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goatzy

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Feb 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/20/97
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Is this the Volume that has " Nowhere Girl- B-Movie & A New
England-Kirsy Maccoll, etc.?

Fum Fee

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Feb 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/23/97
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> Is this the Volume that has " Nowhere Girl- B-Movie & A New
> England-Kirsy Maccoll, etc.?

If memory serves me correctly, yes. I had the whole set of Hardest Hits
1 through 5, and I've been trying to replace them since I had mine
stolen when my car was broken into two years ago. I've found 3 through
5, but I've mainly been looking for this one ever since. If anybody has
it on CD and wishes to part with it, please e-mail me.

Fum Fee.
f...@mustang.uwo.ca

he...@cuckoo.uwaterloo.ca

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Feb 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/24/97
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f...@mustang.uwo.ca (Fum Fee) writes:
: > Is this the Volume that has " Nowhere Girl- B-Movie & A New
: > England-Kirsy Maccoll, etc.?

Yes, it is.

: If memory serves me correctly, yes. I had the whole set of Hardest Hits


: 1 through 5, and I've been trying to replace them since I had mine
: stolen when my car was broken into two years ago. I've found 3 through
: 5, but I've mainly been looking for this one ever since. If anybody has
: it on CD and wishes to part with it, please e-mail me.

Too bad (about the set getting stolen -- I often worry about my collection
getting ripped off -- some of it I could *never* replace.)
Also too bad you didn't see my post a few weeks back. I had the "hardest
hits vol 1" up for auction. It went for $40 US.

I might be willing to part with my vol 2 -- keep watching this spot :^)

Bri


Ron C Ward

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Feb 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/26/97
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Fum Fee (f...@mustang.uwo.ca) wrote:
: > Is this the Volume that has " Nowhere Girl- B-Movie & A New
: > England-Kirsy Maccoll, etc.?

: If memory serves me correctly, yes. I had the whole set of Hardest Hits


: 1 through 5, and I've been trying to replace them since I had mine
: stolen when my car was broken into two years ago. I've found 3 through
: 5, but I've mainly been looking for this one ever since. If anybody has
: it on CD and wishes to part with it, please e-mail me.

Did you check HMV at Yonge and Dundas? Last time I was in they had all
the Hardest Hits and the Classic Alternative series. I believe Sam at
Yonge and Dundas had most of these as well. HH Volume 1 is a good one.

RON

he...@cuckoo.uwaterloo.ca

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Feb 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/27/97
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bs...@torfree.net (Ron C Ward) writes:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Actually, it's not that good at all. The other HH and CA are much
better (IMHO). HH1 is just *rare*!
I doubt it *very* much if HIV (oops... I mean HMV or SAMS) has the
hardest hits 1.
Your best bet is to check out the used CD shops, but the odds are slim
you'll find vol 1.

Bri

Michel Mathieu

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Feb 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/27/97
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These kind of questions seem to come up often. What follows is a list of
everything on these CDs, and a few other CFNY related CDs. What you'll
find is a great set, fairly representative of what CFNY use to play on a
regular basis without the repetition ad nauseum we find today. Now it
seems you can only hear these if someone requests them on Saturday or
Sunday morning All Request shows -- almost the only time I'll listen to
CFNY anymore for anything longer than 15 minutes before getting bored or
disgusted. (And even then . . .) A far cry from days gone by. There's
still a lot of stuff I remember them playing years ago that I still haven't
found. Still hoping there'll be a Hardest Hits VI that will fill in some
of the gaps -- Ryan Paris(?) - Somewhere over the Rainbow, The Mighty Wah
(Pete Wylie) - Story of the Blues Parts I & II (have this on LP, want it on
CD,) Bodines (UK) Skanking Queen (?), and so much more.

(And no, I'm not giving up any of these CDs.)

