Echo And The Bunnymen - Do It Clean

According to the info I've read these 2 tracks were left off the Binnymen's debut album Crocodiles originally because Warner Bros director Rob Dickins thought that they contained obscenities, the cassette version had them but the vinyl didn't?
Several months later the tracks were included as a limited edition single with the vinyl album, which is where I assume this came from.
Interesting when looking up the value of this "rarity", Musicstack in the US has it listed at a wide range of prices from $1.92 to $5120.87!!
I think it was well worth the 10p I paid for it at a boot sale last year :)
The B side gives a writing credit to Julian Cope as well as Ian McCulloch.

01 Do It Clean
02 Read It In Books

Various Artists - Cover Versions

I tend to either love or hate cover versions, if they are too similar to the original I'll label them as shite, or if a band has put their own distinctive mark on them I usually love them.
Here is a totally random selection, by no means the best and probably not even including all my favourites (just ones that sprung to mind without having to search too hard).
A lot with punk influence but enough of other genres to make it interesting.
Everyone has their favourites and their own opinions I looked up a couple of articles on top rated covers and to be honest hated most of them.

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Anti Nowhere League - Streets Of London
Bad Manners - The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
Bomb The Bass - Say A Little Prayer
Clash - Police And Thieves
Cramps - Route 66
Damned - Ballroom Blitz
Devo - (I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction
Dickies - Nights In White Satin
Echo And The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Elbow - Independent Woman
Fall - Gotta See Jane
Flying Lizards - What's New Pussycat
Green Day - Working Class Hero
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
Jam - Batman Theme
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Wheels On The Bus
King Kurt - Ghost Riders In The Sky
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Madness - It Must Be Love
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Leaving On A Jet Plane
Modettes - Paint It Black
Motorhead - God Save The Queen
Muse - Feeling Good
Ramones - What A Wonderful World
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Saints - Lipstick On Your Collar
Sid Vicious - My Way
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Helter Skelter
Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Television Personalities - Mr Brightside
Tenpole Tudor - Rock Around The Clock
Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes
Toy Dolls - Blue Suede Shoes
White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
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Abrasive Wheels - Jailhouse Rock
All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
Amateur Transplants - London Underground (Going Underground)
Amy Winehouse - Cupid
Avalanches - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
B52's - Downtown
Billy Bragg - She's Leaving Home
Bjork And PJ Harvey - Satisfaction (Live)
Buzzcocks - Ballroom Blitz
Cult - Born To Be Wild
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
Devo - Working In A Coalmine
Eddie And The Hot Rods - Gloria
Elvis Costello - She
Farmer's Boys - In The Country
Fatima Mansions - Everything I Do
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Suffragette City
Fun Lovin Criminals - We Have All The Time In The World
Ian Brown - Billie Jean
Judge Dread - Al Capone
Kate Bush - Rocket Man
Little Nell - Fever
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless (Theme From Mash)
OK Go - Ant Music
Plastic Bertrand - Sha La La La Lee
Presidents Of The USA - Video Killed the Radio Star
Rezillos - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Rocket From The Crypt - Press Darlings
Sex Pistols - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
Specials - Return Of The Django
Splodgenessabounds - Two Little Boys
Stranglers - 96 Tears
Thirty Nine Lyon Street (Billy McKenzie) - Kites
Vice Squad - Teenage Rampage
Vinnie Jones - Wooly Bully
Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire
Weezer - Uptown Girl
Who - Summer Time Blues (Live)
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Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Anarchy In The UK
Bad Manners - Wet Dream
Beautiful South - Everybody's Talking At Me
Billy Bragg And The Blokes - Billericay Dickie
Carter USM - The Impossible Dream
Count Bishops - Route 66
Damned - Eloise
Dickies - Paranoid
Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Faith No More - Easy
Fratellis - Solid Gold Easy Action
Jane Aire And The Belvederes - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
Jet Bumpers - Radar Love
John Otway - Space Oddity
Leningrad Cowboys - These Boots Are Made For Walking
Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged)
Offspring - I Wanna Be Sedated
Radio Stars - Dear Prudence
Ramones - Baby I Love You
Rezillos - I Like It
Selecter - James Bond
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah
Sex Pistols - Substitute
Sexgang Children - As Tears Go By
Sham 69 - You're A Better Man Than I
Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger
Snow Patrol - Isolation
Soft Cell - What
Specials - Double Barrel
Spizzenergi - Virginia Plain
Splodgenessabounds - Wiffy Woman (Pretty Woman)
Stranglers - Walk On By
Stray Cats - Something Else
Suggs - Cecilia
Vandals - Hocus Pocus
Vic Reeves - Born Free
Wedding Present - Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Wreckless Eric - Clever Trevor
XTC - All Along The Watchtower
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Ataris - The Boys Of Summer
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Bjork - You Only Live Twice
Blue Rondo A La Turk - I Spy (For The FBI)
Blues Brothers - Rawhide
Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So
Clash - I Fought The Law
Colourfield - Windmills Of Your Mind
Decemberists - Human Behaviour
Human League - Get Carter
J Church - Girlfriend In A Coma
Jam - David Watts
Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros - Redemption Song
Kaiser Chiefs - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Keane - With Or Without You
Killers - Shadowplay
Kirsty MacColl - A New England
L7 - Hanging On The Telephone
Lawnmower Deth - Up The Junction
Manic Street Preachers - Umbrella
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Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
Marilyn Manson - Down In The Park
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Seasons In The Sun
Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain
Morrissey - That's Entertainment
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
New York Dolls - (Give Him A) Great Big Kiss
No Doubt - It's My Life
No Way Sis - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Rubinoos - I Think We're Alone Now
Siouxsie And The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire
Skids - All The Young Dudes
Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Night
Suggs - Alright
Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Terry Hall - Music To Watch Girls By
The King - Come As You Are
Toyah - Echo Beach
U96 - Das Boot
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Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter

