The Sun Shines Here: The Roots of Indie Pop 1980-1984

74 TRACKS EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF INDIE POP, FROM THE GLORIOUSLY AMBITIOUS PRODUCTIONS OF SOON-TO-BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES TO THE LO-FI SHOESTRING RECORDINGS OF UNDERGROUND MAINSTAYS. A COMPANION TO THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ‘SCARED TO GET HAPPY’ FEATURING THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, THE TEARDROP EXPLODES, AZTEC CAMERA, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, PULP, SCRITTI POLITTI, PREFAB SPROUT, DEL AMITRI, VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT, WAH! HEAT, THE MONOCHROME SET AND COUNTLESS OTHER ICONIC ARTISTS. INCLUDES MANY TRACKS NEVER BEFORE ISSUED ON CD AND RARITIES BY THE LIKES OF APRIL SHOWERS, THE WEE CHERUBS (WHO EVOLVED INTO THE BACHELOR PAD), THE CINEMATICS (SOON TO BECOME RAZORCUTS), MO-DETTES, THE PAGE BOYS (WHO EVOLVED INTO 1000 VIOLINS), PULP (AN EARLY B-SIDE), THE TWINSETS (FIRST PROPER RELEASE), THE RINGING (A JUNE BRIDES SPIN-OFF, MAKING THEIR DEBUT ON CD), AND THE SUEDE CROCODILES (THEIR SECOND SINGLE, UNISSUED AT THE TIME) PRODUCED BY THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU ‘SCARED TO GET HAPPY’, ‘STILL IN A DREAM’, ‘ANOTHER SPLASH OF COLOUR’, ‘REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT’, ‘LOSING TOUCH WITH MY MIND’, THE ‘C86’ SERIES AND COUNTLESS OTHER HIT COMPILATIONS AND BOX SETS. ‘The Sun Shines Here’ captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it. In 2013, Cherry Red released the widely acclaimed 5CD collection, ‘Scared To Get Happy’, documenting the evolution of independent pop across the ‘80s, from its roots in post-punk through the so-called C86 scene and beyond. Eight years later, Cherry Red presents the sequel, ‘The Sun Shines Here’. Once again referencing a Hurrah! song, this 3CD set revisits and explores the birth of Indie Pop, a period when, in the early 1980s, as London centred around more angular, aggressive music, bands emerged from Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester drawing on the cooler end of ‘60s and ‘70s music to create something fresh and new.

Disc 1
1: Better Scream - Wah Heat!
2: Read It in Books - The Teardrop Explodes
3: The Lonely Spy - Lori and The Chameleons
4: Love Song - Scars
5: Mary Millington - The Disco Zombies
6: Twist and Shout - Mo-Dettes
7: Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job) - It's Immaterial
8: Freetime - Manicured Noise
9: Sweetie - The Chefs
10: It's Kinda Funny - Josef K
11: It's Obvious - Au Pairs
12: Step Close Now - Dolly Mixture
13: Stop That Girl - Vic Godard and Subway Sect
14: Debbie Harry - Family Fodder
15: Mutilate - Ludus
16: Go for Gold! - Girls at our Best!
17: Fanfare in the Garden - Essential Logic
18: Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners - The Monochrome Set
19: 20th Century Composites - Art Objects
20: Transit - The Lines
21: Cake Shop Girl - Jowe Head
22: God Forbid - The Wild Swans
23: Insects - Altered Images
24: Everybody's Somebody's Fool - The Bluebells
25: Don't Let Your Son Grow Up to Be a Cowboy - Jazzateers

Disc 2
1: The "sweetest Girl" - Scritti Politti
2: Inside Out - The Nightingales
3: The View from Her Room - Weekend
4: On My Mind - Everything But the Girl
5: Wait - Blue Orchids
6: Radio Love - Prefab Sprout
7: Here Come the Holidays (Feat. The Times) - Joni Dee
8: Whatever Is He Like? - The Farmer's Boys
9: Just a Girl - The Pale Fountains
10: Running Away - The Raincoats
11: Crashing Down - The Gift
12: Simply Couldn't Care - Tracey Thorn
13: Hello Rascals - Microdisney
14: You'll Never Never Know - Dislocation Dance
15: Wouldn't You? - The Laughing Apple
16: Puffa Train - The Cinematics
17: Sun Brings Smiles - In Embrace
18: Involved With Love - The Daintees
19: Chalk Circle - Five Or Six
20: Hold On - Trixie's Big Red Motorbike
21: Big Sister (It's Probably Better) - The Gymslips
22: On Box Hill - Ben Watt
23: That Funk, Jazz-me-blues Boy - Marine Girls
24: The Difference Is - Del Amitri

Disc 3
1: State of Art - Friends Again
2: There Was... - Pulp
3: I Want to Be With You - Jane and Barton
4: Got to Be There - Swallow Tongue
5: You're My Kind of Girl - The Page Boys
6: Judy's Toy Box - The Jetset
7: Hip Hip - Hurrah!
8: Fifty Years of Fun - Biff Bang Pow!
9: In the Rain - The June Brides
10: In the Afternoon (Early Version) - The Revolving Paint Dream
11: Tangled Up in Blue - The Brilliant Corners
12: Bias Binding - Yeah Yeah Noh
13: Abandon Ship - April Showers
14: Sophisticated Boom Boom - The Twinsets
15: Jump - Aztec Camera
16: Caprice - The Ringing
17: Music to Watch Boys By - The Higsons
18: Winter - The Loft
19: Ghost of a Young Man - Jasmine Minks
20: Waiting for My Man - The Wee Cherubs
21: I'm Used Now - Grab Grab The Haddock
22: Million Tears - The Pastels
23: Crystal Clear - St. Christopher
24: Paint Yourself a Rainbow - The Suede Crocodiles
25: Upside Down - The Jesus and Mary Chain

Number of Discs: 3

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