Various – Unzipping The Abstract (Bands Of The Manchester Musicians' Collective) [LP] (1980, MMC Records)

The Manchester Musicians' Collective Of West Didsbury were responsible for this album of 1980 bands, all detailed in the Fanzine styled enclosed booklet printed by the Moss Side Community Press. This is where we enter the territory of the Unknown, the Rare and Precious, something pretty untouchable and unreachable. It's a glimpse of the past in a moment gone forever, when all these bands clutched at the Brass Ring and all of them were unable to hold on to it though Dislocation Dance made the Indie chart a year later and The Enigma were called the "best band in Manchester". "Available as an 8 track 12 inch" read an advert for The Hoax, "as soon as we've enough money available" or "performance are going to go places and in a big way". It's a time capsule of what could have been because some of this stuff is as good as what was going down in the South. It was,after all, issued at a time when the Joy Division were about to metamorphosise into New Order, when Mick Hucknall was a Frantic Elevator and before The Smiths took hold. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

Label: MMC Records – MMC 1 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation 

Country: UK 

Released: 1980 

Style: New Wave, Power Pop, Punk, Minimal, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist:

A1 Bathroom Renovations – Intensely Henna'd 

A2 Cajun Cutie – Black Man's World 

A3 Dislocation Dance – You Can't Beat History 

A4 The Enigma – Play With Fire 

A5 Gods Gift – Creeps In 

A6 The Hoax – World War III 

A7 If Only – If Only... 

B1 The Liggers – Pretty Girl 

B2 The Mekon – Must Have More Wheels 

B3 Outer Edge – Old Wives Tales 

B4 Performance – Natural Equilibrium 

B5 The Spurtz – Boyfriends Or Your Money Back 

B6 The Still – 9.5 

B7 Undercovermen – Of No Fixed Abode 

B8 Vibrant Thigh – Walking Away 

 

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