Title: C87: Deluxe Boxset / Various
Artist: C87: Deluxe Boxset / Various
Label: Cherry Red
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929102606
Genre: Rock

2017 three CD set. Back in May/June 1986, the New Musical Express released their mail-order cassette, C86. Aside from a few 'name' indie bands (The Pastels, Primal Scream, the Wedding Present), most acts were relatively unknown beyond the back pages and gig listings of the weekly music press. Nevertheless, C86 slowly sold an estimated 40,000 copies, and would come to embody a whole musical style and era. In 2014, Cherry Red reissued C86 as a deluxe expanded edition, adding 50 bonus tracks to the original 22. The box set was curated by original compiler Neil Taylor and had the endorsement of the NME. And once again, the package was extremely well-received and sold handsomely. To expand on the huge success of C86, here is the natural sequel: C87! Imagine if the NME had reconvened a year on from their original compilation? Well, that's the inspiration for another 70+ tracks, ranging from well-known Indie names to obscurities making their debut on CD. None of the selections on C87 have been available on any of Cherry Red's recent compilations (e. g. Scared To Get Happy). All tracks were recorded and/or released in the year or so following C86 (i. e. summer 1986 to the end of 1987). The original C86 cassette also boasted a clutch of recordings of a more angular, abrasive nature from the Ron Johnson stable. These more 'difficult' bands are congregated early on Disc 3. Tracks new to CD include those by The Bachelor Pad, The Heart Throbs, Rote Kapelle, The Raw Herbs, the Great Leap Forward, The Submarines and Hangman's Beautiful Daughters.

Tracks:
1.1 The Sea Urchins -
1.2 Pristine Christine
1.3 The House of Love - Real Animal
1.4 This Poison! -
1.5 Poised Over the Pause Button
1.6 The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
1.7 The Wonder Stuff -
1.8 It's Not True
1.9 The Heart Throbs - I, the Jury
1.10 The Clouds - Get Out of My Dream
1.11 Cud - Mind the Gap (Demo)
1.12 The Shamen - Young Till Yesterday
1.13 The Darling Buds -Spin (Flexidisc Version)
1.14 Kitchens of Distinction - Escape!
1.15 The Boy Hairdressers -Golden Shower
1.16 The Great Leap Forward -My Grandfather's Cluck
1.17 The Inspiral Carpets -Now You're Gone (Demo)
1.18 The Bachelor Pad -Albert Hofmann
1.19 The Nivens - Room Without a View
1.20 The Flatmates -I Could Be in Heaven
1.21 Blow-Up - Good for Me
1.22 The Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain
1.23 The Raw Herbs - Old Joe
1.24 Rote Kapelle -These Animals Are Dangeroos
1.25 Bob - What a Performance
1.26 The Submarines - Grey Skies Blue
1.27 Hangman's Beautiful Daughters - Don't Ask My Name
1.28 The Waltones - Downhill
1.29 I, Ludicrous -My Baby's Got Jet Lag
2.1 One Thousand Violins -Please Don't Sandblast My House
2.2 The Wedding Present -My Favourite Dress
2.3 Laugh - Paul McCartney
2.4 The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten!
2.5 The Primitives - We Found a Way to the Sun
2.6 The Wolfhounds - the Anti-Midas Touch
2.7 Biff Bang Pow! -In a Mourning Town
2.8 The Bodines - Clear
2.9 Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
2.10 Mighty Mighty - Built Like a Car
2.11 Pop Will Eat Itself -Sweet Sweet Pie
2.12 McCarthy - Frans Hals
2.13 The Chesterfields -Ask Johnny Dee
2.14 Miaow - When It All Comes Down
2.15 Razorcuts -I Heard You the First Time
2.16 David Westlake - the Word Around Town
2.17 Gol Gappas - Saint Lucy
2.18 The Railway Children - Brighter
2.19 BMX Bandits -The Day Before Tomorrow
2.20 A House - Kick Me Again Jesus
2.21 The Groove Farm - Couldn't Get to Sleep
2.22 Brilliant Corners -Please Please Please
2.23 Baby Lemonade - Secret Goldfish
2.24 The Corn Dollies - Forever Steven
2.25 Rosemary's Children -Southern Fields
3.1 Dog Faced Hermans -Catbrain Walk
3.2 Stump - Tupperware Stripper
3.3 Gaye Bykers on Acid -Everything's Groovy
3.4 Bog-Shed -Tried and Tested Public Speaker
3.5 A Witness - Red Snake
3.6 MacKenzies - New Breed
3.7 The Shrubs - Edith
3.8 Stitched-Back Foot Airman -Tears in the Gutter
3.9 14 Iced Bears - Like a Dolphin
3.10 Jesse Garon ; the Desperadoes - I'm Up Here
3.11 The Desert Wolves -Love Scattered Lives
3.12 The Siddeleys -What Went Wrong This Time?
3.13 The Weather Prophets -In My Room
3.14 The Wishing Stones - Beat Girl
3.15 The Caretaker Race -Man Overboard (Demo)
3.16 The Dentists -Just Like Oliver Reed
3.17 Jamie Wednesday -We Three Kings of Orient Aren't
3.18 Phil Wilson - 10 Miles
3.19 East Village - Her Father's Son
3.20 Yeah Jazz - Sharon
3.21 The Rosehips - So Naïve
3.22 The Hepburns - Made Up
3.23 Emily - the Old Stone Bridge