Second Layer was a post-punk musical act formed in 1979 by Adrian Borland (vocals, guitar) and Graham Bailey (keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming), both later in The Sound.
ALBUMS
Second Layer
Courts Or Wars
2023, LP, Comp, Ltd, RM, Red, 1972, 
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, Experimental/Industrial/Alternative Rock
Second Layer
World Of Rubber
1981, 
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, Industrial/Experimental
2nd Layer*
State Of Emergency E.P.
1980, 7", EP, Tortch Records, Tortch Records
Second Layer
Flesh As Property E.P.
1979, ,
, New Wave/Post-Punk
Second Layer
World Of Rubber
2008
Second Layer
Second Layer
1987, LP, Comp, P/Unofficial, LD Records
APPEARANCES +
Various
Return Of The Banshee
1995, CD, Comp, Sub Terranean, Sub Terranean, Sub Terranean, 
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, New Wave/Industrial/Experimental/Synth-pop/Minimal
Various
Labels Unlimited - The Second Record Collection
1980, 
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, New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental/Hard Rock
Various
Moving Away From The Pulsebeat: Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981
2024, 5xCD, Comp, Cherry Red, 
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, Post-Punk
Various
Pillows & Prayers (Cherry Red Records 1981-1984)
2022, 3xCD, Comp, 40t, Cherry Red, ,
, Leftfield/Lo-Fi/Experimental/Indie Rock
Various
Musik Music Musique 2.0 (1981 | The Rise Of Synth Pop)
2021, ,
, New Wave/Synth-pop/Disco/Electro/Experimental/Minimal/Synthwave/No Wave/Downtempo/Dance-pop/Jazz-Funk/Vocal/Space Rock/Noise/Theme/Abstract/Pop Rock/Art Rock/Leftfield/Post-Punk/Dub/Punk
Various
Optimism / Reject (UK D-I-Y Punk and Post-Punk 1977-1981)
2019, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Synth-pop/New Wave/Minimal/Experimental/Industrial/Post-Punk/Lo-Fi
Various
Further Perspectives & Distortion - An Encyclopedia Of British Experimental And Avant-Garde Music 1976 - 1984
2019, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Avantgarde/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Sound Poetry/Post-Punk
Exploded View
A Mixed Tape Made By Exploded View
2018, Cass, Mixtape, Sacred Bones Records,
Various
To The Outside Of Everything (A Story Of UK Post Punk 1977-1981)
2017, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Post-Punk/Indie Rock/Electro
Alex Egan
Party Socks Mix (26.06.16)
2016, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Not On Label (Alex Egan Self-released), ,
, Goth Rock/Industrial/Experimental/Post-Punk/Synth-pop/Darkwave/Berlin-School/Minimal/Ambient/Krautrock/Leftfield/Techno/Acid/IDM/Tribal/Deep House/Deep Techno
Various
City Ice #1
2016, Cass, Comp, Not On Label, ,
, Punk
Frans de Waard
Secret Thirteen Mix 129
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, 
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, Experimental
Passed Loves
Passed Loves Presents: Obsolete Artifacts
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, Passed Loves, ,
, Experimental/Techno/Post-Punk/Black Metal/Industrial/New Wave/Modern Classical/EBM/Noise/Krautrock/Darkwave/No Wave
Various
The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection Part Two
2013, 18xFile, MP3, Comp, VBR, Cherry Red
Blackest Ever Black
She Died With Her Eyes Open
2011
Various
I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart (The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection 1978-1983)
2008, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Indie Rock
Various
Mingo L'Indien Présente: Vol. 3
2005, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Records Coco-Cognac, ,
, Experimental/Indie Rock
Adrian Borland
Cinematic Overview, 1977•1996
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Setanta, ,
, Pop Rock/Industrial/Punk/New Wave
Various
La Gran Descarga
1981, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Edigsa, 
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, Punk/New Wave
Various
Labels Unlimited - The Second Record Collection
1979, ,
, New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental/Hard Rock
Various
Business Unusual + Labels Unlimited
2xLP, Comp, Cherry Red, ,
, New Wave
Various
Messthetics # 1: UK '78-81 "D.I.Y." - Bands R-to-Si
, New Wave/Art Rock/Punk/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
Emerging From The Scrap
2020, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, PNKFRVLDDBR
Raime
Boiler Room #80
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, Unofficial, 192, Boiler Room
The Sound
Rarities 1979-1987
2011
Various
Yet Another Piece Of Future Landfill
2004, CD, Comp, Unofficial, WFMU
DJ Gilles
Decadanse Vol. 3 A Mix Of Cold Wave & White Funk
2004, CDr, Comp, Mixed, Unofficial, Decadanse Mix Series, ,
, Post-Punk/Minimal/New Wave/Synth-pop/Disco
Various
1981
2004, 9xCDr, Comp, Unofficial + CDr, Comp + 251xFile, MP, Not On Label, ,
, Post-Punk/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock/Lo-Fi/Experimental/Punk
Various
As Time Goes By Vol. II
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, Unofficial, Plastic Wax Records
Various
Breaking The Back Of Indie Tek: Volume 95
CDr, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, 
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, Industrial/Indie Rock/EBM/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Electro/Synth-pop/New Beat
Various
Best Of No Waffe 4
Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
, New Wave/Punk
Various
Aesthetics
CDr, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial, Get Baque Records
