Gold Mine Trash

Gold Mine Trash
Compilation album by Felt
Released	October 1987
Genre	Alternative rock, post-punk, indie pop
Length	33:54
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	John A. Rivers, John Leckie, Robin Guthrie
Felt chronology
Poem of the River (1987)Poem of the River1987 Gold Mine Trash (1987) The Pictorial Jackson Review (1988)The Pictorial Jackson Review1988
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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.

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

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Something Sends Me To Sleep"	2:56
2.	"Trails Of Colour Dissolve" (Lawrence)	3:09
3.	"Dismantled King Is Off The Throne" (demo)	2:52
4.	"Penelope Tree" (Lawrence)	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

Felt 1980-1985

• Maurice Deebank
• Nick Gilbert
• Lawrence
• Gary Ainge
• Mick Lloyd
• Martin Duffy

with

• Elizabeth Fraser – vocals on "Primitive Painters"