X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day Glo

As far as I'm concerned this is one of top five tracks from the punk era, will never tire of listening to it.
This came on orange (Dayglo) vinyl.

01 - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
02 - Iama Poseur

Dave And Ansil Collins - Double Barrell

Classic Ska / Reggae from Dave and Ansil Collins.
Despite being nearly 40 years old this disc is in pretty good condition.
The B Side is listed as Version 2, although it's hard to tell the difference.

A - Double Barrell
B - Double Barrell (Version 2)

Clash - Remote Control

This was the second CBS single, and I've read that they released it without the Clash's permission.
The song failed to hit the chart after the minor chart success of White Riot.

A - Remote Control
B - London's Burning (Live)

Clash - Clash City Rockers

Here's the Clash's 3rd hit single (reached no.35 in March 78).

A - Clash City Rockers
B - Jail Guitar Doors

Roddy Radiation And The Specials - Braggin And Tryin Not To Lie

The single states "free single not for sale" so it was possibly given away with an album? I picked this up in a job lot of 7'' vinyls at a boot sale so I don't know the full history.
I've seen these tracks on a couple of the many two tone compilations so probably not as rare as I'd hoped, but well worth a listen for anyone into ska / 2-tone.

Roddy Radiation And The Specials - Braggin And Tryin Not To Lie
Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck - Rude Boys Outa Jail (Version)

England New Order - World In Motion

The Greatest football song ever released.
I was a huge New Order fan at the time and considering how bad every previous England song had been before it didn't have much competition.
18 years later and it's still a great song even if you're not a footy fan.
Included is the B-side cleverly titled "The B Side" with an alternate version of the main tune and also Keith Allen's dodgy John Barnes impression and some "rapping" by the other less talented England players.

A - World In Motion
B - The B Side

Sandie Shaw - Hand In Glove

Here we have the unlikely pairing of Sandie Shaw and the Smiths.
As I remember Sandie Shaw and Morrissey had a mutual admiration of each others songs and after meeting up Sandie recorded various Smiths tracks with Marr, Rourke and Joyce.
I've come across several tracks recorded but believe this was the only official release.

A - Hand In Glove
B - I Don't Owe You Anything

Emerson Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (Flexi Disc)

I got this flexi disc free with the New Musical Express (NME) back in around 1973 when I was still a kid.
I've kept it all these years in the hope it would be worth a lot of money, but just checked and found out you can still pick it up for less than a fiver :-(
Anyway it served it's purpose and when I started earning I went out and bought the album.
Strangely the album didn't include the title track? (although I think later CD versions do).

1 - Brain Salad Surgery
2 - Excerpts From Brain Salad Surgery

Patti Smith Group - Because The Night

Surprisingly this was the only Patti Smith song to hit the UK charts (hitting no.5 in 1978).
Because the night was co-written with Bruce Springsteen.

A - Because The Night
B - God Speed

Associates - Club Country

This was the second of 3 top 40 hits that the Associates had from 1982.
Although I bought various singles from these at the time I didn't fully appreciate the genius that was the late Billy McKenzie until much later.


There is a slight "scratch" noise on the run out of this disc due to the label being overprinted (see pic).
(Reminds me that I must clean my scanner, the record wasn't that dusty)

A - Club Country
B - AG It's You Again

VA - Switched On (The Cool Sound Of TV Advertising)

Switched On (The Cool Sound Of TV Advertising)

Like the Essential soundtracks album I picked this up after collecting a pile of vouchers from some product that I can't actually remember?
So glad I did as this is a brilliant collection of songs.
I can't remember how many times I've only discovered bands just because one of their tracks was used in an advert and it's stuck in my head.
Not sure if it really works on an advertising level as I often can't think what the product was and it's only through compilations like this that I find the music, this is from around 2001.

