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. A CERTAIN RATIO ‘Do The Du’ (A Graveyard And A Ballroom Cassette January 1980)
02. VIC GODARD & SUBWAY SECT ‘Split Up The Money’ (What’s The Matter Boy? LP April 1980)
03. THE ONLY ONES ‘Why Don’t You Kill Yourself?’ (Baby’s Got A Gun LP April 1980)
04. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ‘Mr Jones’ (A Side October 1980)
05. AU PAIRS ‘It’s Obvious’ (A Side December 1980)
06. VIRNA LINDT ‘Attention Stockholm’ (A Side January 1981)
07. ESG ‘Moody’ (ESG EP February 1981)
08. JOHN FOXX ‘Systems Of Romance’ (The Garden LP September 1981)
09. THE BLUE NILE ‘I Love This Life’ (A Side October 1981)
10. RIP RIG & PANIC ‘Storm The Reality Asylum’ (A Side August 1982)
11. ROMEO VOID ‘Never Say Never’ (A Side October 1982)
12. YELLO ‘You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess’ (A Side October 1982)
13. PETE SHELLEY ‘(Millions Of People) No One Like You’ (A Side May 1983)
14. HOWARD DEVOTO ‘Rainy Season’ (A Side June 1983)
15. WILL POWERS ‘Adventures In Success’ (A Side July 1983)
16. DATA ‘Blow’ (A Side February 1984)
17. FAD GADGET ‘I Discover Love’ (Gag LP February 1984)
18. PAUL QUINN & EDWYN COLLINS ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ (A Side September 1984)
19. BERNTHOLER ‘My Suitor’ (My Suitor EP November 1984)
20. THE ASSOCIATES ‘Breakfast’ (Perhaps LP February 1985)
21. EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN ‘Sand’ (B Side March 1985)
22. THE JACOBITES ‘One More String Of Perarls’ (Robespierre’s Velvet Basement LP August 1985)
23. JOHNNY THUNDERS ‘I Wrote This Song For You’ (Que Sera Sera LP December 1985)
24. FELT ‘Ballad Of The Band’ (A Side May 1986)
25. ALEX CHILTON ‘No Sex’ (A Side May 1986)
26. A.R. KANE ‘When You’re Sad’ (A Side June 1986)
27. COLOURBOX ‘The Official World Cup Theme’ (A Side June 1986)
28. VIRGIN PRUNES ‘Love Lasts Forever’ (A Side June 1986)
29. LAIBACH ‘Geburt Einer Nation (One Vision)’ (Opus Dei LP March 1987)
30. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO FT. IGGY POP ‘Risky’ (A Side August 1987)
31. SCREAMING TREES ‘Asylum’ (A Side August 1987)
32. THESE IMMORTAL SOULS ‘Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)’ (A Side September 1987)
33. WIRE ‘Kidney Bongos’ (A Side March 1988)
34. CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION ‘On Every Train (Grain Will Bear Grain)’ (A Side April 1988)
35. THE SUGARCUBES ‘Mama’ (Life’s Too Good LP April 1988)
36. WIN ‘Love Units’ (A Side February 1989)
37. SHELLEYAN ORPHAN ‘Shatter’ (A Side May 1989)
38. ADRIAN BORLAND & THE CITIZENS ‘Beneath The Big Wheel’ (A Side June 1989)
39. LOVE AND ROCKETS ‘So Alive’ (Love And Rockets LP September 1989)
40. DAVID SYLVIAN ‘Pop Song’ (A Side October 1989)