5013929111400

The Sun Shines Here - The Roots Of Indie Pop 1980-1984 (3CD Box Set)

Various Artists

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CRCDBOX114

Format Details: 3CD Box Set

Release Date:  29 October 2021

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929111400

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description

    74 TRACKS EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF INDIE POP, FROM THE GLORIOUSLY AMBITIOUS PRODUCTIONS OF SOON-TO-BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES TO THE LO-FI SHOESTRING RECORDINGS OF UNDERGROUND MAINSTAYS. A COMPANION TO THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ‘SCARED TO GET HAPPY’


    FEATURING THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, THE TEARDROP EXPLODES, AZTEC CAMERA, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, PULP, SCRITTI POLITTI, PREFAB SPROUT, DEL AMITRI, VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT, WAH! HEAT, THE MONOCHROME SET AND COUNTLESS OTHER ICONIC ARTISTS.


    INCLUDES MANY TRACKS NEVER BEFORE ISSUED ON CD AND RARITIES BY THE LIKES OF APRIL SHOWERS, THE WEE CHERUBS (WHO EVOLVED INTO THE BACHELOR PAD), THE CINEMATICS (SOON TO BECOME RAZORCUTS), MO-DETTES, THE PAGE BOYS (WHO EVOLVED INTO 1000 VIOLINS), PULP (AN EARLY B-SIDE), THE TWINSETS (FIRST PROPER RELEASE), THE RINGING (A JUNE BRIDES SPIN-OFF, MAKING THEIR DEBUT ON CD), AND THE SUEDE CROCODILES (THEIR SECOND SINGLE, UNISSUED AT THE TIME)


    PRODUCED BY THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU ‘SCARED TO GET HAPPY’, ‘STILL IN A DREAM’, ‘ANOTHER SPLASH OF COLOUR’, ‘REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT’, ‘LOSING TOUCH WITH MY MIND’, THE ‘C86’ SERIES AND COUNTLESS OTHER HIT COMPILATIONS AND BOX SETS.


    ‘The Sun Shines Here’ captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it.


    In 2013, Cherry Red released the widely acclaimed 5CD collection, ‘Scared To Get Happy’, documenting the evolution of independent pop across the ‘80s, from its roots in post-punk through the so-called C86 scene and beyond.


    Eight years later, Cherry Red presents the sequel, ‘The Sun Shines Here’. Once again referencing a Hurrah! song, this 3CD set revisits and explores the birth of Indie Pop, a period when, in the early 1980s, as London centred around more angular, aggressive music, bands emerged from Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester drawing on the cooler end of ‘60s and ‘70s music to create something fresh and new.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Better Scream - WAH HEAT!
      • 2. Read It In Books - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
      • 3. The Lonely Spy - LORI & THE CHAMELEONS
      • 4. Love Song - SCARS
      • 5. Mary Millington - THE DISCO ZOMBIES
      • 6. Twist And Shout - MO-DETTES
      • 7. Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job) - IT’S IMMATERIAL
      • 8. Freetime - MANICURED NOISE
      • 9. Sweetie - THE CHEFS
      • 10. It’s Kinda Funny - JOSEF K
      • 11. It’s Obvious - AU PAIRS
      • 12. Step Close Now - DOLLY MIXTURE
      • 13. Stop That Girl - VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT
      • 14. ?Debbie Harrry - FAMILY FODDER ?
      • 15. Mutilate - LUDUS
      • 16. Go For Gold! - GIRLS AT OUR BEST!
      • 17. Fanfare In The Garden - ESSENTIAL LOGIC
      • 18. Ten Don'ts For Honeymooners - THE MONOCHROME SET
      • 19. 20th Century Composites - ART OBJECTS
      • 20. Transit - THE LINES
      • 21. Cake Shop Girl - JOWE HEAD
      • 22. God Forbid - THE WILD SWANS
      • 23. Insects - ALTERED IMAGES
      • 24. Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Demo) - THE BLUEBELLS
      • 25. Don't Let Your Son Grow Up To Be A Cowboy - THE JAZZATEERS

      Disc 2

      • 1. The “Sweetest’ Girlâ€� - SCRITTI POLITTI
      • 2. Inside Out - THE NIGHTINGALES
      • 3. The View From Her Room - WEEKEND
      • 4. On My Mind - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
      • 5. Wait - BLUE ORCHIDS
      • 6. Radio Love - PREFAB SPROUT
      • 7. Here Come The Holidays - JONI DEE Featuring THE TIMES
      • 8. Whatever Is He Like? - THE FARMER’S BOYS
      • 9. Just A Girl - THE PALE FOUNTAINS
      • 10. Running Away - THE RAINCOATS
      • 11. Crashing Down - THE GIFT
      • 12. Simply Couldn't Care - TRACEY THORN
      • 13. Hello Rascals - MICRODISNEY
      • 14. You’ll Never Never Know - DISLOCATION DANCE
      • 15. Wouldn't You? - THE LAUGHING APPLE
      • 16. Puffa Train - THE CINEMATICS
      • 17. Sun Brings Smiles - IN EMBRACE
      • 18. Involved With Love - THE DAINTEES
      • 19. Chalk Circle - FIVE OR SIX
      • 20. Hold Me - TRIXIE’S BIG RED MOTORBIKE
      • 21. Big Sister (It's Probably Better) - THE GYMSLIPS
      • 22. On Box Hill - BEN WATT
      • 23. That Fink, Jazz-Me-Blues Boy - MARINE GIRLS
      • 24. The Difference Is - DEL AMITRI

      Disc 3

      • 1. State Of Art - FRIENDS AGAIN
      • 2. There Was... - PULP
      • 3. I Want To Be With You - JANE AND BARTON
      • 4. Got To Be There - SWALLOW TONGUE
      • 5. You’re My Kind Of Girl - THE PAGE BOYS
      • 6. Judy's Toy Box - THE JETSET
      • 7. Hip Hip - HURRAH!
      • 8. Fifty Years Of Fun - BIFF BANG POW!
      • 9. In The Rain - THE JUNE BRIDES
      • 10. In The Afternoon - THE REVOLVING PAINT DREAM
      • 11. Tangled Up In Blue - THE BRILLIANT CORNERS
      • 12. Bias Binding - YEAH YEAH NOH
      • 13. Abandon Ship - APRIL SHOWERS
      • 14. Sophisticated Boom Boom - THE TWINSETS
      • 15. Jump - AZTEC CAMERA
      • 16. Caprice - THE RINGING
      • 17. Music To Watch Girls By - THE HIGSONS
      • 18. Winter - THE LOFT
      • 19. Ghost Of A Young Man - JASMINE MINKS
      • 20. Waiting For My Man - THE WEE CHERUBS
      • 21. I'm Used Now - GRAB GRAB THE HADDOCK
      • 22. Million Tears - THE PASTELS
      • 23. Crystal Clear - ST CHRISTOPHER
      • 24. Paint Yourself A Rainbow - THE SUEDE CROCODILES
      • 25. Upside Down - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN