"Tales From The Australian Underground" - Vol 2 - 1977 - 1990 (disc 1) 2006

For the uninitiated, Tales From the Australian Underground Volume 2: 1977 - 1990 charts the evolution of the Australian alternative sound beginning with the big bang of 1976 and the debut recordings of both Radio Birdman and The Saints, right through to the digital and alternative-mainstream crossover of the early '90s…...Using 7 inch records in the main to provide the storyline, Tales uncovers a bevy of vinyl treasure in the quest to tell the truth. Radio Birdman, The Saints, The Birthday Party, Tactics, Scientists, Sekret Sekret and the Triffids are just some of the acts making the graduation from volume one, whilst Teenage Radio Stars, SPK, The Singles, Sacred Cowboys, Severed Heads, Salamander Jim, Ollie Olsen, Primitive Calculators, feedtime, The Stems and the Widdershins are just some of the thirty-four debutantes. In total, 45 tracks from forty-five underground stars, with 24 of those tracks appearing on CD for the very first time.

trax CD 1:

1. New Race - Radio Birdman 2. Know Your Product - The Saints 3. Wanna Be Your Baby - Teenage Radio Stars 4. More Suicides Please - The Thought Criminals 5. Dive Position - Boys Next Door 6. I Am The Man - The Hitmen 7. Mekano - SPK 8. Things WIll Be Different - Little Murders 9. Tomorrows Tears - The Riptides 10. Non-Plussed - Seems Twice 11. Love of Loves - The Singles 12. At The Barrier - Shy Impostors 13. Second Language - Tactics 14. Cant You See The Sign - Surfside Six 15. Blast Off - The Birthday Party 16. Arabia - Machinations 17. Fun Loving - Dropbears 18. The Trumpet Song - The Particles 19. Voodoo Slaves - Minuteman 20. Nothing Grows In Texas - Sacred Cowboys 21. Stuck On You - Sardinev 22. Dead Eyes Opened - Severed Heads 23. Everything That Flies - Laughing Clowns 24. (Lets All) Turn On - Hoodoo Gurus 25. Solid Gold Hell - Scientists

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