A bit like our favourite Secret Pleasures, the concept of a long lost Buried Treasure hidden deep amongst the flotsam and jetsam of modern music culture means different things to different people. To an obscurist nut most will be old news. To others, for who the latest Adele or Harry Styles sensation provides an anaesthetising soundtrack to their ‘busy’ lives, they will be completely unknown.
In effect, the tracks here are our sonic flowers in the dustbin. At one time or another they were contenders for our other featured playlists, but after failing to make the cut, had to be returned to our metaphorical dump. They are the misfits, the ugly ducklings tucked away on unloved albums, B sides, bonus tracks, disc two track four of that long lost triple pack CD single recently resurrected on Spotify or just an old chart hit no-one remembers.
Buried Treasures is all about digging them up, wiping off the dust and letting them shine. And shine they most certainly do. But don’t take our word for it. You can make your own mind up right now!
01. MC5 ‘Shakin Street’ (Back In The USA LP February 1970)
02. JOHN CALE ‘Big White Cloud’ (Vintage Violence LP March 1970)
03. HUMBLE PIE ‘Sucking On The Sweet Wine’ (Humble Pie LP July 1970)
04. BLACK MERDA ‘Reality’ (Black Merda LP November 1970)
05. EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND ‘Call Me A Liar’ (B Side June 1971)
06. ALICE COOPER ‘Caught In A Dream’ (Love It To Death LP (June 1971)
07. MOTT THE HOOPLE ‘Sweet Angeline’ (Brain Capers LP September 1971)
08. THE FACES ‘Too Bad’ (A Nod Is As Good As A Wink… LP November 1971)
09. FANNY ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’ (A Side April 1972)
10. LITTLE FEAT ‘Teenage Nervous Breakdown’ (Sailin’ Shoes LP May 1972)
11. THE FLAMIN’ GROOVIES ‘Slow Death’ (A Side July 1972)
12. NEU! ‘Super’ (A Side January 1973)
13. YOKO ONO ‘Yang Yang’ (B Side May 1973)
14. HAWKWIND ‘Brainbox Pollution’ (B Side July 1973)
15. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND ‘Upon The My Oh My’ (Unconditionally Guaranteed LP April 1974)
16. TRAPEZE ‘Midnight Flyer’ (Hot Wire LP May 1974)
17. JIM CAPALDI ‘Low Rider’ (Whale Meat Again LP May 1974)
18. CLUSTER ‘Hollywood’ (Zuckerzeit LP May 1974)
19. HAMILTON BOHANNON ‘South African Man’ (A Side January 1975)
20. RONNIE LANE ‘Brother Can You Spare A Dime?’ (A Side March 1975)
21. THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND ‘Shake That Thing’ (Tomorrow Belongs To Me LP April 1975)
22. FOX ‘Strange Ships’ (A Side October 1975)
23. ROCK FOLLIES ‘Biba Nova’ (Rock Follies LP March 1976)
24. IAN HUNTER ‘God (Take 1)’ (All American Alien Boy LP May 1976)
25. HEAVY METAL KIDS ‘Chelsea Kids’ (Kitsch LP November 1976)
26. PERE UBU ‘Street Waves’ (A Side November 1976)
27. METAL URBAIN ‘Panik’ (A Side September 1977)
28. RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS ‘Betrayal Takes Two’ (Blank Generation LP September 1977)
29. ULTRAVOX! ‘The Man Who Dies Every Day’ (Ha! Ha! Ha! LP October 1977)
30. SUICIDE ‘I Remember’ (B Side May 1978)
31. THE WALKER BROTHERS ‘Shutout’ (Nite Flights LP July 1978)
32. GINA X PERFORMANCE ‘Nice Mover’ (Nice Mover LP September 1978)
33. LA DUSSELDORF ‘Geld’ (Viva LP November 1978)
34. GLAXO BABIES ‘This Is Your Life’ (This Is Your Life EP March 1979)
35. SWELL MAPS ‘Midget Submarines’ (A Trip To Marineville LP June 1979)
36. TOM VERLAINE ‘Breakin’ My Heart’ (Tom Verlaine LP September 1979)
37. THE CONTORTIONS ‘I Don’t Want To Be Happy’ (Buy LP September 1979)
38. XTC ‘Bushman President’ (B Side September 1979)
39. THE MONOCHROME SET ‘He’s Frank (Slight Return)’ (A Side December 1979)
40. THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS ‘So Many Ways’ (A Side December 1979)