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Taken literally, C86 was simply a Cassette available through mail-order from the ( British ) '' New Musical Express '' in 1986 (hence (C)assette 86) and a belated follow up to C81 , a more diverse collection of new bands, released by ''NME'' in 1981 in conjunction with the label Rough Trade . However, over time it came to represent a movement within the British Indie scene, often derided for its Twee or "cuteness", jangly guitars and the bowl haircuts of its singers and male fans. Many of the bands now referred to as being 'C86' were left off the compilation, such as The June Brides and Biff Bang Pow!. Some later became associated with the sound but had yet to emerge such as Talulah Gosh , Razorcuts or the BMX Bandits who in 1989 released an album called ''C86''. Furthermore, the compilation, despite its reputation, had a much harder Punkier shambling sound that was completely at odds with the Byrds y guitars and fey melodies of what came to be known as 'C86' bands. In his book ''Time Travel'', , the Swell Maps and The Dolly Mixture . However, C86 was also rooted in the Scottish Post-punk scene of the early 1980 s especially guitar bands on the Independent Postcard label such as Orange Juice , Aztec Camera and Josef K although those bands Soul / Funk / Disco influences were usually forgotten. Other influences were the DIY Punk Ethic represented by fanzines such as The Legend!, Are you Scared to get Happy? and Hungry Beat! who often featured flexis of bands who then became associated with C86. The movement continued to hold sway into the 1990 s with many of the Riot Grrl bands citing C86 as an influence and finally reached a commercial peak with the success of Belle And Sebastian . Bob Stanley ; a Melody Maker journalist in the late 1980 s and band member of Saint Etienne claimed in a 2006 interview that C86 represented the "beginning of indie music". He recalled that ''"It's hard to remember how underground guitar music and fanzines were in the mid 80s; DIY ethics and any residual punk attitudes were in isolated pockets around the country and the C86 comp and gigs brought them together in an explosion of new groups"''. In which featured every act on the tape, plan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the compilation with a series of evenings curated by C86 acts. TRACKLISTING The full tracklisting for the C86 compilation was: Side one # Primal Scream - Velocity Girl # The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head # The Soup Dragons - Pleasantly Surprised # The Wolfhounds - Feeling So Strange Again # The Bodines - Therese # Mighty Mighty - Law # Stump - Buffalo # Bogshed - Run To The Temple # A Witness - Sharpened Sticks # The Pastels - Breaking Lines # The Age Of Chance - From Now On, This Will Be Your God Side two # The Shop Assistants - It's Up To You # Close Lobsters - Firestation Towers # Miaow - Sport Most Royal # Half Man Half Biscuit - I Hate Nerys Hughes ( From The Heart ) # The Servants - Transparent # The MacKenzies - Big Jim (There's no pubs in Heaven) # BIG FLAME - New Way (Quick Wash And Brush Up With Liberation Theology) # Fuzzbox - Console Me # McCarthy - Celestial City # The Shrubs - Bullfighter's Bones # The Wedding Present - This Boy Can Wait SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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