Disc 1
01 - Supernaturals - Smile
02 - Loop Da Loop - What I Like About You
03 - Faithless - Drifting Away
04 - Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In La
05 - Leftfield - Original
06 - All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
07 - Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
08 - Crustation With Bronagh Slevin - Purple
09 - Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
10 - Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
11 - Shaft - (Muncho Mambo) Sway
12 - KRS One - Sound Of Da Police
13 - CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter
14 - Jimmy Smith - Organ Grinder's Swing
15 - House Of Pain - Jump Around
16 - Monk And Canatella - Enter The Monk
17 - Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
18 - Propellerheads And Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
19 - Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt
20 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
21 - Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

Disc 2
01 - Propellerheads - Dive
02 - Rob D - Clubbed To Death
03 - Le Hammond Inferno - Easy Leasing Superstar
04 - King Bee - Back By Dope Demand
05 - Stereo Mc's - Connected
06 - Moby - Run On
07 - New Order - Blue Monday 88
08 - David Holmes - Rodney Yates
09 - Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
10 - Freakpower - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
11 - James Clarke - Blow Up A Go Go
12 - Felix - Don't You Want Me
13 - Sash - Encore Une Fois
14 - Fat Boy Slim - Going Out Of My Head
15 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
16 - Urban DK - Have A Go Hero
17 - Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
18 - Pixies - Tame
19 - Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
20 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
21 - Wiseguys - Ooh La La
22 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Fun Lovin' Criminal

VA - Essential Soundtracks

Nice collection of tracks used in movies.

Disc 1
01 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
02 - Dick Dale And The Del Tones - Misirlou
03 - James Brown - The Payback
04 - The La's - There She Goes
05 - Stereophonics - Just Looking
06 - Leftfield - Shallow Grave
07 - Shirley Bassey - Big Spender
08 - Al Green - Let's Stay Together
09 - Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
10 - Bjork And David Arnold - Play Dead
11 - Bedrock And Kyo - For What You Dream Of
12 - Orbital - The Saint
13 - Stone Roses - Fools Gold
14 - Ash - A Life Less Ordinary
15 - Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
16 - Velvet Underground - Heroin
17 - Santana - Oye Como Va
18 - Kool And The Gang - Jungle Boogie
19 - Commodores - Machine Gun
20 - Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Disc 2
01 - Underworld - Born Slippy
02 - George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
03 - Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
04 - Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
05 - Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
06 - Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt (Main Title)
07 - Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
08 - Johnny Mercer - Ac Cent Tchu Ate The Positive
09 - Roger Miller - King Of The Road
10 - Lavern Baker - Soul On Fire
11 - Barry White - You're The First The Last My Everything
12 - Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
13 - Emotions - Best Of My Love Boogie Nights
14 - Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
15 - Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
16 - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
17 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
18 - Booker T And The Mg's - Green Onions
19 - Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme (Instrumental)
20 - Lou Reed - Perfect Day

VA - Flesh Fangs And Filigree

The label says "50 songs of darkness and torture by the original artists".
It's not as depressing as it sounds.
Tracks from The Damned, Stranglers, Penetration, Marc Almond, Iggy Pop, Nico, Bauhaus and many others make this a worthwhile compilation.

Disc 1
01 - Notwist - Torture Day
02 - Nico - Femme Fatale
03 - Sex Gang Children - Ecstasy And Vendetta
04 - Lydia Lunch - Stinkfist
05 - Mission - Stars Don't Shine
06 - Dominator - Swallow Me
07 - Alien Sex Fiend - Class Of 69
08 - Electric Sex Circus - Spanner Badge
09 - Blood Red Dogs - Lizzy Gone Bad
10 - Gene Loves Jezebel - Sweet Rain
11 - Scarehead - Plague Bones
12 - Morgans - Red Or Dead
13 - Christian Death - The Nascent Virion
14 - Specimen - Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth
15 - Dark - The Pleasure Is Pain
16 - Iggy And The Stooges - Cock In My Pocket
17 - Damned - Torture Me