My second favourite Echo song.

A - The Cutter
B - Way Out And Up We Go

Echo And The Bunnymen - The Back Of Love

There are so many bands that I end up loving the first song I ever heard by them and never like anything else as much again (if that makes sense?).
Thought this was brilliant the first time I heard it, and still think it's brilliant 26 years later.

A - The Back Of Love
B - The Subject

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

Various - Sound Of The Suburbs

The cover says 20 New Wave hits from the 70's and 80's and it's true the tracks are from those decades, but not sure if some of the tracks are really new wave?
Still it's a pretty good collection of tunes including a few compilation standards and some that rarely get a mention.
I think Lou Reed got star billing as his "Perfect day" remake was riding high in the charts at the time.





01 - Jam Going Underground
02 - Blondie Denis
03 - Eddie And The Hot Rods Do Anything
04 - Stranglers Peaches
05 - Boomtown Rats Rat Trap
06 - Echo And The Bunnymen The Killing Moon
07 - Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side
08 - Kirsty Maccoll A New England
09 - Vapours Turning Japanese
10 - Generation X King Rocker
11 - XTC Making Plans For Nigel
12 - Dr Feelgood Milk And Alcohol
13 - Pretenders Talk Of The Town
14 - Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love
15 - Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
16 - Pil This Is Not A Love Song
17 - Joy Division Transmission
18 - Velvet Underground Pale Blue
19 - Mc5 Kick Out The Jams
20 - Billy Idol Rebel Yell

Various - Lost Property

Lost property is a compilation of "Post Punk" tunes that everyone should have.
I bought this before I had a computer and it contains some of the best songs from the period of 79-92 that I'd only had on vinyl before.
2 Discs 37 tracks with very few off moments.







Disc 1
01 - Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
02 - The Cult She Sells Sanctuary
03 - Public Image This Is Not A Love Song
04 - New Order Blue Monday
05 - The Smiths This Charming Man
06 - Echo & The Bunnymen The Cutter
07 - Sisters Of Mercy Temple Of Love
08 - Bauhaus Ziggy Stardust
09 - Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down
10 - Psychadelic Furs Pretty In Pink
11 - Iggy Pop Lust For Life
12 - Simple Minds I Travel
13 - Electronic Getting Away With It
14 - Gang Of Four I Love A Man In Uniform
15 - The Wonder Stuff Size Of A Cow
16 - Lotus Eaters First Picture Of You
17 - B 52's Rock Lobster
18 - The Clash Magnificent 7

Disc 2
01 - The Jam Going Underground
02 - The Dammed Eloise
03 - Wire I Am The Fly
04 - Magazine A Song From Under The Floorboards
05 - The Birthday Party Release The Bats
06 - Theatre Of Hate Do You Believe In The Westworld
07 - Spear Of Destiny The Wheel
08 - The Pixies Monkey Gone To Heaven
09 - Teardrop Explodes Reward
10 - Primal Scream Loaded
11 - Jesus And Mary Chain April Skies
12 - Happy Mondays Step On
13 - James Sit Down
14 - Jane's Addiction Been Caught Stealing
15 - The Farm All Together Now
16 - Morrissey Everyday Is Like Sunday
17 - Dexy's Midnight Runners Geno
18 - Waterboys Whole Of The Moon
19 - The Specials Ghost Town

John Peel Show 19/03/80

I came across this old tape which had part of a John Peel show from (as far as I can find out) 19th March 1980.
Only 44 mins sadly (one side of a C90) but well worth a listen to hear Peel in his prime.

Tracks 
(Fade Into) Snatch - Shopping For Clothes
Undertones - She's a Runaround
Pauline Murray - Dream Sequence
Cigarettes - Can't Sleep at Night
Joy Division - Atrocity Exhibition
The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
Bob Marley - Rastaman
Echo and the Bunnymen - Stars Are Stars
Prefects - Going Through The Motions
Ranking Joe - Sheer Show Off
Comsat Angels - Independance Day
Pauline Murray - Shoot - (Ends Suddenly as Tape ran out).

Sure I've got some more, but not sure if I'll find them as most of my cassettes were
either stuck up in the loft or possibly thrown away after they got jammed in the car tape player.