Get Stiff This Weekend

If you want to get stiff this weekend check out The Independent. They're giving away 2 free 10 track CDs that celebrate 30 years of Stiff Records.

Volume 1 on Saturday 26 January

1. Madness - Baggy Trousers (Live)
2. Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Live)
3. Kirsty MacColl - A New England
4. The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times
5. Department S - Is Vic There?
6. Chris Difford - Come On Down
7. Jona Lewie - You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
8. Tracey Ullman - Breakaway
9. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It’s My Party
10. Desmond Dekker - The Israelites

Volume 2 on Sunday 27 January

1. The Damned - New Rose (Live)
2. Lene Lovich - Home
3. Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld?
4. Kirsty MacColl - They Don’t Know
5. Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
6. Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
7. Rachel Sweet - B.A.B.Y.
8. The Members - Solitary Confinement
9. Nick Lowe - Heart Of The City
10. King Kurt - Destination Zulu Land

Shame there's no Motörhead, but hey, never look a gift CD in the mouth.

Thanks to MotörheadBlögger for giving the heads up on "The Big Stiff Box Set". If I hadn't read his post I wouldn't have noticed The Independents freebie when it was advertised on the telly.

Comments

Löst Jimmy said…
Apart from one or two tunes the track listing on both CDs are very good. A reasonable breadth of the mainstream Stiff catalogue.
January 25, 2008 at 5:18 AM
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