Show 403: I Got It

Paging through old fanzines, NME and Melody Makers means a revisit mid 80s (84-88) Indie and post punk sounds from the UK and Australia.

The Pooh Sticks – On Tape
The Pastels – Something Going On
The Soup Dragons – Hang Ten!
Mighty Mighty -Everybody Knows The Monkey
Shop Assistants – I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You

The Mighty Lemon Drops – Happy Head
The Heart Throbs – Too Many Shadows
Echo and The Bunnymen – Silver
The Mock Turtles – Bathing In Blue

The Saints – Ghost Ships
Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth – Shame For The Angels
The Church – Into My Hands
The Go-Betweens – Love Goes On!

Bats – Made Up In A Blue
The Cure – In Between Days
The Chills – I Love My Leather Jacket
Vaselines – Son Of A Gun

Tones On Tails – Lions
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Dear Prudence
Julian Cope – Sunspots
Dalis Car – His Box

Primitives – Really Stupid
The Darling Buds – Shame On You
Dolly Mixture – Remember This

The Chameleons UK – Tears
Hangmen’s Beautiful Daughters – Love Is Blue
Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians – Chinese Bones
Happy Mondays – 24 Party People
The Shamen – What’s Going Down
The Jesus and Mary Chain – You Trip Me Up

Billy Bragg – Waiting For The Great Leap Forward

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