4CD - Popscene - From Baggy To Britpop 1989-1994

4CD - Uk Import

• 4CD 90-track anthology tracing the development of indie music from the Baggy sound of 1989 to the early days of the Britpop explosion in 1994.

• Includes many hit singles and cult rarities.

• Key artists include Blur, Pulp, Suede, The Stone Roses, Paul Weller, The La’s, Primal Scream, Saint Etienne, Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Ride, Sleeper, Gene, Echobelly, The Bluetones and Cast.

Britpop was a term coined by Select magazine in April 1993 to describe a new wave of British acts that they felt provided an alternative to the US grunge sound. These included Suede, Pulp, The Auteurs and Saint Etienne, all featured here.

This compilation traces the movement’s roots back to Baggy Madchester groups The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets, as well as bands such as Stourbridge’s The Wonder Stuff, who took the indie scene out of the underground and into the UK charts, increasing guitar bands’ ambitions of commercial success. Included are arguably the first Britpop singles, Blur’s ’Popscene’ from March 1992 and Suede’s ’The Drowners’ from that May and early singles by Britpop acts Dodgy, Sleeper, Echobelly, Gene, Ocean Colour Scene and Space. Also featured are demos of future hits by The Bluetones and Cast who’d both score chart topping albums in 1995.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1  Happy Mondays – Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)

2  The Stone Roses – What The World Is Waiting For

3  Inspiral Carpets – Find Out Why

4  The House Of Love – I Don’t Know Why I Love You

5  The Mock Turtles – And Then She Smiles

6  The Wonder Stuff – Don’t Let Me Down Gently

7  Electronic – Getting Away With It

8  That Petrol Emotion – Abandon

9  Jesus Jones – Never Enough

10  The Farm – Family Of Man

11  James – How Was It For You?

12  Bridewell Taxis – Honesty

13  The La’s – Feelin’

14  Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television (Chapter 22 version)

15  Honey Smugglers – Blind

16  Milltown Brothers – Apple Green

17  Julian Cope – Beautiful Love

18  Ocean Colour Scene – Yesterday Today

19  World Of Twist – Sons Of The Stage

20  The Dylans – Planet Love

21  The Popguns – Still A World Away

22  The Times – From Chelsea Green To Brighton Beach

DISC TWO

1  Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up

2  Saint Etienne – Nothing Can Stop Us

3  Flowered Up – Take It

4  Manic Street Preachers – You Love Us (Heavenly Version)

5  Senseless Things – Got It At The Delmar (Single Version)

6  Spirea X – Speed Reaction

7  The Sea Urchins - Please Don't Cry

8  The Wendys – Enjoy The Things You Fear

9  Brighter - Poppy Day

10  White Town - Catherine

11  Spin – Fifteen Minutes

12  The Lightning Seeds – The Life Of Riley

13  The Soup Dragons – Divine Thing

14  Kingmaker - Two Headed Yellow Bellied Hole Digger

15  That Uncertain Feeling – Sunriser

16  Thousand Yard Stare – 0-0 a.e.t. (No Score After Extra Time)

17  The Primitives – Lead Me Astray

18  Revolver – Venice

19  The Pooh Sticks – The World Is Turning On

20  Secret Shine - Honey Sweet

21  Bleach – Shotgun

22  Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine – The Only Living Boy In New Cross

DISC THREE

1  Blur – Popscene

2  Ride – Twisterella

3  Suede – The Drowners

4  The Stairs – Fall Down The Rain (Alternate Version)

5  The Revs – Selfish

6  Pop Will Eat Itself – Bulletproof

7  Adorable - I'll Be Your Saint

8  Jane Pow – Sanitized

9  Dodgy – Lovebirds

10  Teenage Fanclub – Radio

11  Blueboy – Meet Johnny Rave

12  BMX Bandits – Kylie’s Got A Crush On Us

13  18 Wheeler – Suncrush

14  Fabulous – Personality Recession

15  Space – If It’s Real

16  Shampoo – Blisters and Bruises

17  S*M*A*S*H - Real Surreal

18  Salad – Kent

19  The Auteurs – Lenny Valentino

20  Stephen Duffy – Natalie

21  Sleeper – Swallow

22  Action Painting! – Mustard Gas

23  Cornershop – Readers’ Wives

24  The Boo Radleys – Barney (… And Me)

DISC FOUR

1  Paul Weller – Sunflower

2  Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz

3  Pulp – Lipgloss

4  My Life Story – Girl A, Girl B, Boy C

5  Terry Hall – Sense

6  Corduroy – Mini

7  The Weekenders – All Grown Up

8  Gene – For The Dead

9  Whiteout – No Time

10  Echobelly – Insomniac

11  Longpigs – She Said

12  Shed Seven – Dolphin

13  Lush – Hypocrite

14  Ash – Petrol

15  These Animal Men – This Is The Sound Of Youth

16  Mantaray – Adoration

17  Alvin Purple – Billie

18  Cast – Fine Time (Demo)

19  The Bluetones – No.11 (Bluetonic Demo)

20  Orange Deluxe - The Stripper

21  Boyracer – He Gets Me So Hard

22  Reef – Good Feeling