Like the titles says. Includes some more mainstream stuff either with roots in the original underground scene or crossover appeal. Basically if you followed underground mags or campus radio from the 70's to 90's this is what you heard.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Released This Week; Feb.22 - 29
1969 - The MC5 "Kick Out The Jams" lp
THE MC5 ~ "KICK OUT THE JAMS";
1972 - Nick Drake "Pink Moon" lp
NICK DRAKE ~ "PINK MOON";
1973 ~ T-Rex ~ "20th Century Boy" 45, Roxy Music "Pajamarama" 45, The Velvet Underground "Squeeze" lp
T-REX ~ "20th CENTURY BOY";
ROXY MUSIC ~ "PAJAMARAMA";
1977 - Ultravox debut lp, Peter Gabriel debut solo lp, The Saints debut album, Talking Heads "Love/Building On Fire" 45, 1981 - Gang Of Four "What We All Want" 45, Altered Images "Dead Pop Stars" 45
PETER GABRIEL ~ "SOLSBURY HILL";
TALKING HEADS ~ LIVE IN 1978;
ULTRAVOX ~ "SLIP AWAY";
ALTERED IMAGES ~ "DEAD POP STARS";
GANG OF FOUR "WHAT WE ALL WANT";
1978 - Wire "I Am The Fly" 45, Alternative Televison "Life After Life" 45, The Vibrators "Automatic Lover" 45, The Jam "News Of The World" 45, 999 debut lp, Nick Lowe "The Jesus Of Cool" lp, Slaughter & The Dogs "Quick Joey Small" 45, The Banned "Him Or Me" 45
ALTERNATIVE TELEVISION ~ "LIFE AFTER LIFE";
WIRE ~ "I AM THE FLY";
THE VIBRATORS ~ "AUTOMATIC LOVER";
999 ~ "I'M ALIVE";
THE JAM ~ "THE NEWS OF THE WORLD";
NICK LOWE ~ "I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS";
1979 - The Sex Pistols "Great Rock & Roll Swindle" lp, Sid Vicious "Something Else" 45, Clash "English Civil War" 45, Skids "Scared To Dance" lp, 1982 - Lou Reed "Blue Mask" lp, Graham Parker "Protection" 45, Bram Tchaikovsky "Girl Of My Dreams" 45
THE SEX PISTOLS ~ "FRIGGING IN THE RIGGING";
SID VICIOUS ~ "SOMETHING ELSE";
SID VICIOUS ~ "MY WAY";
THE SKIDS ~ "INTO THE VALLEY";
THE CLASH ~ "ENGLISH CIVIL WAR";
GRAHAM PARKER ~ "PROTECTION";
BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY ~ "GIRL OF MY DREAMS";
1980 - OMD debut lp, The Wipers "Is This Real" lp, The Teardrop Explodes "Treason" 45, Josef K "Chance Meeting" 45, The Desperate Bicycles "Remorse Code" lp, The Feelies "Crazy Rythms" lp, The UK Subs "Warhead" 45, "Purple Hearts "Jimmy" 45, Wah Heat "Better Scream" 45, M "That's The Way The Money Goes" 45, The Vye "Five Hours To Tonight" 45, The Portraits "Hazards In The Home" 45 (later became the Fixx)
ORCHESTRAL MANUEVERS IN THE DARK ~ "ELECTRICITY";
ORCHESTRAL MANUEVERS IN THE DARK ~ "MESSAGES";
ORCHESTRAL MANUEVERS IN THE DARK ~ "RED FRAME WHITE LIGHT";
JOSEF K ~ "CHANCE MEETING";
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES ~ "TREASON";
THE FEELIES ~ "CRAZY RYTHMS";
THE UK SUBS ~ "WARHEAD";
M ~ "THAT"S THE WAY THE MONEY GOES";
1981 - Elvis Costello "From A Whisper To A Scream" 45, Lene Lovich "New Toy" 45, Dexy's Midnight Runners "Plan B", The Brains "Electronic Eden" lp, B-Movie "Rememberance Day" 45, The Lines "Nerve Pylon" 45, Blurt "In Berlin" lp, The Lambrettas "Good Times" 45, Spandau Ballet "Journeys To Glory" lp, Nine Below Zero "Don't Point Your Finger" lp, Throbbing Gristle "24 Hours" box set
