Rhino Records' 80s Compilation "Left of the Dial&q

[Random Citizen]

From Rollingstone.com
 
 

Jane's, R.E.M. on '80s Box
 "Left of the Dial" chronicles rock underground
 
 Rhino Records will release Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground on October 5th. The four-disc compilation includes tracks from such alternative-rock pioneers as the Replacements, Minor Threat, Husker Du, the Jam, the Smiths, R.E.M. and Sonic Youth.
 Included are interviews with Greg Ginn and Peter Jesperson, founders of influential indie-rock labels SST and Twin/Tone respectively, as well as reflections on the era from Manchester scenemaker Tony Wilson and Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn.
 
 DIY punks like the Dead Kennedys and Black Flag were at the forefront of the movement and largely labored outside the reach of the limelight, while artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the recently split Jane's Addiction were able to capitalize on the momentum of the wave created by the earlier groups.
 
 At the time of Jane's Addiction recent split, singer Perry Farrell furnished an epitaph for the band, that could easily have doubled for the groups that helped bring punk and alternative to the mainstream. "She laid a foundation for unbridled underground music to rise up on," Farrell told Rolling Stone. "The newly coined 'alternative music' came on to replace a stale music scene. We encouraged people to make scary choices."
 
 Left of the Dial track listing:
 
 Disc One
 
 "Radio Free Europe," R.E.M.
 "Going Underground," the Jam
 "A Forest," the Cure
 "Holiday in Cambodia," Dead Kennedys
 "I'm In Love With a German Film Star," Passions
 "I Will Dare," the Replacements
 "That's When I Reach for My Revolver," Mission of Burma
 "Johny Hit and Run Paulene," X
 "Just Like Honey," the Jesus and Mary Chain
 "Black Celebration," Depeche Mode
 "Tell Me When It's Over," the Dream Syndicate
 "Hollywood (Africa)," the Red Hot Chili Peppers
 "Temptation," New Order
 "Ghosts," Japan
 "A Song From Under the Floorboards," Magazine
 "Oblivious," Aztec Camera
 "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely," Husker Du
 "Rise Above," Black Flag
 "Back in the Flesh," Wall of Voodoo
 "Cattle and Cane," the Go-Betweens
 
 Disc Two
 
 "Message of Love," the Pretenders
 "Vienna," Ultravox
 "Freak Scene," Dinosaur Jr.
 "This Charming Man," the Smiths
 "Stigmata," Ministry
 "Ways to Be Wicked," Lone Justice
 "Wardance," Killing Joke
 "Enola Gay," Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
 "Mirror in the Bathroom," the English Beat
 "Fairytale in the Supermarket," the Raincoats
 "Behind the Wall of Sleep," the Smithereens
 "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing," Minutemen
 "Punk Rock Girl," the Dead Milkmen
 "Still in Hollywood," Concrete Blonde
 "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Joy Division
 "Blister in the Sun," Violent Femmes
 "Lake of Fire," Meat Puppets
 "Amplifier," the dB's
 "When Love Breaks Down," Prefab Sprout
 "Goo Goo Muck," the Cramps
 "This Corrosion," Sisters of Mercy
 "Senses Working Overtime," XTC
 
 Disc Three
 
 "The Cutter," Echo and the Bunnymen
 "Pay to Cum!," Bad Brains
 "Birthday," the Sugarcubes
 "Madonna of the Wasps," Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
 "We Care a Lot," Faith No More
 "Teen Age Riot," Sonic Youth
 "To Hell With Poverty," Gang of Four
 "Fa Ce-La," the Feelies
 "Ana Ng," They Might Be Giants
 "Swamp Thing," the Chameleons U.K.
 "The Mercy Seat," Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 "I Look Around," the Rain Parade
 "All That Money Wants," Psychedelic Furs
 "Under the Milky Way," the Church
 "Rise," Public Image Ltd.
 "Kundalini Express," Love and Rockets
 "Gravity Talks," Green on Red
 "Adrenalin," Throbbing Gristle
 "She Bangs the Drum," the Stone Roses
 