1991 - Hardest Hits Collection
(third favourite of the set)
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The Puppets - The Way Of Life - 5:52
Scary Thieves - The Waiting Game - 6:15
Kirsty MacColl - A New England - 7:47
Jon Saint James - The Girl Who Seduced The World - 5:44
The Mood - I Don't Need Your Love Now - 6:00
The Passion Puppets - Like Dust - 5:52
Uropa Lula - Our Love Has Just Begun - 5:53
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl - 6:32
Thomas Leer - Heartbeat - 8:54
The Puppets - The Way Of Life (Edit '91) - 6:22
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1992 - Hardest Hits Collectors Edition 2
(fourth favourite of the set)
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Johnny Warman, featuring Peter Gabriel - Screaming Jets - 5:18
Scary Thieves - Tell Me Girl - 6:29
Boys Brigade - The Passion Of Love - 3:40
Jona Lewie - (You'll Always Find Me In The) Kitchen At Parties - 3:03
Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing - 6:47
Trio - Da Da Da - 3:20
Cetu Javu - Situations - 5:30
Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me - 6:16
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - 6:00
The Big Supreme - Don't Walk - 6:29
The West End Dance Project - 92 In The Shade - 5:31
Abecedarians - Smiling Monarchs - 6:35
The Normal - Warm Leatherette - 3:23
Gary Numan And Bill Sharpe - Change Your Mind - 8:24
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1993 - Hardest Hits Collection Rare Alternative Hits 3
(fifth favourite of the set)
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Voice Of America - Story Of Love (Extended Version) - 5:39
Chameleons UK - Swamp Thing - 5:56
Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You - 5:27
The Comsat Angels - You Move Me (One Good Reason) - 5:37
Jackie Leven - Love Is Shining Down On Me - 6:09
Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven - 3:31
Nick Heyward - Goodbye Yesterday (Extended Version) - 6:26
Steve Harley - Heartbeat Like Thunder (Extended Remix) - 5:45
Lords Of The New Church - Dance With Me (Extended Verson) - 5:50
Glamour Cult - Tokyo Streets - 4:42
The Hawaiian Pups - Baby Judy - 5:05
Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (Extended Version) - 8:11
Micro Chip League - New York (Dance Floor Cut) - 5:07
Night Moves - Transdance - 4:57
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1993 - Hardest Hits Collection Volume 4 - Rare Alternative Hits
(favourite of the set)
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The Assembly - Never, Never - 5:51
Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart and Soul) - 6:35
Flying Lizards - Money - 5:50
Vicious Pink - Take Me Now - 6:20
The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women - 5:30
Robert Hazard - Escalator Of Life - 4:41
Lotus Eaters - You Don't Need Someone New (Charleston Mix) 6:05
The Call (Featuring Peter Gabriel & Jim Kerr) - Everywhere I go - 4:18
Furniture - Brilliant Mind - 7:00
Japan - Life In Tokyo (Disco Mix) - 7:05
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version) - 6:20
Hitlist - Into The Fire (Full Version) - 5:44
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go - 6:23
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1994 - Hardest Hits Volume Five
(second favourite of the set)
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Endgames - First, Last For Everything (Club Version) - 4:39
Nick Heyward - Whistle Down The Wind - 3:41
Boys Brigade - Melody - 3:58
China Crisis - Working With Fire & Steel (Mix) - 5:00
Peter Godwin - Baby's In The Mountain's (New York Mix) - 6:49
The Comsat Angels - Day One - 3:49
Visage - Pleasure Boys (Dance Mix) - 6:49
The Flying Pickets - Only You - 3:23
Freur - Doot Doot (Extended Mix) - 6:00 (*later became the great
Underworld)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (Extended Version) - 6:54
Secession - Simon Says - 6:10
Thomas Leer - International (Global Mix) - 7:07
SSQ - Jet Town - 3:40
Elton Motello - Jet Boy, Jet Girl (Club Mix) - 7:00
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For completion, here's the other CFNY related albums I have . . .


