Manchester, North of England: A Story of Independent Music, Greater Manchester 1977-1993 [Box Set] (7-CD)
by Various Artists

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Format:  CD  (7 Discs)
item number:  6FJC5
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 7
  • Released: July 28, 2017
  • Originally Released: 2017
  • Label: Cherry Red

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Breakdown [Demo] - Buzzcocks
  • 2.Cranked Up Really High - Slaughter & the Dogs
  • 3.Ain't Bin to No Music School - Nosebleeds
  • 4.Just Want to Be Myself [LP Version] - The Drones
  • 5.Psycle Sluts, Pt. 1 & 2 - John Cooper Clarke
  • 6.Going Steady - Jilted John
  • 7.Louie Louie [Edit] - John the Postman
  • 8.Heads Down, No Nonsense, Mindless Boogie - Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
  • 9.The Light Pours Out of Me - Magazine
  • 10.Kill, The - Spherical Objects
  • 11.Up and About - Steve Miro
  • 12.Man in the Box - V2
  • 13.Maybe It's Love - The Distractions
  • 14.Stay Awake - Grow Up
  • 15.Voice in the Dark - Frantic Elevators
  • 16.She's Lost Control - Joy Division
  • 17.Baiser - Chris Sievey
  • 18.To You - Smirks
  • 19.Manchester Boys - Salford Jets
  • 20.Snap It Around - 48 Chairs
  • 21.Downpour - Foreign Press
  • 22.Warren Row - She Cracked
  • 23.English Black Boys [Edit] - X-O-Dus
  • 24.Dem a Sus (In the Moss) - Harlem Spirit

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Rowche Rumble - The Fall
  • 2.Kids Just Wanna Dance, The - Fast Cars
  • 3.Does It Matter Irene? - Mothmen
  • 4.Yesterday's Love - Any Trouble
  • 5.Big Noise in the Jungle - Tiller Boys
  • 6.No Forgetting - The Manchester Mekon
  • 7.Faith - Manicured Noise
  • 8.Edward Fox - Smack
  • 9.Some Like It Hot - Bet Lynch's Legs
  • 10.Lips That Would Kiss (From Prayers to Broken Stone) - The Durutti Column
  • 11.Flood, The - The Blue Orchids
  • 12.I'm In Love With the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk - Freshies
  • 13.Cloud of Flies - The Hamsters
  • 14.Acid Tabla Dub - Suns of Arqa
  • 15.Fox, The - A Certain Ratio
  • 16.Deaf - Crispy Ambulance
  • 17.My Cherry Is in Sherry - Ludus
  • 18.Bricks - Diagram Brothers
  • 19.Subliminal - Eric Random
  • 20.Valium Girls - Bee Vamp
  • 21.In Shreds - The Chameleons

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Temptation [7" Version] - New Order
  • 2.Marking Time - Syncopation
  • 3.Rosemary - Dislocation Dance
  • 4.Sugar Daddy - Carmel
  • 5.You've Got Me Beat - Swamp Children
  • 6.Discipline - Gods Gift
  • 7.Procession - The Invisible Girls / Nico
  • 8.Cool as Ice [Edit] - 52nd Street
  • 9.Sharp Tongue - The Passage
  • 10.Aair Care - Biting Tongues
  • 11.Of All Leaves Were Falling - Jane
  • 12.Working and Shopping - Tools You Can Trust
  • 13.Love Tempo [Benelux Edit] - Quando Quango
  • 14.Grunt Cadillac Hotel - Inca Babies
  • 15.Reach for Love - Marcel King
  • 16.Looking From a Hilltop - Section 25
  • 17.Tell Me - Life
  • 18.All at Once - The Stockholm Monsters
  • 19.Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder - The Membranes
  • 20.Kitchen Sink Drama - A Witness
  • 21.Love at the Hacienda - Graham Fellows

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Chain Mail - James
  • 2.Belle Vue - Miaow
  • 3.Whistling in the Dark - Easterhouse
  • 4.Scar Tissue - The Bodines
  • 5.Why Popstars Can't Dance - bIG fLAME
  • 6.China Doll - The Weeds
  • 7.Get High - Yargo
  • 8.Sharp - Twang
  • 9.Me and My Mini - Edward Barton
  • 10.D'You Think I Look Like Elvis Presley? - Big Ed & His Rocking Rattlesnakes
  • 11.Garage Full of Flowers [Flexi Version] - Inspiral Carpets
  • 12.Days of the Week - The Danny Boys
  • 13.Let Go - Thirst
  • 14.Drive Drive Drive (Twenty Two and Still in Love With You) - Man from Delmonte
  • 15.Falling Upstairs - The Monkey Run
  • 16.Spend My Whole Life Loving You - Metro Trinity
  • 17.Take Me Down - Mirrors Over Kiev
  • 18.This Is How I Feel - Paperboys
  • 19.A Peck on the Cheek ... La Politique' - Great Leap Forward
  • 20.Kill All the Boys - Tot
  • 21.Meat Mouth Is Murder - Meat Mouth
  • 22.Carin~o - T-Coy

