2006 | Jangle Pop, Dunedin Sound, Post-Punk
MP3 320 Kbps | 809 Mb
Limited edition four CD boxset celebrating the 25th Anniversary of New Zealand\’s finest (and longest running) independent label. Jam packed with long out-of-print rarities this set will have fans of the iconic label salivating. The four discs are sequenced in a roughly chronological order with the tracks hand-picked by Shepherd himself. The first disc covers the label\’s early years, with flagship band The Clean aptly getting things started with the epic \’Point That Thing Somewhere Else\’. Other obvious names like The Chills, The Verlaines and The Gordons are present but this multi-disc format affords them the luxury of including some obscurities and lost gems from the likes of The Rip and Victor Dimisch Band, not to mention the label\’s first release — \’Ambivalence\’ by Pin Group. The second disc covers the mid-to-late 80\’s, the years many consider the label\’s heyday, where second generation Nun bands like The Bats and Straitjacket Fits took the label to the world. Again more rare treats are to be had with Stephen, The Weeds, Alpaca Brothers and This Kind Of Punishment. Disc three continues from the late 80s to mid 90s where the music really hit it\’s stride with great bands like Skeptics, JPSE, 3Ds and the mighty Bailter Space and the final disc takes us from the mid 90s to the present day where we witness some of the label\’s key original players going solo (David Kilgour, Martin Phillips, Graeme Downes) and a new generation of fresh and exciting talent like HDU, The Subliminals and The Mint Chicks. Fittingly ending with the pre-Nun band many consider to be one of the label\’s catalysts — Toy Love. 84 tracks. Flying Nun. 2006.
1. Point That Thing Somewhere Else
2. Coalminers Song
3. Witch
4. Ambivalence
5. Alien
6. Joe 90
7. Something New
8. That?S What Friends Are For
9. Governed By You
10. Native Waiter
11. Isol
12. Caroline?S Dream
13. What?S Going On
14. Pink Frost
15. Holy Room
16. Neck Of The Woods
17. Pyromaniac
18. Man With No Desire
19. Needles & Plastic
20. Randolph\’s Going Home
21. Crush
22. Kenneth Anger
23. Hey Man
24. Wharf With No Name
25. Wheatfields
26. Barlows House
27. What?S In A Name
28. Travelling Grave
29. Immigration Song
30. Trouble With Kay
31. Jaffa Boy
32. North By North
33. Thief With The Silver
34. Boy With The Sad Hands
35. Dave The Pimp
36. Dialling A Prayer
37. Batwing
38. I Don\’t Want You Anyway
39. Buddy
40. Don\’t Know Why
41. Scarey Nest
42. Breakdown Town
43. Good Evening Listeners
44. Meat
45. Gaskrankinstation
46. Contracts
47. Skeptic Hagfish
48. Glitch
49. Flowers
50. Sheen Of Gold
51. Back Of Her Hand
52. Hey Judith
53. Touch Of Evil
54. Bleeding Star
55. What Am I Doing
56. Philadelphia Rising
57. Crystalator
58. Pet Hates
59. Sort Of Holiday
60. What Will You Do?
61. Splat
62. Klingon National Anthem
63. Saskatchewan
64. Suck
65. Crying Room
66. Country Sow
67. ?76 Comeback
68. Save My Life
69. Chop Me In 1/2
70. Rocky Mountain
71. Surf\’s Up In Malibu
72. Evermore
73. Brown Paper Bag
74. Ghost Club Theme Song
75. Spill The Light
76. Harmonic Deluxe
77. Uh-Oh
78. Schallbl?Te
79. Cattle, Cars & Chainsaws
80. Emily
81. Sake Bomb!
82. Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
83. Rebel