Released On This Week - March 9-16

1967 - The Velvet Underground & Nico album

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO ~ "I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR";


THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "VENUS IN FURS";


THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "HEROIN";


THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ "THE EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE";


1972 - Thin Lizzy "Shades Of The Blue Orphanage" lp

THIN LIZZY ~ "WHISKEY IN THE JAR"


1974 - Lou Reed "Sweet Jane" 45

LOU REED ~ "SWEET JANE";


1975 - Tiger Lily "Ain't Misbehavin" 45 (later became Ultravox)

TIGER LILY ~ "AIN'T MISBEHAVIN";


1977 - The Clash "White Riot" 45, Eater "Outside View" 45, Devo "Mongoloid" 45, The Suicide Commandos "Match/Mismatch" 45, Kraftwerk "Trans Europe Express" lp, Elvis Costello & The Atrractions "Less Than Zero" 45

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS ~ "LES THAN ZERO";


THE CLASH ~ "WHITE RIOT";


EATER ~ "OUTSIDE VIEW";


DEVO ~ "MONGOLOID";


KRAFTWERK ~ "TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS";



1978 - Generation X debut lp, Simple Minds "Life In A Day" lp, Pere Ubu "The Modern Dance" lp, The Buzzcocks "Another Music From A Different Kitchen" lp, The Saints "Eternally Yours" lp, Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" lp, The Dyaks "Gutter Kids" 45, Leila & The Snakes "Rock & Roll Wierdos" 45, Johnny Moped "Darling Let's Have Another Baby" 45, Kate Bush "Wuthering Hights" 45;

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS ~ "PUMP IT UP";


GENERATION X ~ "READY STEADY GO";


GENERATION X ~ "YOUR GENERATION";


GENERATION X ~ "KISS ME DEADLY";


THE BUZZCOCKS ~ "I DON'T MIND";


SIMPLE MINDS ~ "CHELSEA GIRL";


SIMPLE MINDS ~ "LIFE IN A DAY";


KATE BUSH ~ "WUTHERING HIGHTS";


PERE UBU ~ "NON ALIGNMENT PACT";


THE SAINTS ~ "KNOW YOUR PRODUCT";


1979 - X-Ray Specs "Highly Inflamable" 45, Sham 68 "Questions & Answers" 45, The Fall "Live At the Witch Trials" lp, Magazine "Rhythm Of Cruelty" 45, Tom Robinson Band "Bully For You" 45, The Only Ones "Even Serpents Shine" lp, Graham Parker "Squeezing Out Sparks" lp, The Weirdos "Skateboard To Hell" 45, Alternative Television "Vibing Up The Senile Man" lp, The Swell Maps "Dresden Style" 45, The Plasmatics "Butcher Baby" 45, Johnathan Richman "Back In Your Life" lp, Chrome "Half Machine Lip Moves" lp, Roxy Music "Manifesto" lp, M "Pop Muzik" 45, Joe Jackson "Sunday Papers" 45, Bram Tchaikovsky "Strange Man Changed Man" lp, The Monks "Nice Legs Shame About The Face" 45, Gary Numan "Down In The Park" 45

M ~ "POP MUZIK";


ROXY MUSIC ~ "DANCE AWAY";


X-RAY SPECS ~ "HIGHLY INFLAMABLE";


THE FALL ~ "REPETITION";


MAGAZINE ~ "RHYTHM OF CRUELTY";


THE ONLY ONES ~ "OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT";


GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR ~ "PROTECTION";


GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR ~ "LOCAL GIRLS";


JOE JACKSON ~ "SUNDAY PAPERS";


BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY ~ "STRANGE MAN CHANGED MAN";


TOM ROBINSON BAND ~ "BULLY FOR YOU";


THE MONKS ~ "NICE LEGS SHAME ABOUT THE FACE";


SHAM 69 ~ "QUESTIONS & ANSWERS";


THE PLASMATICS ~ "BUTCHER BABY";


