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BOB STANLEY & PETE WIGGS PRESENT FELL FROM THE SUN ~ DOWNTEM

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Like a hazy heatwave shimmer, this gorgeous collation of early 90s neo-psychedelia recalls the sun-kissed glory of long summer afternoons melting into evenings ...
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BOB STANLEY PRESENTS 76 IN THE SHADE

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Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley has put a compilation together that sonically evokes the summer of 1976 itself, its sweet heat and almost narcotic lethargy, f...
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BOB STANLEY & PETE WIGGS PRESENT: STATE OF THE UNION ~ THE AMERICAN DREAM IN CRISIS 1967-1973

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This is a high-concept compilation capturing an era of inner soul searching and outer chaos for america, soundtracked by some of the best pop music ever made.
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  1. WHERE WERE YOU? – The Mekons
  2. VIOLENCE GROWS – Fatal Microbes
  3. THE TERRAPLANE FIXATION – Animals & Men
  4. WORK – Blue Orchids
  5. SMALL HOURS – Karl’s Empty Body
  6. SOMEBODY – Frankie’s Crew
  7. CONFIDENCE – Scritti Politti
  8. DRINK PROBLEM – Thin Yoghurts
  9. LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT – Anne Bean & Paul Burwell
  10. BROW BEATEN – Performing Ferret Band
  11. NO FORGETTING – The Manchester Mekon
  12. FAIRYTALE IN THE SUPERMARKET – The Raincoats
  13. CAN’T CHEAT KARMA – Zounds
  14. BORED HOUSEWIVES – Androids Of Mu
  15. IN MY AREA (Take 2) – The Fall
  16. THE SIDEWAYS MAN – The Digital Dinosaurs
  17. ATTITUDES – The Good Missionaries
  18. THE WINDOW’S BROKEN – Human Cabbages
  19. KING AND COUNTRY – Television Personalities
  20. IN THE NIGHT – Exhibit ‘A’
  21. NUDES - Performing Ferret Band
  22. DIFFERENT STORY – Tarzan 5
  23. THE RED PULLOVER – The Gynaecologists
  24. PRODUCTION LINE – The Door And The Window

BOB STANLEY / PETE WIGGS PRESENT WINTER OF DISCONTENT

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“Winter Of Discontent” is the sound of truly DIY music, made by people who maybe hadn’t written a song until a day or two before they went into the studio.

It’s spontaneous and genuinely free in a way the British music scene has rarely been before or since. “Winter of Discontent” has been compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, the latest in their highly acclaimed series of albums that includes “The Daisy Age”, “Fell From The Sun” and “English Weather” ("really compelling and immersive: it’s a pleasure to lose yourself in it" - Alexis Petridis, the Guardian). The era's bigger DIY names (Scritti Politti, TV Personalities, the Fall) and the lesser-known (Exhibit A, Digital Dinosaurs, Frankie’s Crew) are side by side on “Winter Of Discontent”. Mark Perry’s Sniffin’ Glue command – “Here’s one chord, here’s another, now start a band” – was amplified by the Mekons and the Raincoats, whose music shared a little of punk’s volume, speed and distortion, but all of its obliqueness and irreverence. The discontent was with society as a whole. No subject matter was taboo: oppressive maleness (Scritti Politti); deluded Britishness (TV Personalities); gender stereotypes (Raincoats, Androids of Mu); nihilistic youth (Fatal Microbes); alcoholism (Thin Yoghurts); self-doubt and pacifism (Zounds). The band names (Thin Yoghurts!) and those of individual members (Andrew Lunchbox!) had enough daftness to avoid any accusations of solemnity. “Winter Of Discontent” is the definitive compilation of the UK DIY scene, and a beacon in grim times.