Various Artists – Young Limbs Rise Again ( The Story Of The Bat Cave Nightclub 1982-1985) 5CD Box Set

Various Artists – Young Limbs Rise Again ( The Story Of The Bat Cave Nightclub 1982-1985) 

London 1982. As the new romantic youthquake of 1981/1982 faded, and after what felt like a lifetime since punk’s last gasp, a tiny nightclub opened its doors in London’s Soho. Drawing to it a new generation of misfits and miscreants with a penchant for polysexual hedonism, for dressing up and showing out, The Batcave became the dark heart of alternative club culture, just like The Roxy and The Blitz before it.

Art school students, ex-punks and psychobillys, boys and girls, gays, straights, don’t-knows and don’t-cares, Camden and Kensington Market stallholders, professional squatters, kids on the dole, kids in bands, nocturnal music journalists, edgy fashionistas, androgynous randoms and even a smattering of bona fide popstars – from Nick Cave to Siouxsie Sioux, Marc Almond, Robert Smith, Killing Joke and Sigue Sigue Sputnik. All were welcome to pile in, gawp at the hair, ripped, torn, bleached and rubberised fashions, and death-mask make-up and take in the dancefloor’s heady musical mix of beats-heavy post-punk pioneers, outsider icons like Wayne County and The Cramps, and a teetering pile of lusty glam rock singles from the likes of T. Rex and The Sweet.

The club even had its own house band, Specimen, fronted by charismatic and ghoulishly handsome frontman Olli Wisdom (RIP) as well as playing host to a slew of first-wave bands of what came to be known as “goth”. And it is with Specimen’s Jon Klein (later, a Banshee, too) and keyboardist Jonny Slut (later founder of legendary club night Nag Nag Nag) along with Sophie Chery from another stalwart Batcave band, Sexbeat, who’ve worked with Demon in putting together this deluxe and definitive musical and visual accompaniment to a moment that sparked a global youth cult.

Tracklist:
The Hop: A Night On The Dancefloor 1
1-1 The Sisters Of Mercy– Temple Of Love (Extended Version) 7:40
1-2 The Cure– Let's Go To Bed 3:34
1-3 Joy Division– Isolation 2:53
1-4 The Cult– Resurrection Joe (Long Version) 6:09
1-5 The Cramps– Garbageman 3:34
1-6 Specimen– Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 4:53
1-7 Virgin Prunes– Pagan Lovesong (Vibeakimbo) 6:49
1-8 Xmal Deutschland– Incubus Succubus II 4:43
1-9 Theatre Of Hate– The Hop 2:48
1-10 PiL– This Is Not A Love Song (12" Version) 4:29
1-11 Flesh For Lulu– Subterraneans 5:15
1-12 Getting The Fear– Against The Wind 3:39
1-13 The Associates– Club Country (12" Version) 6:57
1-14 Vicious Pink– Ccan't You See... 3:32
1-15 Dead Or Alive– Misty Circles 3:39
1-16 Magazine– The Light Pours Out Of Me 3:28
1-17 Scars– All About You 5:06

Slowdive: A Night On The Dancefloor 2
2-1 Killing Joke– Follow The Leaders 4:06
2-2 Siouxsie And The Banshees– Slowdive 4:18
2-3 The Birthday Party– Release The Bats 2:30
2-4 The Psychedelic Furs– We Love You 3:27
2-5 The March Violets– Fodder 2:39
2-6 Nightmares In Wax– Black Leather 4:11
2-7 Malaria!– Your Turn To Run 4:09
2-8 The B52's– Planet Claire 4:33
2-9 Echo And The Bunnymen– The Back Of Love 3:13
2-10 Simple Minds– I Travel 6:17
2-11 The Meteors– My Daddy Is A Vampire 3:39
2-12 Dave Ball Featuring Gavin Friday– Strict Tempo 3:42
2-13 Fad Gadget– Collapsing New People 4:15
2-14 The Danse Society– Heaven Is Waiting 3:45
2-15 Shriekback– Nemesis 3:40
2-16 Throbbing Gristle– United 4:00
2-17 Sexbeat– Sweat 3:00
2-18 Specimen– Holes 4:41
2-19 Wasted Youth– I Wish I Was A Girl 5:43

Adolescent Sex: A Night On The Dancefloor 3
3-1 New Order– Temptation 5:24
3-2 Soft Cell– Soul Inside 4:31
3-3 The The– Uncertain Smile 4:55
3-4 Alien Sex Fiend– Ignore The Machine 6:42
3-5 The Sisters Of Mercy– Alice 3:34
3-6 The Fall– Copped It 4:15
3-7 Japan– Adolescent Sex 4:13
3-8 Adam And The Ants– Kick! 2:06
3-9 X Mal Deutschland– Qual 3:49
3-10 The Cramps– Human Fly 2:12
3-11 Propaganda– Dr Mabuse (First Life) 5:02
3-12 SPK– Metal Dance 3:39
3-13 The Human League– Being Boiled 4:17
3-14 Specimen– The Beauty Of Poisin 4:15
3-15 The Glove– Like An Animal 4:42
3-16 Gene Loves Jezebel– Punch Drunk 2:23
3-17 Virgin Prunes– Baby Turns Blue 3:43
3-18 Flowerpot Men– Jo's So Mean To Josephine 5:37
3-19 The Revillos– She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man 3:18

Sexbeat: The Bands Who Played
4-1 Specimen– Dead Man's Autochop 3:57
4-2 Sexbeat– Sexbeat 3:35
4-3 Alien Sex Fiend– RIP 3:49
4-4 Christian Death– Deathwish 2:13
4-5 Marc And The Mambas– Sleaze 7:22
4-6 Play Dead– Propaganda 3:11
4-7 Flesh For Lulu– Roman Candle (12" Version) 10:18
4-8 Bone Orchard– Fats Terminal 2:45
4-9 Zero LeCrêche– Last Year's Wife (12" Version) 4:35
4-10 Lords Of The New Church– Dance With Me 3:25
4-11 Anorexic Dread– Tracey's Burning 9:33
4-12 Lets Wreck Mother– Cuts 3:06
4-13 Turkey Bones & The Wild Dogs– Raymond 8:33
4-14 Furyo– The Gold Of Our Lives 3:48
4-15 Marc And The Mambas– Torment 4:21

Hell Raiser: The Glam Rock Roots
5-1 The Sweet– Hell Raiser 3:16
5-2 T. Rex– Telegram Sam 3:45
5-3 Lou Reed– Vicious 2:55
5-4 Roxy Music– All I Want Is You 2:53
5-5 Sparks– Amateur Hour 3:37
5-6 New York Dolls– Jet Boy 4:41
5-7 Iggy Pop– Funtime 2:53
5-8 Suicide– Ghost Rider 2:33
5-9 Mott The Hoople– Roll Away The Stone 3:11
5-10 Cockney Rebel– Mr Soft 3:17
5-11 Brian Eno– Needles In The Camel's Eye 3:10
5-12 Mick Ronson– Only After Dark 3:31
5-13 Jayne County & The Electric Chairs– Night Time 3:28
5-14 Hollywood Brats– Then He Kissed Me 3:13
5-15 The Runaways– Cherry Bomb 2:18
5-16 MC5– Kick Out The Jams 2:46
5-17 The Velvet Underground– I'm Waiting For The Man 4:37
5-18 Cozy Powell– Dance With The Devil 3:33
5-19 Hello– New York Groove 2:45
5-20 Suzi Quatro– Devil Gate Drive 3:47

Label: Demon Records
Released: 2023