The Unwanted - Various

The Unwanted were in the first wave of Brit Punk back in 77
(over 30 years back, makes me feel really old).
This is a random collection of their early singles and B-sides

1 - Withdrawal
2 - 1984
3 - Bleak Outlook
4 - Secret Police
5 - These Boots Are Made For Walking
6 - I'm Not Me
7 - The End Is Nigh

Graham Parker - Hey Lord

Here's Graham Parker And The Rumour - Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions
Another record I loved at the time, although was not over keen on anything else he did.

A Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions
B Watch The Moon Come Down (Live)

The Special AKA Live

Here's the vinyl version of the Specials "Too much too young" an absolute classic from the Two Tone era.

01 Too much too young
02 Guns of Navarone
03 Longshot kick the bucket
04 Liquidator
05 Skinhead moonstomp

Thirteen Senses - Thru The Glass

Came across Thirteen Senses when the producer of Waterloo Road (BBC) started using their tracks in virtually every episode.
Although they had a few minor hits back in 2004/5 (including this one) I'm surprised they haven't had more success.

1 Thru The Glass (Alternative Single Edit)
2 Picture This
3 Turn Out The Light

Marc Et Claude - I Need Your Lovin

Nice trance remake of this classic tune by German trance producers Marc et Claude (actually Marc and Klaus).
Tenuous link :) - a friend of mine was good friends with Marc Romboy.

1 I Need Your Lovin (Like The Sunshine) (Radio Edit)
2 I Need Your Lovin (Like The Sunshine) (Dark Moon Vocal Remix)
3 I Need Your Lovin (Like The Sunshine) (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Binary Finary - 1999

The Gouryella remix (track 2) of this song is my all time fave trance tune, played loud with the bass up sets the memories going :)
For some reason the inferior 1998 seems to get included on most trance compilations?

1 - 1999 (Kaycee's Radio Edit)
2 - 1999 (Gouryella Remix)
3 - Cryogen

Manic Street Preachers - The Love Of Richard Nixon

Another Manics CD single.
Personally feel the Manics are losing their way a bit, but hopeful they'll start making some good tunes again soon.

1 - The Love Of Richard Nixon
2 - Everything Will Be
3 - Askew Road
4 - The Love Of Richard Nixon (Movie)

Skinny - Failure

Another fave of mine, sadly Skinny were a one hit wonder.
Dido does backing vocals on the main track, but don't let that put you off if you haven't heard it before.

1 Failure (Radio Mix)
2 Failure (David Holmes Mix)
3 Failure (Original Instrumental)
4 Failure (Magitone Mix)

Eels - Susan's House

In my opinion the Eel's finest moment, love this song.

1 Susan's House
2 Stepmother
3 Manchester Girl (BBC R1 Version)

The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright

The Offspring are one of those bands that you always recognise straight away, despite a lot of similar sounding songs I'm still a fan.

1 The Kids Aren't Alright
2 Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Live)
3 Why Don't You Get A Job (Live)

Menswear - Daydreamer

Just checked and Menswear had 5 top 40 hits, strangely I only remember this one?

1 Daydreamer
2 Gentleman Jim
3 Around You Again (Live Version)

The All Seeing I - 1st Man In Space

Phil Oakey of the Human League handles the vocals on this track which was the third All Seeing I track to hit the charts after "The beat goes on" and "Walk like a Panther".

1 - 1st Man In Space
2 - Dirty Slapper
3 - No Pop I

The Charlatans - Love Is The Key

The last top 20 hit by the Charlatans was this track, it remains one of my favourites.

1 Love Is The Key (Radio Edit)
2 It's About Time
3 Viva La Sociale

The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories

A couple more Charlatans CD singles for you, here's Telling Stories.

1 Tellin' Stories
2 Keep It To Yourself
3 Clean Up Kid
4 Thank You (Live)

Super Furry Animals - Northern Lites

My favourite Super Furry's song.
Remember seeing a TV prog about them years back when they were an up and coming band where they said they were so proud of their Welsh heritage and language that they had no plans to release songs in English.
Obviously money swayed their opinions, luckily for us non welsh speakers.

1 Northern Lites
2 Rabid Dog
3 This That And The Other

The Orb - Toxygene

The Orb should be a band I really like, some of the singles have been superb.
But after buying a few of their albums I'm still undecided, for me they are fine in small doses.
Here's one of their better offerings.

1 Toxygene (Edit)
2 Toxygene (Fila Brazillia Mix)
3 Rose Tinted (Dal Vivo A Roma)
4 Toxygene (Toxic Genes Mix)

Apollo Four Forty - Ain't Talkin Bout Dub

Apollo 440 were one of the better groups of the late 90's, and this is probably their finest work using the Van Halen riff.

1 Ain't Talkin Bout Dub (@440 Radio Edit)
2 Glam (Rock N Roll Part III)
3 Ain't Talkin Bout Dub (Matrix Remix)
4 Ain't Talkin Bout Dub (Nok Hop Remix)

Apollo Four Forty - Lost In Space

The theme tune from the movie Lost in Space.
For me it's the most memorable part of the movie, as the picture itself didn't live up to expectations.