1980 - Killing Joke "Requiem"/"Change" 45, Stiff Little Fingers "Nobody's Heroes" lp, The Jam "Going Underground" 45, Berlin "Information" lp, Slaughter & The Dogs "East Side Of Town" 45, DAF "Kebabtraume" 45, Joe Jackson "Kinda Kute" 45, XTC "Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down" 45, Selector "Missing Words" 45, English Beat "Twist & Crawl" 45, The Purple Hearts "Beat That" lp, Chrome "New Age" 45, Tuxedomoon "Half Mute" lp. Angelic Upstarts "We Gotta Get Out Of this Place" 45, The Pop Group "How Long Must We Tolerate Mass Murder" lp, Dexy's Midnight Runners "Geno" 45, The Kings "Switching To Glide" 45, Teenage Head "Something On My Mind" 45, Fischer Z "So Long" 45, The Buzzcocks "I Believe" 45, Squeeze "If I Didn't Love You" 45

THE JAM ~ "GOING UNDERGROUND";


THE BUZZCOCKS ~ "I BELIEVE";


STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ~ "NOBODY'S HERO";


THE KINGS ~ "SWITCHING TO GLIDE";


FISCHER Z ~ "SO LONG";


THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "TWIST & CRAWL";


DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS ~ "GENO";


TEENAGE HEAD ~ "SOMETHING ON MY MIND";


JOE JACKSON ~ "KINDA KUTE";


BERLIN ~ "A MATTER OF TIME";


KILLING JOKE ~ "CHANGE";


CHROME ~ "NEW AGE";


1981 - Gang Of Four "Solid Gold" lp, The Vapors "Magnets" lp, Bow Wow Wow "WORK" 45, BEF "Music For Stowawys" lp, DOA "Hardcore 81" ep, Chrome "Inworlds" 45, The Comsat Angels "Eye Of The Lens" 45, XTC "Respectable Street"45, Joe Jackson "Beat Crazy" 45, Radio Birdman "Living Eyes" lp, Tuxedomoon "Desire" lp, The Church "The Unguarded Moment" 45, The Blue Orchids "Work" 45, The Softboys "The Man Who Invented Himself" 45, Romeo Void "It's A Condition" lp, Stiff Little Fingers "Just Fade Away" 45, David Bowie "Up The Hill Backwards" 45, Roxy Music "Jealous Guy" 45, Motorhead & Girlschool "St Vaentines Day Massacre" ep

GANG OF FOUR ~ "PARALYZED";


XTC ~ "RESPECTABLE STREET";


THE CHURCH ~ "THE UNGUARDED MOMENT";


ROXY MUSIC ~ "JEALOUS GUY";


JOE JACKSON ~ "BEAT CRAZY";


BOW WOW WOW ~ "WORK" & "THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS";


THE BLUE ORCHIDS ~ "WORK";


MOTORHEAD & GIRLSCHOOL ~ "PLEASE DON'T TOUCH";


DOA ~ "HARDCORE 81";


1982 - Flock Of Seaguls "I Ran" 45, Pylon "Crazy" 45, Killing Joke "Empire Song" 45, The Misfits "Walk Among Us" lp, The Jam "The Gift" lp, Japan "Ghosts" 45, Dexy's Midnight Runners "The Celtic Soul Brothers" 45, The Fall "Hex Induction Hour" lp, Chron Gen "Chronic Generation" lp, Split Enz "Dirty Creature" 45, Huang Chung "Ti-Na-Na" 45, Blancmange "I've Seen The Word" 45, Spandau Ballet "Diamond" lp, Dead Or Alive "It's Been Hours Now" 45, The Act "Too Late At Twenty" lp, The Fashion "Streetplayer Mechanik" 45, The Records "Music On Both Sides" lp, Colin Newman & BC Gilbert "MUZI" lp, The Battalion Of Saints "Fighting Boys" ep, Yazoo "Only You" 45, Alternative Images "See Those Eyes" 45, The 4 Skins "The Good The Bad & The 4 Skins" lp, Graham Parker "Another Grey Area" lp, Divine debut album

THE JAM ~ "A TOWN CALLED MALICE";


