74 Tracks Exploring The Evolution Of Indie Pop, From The Gloriously Ambitious Productions Of Soon-To-Be Household Names To The Lo-Fi Shoestring Recordings Of Underground Mainstays. A Companion To The Hugely Successful 'Scared To Get Happy' Featuring The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Teardrop Explodes, Aztec Camera, Everything But The Girl, Pulp, Scritti Politti, Prefab Sprout, Del Amitri, Vic Godard & The Subway Sect, Wah! Heat, The Monochrome Set And Countless Other Iconic Artists. Includes Many Tracks Never Before Issued On CD And Rarities By The Likes Of April Showers, The Wee Cherubs (Who Evolved Into The Bachelor Pad), The Cinematics (Soon To Become Razorcuts), Mo-Dettes, The Page Boys (Who Evolved Into 1000 Violins), Pulp (An Early B-Side), The Twinsets (First Proper Release), The Ringing (A June Brides Spin-Off, Making Their Debut On CD), And The Suede Crocodiles (Their Second Single, Unissued At The Time) Produced By The Team That Brought You 'Scared To Get Happy', 'Still In A Dream', 'Another Splash Of Colour', 'Revolutionary Spirit', 'Losing Touch With My Mind', The 'C86' Series And Countless Other Hit Compilations And Box Sets. 'The Sun Shines Here' captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it. In 2013, Cherry Red released the widely acclaimed 5CD collection, 'Scared To Get Happy', documenting the evolution of independent pop across the '80s, from it's roots in post-punk through the so-called C86 scene and beyond. Eight years later, Cherry Red presents the sequel, 'The Sun Shines Here'. Once again referencing a Hurrah! Song, this 3CD set revisits and explores the birth of Indie Pop, a period when, in the early 1980s, as London centred around more angular, aggressive music, bands emerged from Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester drawing on the cooler end of '60s and '70s music to create something fresh and new.

Tracklist:

Wah Heat! Better Scream
The Teardrop Explodes Read It in Books
Lori ; the Chameleons the Lonely Spy
Scars Love Song
The Disco Zombies Mary Millington
Mo-Dettes Twist and Shout
It's Immaterial Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job)
Manicured Noise Freetime
The Chefs Sweetie
Josef K It's Kinda Funny
Au Pairs It's Obvious
Dolly Mixture Step Close Now
Vic Godard ; the Subway Sect Stop That Girl
Family Fodder Debbie Harrry
Ludus Mutilate
Girls at Our Best! Go for Gold!
Essential Logic Fanfare in the Garden
The Monochrome Set Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners
Art Objects 20th Century Composites
The Lines Transit
Jowe Head Cake Shop Girl
The Wild Swans God Forbid
Altered Images Insects
The Bluebells Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Demo)
The Jazzateers Don't Let Your Son Grow Up to Be a Cowboy
Scritti Politti the "Sweetest' Girl
The Nightingales Inside Out
Weekend the View from Her Room
Everything But the Girl on My Mind
Blue Orchids Wait
Prefab Sprout Radio Love
Joni Dee Featuring the Times Here Come the Holidays
The Farmer's Boys Whatever Is He Like?
The Pale Fountains Just a Girl
The Raincoats Running Away
The Gift Crashing Down
Tracey Thorn Simply Couldn't Care
Microdisney Hello Rascals
Dislocation Dance You'll Never Never Know
The Laughing Apple Wouldn't You?
The Cinematics Puffa Train
In Embrace Sun Brings Smiles
The Daintees Involved with Love
Five or Six Chalk Circle
Trixie's Big Red Motorbike Hold Me
The Gymslips Big Sister (It's Probably Better)
Ben Watt on Box Hill
Marine Girls That Fink, Jazz-Me-Blues Boy
Del Amitri the Difference Is
Friends Again State of Art
Pulp There Was
Jane and Barton I Want to Be with You
Swallow Tongue Got to Be There
The Page Boys You're My Kind of Girl
6 the Jetset Judy's Toy Box
Hurrah! Hip Hip
Biff Bang Pow! Fifty Years of Fun
The June Brides in the Rain
The Revolving Paint Dream in the Afternoon
The Brilliant Corners Tangled Up in Blue
Yeah Yeah Noh Bias Binding
April Showers Abandon Ship
The Twinsets Sophisticated Boom Boom
Aztec Camera Jump
The Ringing Caprice
The Higsons Music to Watch Girls By
The Loft Winter
Jasmine Minks Ghost of a Young Man
The Wee Cherubs Waiting for My Man
Grab Grab the Haddock I'm Used Now
The Pastels Million Tears
St Christopher Crystal Clear
The Suede Crocodiles Paint Yourself a Rainbow
The Jesus and Mary Chain Upside Down

UPC: 5013929111400
Label: Cherry Pop
Release Date: 11.5.21
Format: CD

Sun Shines Here: Roots Of Indie Pop 80-84 / Var - Sun Shines Here: Roots Of Indie Pop 80-84 / Var (CD)