NME 034 – The Tape With No Name (1987)
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A1: Steve Earle – “Guitar Town”
A2: Dwight Yoakam – “Please, Please Baby”
A3: Patty Loveless – “Wicked Ways”
A4: Sweethearts of the Rodeo – “Midnight Girl, Sunset Town”
A5: Randy Travis – “What’ll You Do About Me”
A6: Reba McEntire – “Have I Got A Deal For You”
A7: Johnny Cash – “The Night Hank Williams Came To Town”
A8: Kathy Mattea – “Train Of Memories”
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A9: Rosanne Cash – “The Way We Make A Broken Heart”
A10: John Hiatt – “Memphis In The Meantime”
A11: Dave Alvin – “Border Radio”
A12: Highway 101 featuring Paulette Carlson – “Good Goodbye”
B1: K.D. Lang & The Reclines – “Got The Bull By The Horns”
B2: Lyle Lovett – “Cowboy Man”
B3: Ricky Skaggs – “A Hard Row To Hoe”
B4: The O’Kanes – “Oh Lonesome You”
B5: Georgia Brown – “George Jones On The Jukebox”
B6: The Forester Sisters – “100% Chance Of Blue”
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B7: Joe Ely – “Silver City”
B8: George Strait – “All My Ex’s Live In Texas”
B9: Rattlesnake Annie – “Funky Country Livin’”
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B10: Emmylou Harris – “Sweetheart Of The Pines”
B11: Nanci Griffith – “Ford Econoline”
B12: John Prine – “Paradise”
NME Cassettes ...... Redux 
Recently rediscovered this gem in my garage alongside a lot of my old punk tapes. It has to be one of the best compilations I have ever heard. It was referred to as ‘new country’ back in the 80’s, but like a lot of music it defies a lable. There is some quality songwriting and performance that took ‘country’ away from the slush strings of Nashville and gave the genre some balls. Highly recommended.