(Just because it's the same label (SPG) who did the Hardest Hits . . .)
1994 - Classic Alternatives Volume 1
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When In Rome - The Promise (On Mix) - 6:25
Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One - 5:36
Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams - 6:25
Yello - Oh Yeah - 6:22
Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop) - 6:07
Psychedelic Furs - Heartbeat (New York Remix) - 8:15
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran - 4:55
Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire (Come And Get It) - 6:15
Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd - 6:25
Payolas - Eyes Of A Stranger - 4:54
Pete Wylie - Sinful (Wickest Mix In Town) - 7:58
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - 9:05
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1994 - Classic Alternatives Volume 2
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Talk Talk - It's My Life - 6:14
Black - Wonderful Life - 4:47
Belouis Some - Imagination - 5:27
Romeo Void - Never Say Never - 5:54
Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People (Berlin Mix) - 7:08
Ultravox - Reap The Wild Wind (Extended Mix) - 4:45
Big Country - In A Big Country (Pure Mix) - 6:18
Altered Images - Happy Birthday - 3:00
Berlin - Sex (I'm A...) (Extended Version) - 8:10
Madness - Our House (Special Remix) - 5:02
Hunters + Collectors - Talking To A Stranger - 7:30
Oingo Boingo - Dead man's Party (Party 'Til You're Dead Mix) - 8:37
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1995 - Classic Alternatives Volume 3
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Killing Joke - Love Like Blood (12" version) - 6:42
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold - 4:19
It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Wicked Weather For Walking) -
7:10
Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) (Dance Mix) - 6:12
Secession - The Magician (Pecky Plus mix) - 6:57
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Extended) 7:44
The Church - Under The Milky Way - 4:57
The Danse(*) Society - Say It Again (Extended Danse(*) Mix) - 7:10 (*sic)
Eurogliders - Heaven (Must Be There) - 3:43
Strange Advance - We Run (Extended single mix) - 6:03
Visage - Fade To Grey (12" version) - 6:@2
Pete Sheley - Homosapien (Elongated Dancepartydubmix) - 9:00
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1994 - CFNY 102.1 spirit of the Edge
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Viletones - Screaming Fist - 2:00
The Jam - Going Undergound - 2:54
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound - 3:17
The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) - 3:47
Modern English - I Melt With You - 3:49
Soft Cell - Tainted Love - 2:34
Visage - Pleasure Boys - 3:33
The Style Council - Long Hot Summer - 6:58
The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love - 3:38
Joy Division - Atmosphere - 4:09
The Fall - Hit The North - 4:00
The Mission UK - Tower of Strength - 8:06
Tones On Tail - Go! - 4:29
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary - 4:18
Endgames - First Last For Everything - 4:41
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1996 - Spirit of the Edge Volume 2 (Note the name change)
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Charlatans UK - The Only One I know
Love and Rockets - Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man
James - Laid
New Order - Let's Go
Happy Mondays - Step On (91 Mix)
Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove (this and the next are
mis-labeled)
Quicksand - How Soon Is Now
The La's - There She Goes
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Catherine Wheel - Spirit Of Radio
__

1996 - The Ongoing History Of New Music Volume One
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China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel - 3:38
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go - 6:47
The Flying Lizards - Money - 5:50
Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy - 7:32
Voice Of America - Story Of Love - 5:39
World Party - Ship Of Fools - 4:27
XTC - Senses Working Overtime - 4:33
OMD - So In Love - 3:30
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - 7:06
Flying Pickets - 3:23
Simple Minds - 3:51
Talk Talk - It's My Life - 3:56
Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon - 5:00
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - 4:27
Duran Duran - Planet Earth - 3:59
___

Really stretching it here, there was a series of "Free At Last - The
Essential Alternative Sampler" CD's that you could only get if you bought
one of the albums featured at HMV. I gave up after the fourth because they
were getting that bad.

1991 - Free At Last - The Essential Alternative Sampler - HMV - CFNY FM102
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Xymox - Phoenix Of My Heart / Wild Thing outro - 4:09
Banderas - This Is Your Life - 4:36
James - Sit Down - 4:01
The La's - Doledrum - 2:49
The La's - Way Out - 2:32
LaTour - Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi - 4:20
LaTour - Cold - 5:47
Daniel Ash - Walk This Way (The 3:01 Mix) - 3:01
De La Soul - WRMS: Cat's In Control / Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) - 5:38
Pixies - Planet Of Sound - 2:10
Bootsauce - Payment Time - 3:54
Men Without Hats - Harry Crews - 5:13
Pere ubu - Worlds In Collision - 3:44
The Wonder Stuff - The Size Of A Cow (Version) - 3:33
The Wonder Stuff - Give, Give, Give, Me More, More, More (Live) - 2:45
The Beautiful South - I Think The Answer's Yes - 5:15
Yello - Rubbgerbandman - 3:35
The Trash Can Sinatras - The Best Man's Fall - 3:35
Material Issue - Renee Remains The Same - 3:14
The House Of Love - Marble - 3:20

