Various – NME / Rough Trade C81

Label:	New Musical Express – Copy 001, Rough Tapes – Copy 001
Format:	Cassette, Compilation
Country:	UK
Released:	1981
Genre:	Electronic, Rock, Reggae, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:	Pop Rock, Punk, Synth-pop, Ska, New Wave

Tracklist

A1	Scritti Politti–	The "Sweetest Girl" Engineer – The Skipper Written-By – Green*	6:09
A2	The Beat (2)–	Twist And Crawl Dub Producer – Bob Sargeant	4:58
A3	Pere Ubu–	Misery Goats Recorded By – Mike Bishop Written-By – Pere Ubu	2:26
A4	Wah! Heat*–	7,000 Names Of Wah Bass – Washington* Drums – Jungle Beat Joe Musker* Guitar, Written-By – Pete Wiley* Synthesizer – King Bluff	3:57
A5	Orange Juice (3)–	Blue Boy Engineer – Calum Malcolm Producer – Alex Fergusson, Orange Juice (3) Written-By – Edwyn Collins	2:52
A6	Cabaret Voltaire–	Raising The Count Written-By, Producer – Watson, Kirk, Mallinder*	3:32
A7	D.A.F.*–	Kebab Traume (Live)	3:50
A8	Furious Pig–	Bare Pork Engineer – Martin Frederix
A9	Specials*–	Raquel Producer – D. Jordan, Jerry Dammers Written-By – Jerry Dammers	1:28
A10	Buzzcocks–	I Look Alone Producer – Martin Rushent Recorded By – Martin Hannett Written-By – Pete Shelley	3:00
A11	Essential Logic–	Fanfare In The Garden Engineer – Dave Anderson (3) Producer – Adam Kidron, Lora, Phil Written-By – Logic, Legg	3:00
A12	Robert Wyatt–	Born Again Cretin Double Bass – Peter Ind Engineer – Ian Solomon Written-By – Robert Wyatt	3:07
B1	The Raincoats–	Shouting Out Loud Engineer – Adam Kidron Producer – The Raincoats	3:19
B2	Josef K–	Endless Soul Engineer – Calum Malcolm Producer – Josef K Written-By – Malcolm Ross, Paul Haig	2:27
B3	Blue Orchids–	Low Profile Bass Guitar – Rick* Drums – Ian* Engineer – John Brierley Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar – Martin* Producer – Blue Orchids	3:47
B4	Virgin Prunes–	Red Nettle Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Virgin Prunes	2:13
B5	Aztec Camera–	We Could Send Letters Engineer – Ron McLarty Producer – Alan Horne, Malcolm Ross Written-By – Roddy Frame	4:57
B6	Red Krayola–	Milkmaid Written-By – Art & Language, M. Thompson*	2:01
B7	Linx–	Don't Get In My Way Producer – Bob Carter, David Grant, Peter Martin (2) Written-By – Grant, Martin	5:15
B8	The Massed Carnaby St. John Cooper Clarkes*–	The Day My Pad Went Mad	1:46
B9	James Blood Ulmer–	Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher Written-By, Arranged By, Producer – James Blood Ulmer	4:03
B10	Ian Dury–	Close To Home Performer, Producer – Chaz Jenkel*, Ian Dury	4:13
B11	Gist*–	Greener Grass Bass, Organ – Lewis* Guitar, Drum Machine – Stewart* Producer – Dave Anderson (3), Lewis, Philip, Stewart* Written-By – Mottram, Moxham	2:32
B12	Subway Sect–	Parallel Lines	2:38
B13	John Cooper Clarke–	81 Minutes	0:13

Credits

Mastered By [Cassette Mastering], Technician [Volume Productions] – Alan (3)

Notes

1st version, a free tape obtainable with an NME voucher. 2 panel inlay printed both sides. Black plastic cassette shell with black paper labels. 'C81 Owner's Manual' was also printed as a cut-out-and-keep booklet with NME.

Track B13 is unlisted.

This version has a different tracklist to the subsequent commercial release through Rough Trade (Various - NME / Rough Trade C81), which substitutes A9 ('Raquel' by The Specials) and B7 ('Don't Get In My Way' by Linx) with alternatives. It also does not include the text: "This cassette began as a mail order only offer through the NME. Two tracks (marked **) are new, due to contractual obligations. Many thanks to the NME for their efforts."

The following texts appear on the inlays of both versions.

"This is the first release (catalogue number Copy 001) of ROUGH TAPES, the new Rough Trade tape cassette catalogue. Future Rough Tapes releases will include "Voice Of America" by Cabaret Voltaire, "Colossal Youth" by Young Marble Giants, "The Art Of Walking" by Pere Ubu, new studio LPs by The Raincoats, Scritti Politti, Red Crayola and Wire "cassette only" collection of unreleased material.

The special care with which these cassettes are manufactured is your guarantee of optimum sound quality and of musical reproduction close to the master tape. All our cassette mastering and volume productions was handled by Alan of Tape To Tape Duplicating, phone No. 01 388 5392.

DAF appear by the incredibly kind permission of Mute Records. Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and Josef K are all on the Postcard label. Buzzcocks appear to be part of the of the EMI Leisure Combine; Ian Dury appears courtesy of Stiff Records; Wah! Heat appear couresty of Inevitable Records, and Subway Sect appear courtesy of Oddball.
All the rest are on the Rough Trade Label 221 - 1100."

Other Versions (4)View All

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	NME / Rough Trade C81 (Cassette, Compilation, Reissue)	New Musical Express, Rough Tapes	Copy 001	UK	1981
New Submission	Rough Trade C81 6 Track Sampler (Reel-To-Reel, 15 ips, ¼", Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel, Compilation, Promo, Sampler)	Rough Tapes	none	UK	1981
New Submission	Rough Trade C81 6 Track Sampler (Cassette, Compilation, Promo, Sampler)	Rough Tapes	none	US	1981
New Submission	NME / Rough Trade C81 (Cassette, Compilation, Unofficial Release)	Zorro-Tapes	Copy 001	UK	1981

Reviews

flashtheoriginal Jan 22, 2008

I got this with NME on the day of issue and have kept it as best I can during the ensuing years. Try as I might, I cant get this on CD as a stand alone product. The tape has perished slightly but a mate at work transferred from cassette to CD. The sound quality is poor, but listenable. The musical quality is still there - DAF, early buzzcocks, the special aka when they WERE special, classic Josef K and the stand out track "close to home" by Kilburn and the High Roads. 5000 names of Wah, under Pete Wiley's stewardship still excites me - high octane real music.

If anyone has a good quality copy of this on disc, I will gladly pay for the privilege. I will hold on to my cassette and the flawed digital attempt and nestle in memories of bloody good music spanning ska, soul, poetry, punk and pop. Stunning still.

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Various – NME / Rough Trade C81