Cassette Offers
1981
In 1981 NME gave their readers the chance to get their hands on 2 Cassette Albums. These were called:
NME / Rough Trade C81
Dancin' Masters
You had to send off Tokens (printed in the issues) and send a Cheque or Postal Oder and your Cassette will be on it's way.
Below are the information on those Cassettes.
NME / Rough Trade C81 Cassette
C81 was a cassette compiled for the British music paper NME in 1981 (hence (C)assette 81) and released in conjunction with the record label Rough Trade. Featuring a number of contemporary musical acts and performers, it was intended to mark the first five years of the independent label movement in the UK record industry and Rough Trade itself. It was the first in a series of many cassette releases from the paper
The NME / Rough Trade C81 Cassette consisted of 24 Tracks and was released in February 1981. The Reader needed to collect 2 different Tokens. Together with £1.99 plus 25p by Cheque or Postal Order and within 28 days the Cassette would be yours to enjoy.
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By the time C81 went on general sale at the end of May 1981, 25,500 copies had been sold through the coupon offer.
When C81 went on general sale in May 1981, Chrysalis Records refused to re-licence the tracks by the Specials and Linx, and these were then replaced by (Track A9) Panther Burns – Bourgeois Blues and (Track B7) Television Personalities - Magnificent Dreams.
Side One:
A1 - Scritti Politti – The Sweetest Girl
A2 - The Beat – Twist And Crawl Dub
A3 - Pere Ubu – Misery Goats
A4 - Wah! Heat – 7,000 Names Of Wah
A5 - Orange Juice – Blue Boy
A6 - Cabaret Voltaire – Raising The Count
A7 - D.A.F. – Kebab Traume (Live)
A8 - Furious Pig – Bare Pork
A9 - Specials – Raquel
Replaced with Panther Burns – Bourgeois Blues (Commercial Release)
A10 - Buzzcocks – I Look Alone
A11 - Essential Logic – Fanfare In The Garden
A12 - Robert Wyatt – Born Again Cretin
Side Two
B1 - Raincoats – Shouting Out Loud
B2 - Josef K – Endless Soul
B3 - Blue Orchids – Low Profile
B4 - Virgin Prunes – Red Nettle
B5 - Aztec Camera – We Could Send Letters
B6 - Red Crayola – Milkmaid
B7 - Linx – Don't Get In My Way
Replaced with Television Personalities - Magnificent Dreams (Commercial Release)
B8 - The Massed Carnaby Street John Cooper Clarkes – The Day My Pad Went Mad
B9 - James Blood Ulmer – Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher
B10 - Ian Dury – Close To Home
B11 - Gist – Greener Grass
B12 - Subway Sect – Parallel Lines
B13 - John Cooper Clarke – 81 Minutes
Track Listing
Credits
Label - New Musical Express – Copy 001, Rough Tapes – Copy 001
Format - Cassette, Compilation
Country - UK
Released - February 1981
Genre - Electronic, Rock, Reggae, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style - Punk, Synth-pop, Ska, New Wave, Post-Punk, Jangle Pop
Side One
Side Two
Dancin' Masters
Dancin' Masters was the Second in a series of Cassette's available via NME.
This one was a 24 Track Cassette Album of the Danciest Dance Music of the Day and was released in October 1981
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Track Listing
Side One:
A1 - Tom Browne – Funkin' For Jamaica
A2 - Linx – I Wanna Be With You
A3 - Grace Jones – Feel Up
A4 - Talking Heads – Cities (Live)
A5 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Big Sister
A6 - Beggar & Co. – Laughing On
A7 - Funky 4 + 1 – That's The Joint
A8 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Inbetweenies (Live)
A9 - Kid Creole & The Coconuts – There But For The Grace Of God Go I.
A10 - The Lounge Lizards – Stomping At The Corona
A11 - The Polecats – Rockabilly Guy (Dub Mix)
A12 - Lloyd Coxone – Zion Bound
A13 - Madness – Shadow On The House
Side Two
B1 - The Beat – Hit It!
B2 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Birthday Party
B3 - Junior Giscombe – Mama Used To Say
B4 - The B-52's – Give Me Back My Man (Instrumental)
B5 - Susan – 24,000 Kiss
B6 - The Jam – When You're Young
B7 - Dennis Bovell – Better
B8 - The Plastics – Last Train To Clarksville
B9 - James White & The Blacks – Contort Yourself
B10 - The Teardrop Explodes – Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire)
B11 - U2 – An Cat Dubh (Live)
Credits
Label - New Musical Express – NME 001
Format - Cassette, Album, Compilation
Country - UK
Released - October 1981
Genre - Electronic, Hip Hop, Reggae, Funk / Soul
Style - New Wave, Pop Rap, Synth-pop, Funk, Disco
Compiled By – Roy Carr
Cover [Cover Art] – Hamish
Back Cover
Side One
Side Two