LENE LOVICH ~ "NEW TOY";
BLURT ~ "LIVE IN BERLIN";
ELVIS COSTELLO ~ "FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM";
DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS ~ "PLAN B";
THE BRAINS ~ "DANCING UNDER STREETLIGHTS";
NINE BELOW ZERO ~ "ONE WAY STREET";
NINE BELOW ZERO ~ "HOMEWORK";
1982 - The Misfits "Walk Among Us" lp, The Fleshtones "Blast Off!" lp, The Virgin Prunes "A New Form Of Beauty 4" ep, The Go-Go's "Automatic" 45, XTC "Ball & Chain" 45, The Thompson Twins "Set" lp, The Boomtown Rats "House On Fire" 45, Gary Numan "Music For Christmas" 45, Cabaret Voltaire "The Pressure Company" lp, Christian Death "Only Theatre Of Pain" lp, Marc Almond "Sleaze" 45, Jimmy Pursey "Alien Orphan" lp, Charge "Destroy The Earth" 45, Charlie Harper "Stolen Property" lp, Levi Dexter & The Ripchords "I Get So Exited" 45, The Chefs "Femme Fatale" 45, Orange Juice "You Can't Hide Your Love Forever" lp, Classix Nouveax "Is It A Dream" 45, Chron Gen "Jet Boy Jet Girl" 45, Pigbag "Dr Heckle & Mr Hyde" lp, The Business "Smash The Discos" ep, Laura Logic debut lp, The Weekend "The View From Her Room" 45, Lou Reed "Blue Mask" lp
THE FLESHTONES ~ "SOUL CITY";
THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "HOUSE ON FIRE";
THE GO-GO'S ~ "AUTOMATIC";
XTC ~ "BALL & CHAIN";
GARY NUMAN ~ "MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS";
LOU REED ~ "BLUE MASK";
MARC ALMOND & THE MAMBAS ~ "SLEAZE";
CLASSIX NOUVEAU ~ "IS IT A DREAM";
ORANGE JUICE ~ "FALLING & LAUGHING";
PIGBAG ~ "PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG";
THE BUSINESS ~ "SMASH THE DISCOS";
THE MISFITS ~ "WALK AMONG US";
THE MISFITS ~ "BRAIN EATERS";
1983 - U2 "War" lp, The Ramones "Subterranean Jungle" lp, Robert Hazard "Escalator Of Life" 45
THE RAMONES ~ "PSYCHO THERAPY";
U2 ~ "NEW YEARS DAY";
U2 ~ "TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE";
U2 ~ "SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY";
ROBERT HAZARD ~ "ESCALATOR OF LIFE";
1984 - The Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" 45, Berlin "No More Words" 45, Dead Can Dance debut lp, Nik Kershaw "Human Racing" lp, Scritti Politti "Wood Beez" 45, Skinny Puppy "Back & Forth" cassette, Scritti Politti "Wood Beez (Prey Like Aretha Franklin)" 45, General Public "General Public" 45
SKINNY PUPPY ~ "SLEEPING BEAST";
DEAD CAN DANCE ~ "FRONTIER";
DEAD CAN DANCE ~ "FATAL IMPACT"
BERLIN ~ "NO MORE WORDS";
NIK KERSHAW ~ "WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD";
SCRITTI POLITTI ~ "WOOD BEEZ (PREY LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN)";
GENERAL PUBLIC ~ "GENERAL PUBLIC";
THE GO-GO'S ~ "HEAD OVER HEELS";
1985 - Siouxsie & The Banshees "Peel Sessions" ep, Tears For Fears "Songs From The Big Chair" lp, Jason & the Scorchers "Lost & Found" lp, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More" 45, Billy Bragg "Between The Wars" ep, Paul Young "Every Time You Go Away" 45, Anthrax "Armed & Dangerous" ep,
TEARS FOR FEARS ~ "HEAD OVER HEELS";
TEARS FOR FEARS ~ "SHOUT";
