C86

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C86 (from C assette 86 ) is a 1986 out matched, influential music sampler of the British magazine " New Musical Express ". He defined a new style of music, twee pop . Bands that were signed to independent record labels were released on C86. C86 was the follow-up compilation to C81 , which was released for the fifth anniversary of the independent distributor Rough Trade .

In contrast to the stylistically rather versatile C81 , the C86 limited itself primarily to guitar-heavy pop music (" indie pop "), but was still heard on the sampler itself in a more raw variety than later with typical representatives of so-called twee pop was.

"C86" was used as a genre term itself in the late 1980s, where the term C86 band or C86 sound was often sufficient as a stylistic classification.

In addition to the bands represented on the compilation, the releases by the record companies Postcard Records and Sarah Records were particularly influential.

Track listing

page A

  1. Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
  2. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head
  3. The Soup Dragons - Pleasantly Surprised
  4. The Wolfhounds - Feeling So Strange Again
  5. The Bodines - Therese
  6. Mighty Mighty - Law
  7. Stump - Buffalo
  8. Bogshed - Run To The Temple
  9. A Witness - Sharpened Sticks
  10. The Pastels - Breaking Lines
  11. The Age of Chance - From Now On, This Will Be Your God

Side B

  1. The Shop Assistants - It's Up To You
  2. Close Lobsters - Firestation Towers
  3. Miaow - Sport Most Royal
  4. Half Man Half Biscuit - I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)
  5. The Servants - Transparent
  6. The MacKenzies - Big Jim (There's no pubs in Heaven)
  7. bIG fLAME - New Way (Quick Wash And Brush Up With Liberation Theology)
  8. Fuzzbox - Console Me
  9. McCarthy - Celestial City
  10. The Shrubs - Bullfighter's Bones
  11. The Wedding Present - This Boy Can Wait

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