1 Lost In Space (Theme)
2 Will And Penny's Theme
3 Alpha Point

Jean Michel Jarre And Apollo 440 - Rendez-Vous 98

Nice collaboration between French superstar Jarre and Apollo 440 on this theme tune for the 1998 World cup in France.

1 Rendez-Vous 98
2 Rendez-Vous 98 (440 Remix)
3 Oxygene 10 (440 Remix Dub)

Catatonia - Stone By Stone

One more from Catatonia, Stone by stone is not as catchy as the earlier ones but still an excellent tune.

1 Stone By Stone
2 Long Time Lonely
3 Apple Core (Full Length Version)

Dandy Warhols - Boy's Better

Another CD Single from the Dandy Warhols, here's Boys better.

1 Boy's Better
2 Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
3 Free For All

Sugarcubes - It's It

It's It is a remix collection released in 1992.
There were a few alternate versions of this with 1 disc, 2 disc and Japanese versions having a variation of tracks.
Sadly I only have the one disc UK version :(

01 - Birthday (Justin Robertson 12'' Mix)
02 - Leash Called Love
03 - Blue Eyed Pop
04 - Motorcrash (Justin Robertson Mix)
05 - Planet
06 - Gold (Todd Terry Mix)
08 - Regina (Sugarcubes Mix)
09 - Mama (Mark Saunders Mix)
10 - Pump (Marius De Vries Mix)
11 - Hit (Tony Humphries Sweet And Low Mix)
12 - Birthday (Tommy D Mix)
13 - Coldsweat (DBBP Mix)

Sugarcubes - Stick Around For Joy

This was the third Sugarcubes album (or fourth if you count both English and Icelandic versions of Here Today) released in 1992.

01 - Gold
02 - Hit
03 - Leash Called Love
04 - Lucky Night
05 - Happy Nurse
06 - I'm Hungry
07 - Walkabout
08 - Hetero Scum
09 - Vitamin
10 - Chihuahua

Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good

The 1988 debut album by the Sugarcubes.

01 - Traitor
02 - Motorcrash
03 - Birthday
04 - Delicious Demon
05 - Mama
06 - Coldsweat
07 - Blue Eyed Pop
08 - Deus
09 - Sick For Toys
10 - Fucking In Rhythm And Sorrow
11 - Take Some Petrol Darling
12 - Cowboy
13 - I Want
14 - Dragon (Icelandic)
15 - Cat (Icelandic)
16 - Coldsweat (Remix)
17 - Deus (Remix)

K.U.K.L - Holidays In Europe (The Naughty Nought)

Wiki explains this better than I ever could - Here

01 - Outward Flight (Psalm 323)
02 - France (A Mutual Thrill)
03 - Gibraltar (Copy The Neighbour)
04 - Greece (Just By the Book)
05 - England (Zro)
06 - Holland (Latent)
07 - Aegean (Vials Of Wrath)
08 - The Homecoming (The Night)

K.U.K.L - The Eye

01 - Assassin
02 - Anna
03 - Open The Window And Let The Spirit Fly Free
04 - Moonbath
05 - Dismembered
06 - Seagull
07 - The Spire
08 - Handa Tjolla

Bjork

Been a big fan of Bjork since first seeing her appearance on Top of the Pops with the Sugarcubes singing "hit", have bought most of the solo releases since and most of the earlier Sugarcubes albums.
Amazingly I hadn't come across her earlier work with K.U.K.L until recently, and have to say "The Eye" is now probably my current favourite album.

Boomtown Rats Live - San Diego 79

Another web find was this Boomtown Rats concert from the Fox Theatre in San Diego California on February 27th 1979, which according to info was the first time "I Don't Like Monday's" was performed live.
Also includes a full repertoire of singles they were known for at the time.

01 - Blind Date
02 - (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
03 - Neon Heart
04 - Me And Howard Hughes
05 - Like Clockwork
06 - Medley (Rat Trap - Kicks - Joey's On The Street Again)
07 - Living On An Island
08 - (She's Gonna) Do You In
09 - She's So Modern
10 - Lookin' After No 1
11 - Mary Of The 4th Form
12 - Do The Rat
13 - Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
14 - Encore
15 - I Don't Like Mondays

Blondie Live 1977

Blondie live at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco 21st September 1977.
Found this on the net a while back and it's a pretty good concert from the early days of Blondie.
The 15 track late concert which with a bit of searching can still be found around the web, also the rarer 25 track warm up concert which includes a few false starts and the like, and is that little bit less professional or to my ears more enjoyable.

Orson Welles - 1938 Broadcast

For completist's (if that's the right word?), here the 1938 Orson Wells radio broadcast which supposedly caused panic in pre-war America.
Info here - Wiki Info

John Williams - War Of The Worlds OST

More War Of The Worlds, here is John Williams original score from the 2005 movie.

Fettdog's War Of The Worlds Remixes

For anyone looking for more War of the Worlds music here are Fettdog's brilliant remixes of the Jeff Wayne masterpiece.
Using the Richard Burton narration from the 7 disc box set, he has put together an excellent remix using a variety of contemporary artists, more info on his site here - Fettdog

First here's his original 2005 remix, which isn't available anymore
Link - Fettdog 2005

Next here's the "Redux" version, the same narration with alternative artists done in 2006.
This is still available to download at his site, he says this a better version (although I prefer the original).
Link - Fettdog Redux