5013929101005

Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie-pop '80-'89

Various Artists

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Format: 5CD

Cat No: CRCDBOX10

Release Date:  07 April 2023

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  5013929101005

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description

    RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2013


    10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY RE-ISSUE



    • ‘Scared To Get Happy (A Story Of Indie Pop 1980-1989)’ was the first box set ever to document the explosion of Indie Pop in Britain across the 1980s.



    • Charting Indie Pop’s development from the post punk era and the dominance of Scottish bands through to its genre-defining C86 period and onto the end of the decade, with the arrival of Madchester and the shoegazing sound.



    • With a stylish 54-page booklet with a lengthy sleeve-note detailing each track and illustrations of the records and bands involved.


    Inspired by the ‘Nuggets’ compilations, the box set boasts 134 tracks spanning the 80s, drawn from all the key labels of the period – Creation, Factory, Cherry Red, Rough Trade, Sarah, Subway Organisation, Zoo, Kitchenware, Pink, Chapter 22, In Tape, Medium Cool, Lazy, Dreamworld, 53rd & 3rd, Ron Johnson, el, Vindaloo, Red Rhino, Food, etc.


    Many of the bands later tasted mainstream success: Primal Scream, Aztec Camera, Stone Roses, Pulp, the Wonder Stuff, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, the Inspiral Carpets, the Soup Dragons, the Wedding Present, James, the La’s, del Amitri, the Primitives, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Prefab Sprout, the Shamen, Cud, the Bluebells, Black, the House Of Love, Strawberry Switchblade, Pop Will Eat Itself, the Darling Buds, Fuzzbox, That Petrol Emotion, the Railway Children, Jamie Wednesday (as Carter USM), the Milltown Brothers and the Boo Radleys.


    Includes several tracks (Strawberry Switchblade, Soup Dragons, Bluebells, Close Lobsters, etc.) that had never officially been released before this compilation was created. Many others are extremely rare and make their debut on CD.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT – The Wild Swans
      • 2. GETTING NOWHERE FAST – Girls at Our Best!
      • 3. SHOWING OFF TO IMPRESS THE GIRLS – Art Objects
      • 4. (THERE’S ALWAYS) SOMETHING ON MY MIND – The Pale Fountains
      • 5. THE MISSIONARY – Josef K
      • 6. THE JET SET JUNTA – The Monochrome Set
      • 7. DUMB MAGICIAN –Blue Orchids
      • 8. DON’T COME BACK – The Marine Girls
      • 9. CANDY SKIN –Fire Engines
      • 10. AMBITION – TV21
      • 11. EVERYTHING AND MORE – Dolly Mixture
      • 12. PARAFFIN BRAIN – The Nightingales
      • 13. ALL ABOUT YOU – Scars
      • 14. IT’S A FINE DAY – Jane
      • 15. I THINK I NEED HELP – The Farmers Boys
      • 16. THINGS HAVE LEARNT TO WALK THAT OUGHT TO CRAWL – The Room
      • 17. SUMMERDAYS – Weekend
      • 18. LIONS IN MY OWN GARDEN (EXIT SOMEONE) – Prefab Sprout
      • 19. NERVE PYLON – The Lines
      • 20. FEELING DIZZY – Everything But The Girl
      • 21. THE LOST AND THE LONELY – The Higsons
      • 22. HUMAN FEATURES – Black
      • 23. ROLL ON SUMMERTIME – The Daintees
      • 24. HAPPY BIRTHDAY – The Bluebells
      • 25. NORMAN AND NARCISSUS – Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike
      • 26. A PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (LIVE) – TV Personalities

      Disc 2

      • 1. THE SUN SHINES HERE – Hurrah!
      • 2. IF SHE DOESN’T SMILE (IT’LL RAIN) – Fantastic Something
      • 3. EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM – Pulp
      • 4. DARK 7 – Strawberry Switchblade
      • 5. STOP THE RAIN – The Suede Crocodiles
      • 6. I'M USED NOW – Grab Grab The Haddock
      • 7. SENSE SICKNESS – del Amitri
      • 8. HONEY AT THE CORE – Friends Again
      • 9. OBLIVIOUS – Aztec Camera
      • 10. ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN (INDIE VERSION) – Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
      • 11. KARDOMAH CAFÉ – The Cherry Boys
      • 12. THIS BRILLIANT EVENING – In Embrace
      • 13. DOLLY – Microdisney
      • 14. PLENTY – The Woodentops
      • 15. SOUTHERN MARK SMITH – The Jazz Butcher
      • 16. WHERE THE TRAFFIC GOES – The Jasmine Minks
      • 17. FOREVER – The Hit Parade
      • 18. EVERY CONVERSATION – The June Brides
      • 19. IN THE AFTERNOON – The Revolving Paint Dream
      • 20. HYMN FROM A VILLAGE – James
      • 21. JUST LIKE HONEY (DEMO OCT ‘84) – The Jesus & Mary Chain
      • 22. THE CHOCOLATE ELEPHANT MAN – Biff Bang Pow!
      • 23. TEMPLE OF CONVENIENCE – Yeah Yeah Noh
      • 24. GOD BLESS – The Bodines
      • 25. DEBRA – bIG fLAME
      • 26. UP THE HILL AND DOWN THE SLOPE – The Loft

