Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The Eighties CD

Personnel: Matt Piucci (vocals, guitar, sitar); Jasper Thread (vocals, guitar, accordion); Cosey Fanni Tutti (vocals, guitar, cornet); Peter Holsapple (vocals, guitar, organ); Matt Johnson (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Chris Cacavas, John Flasnburgh, Alain Jorgensen, David Faulkner (vocals, guitar, keyboards); David Roback, Brad Shepherd (vocals, guitar, percussion); Chris Molla, Chris Stamey, Chrissie Hynde, Curt Kirkwood, D. Boon, Daniel Ash, Dave Wakeling, David Lowery, Paul John Weller, Gordon Gano, Louis Gutierrez, Grant McLennan, Jim Reid, Ian McCulloch, J Mascis, Julian Cope, Lee Ranaldo, Midge Ure, Ana Da Silva, Paddy McAloon, Pat DiNizio, Andy Partridge, Philip Chevron, Robert Forster, Robyn Hitchcock, Roddy Frame, Shane MacGowan, Steve Wynn, Thurston Moore, Barbara Gogan, William Reid, Bernard Albrecht, Bernard Sumner, Billy Bragg, Black Francis , Dan Stuart, Bob Mould, Clive Timperley (vocals, guitar); Bill Million (vocals, acoustic guitar); Glenn Mercer (vocals, electric guitar, shaker, temple blocks); Paul Westerberg (vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin); Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals, slide guitar); Vicki Aspinall, Jonathan Segel (vocals, violin); Spider Stacy (vocals, tin whistle); John Linnell (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Genesis P-Orridge (vocals, clarinet); Einar Örn (vocals, trumpet); Jeff Conolly (vocals, organ); Martin L. Gore, Paul Humphreys (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); David Sylvian (vocals, keyboards, tapes); Mike Mariano, Jaz Coleman, Stan Ridgway, Billy Currie, Björk Gudmundsdottir (vocals, keyboards); Andy McCluskey (vocals, synthesizer); Dennis Diken, Grant Hart, Andrew Ranken (vocals, drums); Chuck Mosley, Colin Moulding, Siouxsie Sioux, Cris Kirkwood, David J, Dez Cadena, Elizabeth Fraser, Exene Cervenka, Gibby Haynes, Gina Birch, Rodney Amadeus Anonymus, Rankin Roger, Henry Rollins, Howard Devoto, Ian Brown, Ian Curtis, Ian MacKaye, Jack Waterson, Clyde Bramley, David Gahan, Jello Biafra, John Doe , John Lydon, Johnette Napolitano, Jon King, Kim Gordon, Klaus Flouride, Lou Barlow, Lux Interior, Maria McKee, Michael Stipe, Mike Mesaros, Mike Muir, Milo Aukerman, Andrew Eldritch, Patricia Morrison, Perry Farrell, Peter Murphy, Anthony Kiedis, Richard Butler, Shaun Ryder, Steve Kilbey, Steven Roback, Victor Krummenacher, Wendy Smith, Youth, Birdy, Michael Quercio, Bruce Foxton, Cait O'Riordan, Calvin Johnson (vocals); John McGeoch (guitar, 12-string guitar, Farfisa, background vocals); Ward Dotson (guitar, slide guitar); Johnny Marr (guitar, harmonica); Andrew Fletcher (guitar, drum machine); Joey Santiago (guitar, background vocals); Clint Conley, Grant Estes, Robert Smith , David Gregory, Dave Navarro, East Bay Ray, Thor Eldon Jonson, Frank Navetta, Ryan Hedgecock, Greg Ginn, Greg Lisher, Honeyman Scott, James, Hillel Slovak, Danny McCormack, Mark "Cow" Day, James Mankey , Jim Babjak, Jim Martin, John Ashton, John Squire, Karl Precoda, Kid Congo Powers, Alan Murphy, Lyle Preslar, Marty Willson-Piper, Mike Campbell , Andrew Gill, Andy Cox, Paul Leary, Peter Buck, Peter Koppes, Poison Ivy, Robin Guthrie, Roger Miller , Steve Vai, Will Sergeant, Billy Zoom, Bret Lunsford, Bob Stinson, Marc Moreland (guitar); Donald Ross Skinner (electric guitar, slide guitar); Jem Finer (banjo); Will Glenn (violin, keyboards); Karen Karlsrud, Corine Metter (violin); Henry Benagh (fiddle); Arthur Fiacco, Ann Rorich (cello); Shankar (strings); Crispin Cioe (flute, saxophone); Tommy Keane (Uilleann pipe); James Fearnley (accordion, piano); Maceo Parker, Saxa (saxophone); Benny Cowan (trumpet); Fred Wesley (trombone); Dick Cuthell (horns); Benmont Tench (piano, organ); Joe Kernich (piano); Double DeHarrison (Clavinet, organ); Ray Manzarek (organ); Chris Carter, Gillian Gilbert, Thomas Dolby, Charles T. Gray (keyboards, synthesizer); Steve Jansen (keyboards, drums, electronics); Richard Barbieri (keyboards, tapes); Andy Metcalfe (keyboards, background vocals); Dave Formula, Roland Barker, Bernie ClRolling Stone (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[V]irtually all of these songs and recordings have held up beautifully."
Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "[T]his is like the great college radio station that never was..." - Grade: A-
Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]ts 82 tracks document countless musical impulses....This eclecticism - punk's ideals brought to life - is testament to an era of idealistic, artistic oasis, one pulsing with urgency and defiance."
Alternative Press (p.98) - "[A] comprehensive compendium of the best the '80s underground had to offer."
Magnet (p.97) - "[A] success....Non-mainstream rock splintered and spiraled in a dozen compelling directions, instigating a creative boom whose aftershocks still rumble and whose epicenter deserves the kind of revisit LEFT OF THE DIAL does its best to inspire."