{"product_id":"c86-1","title":"C86","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack in May\/June 1986, the New Musical Express released one of their regular mail-order cassettes. Reflecting the latest trends in Indie music, \u003cem\u003eC86\u003c\/em\u003e was a 22-track cassette inspired by the NME's \u003cem\u003eC81\u003c\/em\u003e tape from half a decade earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAside from a few name bands (\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pastels\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePrimal Scream\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Wedding Present\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Mighty Lemon Drops\u003c\/strong\u003e), most acts were relatively unknown beyond the back pages and gig listings of the weekly music press. A few hadn't even issued a record! \u003cem\u003eC86\u003c\/em\u003e slowly but surely became the NME's best-selling ever compilation, selling an estimated 40,000 copies and eventually being reissued on LP and cassette by Rough Trade the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eC86\u003c\/em\u003e prompted a week of shows at the ICA and would come to embody a whole musical style and era. This deluxe expanded edition of the original \u003cem\u003eC86\u003c\/em\u003e cassette adds some 50 bonus tracks. The box set is curated by original compiler Neil Taylor and has the endorsement of the NME.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNeil has chosen tracks which could conceivably have been on the original \u003cem\u003eC86\u003c\/em\u003e package: all the recordings were made between mid-1985 and mid-1986. Neil wrote about many of the bands at the time. The \u003cem\u003eC86\u003c\/em\u003e 3-CD has been assembled by the same team behind last year's Award-winning 5-CD box set \u003cem\u003eScared To Get Happy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany tracks have never been on CD before. A few are even previously unreleased. Key names include \u003cstrong\u003eThe June Brides\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Jesus and Mary Chain\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Primitives\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThat Petrol Emotion\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJesse Garon and The Desperadoes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHappy Mondays\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Nightingales\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Railway Children\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePop Will Eat Itself\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBMX Bandits\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Blue Aeroplanes\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eTreebound Story\u003c\/strong\u003e (featuring \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Hawley\u003c\/strong\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CD | x3","offer_id":50490256392523,"sku":"375603","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2023-09-29_at_20.43.35_07d01ca8_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727656164","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/c86-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}