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Title: Various Sounds – Waves 3
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, New Wave, Australia
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: VG

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: Tied to Sounds magazines role in documenting Australias pub-rock-to-new-wave shiftcomps like this functioned as scene snapshots.

2. Media Narrative: Magazine-backed compilations blurred journalism and promotion; editorial taste directly shaped which bands got national exposure.

3. Business Moves: Budget comps were entry pointscheap, multi-band samplers that built loyalty before fans committed to full LPs.