakes: Out Of Control • The Prisoners: Reaching My Head
B-Side: The Sting-Rays: Come On Kid • Tall Boys: Ride This Torpedo
released 1984 / Big Beat SW 100
Band origin: London/UK [Thee Milkshakes/Tall Boys] • Chatham/UK [The Prisoners]
San Clemente (California)/US [The Sting-Rays]

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Further informations:  thee billy childish • Wikipedia: The Prisoners
Oldschool Psychobilly: The Sting-Rays • Oldschool Psychobilly: Tall Boys

Listen to Tall Boys: Ride This Torpedo

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

V.A. - The Polyester Tape (1986)

A-Side: The Sunset Strip: Sweet Carol • Slaybells: Wood For The Trees • Broken Hearts: Winds Like A Clock • Zimmermen: What Really Hurts • Blue Ruin: Love Me When I'm Lo • Bastinados: Liberation • Psyche 59: What A War • Andy Caltecks: Gasoline Gal • Tyrnaround: Colour Your Mind [1st version] • Band Who Shot Liberty Valance: Rubber Band Raye.
B-Side: Reggies: Quick Joey Small • Band Who Shot Liberty Valance: Tattalotto Song • Wet Ones: What Do I Get? • Foot & Mouth: Miss Helena • Too Much Hair For The BBC!: Panda Boy • Cracked Jaffers: Action • The Law: Heroin Hell • Alligator Parade: Wild Chicken Farm • Bottle Shop Quartet: Fruit Fly • Foot & Mouth: Craterface • Be Wicked: Hand Me The Bottle • The Sunset Strip: The Last Song.
released 1986 / Polyester

note: Cassette-only compilation from the Polyester label containing underground-bands from the Melbourne scene.

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Listen to Tyrnaround: Colour Your Mind [1st version]


Listen to Alligator Parade: Wild Chicken Farm