NME/Rough Trade C81 & C86 Cassettes

Two essential post-punk cassettes from the 80's with plenty of noise, no wave, & even some dub thrown in. The track lists speak for themselves - a lot of these you'll know, some you won't. I like the first comp better, but that's just me. Jangle jangle jangle.

C81

Side one

1. "The "Sweetest Girl"" – Scritti Politti (6:09)
2. "Twist and Crawl Dub" – The Beat (4:58)
3. "Misery Goats" – Pere Ubu (2:26)
4. "7,000 Names of Wah!" – Wah! Heat (3:57)
5. "Blue Boy" – Orange Juice (2:52)
6. "Raising the Count" – Cabaret Voltaire (3:32)
7. "Kebab Traume (Live)" – D.A.F (3:50)
8. "Bare Pork" – Furious Pig (1:28)
9. "Raquel" – The Specials (1:51)
10. "I Look Alone" – Buzzcocks (3:00)
11. "Fanfare in the Garden" – Essential Logic (3:00)
12. "Born Again Cretin" – Robert Wyatt (3:07)

Side two

1. "Shouting Out Loud" – The Raincoats (3:19)
2. "Endless Soul" – Josef K (2:27)
3. "Low Profile" – Blue Orchids (3:47)
4. "Red Nettle" – Virgin Prunes (2:13)
5. "We Could Send Letters" – Aztec Camera (4:57)
6. "Milkmaid" – Red Crayola (2:01)
7. "Don't Get in My Way" – Linx (5:15)
8. "The Day My Pad Went Mad" – The Massed Carnaby St John Cooper Clarkes (1:46)
9. "Jazz Is the Teacher, Funk Is the Preacher" – James Blood Ulmer (4:03)
10. "Close to Home" – Ian Dury (4:13)
11. "Greener Grass" – Gist (2:32)
12. "Parallel Lines" – Subway Sect (2:38)
13. "81 Minutes" – John Cooper Clarke (0:13)

C86

Side one

1. Primal Scream - "Velocity Girl"
2. The Mighty Lemon Drops - "Happy Head"
3. The Soup Dragons - "Pleasantly Surprised"
4. The Wolfhounds - "Feeling So Strange Again"
5. The Bodines - "Therese"
6. Mighty Mighty - "Law"
7. Stump - "Buffalo"
8. Bogshed - "Run to the Temple"
9. A Witness - "Sharpened Sticks"
10. The Pastels - "Breaking Lines"
11. Age of Chance - "From Now On, This Will Be Your God"

Side two

1. The Shop Assistants - "It's Up to You"
2. Close Lobsters - "Firestation Towers"
3. Miaow - "Sport Most Royal"
4. Half Man Half Biscuit - "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)"
5. The Servants - "Transparent"
6. The Mackenzies - "Big Jim (There's no pubs in Heaven)"
7. Big Flame - "New Way (Quick Wash And Brush Up With Liberation Theology)"
8. Fuzzbox - "Console Me"
9. McCarthy - "Celestial City"
10. The Shrubs - "Bullfighter's Bones"
11. The Wedding Present - "This Boy Can Wait"

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c81 side 1
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c86 side 1
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