Disc 2
01 - Bauhaus - Boys
02 - Rita Lynch - Baby I Wonder
03 - Thirty Nine Clocks - Psychotic Louie Louie
04 - Penetration - Free Money
05 - Furyo - Legacy
06 - Sally Timms And Marc Almond - This House Is A House Of Trouble
07 - Skeletal Family - Alone She Cries
08 - Ghost Dance - Heart Full Of Soul
09 - Swarf Sisters - Pallastine
10 - Play Dead - Final Epitaph
11 - Ritual - Mind Disease
12 - Bone Orchard - Kicking Up The Sawdust
13 - Sunglasses After Dark - Morbid Silence
14 - Into A Circle - Seraphin Twin
15 - Drill - Uniforms
16 - Psychic Tv - Horror House

Disc 3
01 - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Beating My Head
02 - Stranglers - Peasant In The Big Shitty
03 - Creaming Jesus - The Skinny Head Fuck
04 - Actifed - Crucifixion
05 - Marionettes - Death Of A Friend
06 - Slug Bait - Karren Brady
07 - Lucyfix - Simon Says
08 - Baptism - Sex Hangover
09 - Die Lady Di - House Of Come
10 - March Violets - Essence
11 - Theatre Of Hate - Judgement Hymn
12 - Band Of Pain - The Correction Of Jennifer
13 - In Exelsis - Carnival Of The Gullible
14 - Bomb Party - Harry The Babysitter
15 - Zero Le Creche - Last Years Wife
16 - Pauline Murray - Screaming In The Darkness
17 - Screaming Dead - Creatures Of The Night

VA - The Lakes

Music from Jimmy McGovern's BBC series The Lakes.
The series starred John Simm who later found fame as Sam Tyler in "Life on Mars" and was recently seen as the master in Dr Who.
Nice collection of songs from the late 90's.

01 - Cast - Walkaway
02 - Charlatans - North Country Boy
03 - Blur - Song 2
04 - Republica - Bloke
05 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
06 - Squeeze - Tempted
07 - Echo And The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever
08 - Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind
09 - New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
10 - Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
11 - Rollo Goes Spiritual With Pauline Taylor - Let This Be A Prayer
12 - Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
13 - Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
14 - Placebo - Bruise Pristine
15 - Stone Roses - Begging You
16 - Ocean Colour Scene - Travellers Tune
17 - Radiohead - Just
18 - Massive Attack - Protection
19 - Mansun - Stripper Vicar
20 - Space - Female Of The Species
21 - Terry Hall - Anywhere

VA - Club Hits 97/98 (Soundtrack To A Season)

A 2 Disc compilation featuring a lot of the music used in Sky Sports Premier league coverage during the 97/98 season.
On the whole a really good selection (although I hate Tubthumping), Brainbug's Nightmare is a brilliant tune.

01 - Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
02 - Underworld - Born Slippy
03 - Republica - Ready To Go
04 - Fluke - Absurd
05 - Primal Scream - Loaded
06 - Stone Roses - Fools Gold
07 - Olive - You're Not Alone
08 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
09 - Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
10 - Chemical Brothers - Three Little Birdies Down Beats
11 - Prodigy - Voodoo People
12 - Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin 'bout Dub
13 - Collapsed Lung - Eat My Goal
14 - Fatboy Slim - Going Out Of My Mind
15 - Future Sound Of London - We Have Explosive
16 - Chemical Brothers - Electrobank
17 - Orb - Toxygene
18 - Massive Attack - Risingson (Underdog Remix)

01 - Tin Tin Out - Strings For Yasmin
02 - Mighty Dub Katz - Magick Carpet Ride
03 - Slacker - Your Face
04 - Heartists - Belo Horizonti
05 - Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close
06 - Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
07 - Adventures Of Stevie V And Nazlyn - Dirty Cash
08 - Felix - Don't You Want Me
09 - Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness
10 - Laguna - Spiller From Rio (Do It Easy)
11 - BBE - Seven Days And One Week
12 - Chicane With Power Circle - Offshore 97
13 - Brainbug - Nightmare
14 - Dj Quicksilver - Free
15 - Boris D'lugosch Presents Booom - Hold Your Head Up High
16 - B Crew - Partay Feeling
17 - Dylan Rhymes - Naked And Ashamed
18 - Fluke - Squirt

VA - Be There Now

Tracks from 1971 - 1997 turn up on this Select magazine compilation, and they go together brilliantly.
So credit to the person who chose these.

