Various - Keeping Control: Independent Music From Manchester 1977-1981 cd box
unlike their overly-extensive 7-disc Manchester-themed box set from 2017, Cherry Red's new 3-disc set narrows its focus to the punk/post-punk years, but with no overlapping tracks, of course… Tracklisting: Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict Slaughter And The Dogs - The Bitch The Nosebleeds - Fascist Pigs The Drones - City Drones The Panik - Murder V2 - Nothing To Do Jilted John - Jilted John Gyro - Central Detention Centre Salford Jets - Lookin' At The Squares John The Postman's Puerile - Kawalski Of The Seaview Has Got The Best Hairstyle I've Ever Seen Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Fuck You John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want To Be Nice The Teardrops - Pompous Passage - Slit Machine Spherical Objects - Sweet Tooth Steve Miro - Smiling In Reverse Joy Division - Digital The Smirks - American Patriots Notsensibles - Lying On The Sofa 48 Chairs - Psycle Sluts Eddie Fiction UFO - Part 2 Mellotron - Warriors From Space Speed - She's All There Genocide - Renegade Sister Ray - Suicide Eddie Mooney & The Grave - I Bought Three Eggs Gerry And The Holograms - Gerry And The Holograms The Fall - Flat Of Angles Steroid Kiddies - Seaside Teaser Direct Hits - Back To The Sixties Foreign Press - Crossfire Crispy Ambulance - Motorway Boys I.Q. Zero - Insects Accident On The East Lancs. - We Want It Legalized The Out - Who Is Innocent? Gods Gift - These Days Mud Hutters - Danger Pathetix - Love In Decay Private Sector - Just Wanna Stay Free The Frantic Elevators - Hunchback Of Notre Dame Fast Cars - You're So Funny Miss Kate - Ebony Eyes Grow-Up - The Best Thing Property Of... - Dance Like You're Dead The Distractions - Doesn't Bother Me The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer Bet Lynch's Legs - Riders In The Sky The Hoax - Storm Trooper Manicured Noise - Metronome Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards Vibrant Thigh - Walking Away Enigma - Play With Fire The Still - 9.5 Spurtz - Boyfriends Or Your Money Back The Charlie Parkas - Space Invaders If Only - Puppet Masters The Cheaters - (I Wanna Be A) Policeman Manchester Mekon - Must Have More Wheels Bathroom Renovations - Apathetic Hell The Liggers - Recorded Or Live Section 25 - Knew Noise The Diagram Bros - There Is No Shower The Things - Pieces Of You Dislocation Dance - Familiar View Martin Hannett - The Music Room Blue Orchids - The Flood (demo) Kevin Hewick - Haystack Electra Complex - Magic Hamsters - Animal Biting Tongues - You Can Choke Like That The Freshies - Wrap Up The Rockets Ludus - Hugo Blanco Mothmen - Temptation A Certain Ratio - Waterline Bee Vamp - Lucky Grills New Order - Everything's Gone Green