Various – Welcome To Norwich - A Fine City [LP] (1981, Romans In Britain Records)

Norwich is a city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about 100 miles (160 km) north-east of London, 40 miles (64 km) north of Ipswich and 65 miles (105 km) east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals, it is the largest city in East Anglia. 

 

Norwich has a thriving music scene based around local venues such as the University of East Anglia LCR, Norwich Arts Centre, The Waterfront and Epic Studios. Live music, mostly contemporary musical genres, is also to be heard at a number of other public house and club venues around the city. The city is host to many artists that have achieved national and international recognition such as Cord, The Kabeedies, Serious Drinking, Tim Bowness, Sennen, Magoo, Let's Eat Grandma and KaitO (featuring Nik Void, later of Factory Floor).

 

 'Welcome To Norwich' is one of the best new-wave indie compilations of it's time. Norwich, for some reason, had an unfeasibly large and diverse alternative music scene throughout the 80s, as this record is testament to. A cult classic - 987 copies pressed- and criminally undervalued album featuring bands such The Happy Few, The Higsons, the post-punk and alternative band Screen 3, The Mohair Twins, The Panic Parade, The Clynics, and the post-punk Capitalist Music.

 

Label: Romans In Britain Records – NERO 1 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: UK 

Released: 1981 

Style: New Wave, Post-Punk 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 The Happy Few – Plan 9 From Outer Space 

A2 The Higsons – My Love Is Bent (At Both Ends) 

A3 Screen 3 – Live And Learn 

A4 The Mohair Twins – Railway Sex 

A5 The Panic Parade – Little Games 

A6 The Clynics – Learning To Smile 

A7 Capitalist Music – Jane's Gone To France 

B1 Screen 3 – Shades Of Black 

B2 The Clynics – Eastern Exercise 

B3 The Mohair Twins – Five Hawaiian Bullets 

B4 The Happy Few – Ultimate Sanction 

B5 The Panic Parade – Blue Light Brigade 

B6 The Higsons – We Will Never Grow Old 

B7 Capitalist Music – Do You Really Love That Girl 

 

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