      Disc 3

      • 1. VELOCITY GIRL – Primal Scream
      • 2. GO OUT AND GET ‘EM, BOY! – The Wedding Present
      • 3. THRU THE FLOWERS – The Primitives
      • 4. SAD – The BMX Bandits
      • 5. ALL DAY LONG – The Shop Assistants
      • 6. SOMETHING HAPPENS – The Mighty Lemon Drops
      • 7. XX SEX (DEMO) – We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It
      • 8. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE? – Mighty Mighty
      • 9. QUITE CONTENT – The Soup Dragons
      • 10. RED SLEEPING BEAUTY – McCarthy
      • 11. MOTORCITY – Age Of Chance
      • 12. COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY – The Chesterfields
      • 13. CUT THE CAKE – The Wolfhounds
      • 14. LOGGERHEADS – The Servants
      • 15. DON’T WORRY (DEMO) – The Close Lobsters
      • 16. SICK LITTLE GIRL – Pop Will Eat Itself
      • 17. BIG PINK CAKE – Razorcuts
      • 18. IT’S A GOOD THING – That Petrol Emotion
      • 19. ALMOST PRAYED – The Weather Prophets
      • 20. VOTE FOR LOVE – Jamie Wednesday
      • 21. BEATNIK BOY – Talulah Gosh
      • 22. SHE DAZZLED ME WITH BASIL – The Dentists
      • 23. A GENTLE SOUND – The Railway Children
      • 24. BABY BLUE MARINE (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) – The Groove Farm
      • 25. THE RAIN FELL DOWN – Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes
      • 26. (WHATEVER HAPPENED TO) ALICE? – Rosemary’s Children
      • 27. BALLOON SONG – 14 Iced Bears
      • 28. A WONDERFUL DAY – The Wonder Stuff

      Disc 4

      • 1. SHINE ON – House Of Love
      • 2. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU – The Shamen
      • 3. THE ALBUMS OF JACK – The Bachelor Pad
      • 4. ALBERT PARKER – Gol Gappas
      • 5. LOVE IS BLUE – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughters
      • 6. HEAVEN FORBID – Whirl
      • 7. DELILAH SANDS – The Brilliant Corners
      • 8. SHIMMER – The Flatmates
      • 9. GRUESOME CASTLE – The Wake
      • 10. ENGINE FAILURE – This Poison!
      • 11. IF I SAID – The Darling Buds
      • 12. TIDALWAVE – The Boy Hairdressers
      • 13. SHE LOOKS RIGHT THROUGH ME – The Waltones
      • 14. ROOM IN YOUR HEART – The Rosehips
      • 15. LOVE RESISTANCE – Apple Boutique
      • 16. TAKE YOUR TIME YEAH! – Laugh
      • 17. SHE’S A NURSE BUT SHE'S ALRIGHT – The Raw Herbs
      • 18. TOY – The Heart Throbs
      • 19. TRANQUIL – The Clouds
      • 20. YOU MAKE MY HEAD EXPLODE – The Groovy Little Numbers
      • 21. MY FAVOURITE WET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON – The Siddeleys
      • 22. TUG-BOAT LINE – Rumblefish
      • 23. THE WORLD IS - The Hepburns
      • 24. ONE OF THOSE THINGS – Bubblegum Splash
      • 25. BE SMALL AGAIN – The Corn Dollies
      • 26. LEE REMICK – The King Of Luxembourg
      • 27. SON OF A GUN (DEMO) – The LA’s

      Disc 5

      • 1. THE HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD – The Stone Roses
      • 2. KEEP THE CIRCLE AROUND – Inspiral Carpets
      • 3. INDIEPOP AIN’T NOISE POLLUTION – The Pooh Sticks
      • 4. SOLACE – The Sea Urchins
      • 5. ONLY (A PRAWN IN WHITBY) – Cud
      • 6. LANDSLIDE – The Popguns
      • 7. ALL ABOARD THE LOVE-MOBILE – One Thousand Violins
      • 8. I’M IN LOVE WITH A GIRL WHO DOESN’T KNOW I EXIST – Another Sunny Day
      • 9. STRAWBERRY WINDOW – East Village
      • 10. CHOIRBOYS GAS (HACK THE CASSOCK) – Bad Dream Fancy Dress
      • 11. CIRCLE LINE – Rodney Allen
      • 12. I’VE GOT A HABIT – The Orchids
      • 13. SKIN STORM – Bradford
      • 14. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? – The Charlottes
      • 15. PICKING UP THE BITTER LITTLE PIECES – The Claim
      • 16. DREAMABOUT – The Poppyheads
      • 17. ADAM’S SONG (POUR FENELLA) – The Sun And The Moon
      • 18. JESSE MAN RAE – The McTells
      • 19. CECIL BEATON’S SCRAPBOOK – The Would-Be-Goods
      • 20. SPEAK TO ME ROCHELLE – The Desert Wolves
      • 21. DRY THE RAIN – The Rain
      • 22. FOREVER HOLIDAY – Blow Up
      • 23. SUBURBAN LOVE SONGS – The Fanatics
      • 24. ROSES – The Milltown Brothers
      • 25. SUN IS IN THE SKY – The Seers
      • 26. PERFECT NEEDLE – The Telescopes
      • 27. CATWEAZLE – The Boo Radleys