01 - Radiohead - Lurgee
02 - Wire - Outdoor Miner
03 - Ether - He Say Yeah
04 - Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
05 - Feline - Release
06 - Electronic - Get The Message
07 - Dubstar - Wearchest
08 - Bentley Rhythm Ace - Midlander (There Can Only Be One)
09 - Hawkwind - Silver Machine
10 - Wireless - I Need You
11 - Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live)
12 - Cecil - Zips For Lips
13 - Talk Talk - Lifes What You Make It
14 - Morrissey - Suedehead
15 - Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
16 - David Bowie - Velvet Goldmine

VA - Last Of The High Kings

Short but quality tracklist on this movie soundtrack.
Have to admit to never having seen the film, and before I picked this up I hadn't heard of it either.
The Michael Convertino tracks are film dialogue.

01 - Michael Convertino - Last Of The High Kings
02 - Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
03 - Buzzocks - Ever Fallen In Love
04 - Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
05 - Dr Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol
06 - Tom Robinson - 2 4 6 8 Motorway
07 - Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
08 - Michael Convertino - Thunder
09 - Ash - Oh Yeah
10 - Mink De Ville - Spanish Stroll
11 - Gallagher And Lyle - Heart On My Sleeve
12 - Michael Convertino - Can't Take Your Eyes Off This Place For 1 Minute
13 - Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight
14 - Ace - How Long

VA - NME Best New Bands Showcase 2006

Good collection of artists on this 2006 freebie from the NME.
Over half have gone on to release good albums.

01 - Dirty Pretty Things - You Fucking Love It
02 - Like - Too Late
03 - Cribs - It Happened So Fast
04 - Spinto Band - Mountains
05 - Rakes - Binary Love
06 - Larrikin Love - On Sussex Downs
07 - Hot Chip - Careful
08 - I Forward Russia - Twelve
09 - Wolfmother - White Unicorn
10 - Jose Gonzalez - All You Deliver
11 - Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail
12 - Brakes - I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You
13 - Guillemots - Go Away
14 - Go Team - Huddleflash (Kevin Shields Mix)

Devo - Jocko Homo / Mongoloid

Devo's finest in my opinion, Jocko Homo and Mongoloid on one single.

A Jocko Homo
B Mongoloid

Burundi Steiphenson Black - Burundi Black

The music that inspired Adam Ant.
I remember my next door neighbour playing this loud when I was a kid, used to drive my dad mad as he thought the Zulus were invading :)
Part one includes Mike Steiphenson's organ? (an early remix?), part two is the original drums of the Burundi.

A - Burundi Black (Part One)
B - Burundi Black (Part Two)

Patrick Allen - Elusive

Elusive - A fragrance ballad with the voice of Patrick Allen.

Had to post this as it's just strange and creepy.
One of those flexi discs given away with Avon cosmetics.
It has a folky style song that sounds like something from one of those psychedelic sixties movies, then Mr "Protect and Survive" Patrick Allen comes in with a sales pitch for their new fragrance "elusive", (you keep expecting him to talk about labelling bodies and avoiding fallout).
I've no idea when this was made probably late 60's, early 70's?

Rubinoos - I Think We're Alone Now

Brilliant cover of the Tommy James classic by the Rubinoos in 1977, 10 years before that bloody Tiffany cover which totally ruined the song and sadly had more success?
Still love this version.

A - I Think We're Alone Now
B - As Long As I'm With You

Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner

Classic from Jonathan Richman, there seems to be many versions of this song around, here is the original single versions.

A - Roadrunner Once
B - Roadrunner Twice

Sugarcubes - Walkabout

One more from the Sugarcubes, the 7" vinyl of Walkabout.

