The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a rock band from London, England that formed in 1983.

Bill Carter - Vocals, Guitar
Chris Thompson - Bass
Kenny Harris - Drums

Engineered By Harold Burgon and Ian Caple
Mixed By Chris Lord-Alge
Produced By Vic Maile

Here is "I Wanna Be A Flintstone" taken off of the "Bikini Red" LP.

The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be A Flintstone

1987 WEA Records Ltd.

Hunters & Collectors were a rock band from Melbourne, Australia that formed in 1981.

Mark Seymour - Vocals, Guitar
Michael Waters - Keyboards
Jeremy Smith - Keyboards
Doug Falconer - Drums
Diane Howard - Piano
Peter O'Reilly - Cello
Sue Hadlee - Cello
Alex Black - Violin
George VI - Violin
Adam Duncan - Viola
Jack Howard - Trumpet
Michael Waters - Trombone
Jeremy Smith - French Horn
Shellie Conway - Backing Vocals
Gavin MacKillop - Backing Vocals

Here is "Is There Anybody In There?" taken off of "Human Frailty" LP.

Hunters & Collectors - Is There Anybody In There?

1986 Mushroom Records

The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band from Brisbane, Australia that formed in 1978.

Robert Forster - Vocals, Guitar
Grant McLennan - Guitar
Sam Coomes - Keyboards
Adele Pickvance - Bass
Janet Weiss - Drums

Here is "German Farmhouse" taken off of "The Friends Of Rachel Worth" CD.

The Go-Betweens - German Farmhouse

2000 Clearspot Records

In 1980, Glasgow, Scotland's Aztec Camera formed as a New Wave band.

Roddy Frame - Vocals, Guitar
Malcolm Ross - Guitar
Eddie Kulak - Keyboards
Campbell Owens - Bass
Dave Ruffy - Drums

Here is Aztec Camera's cover of Van Halen's "Jump" taken off their "Backwards And Forwards" 10" EP.

Aztec Camera - Jump

1985 Sire Records

Close Lobsters were a Scottish indie pop band.

Andrew Burnett
Robert Burnett
Graeme Wilmington
Stewart McFayden
Tom Donnelly

Here is Their single "Lets Make Some Plans" off their 1987 LP Foxheads Stalk This Land.

Close Lobsters - Lets Make Some Plans

1987 Fire Records

Guadalcanal Diary formed in 1981 in Marietta, Georgia.

Murray Attaway - vocals, guitar

Jeff Walls - guitar

Rhett Crowe - bass

John Poe - drums

Engineer - Dan Vaganek , George Pappas , Joe Blaney

Mastered By - Greg Calbi

Producer - Don Dixon

Here is "Where Angels Fear To Tread" off their LP 2X4.

Guadalcanal Diary - Where Angels Fear To Tread

1987 Elektra Records

Formed in 1985 by two members of The Fall.

Brix Smith
Simon Rogers
Clem Burke
Craig Gannon
James Eller

Here is The Adult Net with "Waking Up In The Sun".

The Adult Net - Waking Up In The Sun

1986 Beggars Banquet

Glenn Mercer - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Bill Million - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Brenda Sauter - Bass, Backing Vocals
Stanley Demeski - Drums, Percussion
Dave Weckerman - Drums, Percussion
Don Sternecker - Keyboards

From New Jersey group's third LP, "Only Life" here is:

The Feelies - For Awhile

1988 A&M Records

Canadian band's acoustic version of the song "Backward Town" from thier 1987 LP "Treehouse"

Recorded for CBC's Brave New Waves radio show.

Produced - Kevin Krowiak

From the CD Single "All The Things I wasn't", here is:

The Grapes Of Wrath - Backward Town (Acoustic)

1989 CBC

Ian Wright - Vocals, Guitar
SD Ineson - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Steve Brockway - Bass
Lawrence Giltnane - Percussion
Andrew Fryer - Piano
Sam Appleby - Tenor Saxophone
Emma Peters - Violin

Engineered - Tim Lewis
Produced - Andrew Fryer
Artwork - Ian Wright
Photography - Sam Appleby

From the LP "Fascinatin' Vacation", here is:

The Jack Rubies - Wrecker Of Engines

1988 Lush Recordings

The Polecats were a rockabilly band that formed in North London in 1977.

Tim Worman - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Martin Boorer - Vocals, Lead Guitar, Saxophone, Piano
Phil Bloomberg - Slap bass
Neil Rooney - Drums

Produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum

From the US LP "Make A Circuit With Me", here is:

The Polecats - Make A Circuit With Me

1983 Mercury Records