Cherry Red Records are set to release a massive boxset celebrating Manchester's rich musical heritage. Manchester North Of England: A Story Of Independent Music Greater Manchester 1977 - 1993 isn't just a celebration of Factory Records and Madchester -- the seven CD set includes a wide array of genres: punk, post-punk, C86, indie pop, electronic, and, of course classics from Factory Records and Madchester. Well known and celebrated acts like Buzzcocks, Magazine, The Fall, Joy Division, New Order, Section 25, A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets, 808 State, Northside, The Chameleons, and Oasis appear here alongside many obscure acts and songs available on CD for the first time.
Note: some acts/labels opted to not be included on the set, so if you're wondering why one of the most influential and important bands of all time isn't on this set, it's because they chose not to be.
Manchester North Of England: A Story Of Independent Music Greater Manchester 1977 - 1993 arrives July 28th and is available to pre-order here. View the tracklisting and artwork for each individual CD in the set below.
CD One: Cranked Up Really High
01. Buzzcocks "Breakdown" (demo)
02. Slaughter And The Dogs "Cranked Up Really High"
03. The Nosebleeds "Ain't Bin To No Music School"
04. The Drones "Just Want To Be Myself" (LP Version)
05. John Cooper Clarke "Psycle Sluts Pts 1 & 2"
06. Jilted John "Going Steady"
07. John The Postman "Louie Louie" (edit)
08. Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias "Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie"
09. Magazine "The Light Pours Out Of Me"
10. Spherical Objects "The Kill"
11. Steve Miro "Up And About"
12. V2 "Man In The Box"
13. The Distractions "Maybe It's Love"
14. Grow-Up "Stay Awake"
15. Frantic Elevators "Voice In The Dark"
16. Joy Division "She's Lost Control"
17. Chris Sievey "Baiser"
18. The Smirks "To You"
19. Salford Jets "Manchester Boys"
20. 48 Chairs "Snap It Around"
21. Foreign Press "Downpour"
22. She Cracked "Warren Row"
23. X-O-Dus "English Black Boys" (edit)
24. Harlem Spirit "Dem A Sus (In The Moss)"
CD Two: Big Noise In The Jungle
01. The Fall "Rowche Rumble"
02. Fast Cars "The Kids Just Wanna Dance"
03. The Mothmen "Does It Matter Irene?"
04. Any Trouble "Yesterday's Love"
05. The Tiller Boys "Big Noise In The Jungle"
06. Manchester Mekon "No Forgetting"
07. Manicured Noise "Faith"
08. Smack "Edward Fox"
09. Bet Lynch's Legs "Some Like It Hot"
10. Durutti Column "Lips That Would Kiss (From Prayers To Broken Stone)"
11. Blue Orchids "The Flood"
12. The Freshies "I'm In Love With The Girls On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk"
13. The Hamsters "Cloud Of Flies"
14. Suns Of Arga "Acid Tabla Dub"
15. A Certain Ratio "The Fox"
16. Crispy Ambulance "Deaf"
17. Ludus "My Cherry Is In Sherry"
18. The Diagram Bros. "Bricks"
19. Eric Random "Subliminal"
20. Bee Vamp "Valium Girls"
21. The Chameleons "In Shreds"
CD Three: Love At The Hacienda
01. New Order "Temptation" (7" version)
02. Syncopation "Marking Time"
03. Dislocation Dance "Rosemary"
04. Carmel "Sugar Daddy"
05. Swamp Children "You've Got Me Beat"
06. Gods Gift "Discipline"
07. Nico & The Invisible Girls "Procession"
08. 52nd Street "Cool As Ice" (U.S. 7" Edit)
