Damaged Goods Sampler CD

Damaged Goods Sampler CD compilation cover
  

Release Notes:

Damaged Goods Records, CD, 1998
  

Band members:

Lance (guitar/vocals), Gardner (bass), Reed (drums)
  

Songs:

Holly Golightly - Virtually Happy
Helen Love - We Love You
Budget Girls - Tickle Me
Thee Headcoats - We Hate The Fuckin' NME
Honeyrider - Endless Summer
J Church - Young Mother
Thee Headcoatees - Davey Crocket
Manic Street Preachers - New Art Riot
Lovesick - Sunflower
Television Personalities - Sorry To Embarass You
Anorak Girl - She Says
Sexton Ming - Danny Edwards
Dutronc - Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi
Twister - It's A Dog's Life
Hopper - Baby Oil
Oizone - Love Me For A Reason
Cuckooland - Endless Song
Phantom Pregnancies - Ghost Boy
Toast - Nothing At All
Bristols - Questions I Can't Answer
Dustball - Sent Apart
The Revillos - Jack The Ripper
Wat Tyler - Justify Your Book
Cee Cee Beaumont - The Harbour Master
Period Pains - Heroes
Reverse - Stem The Slide
Bette Davis & The Balconettes - Feed My Ego
Armitage Shanks - Shirts Off
Dweeb - Retard
The Adventures Of Parsely - On The Move
  

More info:

Just one of the hundreds of label samplers that seem to come out every month, though this was the first released by Damaged Goods since their late '80s inception. It showcases 30 of the bands that have recorded for one of the best and longest-standing UK indie labels. There's a fair cross-section of alternative guitar music, from garage (the label's main focus, long before it became trendy) to pop-punk, indie-pop to Oi!. It's a shame that the J Church track is from the still-in-print My Favourite Place EP, not from one of the older, out of print singles, but then it's only a sampler, not a 'rarities' album. Worth buying just for Sunflower by Lovesick, one of the best songs ever written. Don't argue; you're wrong.