recommend me a good Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW) compilation

http://park10.wakwak.com/~techno/odeutsche.html

I think "deutscheland" is the really common one all my friends seem to have.

Codo - DÖF (Tauchen-Prokopetz)
Herz Ist Trumpf - Trio
Irgendwo, Irgendwie, Irgendwann - Nena
You - Boytronic
Zarah (Ich Weiss, Es Wird Ein Wunder Gescheh'n) - Nina Hagen
Bruttosozialprodukt - Geiersturzflug

As for "true" NDW....?

Finally - La Loora (The most grafitti-ed band in Berlin, 1983-84. English translation done by a mate of mine.)

Hip Hop Bommi Bop - The Incredible T.H. Scratchers feat Freddie Love (actually Die Toten Hosen feat Fab Five Freddy)

Just played the wonderful "Fred Vom Jupiter" and realized I don't have any NDW compilations. I've heard a few but haven't found one that's consistently high-quality. Recommendations?

Fetenhits Neue Deutsche Welle is pretty good

seem to remember there was a good primer type thing in the wire

love this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI876rqao8A

Still searching... anyone have opinions on these?

Starke Töne - Neue Deutsche Welle - http://www.discogs.com/Various-Starke-T%C3%B6ne-Neue-Deutsche-Welle/master/83341
Alles Prima! NDW - http://www.discogs.com/Various-Alles-Prima-NDW/release/176182
N.D.W. Ultra - http://www.discogs.com/Various-NDW-Ultra/release/2578451
NDW - http://www.discogs.com/Various-NDW/release/306964
Neue Deutsche Welle - http://www.discogs.com/Various-Neue-Deutsche-Welle/release/789660

imo those all suck, sorry

plus, they all seem to have essentially the same tracklisting, so any single one would probably suffice

best NDW overview I ever saw was on a defunct MP3 blog called Mein Walkman Ist Kaput, turned me on to awesome stuff like the P1/E records and Andy Giorbino

Well, sleeve, you did have a point that they all had a core of the same tracks. I listened to all those comps I listed and picked up the 3cd NDW set, supplemented it with the New Wave German Club Class-X 2 disc comp and then cherry-picked songs from the others. But I disagree that they suck, though there's plenty of weaker tracks that I filtered out.

I'll throw a 1981-only mix I did back in 2005 out there:

http://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/how-to-say-1981-in-german.jpg?w=720

1 9 8 1 | How To Say 1981 In German

01 Neonbabies – “Profi” [3:51]
02 Absolute Body Control – “Is There an Exit” [4:09]
03 Grauzone – “Ich Lieb Sie” [3:16]
04 Palais Schaumburg – “Gute Luft” [2:38]
05 Beranek – “Crystal Dream” [3:23]
06 Geisterfahrer – “Himmel auf Erden” [1:56]
07 Pyrolator – “Elefantendisco” [3:10]
08 Klopferbande – “Am Hauptfelsen” [4:45]
09 Sudenten Creche – “Are Kisses Out of Fashion?” [3:19]
10 Din a Testbild – “Logischer Gefrierpunkt” [4:11]
11 Kitchen and The Plastic Spoons – “Filmen” [3:35]
12 Metro Pakt – “Neue Straßen” [2:40]
13 Kosmonautentraum – “Kosmonautentraum No. 6″ [1:12]
14 Mythos – “Robot Secret Agents” [3:05]
15 1000 Ohm – “A.G.N.E.S.” [6:22]
16 Les Vampyrettes – “Biomutanten” [4:39]
17 Deutsche Wertarbeit – “Deutscher Wald” [4:01]
18 Matthias Schuster – “Schlaglichter” [2:38]
19 Van Kaye and Ignit – “Opera of Worms” [3:59]
20 Starter – “Part of You” [3:10]
21 Exkurs – “Fakten” [3:55]
22 Weltklang – “Veb Heimat” [2:26]

[Total Time 76:20]

http://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/1981-how-to-say-1981-in-german-2005/

A supplement to the bigger '1981' box set of post-punk in, unsurprisingly, 1981.

Looks great, though a bunch of those aren't German, of course.

Bear Family is taking a crack at creating a definitive NDW overview with four 2CD sets. The first three are out, any thoughts?

https://www.bear-family.com/bear-family/german-series/ndw-aus-grauer-staedte-mauern-/