MP3DB.pro - VA - British Cassette Culture (Recordings 1975-1984) (8LP Box-Set) (2016)

Amazing tapes on vinyl for the first time ever.

Having ticked off American and German cultures on tape, Vinyl On Demand has unveiled the 8LP box set for British Cassette Culture: Recordings 1975-1984.

Surveying the outermost regions of the DIY British electronic underground of the early ’80s, the set compiles casssette recordings by Those Little Aliens, Stephen Cadman, Ron Berry, Kevin Harrison, Carl Matthews and more.

Aside from The Legendary Pink Dots and their brilliant neo-psychedelic album Premonition, most of these experimenters are little known, making this compilation all the more exciting. Credit to VOD for once again digging out an unprecedented haul of tapes.

The exhaustive eight LP set also includes two 7″ records, all housed in a canvas box with foil embossed printing. The edition of 333 includes individually numbered inserts. All the material is on vinyl for the first time ever.

Those Little Aliens & This Little Alien - Recordings 1980-1981
1. Those Little Aliens — Ismalia (3:01)
2. Those Little Aliens — Low Point X (2:46)
3. Those Little Aliens — Sentimental (1:58)
4. Those Little Aliens — Voortrecker (2:05)
5. Those Little Aliens — Incident In Moderan (2:26)
6. Those Little Aliens — 4 To 4 Rumbling (4:56)
7. Those Little Aliens — Momente Uber Statik (2:05)
8. This Little Alien — Aarg, Stop It (8:23)
Tracks From Variable-Tape & Synthesizer Specialist-Tape (1980)
9. Those Little Aliens — Metal Time Control (3:29)
10. Those Little Aliens — Out Of Sequence (2:42)
11. Those Little Aliens — Chattering Aliens (2:12)
12. Those Little Aliens — Stepping Backwards (5:24)
13. Those Little Aliens — Prarie Drifter (2:20)
14. Those Little Aliens — Your World (4:57)
15. This Little Alien — Dilemma (2:36)
16. This Little Alien — Debth Of Space (1:49)
17. This Little Alien — No Noise (4:59)

Ron Berry - Where Dark Forces Meet

1. Sea Of Tranquility (7:51)
2. Sea Of Clouds (8:24)
3. Zanti Misfits (7:50)
4. Where Dark Forces Meet (10:10)
5. Concrete Pete (2:44)
6. Mathew Street (7:50)
7. View From A Bedsit Window (3:40)

The Legendary Pink Dots - Premonition

1. Premonition I (27:51)
2. Premonition II (23:05)
3. Hanging Gardens (Version) (4:40)
4. I Dream Of Jeannie (3:17)
5. Shakesperian (3:43)
6. Love Puppets (4:46)

Stephen Cadman - Big Smith Stays in Bed

1. But You Said I Could (3:43)
2. Dance Of The Hedgehog (3:06)
3. We Have Lift Off (5:30)
4. Sorry (Edit) (8:10)
5. I Change Your Mind (6:33)
6. Roots (2:47)
7. Big Smith Stays In Bed (12:37)
8. Today (5:13)
9. Urraahas (4:48)
10. Conversation (1:15)
11. Sequencer Bites Back (Edit) (6:05)

All The Madmen - Tape Recordings 1980-1983

1. Living Is A Nightmare (Edit) (3:49)
2. Superior Life (3:02)
3. Long Life (1:43)
4. My Head Is In A Different Place (2:55)
5. Repetition (4:10)
6. Shapes (2:54)
7. Time Machine (3:42)
8. Tomorrows Things (2:35)
9. Repetition (3:01)
10. My Head Is In A Different Place (2:31)
11. Living Is A Nightmare (Long Version) (6:29)
12. Superior Life (4:04)
13. Schools Out (3:13)
14. Antisong 3 (5:08)

Carl Matthews - Mirage-Tapes-Years

1. Intervention (6:53)
2. Intervention (2:45)
3. Encounter (6:45)
4. Lamb & Lion (8:45)
5. Aeon (4:19)
6. Motion (6:17)
7. Freewheel To Freedom B4 (7:05)
8. Trinity (5:43)
9. Nexus (5:25)
10. Silent Watcher (3:28)

Kevin Harrison - Tape-Recordings 1975-1985

1. I Need Help (4:17)
2. Live At Bali-Hai (3:19)
3. Sister Crazy Maisie (2:21)
4. New Gamelan (2:06)
5. Aguamar (4:16)
6. Camel’s Mouth (4:32)
7. Orange Egg (3:20)
8. Blue Guitars (1:52)
9. Transmitten Rozo (7:07)
10. Little Lazy Daisy (2:08)
11. Live At Coventry Climax (6:21)
12. Mevlevi (3:25)
13. Prototype Manta Ray (1:56)
14. Vapour Trails (2:14)
15. Velvet Dream Being (3:16)

Ron Crowcroft - Mundane Recordings 1980-1985

1. Ron Crowcroft — Dance The Night Away (4:52)
2. Ron Crowcroft — Gogo Dancer (3:16)
3. Ron Crowcroft — Zero Four (3:55)
4. Random Valency — Man Made Machine (3:47)
5. Modern Farmers — We Are Human (2:09)
6. Ron Crowcroft — Talk Of The Devil (4:59)
7. Ron Crowcroft — Fade Away (6:33)
8. Ron Crowcroft — Remember, Remember (3:44)
9. Ron Crowcroft — Too Much Talk (4:04)
10. Ron Crowcroft — Don’t Shut The Door (4:55)
11. Ron Crowcroft — The Final Frontier (4:45)
12. Ron Crowcroft — What Do You See? (5:23)
13. Ron Crowcroft — I Am Normal (4:31)
14. Modern Farmers — The Ice Room (2:01)