NME 002 - Jive Wire

I had a real fantastic haul at the Dalston Oxfam Shop this last week. FYI the Oxjam events are starting today and going on through April. Go support cause it's a fantastic shop and organization and they've given me so much.

But back to me . . . I picked up 3 of the early NME cassettes including this one, NME 004 and NME 005. So if you look at all the NME cassettes listed here, if you add those with the 2 others I've posted on this blog already, the Mad Mix II NME 008 and the Ace Case NME 009, I have a lot of the early cassettes. Looks like the really famous C81 was followed up by a NME 001 in the same year. Weird.

In terms of tracks there are some really unusual and odd things here. On Side A my favorite track is probably the Leisure Process track - it's like twice as long as other versions I've seen on the web. But the track from Buzzz for example is apparently only on this cassette and I can't find any more info about it. I look forward to comments from those more enlightened.

Side B has some really great stuff too. The Altered Images version of Happy Birthday may be the coolest Happy Birthday song ever, and the Pablo track Madaleina is fantastic vintage african pop.

Side A

A1 Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love (3:45)
A2 David Gamson - No Turn On Red (6:12)
A3 Leisure Process - Love Cascade (6:19)

A4 Buzzz - Tonight's Alright (3:31)
A5 Pigbag - A Live Orangutango (6:04)
A6 Aswad - Ghetto In The Sky (6:25)
A7 Scritti Politti - Asylums In Jerusalem (3:10)
A8 The Beat - Get A Job / Stand Down Margaret (7:02)
A9 Gil Scott-Heron - B-Movie (5:19)

Side B

B1 Suicide - Dream Baby Dream (3:16)

Producer - Ric Ocasek (from the Cars)
B2 Kraftwerk - Das Model (3:39)
B3 Altered Images - Happy Birthday (3:15)

Producer - Martin Rushent
B4 Theatre of Hate - Dreams Of Poppies (3:45)
B5 The Gun Club - Ghost On The Highway (2:43)
B6 Tav Falco's Panther Burns - Ms. Froggy (2:30)
B7 Black Uhuru - Happiness (4:30)
B8 Defunkt - Illusions (7:00)
B9 Rip Rig & Panic - Billy Eckstein's Shirt Collar (3:15)
B10 Carmel - Storm (4:07)
B11 Vic Godard & Subway Sect - Just In Time (2:35)
B12 Pablo Lubadika Porthos - Madaleina (4:00)

B13 - hidden track - Sugar Hill gang style hip hop ad for NME (pretty funny)

We are also relaunching our african party Manifesto tonight, 1 April in London off Regent Street at the Burlington club. It will be downstairs in the chic club space with djs and a few live musicians (but no band) and then once a month we will do as before with the full venue being used for the party with top live african bands, etc. It's easy to get in and not super expensive and still the best african party in London cause it's new AND old - and I'm djing :)