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    Un-Scene! Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982Various Artists

    Easy Action
      • 1. Fashion – We're The Fashion
      • 2. Swell Maps – Vertical Slum
      • 3. Dada – Birmingham UK
      • 4. The Prefects – The Bristol Road Leads To Dachau
      • 5. T.V. Eye – Stevie's Radio Station
      • 6. Denizens – Ammonia Subway
      • 7. The Hawks – Big Store
      • 8. The Nervous Kind – Five To Monday
      • 9. The Bible Belt – A Fistful Of Seeds
      • 10. The Nightingales – Idiot Strength
      • 11. Lowdown International – Batteries Not Included
      • 12. Joe Crow – The Final Touch
      • 13. Nikki Sudden – Channel Steamer
      • 14. Cult Figures – I Remember
      • 15. Au Pairs – Love Song
      • 16. Fast Relief – What A Waste
      • 17. Vision Collision – Cuba
      • 18. Dance – Revolve Around You
      • 19. The Pinkies – Open Commune

      This compilation features many well known and completely unknown faces from the scene and some local Heroes such as Nikki Sudden, Stephen Duffy, Jowe Head, Dave Kusworth and more.

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