various artists
label::
On U Sound
Chainstore Massacre is a 15 song compilation that includes first tastes of some albums that have just been released.
As all the On U Sound releases are very inexpensive, I think that this disc is a worthy buy, especially if you are a fan of even one of the artists who appear on the disc.
title:: This is for You remixed
label::
Disko B
A treat from 1999 that MUST be on the shopping list for all fans of DJ Hell or Chicks On Speed. This Is For You is a monster song with distinctive vocals by Melissa of Chicks On Speed.
All three mixes are great. If I only heard one of them without the others I would think it was the finest. Hearing all three together I like the original mix the best. Find this 12inch if you can. You will be glad.
title:: split single
label:: Unhip Records
The second release on Bologna Italy label Unhip Records is a split single between Germany's Lali Puna and England's Isan.
Both songs are exclusive to this release, and both tracks will please fans of the respective fans. In other words - find this single if you can!
title:: The Ethel Merman Disco Album
label::
Varese Sarabande
Ethel takes her old hits from her own super stardom day- perennial classics- and puts the saucy disco diva touch to them.
This is the first time this lost disco platter has been released on cd. Varese Sarabande also were able to dig out an unreleased track to add to the 7 original cuts.
title:: Sparks in a Dark Room
label::
LTM
The Minny Pops were a pioneering Dutch group in the late 70's/early 80s on the Factory Records subsidiary label Factory Benelux.
The Minny Pops were right in league with Joy Division, The Normal and Cabaret Voltaire. Sparks in a Dark Room is another uniquely electronic album to add to the canon of great music being offered up from the early 80s.
title:: Secret Stories
label::
LTM
Secret Stories collects singles and odds and ends not found on the Sparks in a Dark Room cd.
There is a more diverse sound to Secret Stories - also a more harsh dissonance, especially on the tracks taken from the early singles from 1981 and 1982.
various artists
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Sympathy For The Record Industry
Toe-Rag is a place for those who loved Pete Best almost as much as the Beatles (or more than); for those of us who wish Thee Milkshakes never broke up; or that the years had stopped in 1965.
Sympathetic Sounds of Toe-Rag spotlights 14 tracks recorded by Liam Watson (ex-bass player from The Armitage Shanks) on vintage equipment that would startle the most pig-headed 1960s aficionado.