A - Walkabout (Alternative Mix)
B - Stone Drill - In The Rock

Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

Roxy's excellent "Love is the drug" plus the excellent B-Side "Sultanesque" which as far as I know doesn't feature on any of their albums.
It's a 5+ minute instrumental which sounds aboriginal (or Rolf Harris?) to me.
Pure brilliance in my opinion, but I have weird tastes in music :)

A - Love Is The Drug
B - Sultanesque

Jimmy Cliff - Wild World

I imagine everyone who likes it has a pristine remastered CD version, whereas this is a scratchy original 7" vinyl version picked up in poor condition at a rainy boot sale recently.
But it's a classic and I like the sound :)

A - Wild World
B - Be Aware

Bruce Ruffin - Rain

I won't lie, this record is not perfect a fair bit of scratch noise.
It was a record I chased for years, as I really wanted the B-side "Geronimo" and couldn't find it anywhere, until finally getting hold of this copy in a market.

A - Rain
B - Geronimo

7" Singles

Still get a bit depressed when I go through the vinyls as I seem to have more crap than good stuff.Years of buying and selling have seen most of my original collection go, to be replaced with job lots of stuff I haven't been able to give away.
I know it's hard to turn down a box of 500+ singles for a pound, but it's left me with singles by "artists" like New Kids on the block, Sonia, Jason Donovan and other assorted junk that I wouldn't have touched in my collecting days.

Bjork - Bachelorette

Probably my favourite Bjork song, although it's very close as she's done so much good stuff.

01 - Bachelorette (Radio Edit)
02 - My Snare
03 - Scary
04 - Bachelorette (Howie Spread Mix)

Bjork - Venus As A Boy

Love this song, enuff said :)

01 Venus As A Boy (Edit)
02 Venus As A Boy (7'' Dream Mix)

Bjork - Possibly Maybe (CD2)

This is listed as No.2 of 3 in a collection of CD singles for Possibly Maybe.
Strangely the only version of the song on this CD is track 3?
Anyway for Bjork fans, this contains 4 good remixes of various tracks.

01 - Cover Me (Dillinja Mix)
02 - One Day (Trevor Morais Mix)
03 - Possibly Maybe (Calcutta Cyber Cafe Dub Mix)
04 - I Miss You (Photek Mix)

Mark Snow - The X-Files

I was a big fan of the X files (at least until Mulder left), cost me a fortune at the time.
After home recording every episode on VHS, I ended up buying the entire video collection in box sets which still sit unopened in a drawer and are probably worth a fraction of what I paid for them due to the onset of DVD.
Also bought 3 CD albums (2 from the film, and music from the series) plus this single.
I've heard there is a new X-Files film coming out this year, hopefully it will be better than the original film as that was disappointment after the hype.

01 - The X-Files (Original Version)
02 - The X-Files (Terrestial Mix))
03 - The X-Files (P.M. Dawn Remix)

Air - Radio #1

Something a bit different from the usual Air style.

01 - Radio #1
02 - Radio #1 (JP Cristal Remix)
03 - Flowerhead
04 - Radio #1 (Video)

Collapsed Lung - Eat My Goal

Collapsed Lung were an Essex hip-hop band who will probably only be remembered for this track, which got a lot of air play and a chart position around the 1998 world cup.
Also used on a few adverts it is guaranteed to turn up on all future footie related compilations.
Say Ho!!

01 - Eat My Goal (Original)
02 - Eat My Goal (Mardi Grass Mix)
03 - Eat My Goal (Jackpot Goalie Mix)
04 - Eat My Goal (Synchromesh Terror On The Terraces Mix)
05 - Eat My Goal (Black Cats Mix)
06 - Eat My Goal (Instrumental Mix)

Babybird - Goodnight

As far as I know Babybird had been around for a long time before this song finally gave them some chart success.
Some odd lyrics doesn't take away from a great pop song.
Shame he released the awful "you're gorgeous" after this :)

01 - Goodnight
02 - July
03 - Harry And Ida Swop Teeth

Oasis - Wonderwall

A classic moment from Oasis.

