Biding Our Time (1984-1984 New Zealand Music Compilation) Deluxe Edition

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Album Info

Release Date: 2020-07-07

Label: Failsafe Records

Digital download re-release.
23 Track Compilation deluxe Double Album. (2 reinstated tracks plus upgraded versions of 3 songs).
Originally released in 1986 on C90 Cassette (23 tracks).
Remastered for CD in 2005. (21 tracks - minus 2 tracks for space on 1 x cdr)
Deluxe edition released in 2020 on digital download and double CD with deluxe double gatefold cardboard cover and 12 page booklet.

This version includes the 2 deleted tracks from the original cassette which did not fit on the 1 x 80 min cd version released in 2005. Welcome back Dance Exponents - "If Only I Could Die (and Love You Still)" and Sneaky Feelings - "Broken Man"

It was updated Jun 2020 to include recently found new recordings of the Crane song - "Chorale"(Studio version remixed in 2020) and Belle Motions - "Living", (a newly found mixing desk recording), and Double Happys "Beer Cans on the Ground" from a mixing desk recording.

This CD contains a 12 page colour booklet with extended liner notes, band photos and info and poster art from the period, artwork not available on previous versions.

This collection covers the NZ alternative music scene from the Christchurch perspective, of what we saw in our local venues between 1984 and 1986. This was a time of many Dunedin bands making the trip to play the larger thriving music scene in the garden city with its 3 active music venues (The Gladstone, The Hillsborough, and The Star & Garter), as well as a strong audience that patronised these focal points of music. It was also seen as a viable destination for bands from wellington and Auckland with bands like Children's Hour, Bird Nest Roys and the Spines making regular trips south.

The cassette version of this album was originally released through local New Zealand record stores and was also picked up for international distribution by Flying Nun who sent 200 copies to America.

Many bands made their debut on this compilation before following up with major releases on other labels.
The Artwork was designed by Dean Inkster and completed by Matthew Campbell.

"Remastered from the original quarter inch Reel Masters. Some of the original recordings were done live to cassette and the transparency of the digital medium lets some of that pure low-fi joy through."

https://failsafecompilations.bandcamp.com/album/biding-our-time-compilation-1984-86-remastered