 Disc Four
 
 "Monkey Gone to Heaven," Pixies
 "Uncertain Smile," the The
 "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus
 "Christine," Siouxsie and the Banshees
 "Straight Edge," Minor Threat
 "I Want to Help You Ann," the Lyres
 "Our Secret," Beat Happening
 "Jane Says," Jane's Addiction
 "World Shut Your Mouth," Julian Cope
 "Running Up That Hill," Kate Bush
 "Sex Beat," Gun Club
 "Take the Skinheads Bowling," Camper Van Beethoven
 "Institutionalized," Suicidal Tendencies
 "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops," Cocteau Twins
 "24 Hour Party People," Happy Mondays
 "I Want You Back," Hoodoo Gurus
 "Suburban Home," Descendents
 "A Pair of Brown Eyes," the Pogues
 "Jet Fighter," the Three O'Clock
 "Moving To Florida," Butthole Surfers
 "A New England," Billy Bragg
 
 COLIN DEVENISH
 (Posted Jul 13, 2004)
 
 

Some good tunes there!

[redsock]

Wow, some great bands and some great songs on there. Whoever put this together did a great job of wrapping up a decade of great music, without getting completely lost in the throngs of new-wave.

[chaz]

Yeah pretty cool comp.  I'm surprised they were given permission to put a Minor Threat song on there.

[thirsty moore]

As Rhino did before with the No Thanks box set, these are all just fleshed out sets of compilations they've already put out.  Rhino put out a 3 post-punk discs in the late 90's.  I've got one of them.  Great compilation.

[Medusa]

Wow - this is great!  The selections included on here that most impressed me are:
 
 "I'm In Love With a German Film Star," Passions
 
 "Cattle and Cane," the Go-Betweens
 
 "Madonna of the Wasps," Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
 
 "Swamp Thing," the Chameleons U.K.
 
 "Running Up That Hill," Kate Bush
 
 "Sex Beat," Gun Club
 
 I will have to get this (perhaps arrange a giveaway? - let's cross our fingers!)    for the Gun Club song alone.
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.

[Justin Tonation]

Good selection, but ....
 
 I'm still waiting for an 80s Nuggets-type box.  Some of "Left..." would qualify but not even enough for one disc. Most of "Left" is already available; much of it never went out of print. There's an incredible amount of stuff out there wanting attention.
 
 (Just now, Love Tractor's cover of "Neon Nights" popped up on iTunes "party shuffle".)

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  As Rhino did before with the No Thanks box set, these are all just fleshed out sets of compilations they've already put out.  Rhino put out a 3 post-punk discs in the late 90's.  I've got one of them.  Great compilation.

>>> Those 3 comps you speak of released in '99 are "Scared To Dance","Left Of The Dial" and "Going Underground"....I've got all 3 and they are friggin' great!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I still like about half of the stuff on this comp.
 
 Been listening to the Dead Kennedy's alot lately, and would love to hear the Drive By Truckers do a version of "Holiday in Cambodia".

[chaz]

"I Want to Help You Ann," the Lyres
 
 Didn't notice this song during my first read through the track listing.  Great tune.

[muke]

speaking of the gun club, has anyone heard the new thelonious monster album with "the gun club song".  every song is named after a band, including joy division, the jam and the germs.

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  Good selection, but ....
 
 I'm still waiting for an 80s Nuggets-type box.  Some of "Left..." would qualify but not even enough for one disc. Most of "Left" is already available; much of it never went out of print. There's an incredible amount of stuff out there wanting attention.
 
 (Just now, Love Tractor's cover of "Neon Nights" popped up on iTunes "party shuffle".)

>>> I picked up a Canadian copy of "Love Tractor" with bonus ep "Til The Cows Come Home" included for $4.99 used a couple weeks ago at McKay's Books & CD's in Centreville....has been out of print since '91.......the EP contains their version of "Neon Lights"......not a bad score.....