Rhino to release Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground

by Rhino

On October 5th Rhino Records will release a four disc, 82 track box set titled Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground. The set covers a vast array of music that would have found a home on college radio in the 80s. Artists involved include The Jam, The Cure, Dead Kennedys, The Replacements, X, Public Image Ltd, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, The Pretenders, The Smiths, The English Beat, Dead Milkmen, Joy Division, The Cramps, Meat Puppets, Bad Brains, Gang Of Four, Suicidal Tendencies, Pixies, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Minor Threat, The Pogues and Descendents.

The set will include liner notes by music critic Karen Schoemer (Newsweek, The New York Times), interviews with SST Records founder/Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn and Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperson. Also included are essays by Factory Records co-founder Tony Wilson and Dream Syndicate member/Down There Records founder Steve Wynn.

Disc one

    1. "Radio Free Europe," R.E.M. (Athens, Ga.)
    2. "Going Underground," the Jam (Woking, England)
    3. "A Forest," the Cure (Crawley, England)
    4. "Holiday in Cambodia," Dead Kennedys (San Francisco)
    5. "I'm in Love With a German Film Star," Passions (London)
    6. "I Will Dare," the Replacements (Minneapolis)
    7. "That's When I Reach for My Revolver," Mission Of Burma (Boston)
    8. "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline," X (Los Angeles)
    9. "Just Like Honey," the Jesus And Mary Chain (Glasgow, Scotland)
    10. "Black Celebration," Depeche Mode (Basildon, England)
    11. "Tell Me When It's Over," the Dream Syndicate (Los Angeles)
    12. "Hollywood (Africa)," the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Los Angeles)
    13. "Temptation," New Order (Manchester, England)
    14. "Ghosts," Japan (London)
    15. "A Song From Under the Floorboards," Magazine (Manchester, England)
    16. "Oblivious," Aztec Camera (Glasgow, Scotland)
    17. "Don't Want To Know if You Are Lonely," Hüsker Dü (St. Paul, Minn.)
    18. "Rise Above," Black Flag (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
    19. "Back in Flesh," Wall Of Voodoo (Los Angeles)
    20. "Cattle and Cane," the Go-Betweens (Brisbane, Australia)

Disc two:

    1. "Message of Love," the Pretenders (London)
    2. "Vienna," Ultravox (London)
    3. "Freak Scene," Dinosaur Jr. (Amherst, Mass.)
    4. "This Charming Man," the Smiths (Manchester, England)
    5. "Stigmata," Ministry (Chicago)
    6. "Ways To Be Wicked," Lone Justice (Los Angeles)
    7. "Wardance," Killing Joke (Notting Hill, England)
    8. "Enola Gay," Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Liverpool)
    9. "Mirror in the Bathroom," the English Beat (Birmingham, England)
    10. "Fairytale in the Supermarket," the Raincoats (London)
    11. "Behind the Wall of Sleep," the Smithereens (Carteret, N.J.)
    12. "Political Song for Michael Jackson To Sing," Minutemen (San Pedro, Calif.)
    13. "Punk Rock Girl," the Dead Milkmen (Philadelphia)
    14. "Still in Hollywood," Concrete Blonde (Los Angeles)
    15. "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Joy Division (Manchester, England)
    16. "Blister in the Sun," Violent Femmes (Milwaukee)
    17. "Lake of Fire," Meat Puppets (Tucson, Ariz.)
    18. "Amplifier," the dB's (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
    19. "When Love Breaks Down," Prefab Sprout (Newcastle, England)
    20. "Goo Goo Muck," the Cramps (New York)
    21. "This Corrosion," Sisters Of Mercy (Leeds, England)
    22. "Senses Working Overtime," XTC (Swindon, England)

Disc three:

    1. "The Cutter," Echo & The Bunnymen (Liverpool)
    2. "Pay To Cum!" Bad Brains (Washington, D.C.)
    3. "Birthday," the Sugarcubes (Reykjavik)
    4. "Madonna of the Wasps," Robyn Hitchcock 'n' the Egyptians (London)
    5. "We Care a Lot," Faith No More (San Francisco)
    6. "Teenage Riot," Sonic Youth (New York)
    7. "To Hell With Poverty," Gang Of Four (Leeds, England)
    8. "Fa Cé-La," the Feelies (Hoboken, N.J.)
    9. "Ana Ng," They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
    10. "Swamp Thing," the Chameleons UK (Middleton, England)
    11. "The Mercy Seat," Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (London)
    12. "I Look Around," the Rain Parade (Los Angeles)
    13. "All That Money Wants," Psychedelic Furs (London)
    14. "Under the Milky Way," the Church (Sydney)
    15. "Rise," Public Image Ltd. (London)
    16. "Kundalini Express," Love And Rockets (London)
    17. "Gravity Talks," Green On Red (Los Angeles)
    18. "Adrenalin," Throbbing Gristle (Manchester, England)
    19. "She Bangs the Drums," the Stone Roses (Manchester, England)

Disc four:

    1. "Monkey Gone to Heaven," Pixies (Boston)
    2. "Uncertain Smile," (original 7" version)," the The (Swadlincote, England)
    3. "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus (Northampton, England)
    4. "Christine," Siouxsie And The Banshees (Bromley, England)
    5. "Straight Edge," Minor Threat (Washington, D.C.)
    6. "I Want To Help You Ann," the Lyres (Boston)
    7. "Our Secret," Beat Happening (Olympia, Wash.)
    8. "Jane Says," Jane's Addiction (Los Angeles)
    9. "World Shut Your Mouth," Julian Cope (Liverpool)
    10. "Running up That Hill," Kate Bush (Bexleyheath, England)
    11. "Sex Beat," Gun Club (Los Angeles)
    12. "Take the Skinheads Bowling," Camper Van Beethoven (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
    13. "Institutionalized," Suicidal Tendencies (Venice, Calif.)
    14. "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops," Cocteau Twins (Grangemouth, Scotland)
    15. "24 Hour Party People," Happy Mondays (Manchester, England)
    16. "I Want You Back," Hoodoo Gurus (Sydney)
    17. "Suburban Home," Descendents (Los Angeles)
    18. "A Pair of Brown Eyes," the Pogues (Kings Cross, Ireland)
    19. "Jet Fighter," the Three O'Clock (Los Angeles)
    20. "Moving To Florida," Butthole Surfers (San Antonio, Texas)
    21. "A New England," Billy Bragg (Barking, England)