A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ~ "I RAN";


KILLING JOKE ~ "EMPIRE SONG";


JAPAN ~ "GHOSTS";


YAZOO ~ "ONLY YOU";


SPANDAU BALLET ~ "CHANT NUMBER ONE";


FASHION ~ "STREETPLAYER MEKANIK";


DEAD OR ALIVE ~ "IT'S BEEN HOURS NOW";


ALTERED IMAGES ~ "SEE THOSE EYES";


SPLIT ENZ ~ "DIRTY CREATURE";


DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS ~ "THE CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS";


THE FALL ~ "CLASSICAL";


THE FALL ~ "THE CLASSICAL";


CHRON GEN ~ "OUTLAW";


THE 4 SKINS ~ "CHAOS";


THE MISFITS ~ "BRAIN EATERS";


1983 - Simple Minds "Up On The Catwalk", The Undertones "Sin Of Pride" lp, Ultravox "Visions In Blue" 45, David Bowie "Let's Dance" 45, Duran Duran "Is There Something I Should Know" 45, Government Issue "Boycott Stabb" lp

GOVERNMENT ISSUE;


SIMPLE MINDS ~ "CATWALK";


DAVID BOWIE ~ "LET'S DANCE";


DURAN DURAN ~ "IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW";


THE UNDERTONES ~ "GOT TO HAVE YOU BACK";


THE UNDERTONES ~ "THE LOVE PARADE";


ULTRAVOX ~ "VISIONS IN BLUE";



1984 - Siouxsie & Banshees "Swiming Horses" 45, The Style Council "Cafe Bleu" lp, The Cars "Heartbeat City" lp, Black Flag "My War" lp, DRI "Dirty Rotten Imbeciles" lp, Berlin "Love Life" lp, Marillion "Fugazi" lp, Depeche Mode "People Are People" 45, Dire Straits "Alchemy" lp, Modern English "Hands Across The Sea" 45, Jane Sibery "No Borders Here" lp, Joe Jackson "Body & Soul" lp, Culture Club "It's A Miracle" 45

THE CARS ~ "HELLO AGAIN";


THE CARS ~ "YOU MIGHT THINK";


THE CARS ~ "MAGIC"


THE CARS ~ "DRIVE";


SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "SWIMING HORSES";


MODERN ENGLISH ~ "HANDS ACROSS THE SEA";


BERLIN ~ "NO MORE WORDS";


BERLIN ~ "NOW IT'S MY TURN";


BERLIN ~ "DANCING IN BERLIN";


THE STYLE COUNCIL ~ "MY EVER CHANGING MOODS";


THE STYLE COUNCIL ~ "YOU'RE THE BEST THING";


JOE JACKSON ~ "YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT";


JOE JACKSON ~ "HAPPY ENDING";


JANE SIBERRY ~ "MIMI ON THE BEACH";


JANE SIBERRY ~ "SYMMETRY";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE";


MARILLION ~ "PUNCH & JUDY";


BLACK FLAG ~ "MY WAR";


DRI ~ "VIOLENT PACIFICATION";



1985 - Sisters Of Mercy "First Last & Always" lp, Images In Vogue "In The House" lp, Howard Jones "Dream Into Action" lp, SNFU "And No One Else Wanted to Play" lp, Everything But The Girl "When All's Well" 45, Adventures In Paradise "It's Just A Matter Of Time" lp, The Kane Gang "Gun Law" 45, Alien Sex Fiend "Ignore The Machine" 45 (reissue)

SNFU ~ "TEARS";


THE SISTERS OF MERCY ~ "MARIAN";


ALIEN SEX FIEND ~ "IGNORE THE MACHINE";


THE SISTERS OF MERCY ~ "FIRST & LAST & ALWAYS";


THE SISTERS OF MERCY ~ "BLACK PLANET";


IMAGES IN VOGUE ~ "IN THE HOUSE";


IMAGES IN VOGUE ~ "CALL IT LOVE";


THE KANE GANG ~ "GUN LAW";


HOWARD JONES ~ "THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER";


EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL ~ "WHEN ALL'S WELL";


THE DREAM ACADEMY ~ "LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN";


1986 - The Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy "Peter Gunn" 45, The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink" 45, Depeche Mode "Black Celebration" lp, Howard Jones "No One Is To Blame" 45, Ministry "Twitch" lp, Big Audio Dynamite "M=MC2" 45, Voivod "Rrroooaaarrr" lp

THE PSYCHDELIC FURS ~ "PRETTY IN PINK";


THE ART OF NOISE & DUANE EDDY ~ "PETER GUNN";


BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE ~ "M=MC2";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "STRIPPED";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "A QUESTION OF TIME";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "A QUESTION OF LUST";


HOWARD JONES ~ "NO ONE IS TO BLAME";


MINISTRY ~ "OVER THE SHOULDER";


VOIVOD ~ "RIPPING HEADACHES";


1987 - The Fleshtones "Vs Reality" lp, U2 "The Joshua Tree" lp & U2 "With Or Without You" 45, Siouxsie & The Banshees "The Passenger" 45, Love & Rockets "Mo New Tale To Tell" 45, Le Hoodoo Gurus "What's My Scene" 45, Simply Red "Men & Women" lp, The Box "Closer Together" 45, Level 42 "Runing In The Family" lp, Icicle Works "If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song" lp

THE FLESHTONES ~ "THE RETURN OF THE LEATHER KINGS";


LE HOODOO GURUS ~ "WHAT'S MY SCENE";


U2 ~ "WITH OR WITHOUT YOU";


U2 ~ "I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR";


U2 ~ "WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME";


SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "THE PASSENGER";


LOVE & ROCKETS ~ "NO NEW TALE TO TELL';


ICICLE WORKS ~ "UNDERSTANDING JANE";


ICICLE WORKS ~ "EVANGELINE";


SIMPLY RED ~ "THE RIGHT THING";


SIMPLY RED ~ "INFIDELITY";


LEVEL 42 ~ "RUNNING IN THE FAMILY";


THE BOX ~ "CLOSER TOGETHER";



1988 - Morrissey "Viva Hate" lp, Talking Heads "Naked" lp, Prefab Sprout “From Langley Park to Memphis” lp

MORRISSEY ~ "SUEDEHEAD";


MORRISSEY ~ "EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY";


PREFAB SPROUT ~ "THE KING OF ROCK & ROLL";


PREFAB SPROUT ~ "CARS & GIRLS";


TALKING HEADS ~ "BLIND";


TALKING HEADS ~ "NOTHING BUT FLOWERS":


1989 - The Cult "Fire Woman" 45, Depeche Mode "101" lp, INXS "Mystify" 45

INXS ~ "MYSTIFY";


THE CULT ~ "FIRE WOMAN";


1990 - Prong "Beg To Differ" lp, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "The Ship Song" 45, Fugazi "Repeater" lp, The Skydiggers debut lp, Del Amitri "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" 45

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ~ "THE SHIP SONG";


THE SKY DIGGERS ~ "I WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING";


DEL AMITRI ~ "KISS THIS THING GOODBYE";


PRONG ~ "LOST & FOUND";


FUGAZI ~ "REPEATER";


FUGAZI ~ "BRENDAN #1";


1991 - REM "Out Of Time" lp, Bad Religion "Generator" lp, The Wild Strawberries "Grace" lp, Paradise Lost "Gothic" lp, Jellyish "Baby's Coming Back" 45

PARADISE LOST ~ "GOTHIC";


BAD RELIGION ~ "GENERATOR";


REM "LOSING MY RELIGION";


REM ~ "RADIO SONG";


REM ~ "SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE";


JELLYFISH ~ "BABY'S COMING BACK";


1992 - White Zombie "Le Sexorcisto" lp, The Cure "High" 45, The Fall "Code; Selfish" lp, Body Count debut album, Deep Forest "Sweet Lullabye" 45, Tori Amos "Winter" 45, Sons Of Freedom "Call Me" 45, Annie Lennox "Why" 45, Lost & Profound debut lp

