“It’s a rare thing to find a song that really makes you happy, inspires you and makes you want to shout out, at the top of your voice about the wonderful discovery so that everyone else can enjoy it too. Like the song by Gang of Four that provides the title of this sampler, we hope that we have gathered that rare essence in these 20 songs that will bring you that same excitement” – We feel this is the best compilation around so join us for the ride and please find some further details about the songs below & why not visit their Bandcamp page and support the bands and treat yourself to some more wonderful tunes. A huge thanks to all the bands and musicians that gave us permission to use these songs. – Wally
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“I Found That Essence Rare” – The Sounds Of Beauty (Beauty 043)
1. Exploding Flowers – A Daunting Thought (Beauty 051)
2. Summerhouse – I May Not (A sort of Beach Boys cover) *
3. Dot Dash – Gray Blue Green (Beauty 042)
4. The Yellow Melodies – Don’t Think Twice (Beauty 041)
5. The Fish John West Reject – Cath (The Bluebells cover) *
6. The Dupont Circles – Nowhere Man (The Beatles cover) *
7. Adventure Playground – The Girl With The Hand Me Down Clothes (Beauty 035) **
8. Armstrong – In A Memory (Beauty 034)
9. The Poems – Temptation (New Order cover) *
10. David Long – Hand Of Love – MONO (The Sound cover – Beauty 049) ***
11. Peter Hall – English Rose (The Jam cover) *
12. James Clarke Five – Under My Skin (Beauty 044)
13. Si Farrier – Heaven Sent Me An Angel (The Times Cover – Beauty 030)
14. Skytone – Without You (John Girgus Remix) ***
15. Summerhouse – Tears On A Rainy Sunday (The Times cover – Beauty 030)
16. Crumb – McArther Beach Park (Jim Webb/Martha & the Muffins cover) *
17. Roy Moller – These Things I Do (Beauty 027)
18. Gretchen’s Wheel – Tears (Teenage Fanclub cover) *
19. Lisa Mychols & SUPER 8 – You & Me Me & You (Beauty 052)
20. Peter Hall – Everything Is Fading Fast – Megane Fast Mix (Beauty 048) ***
* – Non-Beauty Prime Cut or an Unreleased Rarity
** – A Television Personalities cover from a distant future release
*** – Alternate version to the official release, past, present or future
Mastered by Phil Shaw Bova
Design by Jamie Nordstrand