VA - Biding Our Time: New Zealand Alternative Music 1984-1986 [Remastered] (2019)

23 Track Compilation Double Album.
Originally released in 1986 on C90 Cassette.
Remastered for CD in 2005.

This digital download contains an expanded booklet with extended liner notes and artwork not available on previous versions.
It also contains 2 tracks reinstated from the original 1986 cassette release but not included on the redux 2005 remaster/reissue single CD release.

This collection covers the NZ alternative music scene from the Christchurch perspective, of what we saw in our local venues between 1984 and 1986. This was a time of many Dunedin bands making the trip to play the larger thriving music scene in the garden city with its 3 active music venues (The Gladstone, The Hillsborough, and The Star & Garter), as well as a strong audience that patronised these focal points of music. It was also seen as a viable destination for bands from wellington and Auckland with bands like Children's Hour, Bird Nest Roys and the Spines making regular trips south.

This album was originally released through local record stores and was also picked up for international distribution by Flying Nun who sent 200 copies to America.

Many bands made their debut on this compilation before following up with major releases on other labels.

The Artwork was designed by Dean Inkster and completed by Matthew Campbell.

This version includes the 2 deleted tracks from the original cassette which did not fit on the 1 x 80 min cd version released in 2005. Welcome back Dance Exponents "If only I could die (and love you still)" and Sneaky Feelings "Broken Man"
It was updated Jun 2020 to include recently found new recordings of the Crane song Chorale and Belle Motions - Living.