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Optimism / Reject (UK D-I-Y Punk and Post-Punk 1977-1981)
| Label | Cherry Red – CRCDBOX74 |
| Format | 4 x CD, Compilation Box Set, |
| Barcode | 5013929107403 |
| Country | UK |
| Released | 26 Jul 2019 |
| Genre | Electronic, Rock, Pop |
| Style | Synth-pop, New Wave, Minimal, Experimental, Industrial, Post-Punk, Lo-Fi |
| 1-1 | – Eater | Michael's Monetary System | 1:45 |
| 1-2 | – The Drones | You'll Lose | 3:38 |
| 1-3 | – Alternative TV | Love Lies Limp | 3:07 |
| 1-4 | – The Outsiders | Freeway | 4:10 |
| 1-5 | – John Cooper Clarke | Suspended Sentence | 2:51 |
| 1-6 | – 'O' Level | O Levels | 2:07 |
| 1-7 | – Swell Maps | Black Velvet | 1:58 |
| 1-8 | – Patrik Fitzgerald | Optimism/Reject | 1:12 |
| 1-9 | – Attrix | Hard Times | 4:09 |
| 1-10 | – Subway Sect | Nobody's Scared | 2:06 |
| 1-11 | – The Freshies | Washed Up | 3:07 |
| 1-12 | – Skids | Charles | 2:35 |
| 1-13 | – Angelic Upstarts | Police oppression | 3:31 |
| 1-14 | – The Art Attacks | Neutron Bomb | 2:59 |
| 1-15 | – Victim | Mixed Up World | 3:12 |
| 1-16 | – Essential Logic | Aerosol Burns | 2:01 |
| 1-17 | – The Tights | It | 2:42 |
| 1-18 | – Punishment Of Luxury | The Demon | 4:06 |
| 1-19 | – The Fall | Bingo-Master | 2:22 |
| 1-20 | – The Cravats | Situations Vacant | 3:36 |
| 1-21 | – Scritti Politti | Is And Ought The Western World | 3:46 |
| 1-22 | – pragVEC | Wolf | 1:49 |
| 1-23 | – The Jerks | Cool | 3:12 |
| 1-24 | – The Monochrome Set | He's Frank | 2:37 |
| 1-25 | – Thomas Leer | International | 4:03 |
| 1-26 | – Devil's Dykes | Fruitless | 2:14 |
| 1-27 | – Vice Creems | 01-01-212 | 2:39 |
| 1-28 | – Nigel Simpkins | Times Encounter | 1:56 |
| 2-1 | – The Ruts | H-Eyes | 2:48 |
| 2-2 | – The Dodgems | Lord Lucan Is Missing | 3:30 |
| 2-3 | – Passage | The Competition | 1:40 |
| 2-4 | – Nicky & The Dots | Girl Gets Nervous | 2:22 |
| 2-5 | – Scissor Fits | I Don't Want To Work For British Airways | 2:49 |
| 2-6 | – Spizzoil | Cold City | 2:02 |
| 2-7 | – The Shapes | (I Saw) Batman (In The Launderette) | 2:39 |
| 2-8 | – Proles | Stereo Love | 2:05 |
| 2-9 | – The Molesters | Commuter Man | 5:40 |
| 2-10 | – The Pack | Heathen | 2:39 |
| 2-11 | – The Raincoats | In Love | 3:07 |
| 2-12 | – The Tea Set | Sing Song | 1:36 |
| 2-13 | – Artery | Mother Moon | 2:17 |
| 2-14 | – Murder The Disturbed | The Ultimate System | 4:00 |
| 2-15 | – The Family Fodder | Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling) | 4:32 |
| 2-16 | – The Frantic Elevators | Every Day I Die | 1:26 |
| 2-17 | – They Must Be Russians | Nagasaki's Children | 4:16 |
| 2-18 | – Second Layer | Metal Sheet | 1:22 |
| 2-19 | – Metrophase | Cold Rebellion | 3:29 |
| 2-20 | – Disturbed | I Don't Believe | 4:25 |
| 2-21 | – The Door And The Window | Subculture Fashion Slaves | 3:50 |
| 2-22 | – The Steppes | God's Got Religion | 2:51 |
| 2-23 | – Gl*xo Babies | Christine Keeler | 3:38 |
| 2-24 | – The Associates | Boys Keep Swinging | 3:39 |
| 2-25 | – 'Fatal' Microbes | Beautiful Pictures | 1:50 |
| 2-26 | – Disco Zombies | Top Of The Pops | 2:19 |
| 2-27 | – Pneumania | Exhibition | 2:51 |
| 3-1 | – Au Pairs | Domestic Departure | 2:22 |
| 3-2 | – English Subtitles | Reconstruction | 5:03 |
| 3-3 | – Medium Medium | Them Or Me | 3:55 |
| 3-4 | – Modern Eon | Choreography | 2:40 |
| 3-5 | – Josef K | Chance Meeting | 2:55 |
| 3-6 | – The Lines | On The Air | 3:34 |
| 3-7 | – Mo-Dettes | Masochistic Opposite | 3:33 |
| 3-8 | – Deep Freeze | Minstrel Radio Yoghurt | 2:40 |
| 3-9 | – The Chefs | You Get Everywhere | 2:42 |
| 3-10 | – The Golinski Brothers | Bloody | 2:33 |
| 3-11 | – The Lillettes | Hey Operator | 2:11 |
| 3-12 | – The Bodies | Art Nouveau | 3:39 |
| 3-13 | – Nightmares In Wax | Shangri-La | 3:32 |
| 3-14 | – Weird Strings | Oscar Automobile | 3:07 |
| 3-15 | – Again Again | Self Employed | 4:27 |
| 3-16 | – The Membranes | Fashionable Junkies | 1:43 |
