Gold Mine Trash is the first compilation album by English alternative rock band Felt, released in 1987. It collects tracks from the band's singles and albums recorded for Cherry Red between 1981 and 1985. The cover photo shows a detail from the Throne Hall of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.

Gold Mine Trash
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 1987
GenrePost-punk, indie pop
Length33:54
LabelCherry Red
ProducerJohn A. Rivers, John Leckie, Robin Guthrie
Felt chronology
Poem of the River
(1987)
Gold Mine Trash
(1987)
The Pictorial Jackson Review
(1988)
Reissue
2005 Reissue Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Tracks 3 and 5 were unreleased versions recorded as demos for Blanco y Negro Records.[2] The version of "Fortune" here is a re-recording of the song from the band's first album.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank

No.TitleLength
1."Something Sends Me To Sleep"2:56
2."Trails Of Colour Dissolve"3:09
3."Dismantled King Is Off The Throne" (demo)2:52
4."Penelope Tree"3:02
5."Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" (demo)3:11
6."Crystal Ball"2:56
7."The Day The Rain Came Down"2:31
8."Fortune" (re-recorded version)3:38
9."Vasco Da Gama"3:41
10."Primitive Painters"5:58

Personnel edit

Felt 1980-1985

with

References edit

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Felt - Gold Mine Trash", Discogs, 5 October 1987