Optimism/ Reject: Punk & Post-Punk Meets D-I-Y - Optimism / Reject: Punk & Post-Punk Meets D-I-Y Aesthetic 1977-1981 / Various

UK four CD set. The highly anticipated companion to 2017's 'To The Outside Of Everything'. Extensive set containing over a hundred self-released missives, lo-fi manifestos, boutique label offerings and expressions from the edge of punk and the post-punk explosion. Features classics, rarities, album tracks and unearthed gems from The Fall, Subway Sect, Sisters Of Mercy, Thompson Twins, Blancmange, Young Marble Giants, Marine Girls, John Cooper Clarke, Alternative TV, Scritti Politti, 23 Skidoo, The Raincoats, Thomas Leer and many others. 64pp A5 book format includes extensive essay From Mojo's Mark Paytress plus track-by-track band biographies.