(Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave) VA - Optimism/Reject: UK Punk & Post Punk Meets D-I-Y Aesthetic 1977-1981 (4CD) - 2019 [Cherry Red], mp3 (tracks), 320 kBit/s

01. MICHAEL’S MONETARY SYSTEM – Eater
02. YOU’LL LOSE – The Drones
03. LOVE LIES LIMP – Alternative TV
04. FREEWAY – The Outsiders
05. SUSPENDED SENTENCE – John Cooper Clarke
06. O LEVELS – ‘O’ Level
07. BLACK VELVET – Swell Maps
08. OPTIMISM/REJECT – Patrik Fitzgerald
09. HARD TIMES – Attrix
10. NOBODY’S SCARED – Subway Sect
11. WASHED UP – The Freshies
12. CHARLES – Skids
13. POLICE OPPRESSION – Angelic Upstarts
14. NEUTRON BOMB – The Art Attacks
15. MIXED UP WORLD – Victim
16. AEROSOL BURNS – Essential Logic
17. IT – The Tights
18. THE DEMON – Punishment Of Luxury
19. BINGO-MASTER – The Fall
20. SITUATIONS VACANT – The Cravats
21. IS AND OUGHT THE WESTERN WORLD – Scritti Politti
22. WOLF – Prag VEC
23. COOL – The Jerks
24. HE’S FRANK – The Monochrome Set
25. INTERNATIONAL – Thomas Leer
26. FRUITLESS – Devil’s Dykes
27. 01-01-212 – Vice Creems
28. TIMES ENCOUNTER – Nigel Simpkins
Время звучания альбома: 01:19:20

01. H-EYES – The Ruts
02. LORD LUCAN IS MISSING – The Dodgems
03. THE COMPETITION – Passage
04. GIRL GETS NERVOUS – Nicky & The Dots
05. I DON’T WANT TO WORK FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS – Scissor Fits
06. COLD CITY – Spizzoil
07. (I SAW) BATMAN (IN THE LAUNDERETTE) – The Shapes
08. STEREO LOVE – Proles
09. COMMUTER MAN – The Molesters
10. HEATHEN – The Pack
11. IN LOVE – The Raincoats
12. SING SONG – The Tea Set
13. MOTHER MOON – Artery
14. THE ULTIMATE SYSTEM – Murder The Disturbed
15. PLAYING GOLF (WITH MY FLESH CRAWLING) – The Family Fodder
16. EVERY DAY I DIE – Frantic Elevators
17. NAGASAKI’S CHILDREN – They Must Be Russians
18. METAL SHEET – Second Layer
19. COLD REBELLION – Metrophase
20. I DON’T BELIEVE – Disturbed
21. SUBCULTURE FASHION SLAVES – The Door And The Window
22. GOD’S GOT RELIGION – The Steppes
23. CHRISTINE KEELER – Gl*Xo Babies
24. BOYS KEEP SWINGING – The Associates
25. BEAUTIFUL PICTURES – ‘Fatal’ Microbes
26. TOP OF THE POPS – Disco Zombies
27. EXHIBITION – Pneumania
Время звучания альбома: 01:19:29

01. DOMESTIC DEPARTURE – Au Pairs
02. RECONSTRUCTION – English Subtitles
03. THEM OR ME (EDIT) – Medium Medium
04. CHOREOGRAPHY – Modern Eon
05. CHANCE MEETING (Absolute Version) – Josef K
06. ON THE AIR – The Lines
07. MASOCHISTIC OPPOSITE – Mo-Dettes
08. MINSTREL RADIO YOGHURT – Deep Freeze Mice
09. YOU GET EVERYWHERE – The Chefs
10. BLOODY – The Golinski Brothers
11. HEY OPERATOR – The Lillettes
12. ART NOUVEAU – The Bodies
13. SHANGRI-LA – Nightmares In Wax
14. OSCAR AUTOMOBILE – Weird Strings
15. SELF EMPLOYED – Again Again
16. FASHIONABLE JUNKIES – The Membranes
17. AUTOPHAGOUS – Manic Jabs
18. MODICHY IN ANERATION – Blancmange
19. MYSTERE V’S – No Message
20. THE FEELINGS MUTUAL – Eyeless In Gaza
21. LEAN ON ME – Distributors
22. CHIMNEYS – Tagmemics
23. SHORT TIME – Rhythm Clicks
24. GET – Blurt
Время звучания альбома: 01:15:36

01. FINAL DAY – Young Marble Giants
02. YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE – Charge
03. THE DAMAGE DONE – Sisters Of Mercy
04. POLITICS! – Girls At Our Best
05. JUSTICE NOT VENGEANCE – A Popular History Of Signs
06. COULD BE HER, COULD BE YOU – Thompson Twins
07. EVERYTHING’S ROSES – Fire Engines
08. MOTORWAY – Emma Sharpe
09. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING – The Red Squares
10. MOTION – The Room
11. SHOULD BE MORE IDEAL – The 49 Americans
12. I REMEMBER – Cult Figures
13. INSECT LOVE – The Higsons
14. CHIPS FOR TEA – The Laughing Apple
15. DEFEATED – The Legendary Pink Dots
16. HOLIDAY SONG – Marine Girls
17. THE RETURN – Normil Hawaiians
18. ZIGZAGGING – The Reflections
19. WHEN I SEE YOU – Sad Lovers And Giants
20. DOMINO THEORY – To The Finland Station
21. LAUNDERETTE – Vivien Goldman
22. ETHICS – 23 Skidoo
23. SHADES OF BLACK – Screen 3
24. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE – The Happy Few
25. BREAK THE ICE AT PARTIES – The Tesco Bombers
26. I WANNA BE AROUND (PAUL) – …And The Native Hipsters
Время звучания альбома: 01:16:18

In the wake of punk, musicians in the UK found themselves suddenly liberated artistically and free to think in new terms commercially. The outcome was the independent label boom, and beyond that a certain Do It Yourself aesthetic. Overnight, the possibility arose of recording your own music and releasing your own record, or, if you weren’t musical yourself, setting up your own label to release records by people who were.
Enabled by a new independent distribution network, classified ads in the nation’s music press and the enthusiasm of record shop owners countrywide, a new kind of musician leapt into the spotlight, free of the shackles of commercial aspirations and the conformist musical approaches they necessitated. New sounds were delivered every week, pressed onto cheaply produced 7” singles and ambitious compilations by bedroom based labels. Among the photocopied sleeves and inserts, hand-stamped labels and SAE addresses, not to mention the eclectic range of sounds they accompanied, a common ground appeared: it didn’t matter what you did, so long as you did it yourself.
“Optimism/Reject” captures a snapshot of that time and place. One of many possible views on a period of freedom of expression like no other. From scratchy lo-fi guitar pop to ambitious home productions and experimental meanderings, this is the sound of an underworld beneath the underground. A place so far from the mainstream only those with a keen imagination figured out how to get there. A time when doing nothing was a crime, and doing anything was possible.

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