1992 - Free At Last 2 - The Essential Alternative Sampler - HMV (note the
name change)
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James - Brn Of Frustration - 4:21
Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You - 4:39
Buffalo Tom - Velvet Roof - 3:55
The Wonder Stuff - That's Entertainment - 3:25
The Beautiful South - Here It Is Again - 3:27
Peter Murphy - The Sweetest Drop - 4:02
The Charlatans UK - Tremolo Song - 4:37
Bootsauce - Touching Cloth - 3:42
Black Sheep - Try Counting Sheep - 4:23
The Soup Dragons - Divine Thing - 3:34
The Dylans - Planet Love - 3:57
Shakespears Sister - Goodbye Cruel World - 4:05
Michelle Shocked - Secret To A Long Life - 3:49
Lush - For Love - 3:33
The Jazz Butcher - She's A Yo-Yo - 4:05
Material Issue - What Girls Want - 3:55
XClan - Fire & Earth - 5:00
Beats International - In The Ghetto - 3:16
Lost & Profound - Winter Raging - 4:02
___

1993 - Free At Last 3 - The Essential New Music Sampler - HMV - CFNY 102.1
The Leading Edge (*name change)
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New Order - Young Offender - 4:48
Presence - Act Of Faith - 4:24
Crash Vegas - Nothing Ever Happened - 4:41
Frank Black - Ten Percenter - 3:27
The God Machine - Home - 5:17
G.W.McLennan - Lighting Fires - 3:35
Sand Rubies - Santa Maria Street - 4:25
Hothouse Flowers - Good For You - 3:57
His Name Is Alive - In Every Ford - 3:43
Mind Bomb - Do You Need Some? - 3:24
The Pursuit Of Happiness - Nobody But Me - 3:20
Quicksand - Fazer - 3:09
Trash Can Sinatras - Blood Rush - 3:21
Chris Mars - Public Opinion - 2:22
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I Suppose - 3:24
Wool - Medication - 3:47
X - Lettuce & Vodka - 5:07
Red House Painters - Mistress - 4:06
Bob Geldof - The House On Top Of The World - 4:11
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1994 - Free At Last 4 HMV - CFNY FM102.1 The Edge
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Frank Black - Headache - 2:42
Meat Puppets - Roof With A Hole - 3:33
Courage Of Lassie - City Of Tears - 5:!2
The Tindersticks - Marbles - 4:29
Lush - Undertow - 4:57
One Love - Why Don't You Take Me - 3:40
The Veldt - Soul In A Jar - 5:28
The Blue Aeroplanes - Broken And Mended - 3:16
The Charlatans UK - Another Rider Up In Flames - 3:20
Polyphemus - Scrapbook Of Madness - 3:42
The Dylans - Smarter Than You - 3:21
Sundial - Watch You Smile - 3:35
Material Issue - Kim The Waitress - 4:57
The Breeders - Divine Hammer - 2:41


I gave up after this one. I think there might have been one or two albums
off the fifth I might have bought to get the freebie, but I'd already
bought them at that point.
___________________________________

he...@cuckoo.uwaterloo.ca wrote in article
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> f...@mustang.uwo.ca (Fum Fee) writes:
> : > Is this the Volume that has " Nowhere Girl- B-Movie & A New
> : > England-Kirsy Maccoll, etc.?
>

> Yes, it is.


>
> : If memory serves me correctly, yes. I had the whole set of Hardest
Hits
> : 1 through 5, and I've been trying to replace them since I had mine
> : stolen when my car was broken into two years ago. I've found 3 through
> : 5, but I've mainly been looking for this one ever since. If anybody
has
> : it on CD and wishes to part with it, please e-mail me.
>

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