| 3-17 | – Manic Jabs | Autophagous | 2:02 |
| 3-18 | – Blancmange | Modichy In Aneration | 2:05 |
| 3-19 | – Mystere V's | No Message | 3:16 |
| 3-20 | – Eyeless In Gaza | The Feeling's Mutual | 2:41 |
| 3-21 | – Distributors | Lean On Me | 3:39 |
| 3-22 | – Tagmemics | Chimneys | 4:34 |
| 3-23 | – Rhythm Clicks | Short Time | 3:10 |
| 3-24 | – Blurt | Get | 3:44 |
| 4-1 | – Young Marble Giants | Final Day | 1:43 |
| 4-2 | – Charge | You Get What You Deserve | 3:04 |
| 4-3 | – The Sisters Of Mercy | The Damage Done | 3:03 |
| 4-4 | – Girls At Our Best | Politics! | 3:17 |
| 4-5 | – A Popular History Of Signs | Justice Not Vengeance | 3:58 |
| 4-6 | – Thompson Twins | Could Be Her, Could Be You | 3:21 |
| 4-7 | – Fire Engines | Everything's Roses | 3:17 |
| 4-8 | – Emma Sharpe | Motorway | 2:00 |
| 4-9 | – The Red Squares | The Russians Are Coming | 1:51 |
| 4-10 | – The Room | Motion | 3:02 |
| 4-11 | – The 49 Americans | Should Be More Ideal | 2:40 |
| 4-12 | – Cult Figures | I remember | 2:54 |
| 4-13 | – The Higsons | Insect Love | 3:29 |
| 4-14 | – The Laughing Apple | Chips For Tea | 2:19 |
| 4-15 | – The Legendary Pink Dots | Defeated | 2:28 |
| 4-16 | – Marine Girls | Holiday Song | 2:14 |
| 4-17 | – Normil Hawaiians | The Return | 3:15 |
| 4-18 | – The Reflections | Zigzagging | 2:52 |
| 4-19 | – Sad Lovers And Giants | When I See You | 3:18 |
| 4-20 | – To The Finland Station | Domino Theory | 3:38 |
| 4-21 | – Vivien Goldman | Launderette | 3:47 |
| 4-22 | – 23 Skidoo | Ethics | 3:41 |
| 4-23 | – Screen 3 | Shades Of Black | 3:18 |
| 4-24 | – The Happy Few | Plan 9 From Outer Space | 3:35 |
| 4-25 | – The Tesco Bombers | Break The Ice At Parties | 1:55 |
| 4-26 | – ...And The Native Hipsters | I Wanna Be Around (Paul) | 2:30 |
Compiled By – John Reed
Design – Keith Davey
Producer – John Reed
Producer – Richard Anderson
Sleeve Notes – Andy Peart
Sleeve Notes – Mark Paytress
Design – Keith Davey
Producer – John Reed
Producer – Richard Anderson
Sleeve Notes – Andy Peart
Sleeve Notes – Mark Paytress
This compilation ℗ 2019 Cherry Red Records.
See booklet for full details.
Manufactured in EU / MCPS
Comes with a 64-page booklet.
Booklet typos:
Track info for 2-12 misspells producer 'Hugh Cornwell' as 'Hugh Cornwall'
Track info for 4-11 misspells 'Viv Albertine' as 'Viv Albertein'.
See booklet for full details.
Manufactured in EU / MCPS
Comes with a 64-page booklet.
Booklet typos:
Track info for 2-12 misspells producer 'Hugh Cornwell' as 'Hugh Cornwall'
Track info for 4-11 misspells 'Viv Albertine' as 'Viv Albertein'.
Barcode (Text) – 5 013929 107403
Barcode (Scanned) – 5013929107403
Matrix / Runout (CD 1) – CA CRCDBOX74CD1 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 1) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 1) – IFPI 1263
Matrix / Runout (CD 2) – CA CRCDBOX74CD2 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 2) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 2) – IFPI 122D
Matrix / Runout (CD 3) – CA CRCDBOX74CD3 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 3) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 3) – IFPI 1263
Matrix / Runout (CD 4) – CA CRCDBOX74CD4 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 4) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 4) – IFPI 1285
Rights Society – MCPS
Barcode (Scanned) – 5013929107403
Matrix / Runout (CD 1) – CA CRCDBOX74CD1 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 1) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 1) – IFPI 1263
Matrix / Runout (CD 2) – CA CRCDBOX74CD2 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 2) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 2) – IFPI 122D
Matrix / Runout (CD 3) – CA CRCDBOX74CD3 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 3) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 3) – IFPI 1263
Matrix / Runout (CD 4) – CA CRCDBOX74CD4 @
Mastering SID Code (CD 4) – IFPI L039
Mould SID Code (CD 4) – IFPI 1285
Rights Society – MCPS