Tracks on Disc 5:

  • 1.24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays
  • 2.Man in a Suit - Ambitious Beggars
  • 3.Skin Storm - Bradford
  • 4.Time to Lose It [John Peel Radio Session Version] - Laugh
  • 5.Hurry on Down (When Will I See You Again) - Too Much Texas
  • 6.Pessimistic Man - Fallover 24
  • 7.Deepest, The - The Waltones
  • 8.Nice Time at the Disco - Raintree Country
  • 9.Subway Life - Johnny Dangerously
  • 10.In Salford the Sun Doesn't Shine - Jean Go Solo
  • 11.Passion in the Afternoon - Desert Wolves
  • 12.Last of the Famous International Playboys, The - Morrissey
  • 13.Fanciable Headcase - King of the Slums
  • 14.C'est La Vie - Sun & the Moon
  • 15.Chorus of the Lost - The Reegs
  • 16.The Man With the Golden Arm - Barry Adamson
  • 17.Ooh! This Feeling - Jazz DeFektors
  • 18.All This and Heaven Too [Radio Edit] - Chapter and the Verse
  • 19.Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald
  • 20.Born in the North - Us

Tracks on Disc 6:

  • 1.What the World Is Waiting For - The Stone Roses
  • 2.Vein - What? Noise
  • 3.Swerve - Dub Sex
  • 4.Hold On - The Train Set
  • 5.Waterskin - The Jerks
  • 6.And Then She Smiles - The Mock Turtles
  • 7.7 Reasons [Demo] - Revenge
  • 8.Getting Away With It - Electronic
  • 9.How Sleep the Brave [Jazz Mix Vocal Edit] - MC Buzz B (remix)
  • 10.The Only Rhyme That Bites - MC Tunes/808 State
  • 11.Big [dit] - New Fast Automatic Daffodils
  • 12.Shall We Take a Trip - Northside
  • 13.Get Ready - The Rainkings
  • 14.Perfume - Paris Angels
  • 15.Box Set Go - The High
  • 16.18 Daze - The Cygnet Ring
  • 17.Dazed - Asia Fields
  • 18.And It Wasn't a Dream - Ruthless Rap Assassins
  • 19.Coming Through Clear - Krispy 3
  • 20.Let Off [7" Mix] - Kiss Amc (remix)

Tracks on Disc 7:

  • 1.Sproston Green - The Charlatans
  • 2.Giant Sea - Swirl
  • 3.Sons of the Stage - World of Twist
  • 4.Dream Beam [Edit] - Hypnotone
  • 5.Cubik [Original Mix] - 808 State (remix)
  • 6.Space Face - Sub Sub
  • 7.Camper Van - The Adventure Babies
  • 8.Fly - The Days
  • 9.Murder - Kill Laura
  • 10.Caterpillars - Wonky Alice
  • 11.Soup - Robinson
  • 12.Lionrock - Lionrock
  • 13.Song to the Siren - The Chemical Brothers
  • 14.Can You Fly Like You Mean It (Gungadin) - Intastella - (featuring Shaun Ryder)
  • 15.Offshore - Puressence
  • 16.Dirt and Soul - Bandit Queen
  • 17.Barny - Molly Half Head
  • 18.Columbia [Demo] - Oasis

Product Description:

Seven CD set. From Buzzcocks to Britpop, Manchester North Of England is the ultimate tribute to the independent output of that most important and iconic of musical cities, with 146 tracks across seven CDs in a deluxe box set. Compiled by the team behind other Cherry Red box sets (Scared To Get Happy, Still In A Dream, Millions Like Us, Action Time Vision, etc.), this tells the story of how indie music exploded in Manchester after the rush of Punk and the seminal release of the Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch EP. With exhaustive sleevenotes by the city's leading music journalist of the era, Mick Middles, and a foreword by Mark Radcliffe, Manchester North Of England includes many of the key bands from the late '70s to the early '90s - Joy Division, The Fall, New Order, James, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Morrissey, John Cooper Clarke, 808 State, A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column, The Charlatans and last but not least, Oasis. Although the scene was dominated by blokes with guitars, which is reflected here, Manchester North Of England also doffs it's cap to reggae, soul, singer-songwriters, hip-hop, avant garde, techno/industrial and dance music. Inspired by Bop Cassettes' 1988 compilation (name + cover image), the box set is being presented in conjunction with MDMA (Manchester District Music Archive). Many of the tracks appear on CD for the first time, from the Punk explosion through Factory Records, post-punk, the jangly C86 period, Madchester, Indie-Dance and the early 90s transition into what would become Britpop.

Product Info

  • UPC: 5013929103801
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4/lbs (approx)
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