British Obscurities

Side A
Artist Song
Bikini Beach Band  Girls and Boys (Blur cover) 
Mega City Four  Clear Blue Sky 
Lush  Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (some early 70's power pop cover) 
The Wendys  Pulling My Fingers Off 
The Auteurs  Chinese Bakery (acoustic) 
Wedding Present  Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? 
Carter USM  Panic (Smiths cover) 
The Chills  I Love My Leather Jacket 
Orange Juice  Blueboy (original Postcard 7"!) 
Teenage Fanclub  Like a Virgin (Madonna cover) 
Pale Saints  Throwing Back the Apple 
Boo Radleys  Lazarus (acoustic) 
Jazz Butcher Conspiracy  Nothing Special 
The Telescopes  Flying 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
The Wonder Stuff  Unbearable 
The Primitives  Spacehead 
Midway Still  Counting Days 
The Smiths  Wonderful Woman 
Dodgy  Summer Fayre 
Blur  Popscene (live) 
Television Personalities  I Remember Bridget Riley 
Pulp  Ansaphone 
TV21  Ambition 
Kirsty Maccoll  A New England (Billy Bragg cover) 
Lowlife  Big Fat Funky Whale 
The Fall  Dead Beat Descendent 
Bill Pritchard  Nineteen 
Mike Flowers Pops  Wonderwall (Oasis cover) 

Comment:

This one's not actually my mix, it was given to me by a friend who so happens to be the owner of my favorite record store. I asked him to tape for me the most obscure British stuff he had in his collection, and this is what I got. I think he could've gone a little more obscure, but this cassette is damn excellent nonetheless. The "Girls and Boys" cover is worth the listen alone....all of Side A is fabulous for casual listening. All in all a good mix, particularly for those interested in the more obscure side of mid/late 80's pop.

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Andy123
Date: 11/15/2000
Hmm. Kirsty McCall is Irish and weren't The Chills from New Zealand?
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Lissa Crayon
Date: 10/25/2001
this is hott.