01 - Wonderwall
02 - Round Are Way
03 - The Swamp Song
04 - The Masterplan

Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That

One of the best remixes ever done, the beat is superb.

01 - It's Like That (Drop The Break Radio Edit)
02 - It's Like That (Jason's Battle Blaster)
03 - It's Like That (Drop The Break)

Shanks And Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

Mellow tune, which at the time you couldn't get out of your head.

01 - Sweet Like Chocolate (Shanks and Bigfoot Radio Edit)
02 - Sweet Like Chocolate (Metro 7 Remix)
03 - Sweet Like Chocolate (Shanks and Bigfoot Original Mix)
04 - Sweet Like Chocolate (Ruff Driverz Vocal)

Sash - Encore Une Fois

Another play loud classic, this comes with the full 6 mixes.

01 - Encore Une Fois (Blunt Radio Edit)
02 - Encore Une Fois (Future Breeze Mix)
03 - Encore Une Fois (La Casa Di Tokapi)
04 - Encore Une Fois (Dancing Divaz Misc Mix)
05 - Encore Une Fois (The Powerplant Toke On This Mix)
06 - Encore Une Fois (Original 12'')

Phats And Small - Turn Around

01 - Turn Around (Radio Edit)
02 - Turn Around (Norman Cook Remix)
03 - Turn Around (Chris & James Remix)

Lucid - I Can't Help Myself

Classic trance/club tune, play loud.

01 - I Can't Help Myself (Radio Edit)
02 - I Can't Help Myself (Judge Jules Vocal Edit)
03 - I Can't Help Myself (Alternative Radio Mix)
04 - I Can't Help Myself (The Lucid Vocal Mix)

Daft Punk - One More Time

Here goes with a small selection of the better dance singles from a few years back, starting with this classic by Daft Punk.
Although I liked most of their earlier stuff, this was the first one I had to go and buy.

01 - One More Time (Short Radio Edit)
02 - One More Time (Radio Edit)
03 - One More Time (Club Mix)

Bedlam Ago Go - Season No 5

This track received a lot of air play when it was released, but failed to trouble the charts for some reason.
This CD single contains 5 different versions/mixes of the main tune, which was the norm with early CD singles before they changed the rules of eligibilty for the charts, afterwards a CD would only be eligible for chart position if it contained a maximum of 3 tracks.
Although multiple mixes of the same tune probably only appeals to fans of the band and anoraks, in the same way as 2 disc film DVD's containing hours of dull extras seem a waste of time to me.

01 - Season No. 5 Radio Edit
02 - Season No. 5 Regular Fries Mix
03 - Season No. 5 Forest Fire Dub
04 - Season No. 5 Remainder Dub
05 - Season No. 5 Album Version

Was Not Was - Shake Your Head

The title track features Ozzy Osbourne and Kim Basinger?
Odd selection but it works brilliantly.
Must try to find my vinyl version as I'm sure it has an alternative version of Shake your head on the B Side.

01 - Shake Your Head
02 - Spy In The House Of Love
03 - I Blew Up The United States
04 - Robot Girl

Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid

My favourite Garbage track, nothing much more to say ;)

01 - I Think I'm Paranoid
02 - I Think I'm Crystalized (Extended Edit)
03 - I Think I'm Paranoid Purity Mix (Jill Stark)

LCD - Zorba's Dance

Here's a novelty item from the late 90's, LCD "The World's first digital supergroup".
The video was quite cutting edge at the time, but looks very amateur now, Shows how much technology has come on in ten years.

01 - Zorba's Dance (Radio Version)
02 - Zorba's Dance (Slow Start)
03 - Zorba's Dance (Miss Marisa's Mix)
04 - Theme From The Z Files
05 - Zorba's Dance (Video)

Papa Roach - Last Resort

I am grateful to bands like Papa Roach, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit for dragging kids back into rock music when it looked like every kid and teen was being forced to either listen to R'n'B (Eminem, Ja Rule, Jay-Z etc) or stuck with Pop bands like Steps and Atomic Kitten.
This was probably as good as it got from Papa Roach but the influence spread well.