09. The Passage "Sharp Tongue"
10. Biting Tongues "Aair Care"
11. Jane "Of All - Leaves Were Falling"
12. Tools You Can Trust "Working And Shopping"
13. Quando Quango "Love Tempo" (Benelux Edit)
14. Inca Babies "Grunt Cadillac Hotel"
15. Marcel King "Reach For Love"
16. Section 25 "Looking From A Hilltop"
17. Life "Tell Me"
18. Stockholm Monsters "All At Once"
19. The Membranes "Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder"
20. A Witness "Kitchen Sink Drama"
21. Graham Fellows "Love At The Hacienda"
CD Four: Garage Full Of Flowers
01. James "Chain Mail"
02. Miaow "Belle Vue"
03. Easterhouse "Whistling In The Dark"
04. The Bodines "Scar Tissue"
05. Big Flame "Why Popstars Can't Dance"
06. The Weeds "China Doll"
07. Yargo "Get High"
08. Twang "Sharp"
09. Edward Barton "Me And My Mini"
10. Big Ed & His Rocking Rattlesnakes "D'You Think I Look Like Elvis Presley?"
11. Inspiral Carpets "Garage Full Of Flowers" (Flexi version)
12. The Danny Boys "Days Of The Week"
13. Thirst "Let Go"
14. The Man From Delmonte "Drive Drive Drive (Twenty Two And Still In Love With You)"
15. The Monkey Run "Falling Upstairs"
16. Metro Trinity "Spend My Whole Life Loving You"
17. Mirrors Over Kiev "Take Me Down"
18. The Paperboys "This Is How I Feel"
19. The Great Leap Forward "A Peck On The Cheek À La Politique"
20. Tot "Kill All The Boys"
21. Meat Mouth "Meat Mouth Is Murder"
22. T-Coy "Carino"
CD Five: 24 Hour Party People
01. Happy Mondays "24 Hour Party People"
02. Ambitious Beggars "Man In A Suit"
03. Bradford "Skin Storm"
04. Laugh "Time To Lose It" (John Peel Radio Session)
05. Too Much Texas "Hurry On Down (When Will I See You Again)"
06. Fallover 24 "Pessimistic Man"
07. The Waltones "The Deepest"
08. Raintree Country "Nice Time At The Disco"
09. Johnny Dangerously "Subway Life"
10. Jean Go Solo "In Salford The Sun Doesn't Shine"
11. The Desert Wolves "Passion In The Afternoon"
12. Morrissey "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys"
13. King Of The Slums "Fanciable Headcase"
14. The Sun And The Moon "C'est La Vie"
15. The Reegs "Chorus Of The Lost"
16. Barry Adamson "The Man With The Golden Arm"
17. The Jazz Defektors "Ooh! This Feeling"
18. Chapter And The Verse "All This And Heaven Too" (radio edit)
19. A Guy Called Gerald "Voodoo Ray"
20. Us "Born In The North"
CD Six: What The World Is Waiting For
01. The Stone Roses "What The World Is Waiting For"
02. What? Noise "Vein"
03. Dub Sex "Swerve"
04. The Train Set "Hold On"
05. The Jerks "Waterskin"
06. The Mock Turtles "And Then She Smiles"
07. Revenge "7 Reasons" (demo)
08. Electronic "Getting Away With It"
09. MC Buzz B "How Sleep The Brave" (Jazz Mix Vocal Edit)
10. MC Tunes vs 808 State "The Only Rhyme That Bites"
11. New Fast Automatic Daffodils "Big"
12. Northside "Shall We Take A Trip"
13. The Rainkings "Get Ready"
14. Paris Angels "Perfume"
15. The High "Box Set Go"
16. The Cygnet Ring "18 Daze"
17. Asia Fields "Dazed"
18. Ruthless Rap Assassins "And It Wasn't A Dream"
19. Krispy 3 "Coming Through Clear"
20. Kiss AMC ft Ruthless Rap Assassins "Let Off" (7" Mix)
CD Seven: Sons Of The Stage
01. The Charlatans "Sproston Green"
02. Swirl "Giant Sea"
03. World Of Twist "Sons Of The Stage"
04. Hypnotone "Dream Beam (7" Edit)"
05. 808 State "Cubik" (original mix)
06. Sub Sub "Space Face"
07. The Adventure Babies "Camper Van"
08. The Days "Fly"
09. Kill Laura "Murder"
10. Wonky Alice "Caterpillars"
11. Robinson "Soup"
12. Lionrock "Lionrock"
13. The Chemical Brothers "Song To The Siren"
14. Intastella ft Shaun Ryder "Can You Fly Like You Mean It (Gungadin)"
15. Puressence "Offshore"
16. Bandit Queen "Dirt And Soul"
17. Molly Half Head "Barny"
18. Oasis "Columbia" (demo)