PAUL YOUNG ~ "EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY";
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "DON'T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE";
JASON & THE SCORCHERS ~ "WHITE LINES";
JASON & THE SCORCHERS ~ "LOST HIGHWAY";
JASON & THE SCORCHERS ~ "BROKEN WHISKEY GLASS";
BILLY BRAGG ~ "BETWEEN THE WARS";
1986 - The Pogues "Poguetry In Motion" ep, Kate Bush "Hounds Of Love" lp, Pet Shop Boys "Love Comes Quickly" 45, "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack with the Psychedelic Furs, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, New Order, OMD, INXS, Joe Jackson, Suzanne Vega
THE POGUES ~ "A RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO";
THE PET SHOP BOYS ~ "LOVE COMES QUICKLY";
KATE BUSH ~ "THE HOUNDS OF LOVE";
NEW ORDER ~ "SHELLSHOCK";
OMD ~ "IF YOU LEAVE";
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ~ "PRETTY IN PINK";
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ~ "BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES";
1987 - Siouxsie & The Banshees "Through The Looking Glass" lp, The Smiths "The World Won't Listen" lp, The Pursuit Of Happiness "I'm An Adult Now" 45, "Some Kind Of Wonderful" soundtrack lp with Flesh For Lulu, March Violets, Jesus & Mary Chain, Pete Shelley, Tin Tin Duffy & The Apartments,
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "THE PASSENGER";
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "HALL OF MIRRORS";
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN ~ "THE HARDEST WALK";
FLESH FOR LULU ~ "I GO CRAZY";
THE MARCH VIOLETS ~ "UP TO THE SKY";
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ~ "I'M AN ADULT NOW";
1988 - The Fall "The Frenz Experiment" lp, The Wedding Present "Nobody's Twisting Your Arm" 45
THE WEDDING PRESENT ~ "NOBODY'S TWISTING YOUR ARM";
THE FALL ~ "VICTORIA";
THE FALL ~ "HIT THE NORTH";
THE FALL ~ "THERE'S A GHOST IN MYSELF";
1989 - New Order "Round & Round" 45, XTC "Oranges & Lemons" lp, The Goo-Goo Dolls "Jed" lp
NEW ORDER ~ "ROUND & ROUND";
XTC ~ "KING FOR A DAY";
XTC ~ "MAYOR OF SIMPLETON";
THE GOO GOO DOLLS ~ "OUT OF SIGHT" & "HEY";
1990 - The Cult "Sweet Soul Sister" 45, The House Of Love debut lp, Riot "The Privilege Of Power" lp
THE CULT ~ "SWEET SOUL SISTER";
THE HOUSE OF LOVE ~ "SHINE";
THE HOUSE OF LOVE ~ "BEATLES & STONES";
1991 - The Charlatans "Over Rising" 45, The Mock Turtles "Can You Dig It" 45, Ned's Atomic Dustbin "Happy" 45, Happy Mondays "Loose Fit" 45, Roxette "Joyride" 45, Motorhead "1916" lp,
THE CHARLATANS ~ "OVER RISING";
NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN ~ "HAPPY";
THE MOCK TURTLES ~ "CAN YOU DIG IT";
HAPPY MONDAYS ~ "LOOSE FIT";
ROXETTE ~ "JOY RIDE";
1992 - U2 "One" 45, The Curve "Fait Acompli" lp, Dag Nasty "Four On The Floor" lp
U2 ~ "ONE";
THE CURVE ~ "FAIT ACOMPLI";
DAG NASTY ~ "STILL WAITING";
1993 - The Goo-Goo Dolls "Superstar Carwash" lp, Radiohead "Pablo Honey" lp, Lenny Kravitz "Are You Gonna Go My Way" 45, Suede "Animal Nitrate" 45, Sacred Reich "Independent" lp, Nuclear Assault "Something Wicked" lp