THE LOST & PROFOUND ~ "BRAND NEW SET OF LIES";


TORI AMOS ~ "WINTER";


ANNIE LENNOX ~ "WHY";


THE CURE ~ "HIGH";


THE FALL ~ "FREE RANGE";


WHITE ZOMBIE ~ "WELCOME TO PLANET MOTHER FUCKER";


WHITE ZOMBIE ~ "THUNDER KISS 65";


BODY COUNT ~ "COP KILLER";



1994 ~ Nine Inch Nails "The Downward Spiral", Soundgarden "Superunknown" lp, Grimskunk debut lp, The Gandharvas "A Soap Bubble and Inertia" lp, Morrissey "Vauxhall & I" lp, The Lowest Of The Low "Hallucigenia" lp, "Energy 108 Presents Chris Sheppard Pirate Radio Sessions Volume 1" comp lp

SOUNDGARDEN ~ "SPOONMAN";


SOUNDGARDEN ~ "BLACK HOLE SUN";


NINE INCH NAILS ~ "THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL";


GRIMSKUNK ~ "SILVERHEAD";


THE GANDHARVAS ~ "SHADOW";


THE GANDHARVAS ~ "THE COFFEE SONG";



1995 ~ Elastica debut album, Moby "Everything Is Wrong" lp, Radiohead "The Bends" lp, Faith No More "King For A Day Fooll For A Lifetime" lp, Mad Season debut album, Plum Tree "Mass Teen Fainting" lp, Econoline Crush "Affliction" lp, Collective Soul "December" 45, The Philospher Kings "Charms" 45, The Presidents Of The United States Of America debut lp, Jam & Spoon "Angel" 45

MOBY ~ "HYMN";


MOBY ~ "INTO THE BLUE";


ELASTICA ~ "STUTTER";


ELASTICA ~ "LINE UP";


ELASTICA ~ "CAR SONG";


RADIOHEAD ~ "JUST";


RADIOHEAD ~ "HIGH & DRY";


RADIOHEAD ~ "STREET SPIRIT (FADE OUT)";


PLUMB TREE ~ "TROPICAL";


THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ~ "PEACHES":


ECONLINE CRUSH ~ "CLOSE";


FAITH NO MORE ~ "RICOCHET";


FAITH NO MORE ~ "EVIDENCE";


FAITH NO MORE ~ "DIGGING THE GRAVE";


MAD SEASON ~ "LONG GONE DAY";


MAD SEASON ~ "RIVER OF DECEIT";


COLLECTIVE SOUL ~ "DECEMBER";


THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS ~ "CHARMS";


1996 ~ The Cocteau Twins "Milk & Kisses" lp, The Tea Party "Alhambra" lp, Annihilater "Refresh The Demon" lp, The Watchmen "Brand New Day" lp

THE COCTEAU TWINS ~ "CALFSKIN SMACK";


THE COCTEAU TWINS ~ "SERPENTSKIRT";


THE TEA PARTY ~ "HELWA LISE" / "SISTER AWAKE";


THE WATCHMEN ~ "ANY DAY NOW";



1997 ~ INXS "Elegantly Wasted" 45

INXS ~ "ELEGANTLY WASTED";


1998 ~ Morcheeba "Big Calm" lp

MORCHEEBA ~ "THE SEA";


1999 ~ Blur "13" lp, Wilco "Summerteath" lp, Wide Mouth Mason "Where I Started" lp, Allanis Morrisette "Unsent" 45

BLUR ~ "TENDER";


BLUR ~ "COFFEE & TV";


WIDE MOUTH MASON ~ "WHY";


ALANNIS MORRISETTE ~ "UNSENT";


WILCO ~ "CAN'T STAND IT";


WILCO ~ "HOW TO FIGHT LONLINESS";


2000 ~ Nickle Creek debut lp

NICKLE CREEK ~ "THE LIGHTHOUSE'S TALE";


2001 ~ Daft Punk "Aerodynamic" 45

DAFT PUNK ~ "AERODYNAMIC";