{"product_id":"c85","title":"C85","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of the three-disc compilation, \u003cem\u003eThe Sun Shines Here\u003c\/em\u003e (which documented the roots of Indie Pop from 1980-84), the prequel to C86, C85 combines \"name\" bands with many obscurities making their debut on CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral acts on C85 would eventually feature on that NME’s C86 collection: \u003cstrong\u003ePrimal Scream\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Wedding Present\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Mighty Lemon Drops\u003c\/strong\u003e, etc, who all had singles released in 1985. Back in 1986, the NME’s latest mail-order cassette, C86, captured the latest trends in Indie music, inspired by the C81 tape from half a decade earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eC86 became the NME’s best-selling compilation, selling an estimated 40,000 copies and eventually being re-issued on LP and cassette by Rough Trade the following year. Fast forward to 2014, the triple-CD edition celebrated the cult status of C86, which had come to embody a whole style of indie guitar music with 50 extra tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eC85 bridges the gap between \u003cem\u003eThe Sun Shines Here\u003c\/em\u003e and C86, opening with undoubtedly the most vital British breakthrough band of that year in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Jesus \u0026amp; Mary Chain\u003c\/strong\u003e and closing with the debut from a band who’d have to wait several years for their chance, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Stone Roses\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, we hear many key records by the likes of post-Undertones band \u003cem\u003eThat Petrol Emotion\u003c\/em\u003e (their blistering debut ‘Keen’), \u003cem\u003eThe Woodentops\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDel Amitri\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Housemartins\u003c\/em\u003e (their debut ‘Flag Day’) and a then largely unknown \u003cem\u003eHappy Mondays\u003c\/em\u003e (again represented by their first single).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere discs one and two reflect the predominant indie pop sound with which C86 was most closely associated, disc 3 acknowledges the harder, more angular sounds of that era (encapsulated by the bands on the Ron Johnson label).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside band biographies for every track is an introductory essay by one-time NME scribe Neil Taylor, the original co-compiler of C86 and author of the book \u003cem\u003eC86 And All That\u003c\/em\u003e. In short, C85 is essential for any fan of 80s independent music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDISC ONE \"\u003cem\u003eThe Jesus and Mary Chain Never Understand\u003c\/em\u003e\"...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDISC TWO \"\u003cem\u003ePrimal Scream All Fall Down\u003c\/em\u003e\"...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDISC THREE \"\u003cem\u003eA Witness Lucky In London\u003c\/em\u003e\"...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471317471563,"sku":"1163686","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e98b760b-973b-43a7-b521-3e062a81b53d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727398443","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/c85","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}