THE GOO GOO DOLLS ~ "WE ARE THE NORMAL";
LENNY KRAVITZ ~ "ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY";
RADIOHEAD ~ "CREEP";
SUEDE ~ "ANIMAL NITRATE";
1994 - Beck "Mellow Gold" lp, Morrissey "The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get" 45, Mikel Rouse "Living Inside Design" lp, "The Crow"soundtrack w/The Cure, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Violent Femmes, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Rollins Band & Helmet
MORRISSEY ~ "THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME THE CLOSER I GET";
BECK ~ "PAY NO MIND";
BECK ~ "BEERCAN";
1995 - PJ Harvey "To Bring You My Love" lp, The Fall "Cerebral Caustic" lp, Mikel Rouse "Failing Kansas" lp
PJ HARVEY ~ "DOWN BY THE WATER";
1996 - The Pogues "Pogue Mahone" lp, Nick Cave & PJ Harvey "Henry Lee" 45, Bad Religion "The Grey Race" lp, Dishwalla "Counting Blue Cars" 45, Fatboy Slim "Everybody Needs a 303" 45, The Misfits "Static Age" lp, Weeping Tile "Cold Snap" lp, Cowboy Junkies "Lay It Down" lp
NICK CAVE & PJ HARVEY ~ "HENRY LEE";
BAD RELIGION ~ "THE STREETS OF AMERICA";
BAD RELIGION ~ "A WALK";
THE POGUES ~ "HOW COME";
WEEPING TILE ~ "UFO ROSIE";
THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "ANGEL MINE";
DISHWALLA ~ "COUNTIMG BLUE CARS";
FATBOY SLIM ~ "EVERYBODY NEEDS THE 303";
1997 - Elliot Smith "Either/Or" lp, James "Whiplash" lp, Beck "The New Pollution" 45, Bran Van 2000 "Drinking In Berlin" 45, The Super Friendz "Slide Show" lp, Age Of Electric "Make a Pest a Pet" lp
BRAN VAN 2000 ~ "DRINKING IN LA";
BECK ~ "THE NEW POLUTION";
JAMES ~ "SHE'S A STAR";
ELLIOT SMITH ~ "SPEED TRIALS";
THE SUPER FRIENDZ ~ "UP & RUNNING";
AGE OF ELECTRIC ~ "REMOTE CONTROL";
AGE OF ELECTRIC ~ "I DON'T MIND";
1998 - Duster "Stratosphere" lp, Metallica "The Unforgiven" 45, Alanis Morissette "Uninvited" 45,The Charlatans "Melting Pot" lp, Biff Naked "I Bificus"lp
ALANIS MORISSETTE ~ "UNIVITED";
BIFF NAKED ~ "I LOVE MYSELF TODAY";
BIFF NAKED ~ "MOMENT OF WEAKNESS";
DUSTER;
METALLICA ~ "THE UNFORGIVEN
1999 ~ Blondie "No Exit" lp, XTC "Apple Venus Volume 1" lp, Air "The Virgin Suicides" soundtrack, Blur "Tender" 45, Stereophonics "Just Looking" 45, Sleater Kinney "The Hot Rock" lp, Kelly Willis "What I Deserve" lp, Overkill "Necroshine" lp, By Divine Right "Bless This Mess" lp, Thrush Hermit "Clayton Park" lp
THRUSH HERMIT ~ "FROM THE BACK OF THE FILM";
SLEATER KINNEY ~ "GET UP";
BLONDIE ~ "MARIA";
BLONDIE ~ "NOTHING IS REAL BUT THE GIRL";
BLUR ~ "TENDER";
XTC ~ "THE LAST BALOON";
STEREOPHONICS ~ "JUST LOOKING";
AIR ~ "PLAYGROUND LOVE";
BY DIVINE RIGHT ~ "COME FOR A RIDE";
KELLY WILLIS ~ "WHAT I DESERVE";
2000 ~ Yo La Tengo "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" lp
YO LA TENGO ~ "YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL";
Labels:
Bad Religion,
Berlin,
Cult,
Damned,
Fall,
Fleshtones,
Gang Of Four,
Jason and Scorchers,
Jesus And Mary Chain,
Josef K,
MC5,
Pigbag,
Psychedelic Furs,
Sex Pistols,
Siouxsie,
Skids,
Teardrop Explodes,
U2,
Ultravox,
XTC
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