01 - Last Resort
02 - Last Resort (Live BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)
03 - Between Angels And Insects (Live BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)

Manic Street Preachers - Lipstick Traces

Lipstick Traces A Secret History of The Manic Street Preachers.
This is a 2 disc compilation, Disc 1 consists of B-sides and rarities, Disc 2 contains a variety of cover versions.
I really like this album, despite the initial feeling it was just a filler album with a few unreleased tracks to lure Manics fans into buying it, the cover versions are excellent.

Disc 1
01 - Prologue To History
02 - 4 Ever Delayed
03 - Sorrow 16
04 - Judge Yr'self
05 - Socialist Serenade
06 - Donkeys
07 - Comfort Comes
08 - Mr Carbohydrate
09 - Dead Trees And Traffic Islands
10 - Horses Under Starlight
11 - Sepia
12 - Scuplture Of Man
13 - Spectators Of Suicide
14 - Democracy Coma
15 - Strip It Down (Live)
16 - Bored Out Of My Mind
17 - Just A Kid
18 - Close My Eyes
19 - Valley Boy
20 - We Her Majesty's Prisoners

Disc 2
01 - We Are All Bourgeois Now
02 - Rock And Roll Music
03 - It's So Easy (Live)
04 - Take The Skinheads Bowling
05 - Been A Son
06 - Out Of Time
07 - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
08 - Bright Eyes (Live)
09 - Train In Vain (Live)
10 - Wrote For Luck
11 - What's My Name (Live)
12 - Velocity Girl
13 - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
14 - Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
15 - Last Christmas (Live)

Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed (Special Edition)

I really like the Manics despite some of the more recent "average" tracks, this double disc compilation comprises of a "best of" CD, and a remixes CD.
I'm sure everyone has a personal view of what makes up the best 20 tracks by the Manics, for me only about half these would be there.
The Remixes are good with some really well known remixers.

Disc 1
01 - A Design For Life
02 - Motorcycle Emptiness
03 - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
04 - La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)
05 - There By The Grace Of God
06 - You Love Us
07 - Australia
08 - You Stole The Sun From My Heart
09 - Kevin Carter
10 - Tsunami
11 - The Masses Against The Classes
12 - From Despair To Where
13 - Door To The River
14 - Everything Must Go
15 - Faster
16 - Little Baby Nothing
17 - Suicide Is Painless (Theme From Mash)
18 - So Why So Sad
19 - The Everlasting
20 - Motown Junk

Disc 2
01 - La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
02 - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (David Holmes Remix)
03 - Tsunami (Cornelius Remix)
04 - So Why So Sad (Avalanches Remix)
05 - Faster (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
06 - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Massive Attack Remix)
07 - Kevin Carter (Jon Carter Remix)
08 - You Stole The Sun From My Heart (David Holmes Remix)
09 - Tsunami (Stereolab Remix)
10 - Let Robeson Sing (Ian Brown Remix)
11 - The Everlasting (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)
12 - You Stole The Sun From My Heart (Mogwai Remix)
13 - A Design For Life (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)

Various - Hanging with the Strokes

Another NME compilation album, this one's entitled Hanging with the Strokes (14 new tracks and classic influences by Julian and the boys).
This one has a really diverse tracklisting including Bob Marley, Duran Duran!, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Iggy Pop amongst others.

01 Kings Of Leon - Spiral Staircase
02 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
03 Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
04 New York Dolls - Trash
05 The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
06 The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
07 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Trenchtown Rock
08 Peter Tosh - Arise Black Man
09 Iggy Pop With Ric Ocaesk - Old Mule Skinner
10 Blondie - One Way Or Another
11 Duran Duran - Rio [Us Edit]
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away
13 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
14 The Strokes - Is This It [Demo]
(NME Essentials)
15 Jet - Get Me Outta Here
16 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - In Like The Rose
17 Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight [Home Demo]
18 The Cooper Temple Clause - Music Box
19 The Coral - Boy At The Window