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Drawing inspiration from the Nuggets comps, this UK import is the first set to comprehensively chronicle the explosion of indie pop across Britain in the ’80s. Spread out across 5 CDs in (mostly) chronological order, these 134 tracks take us from the dominance of Scottish bands to the propulsive sounds of Madchester, from the guitar jangle of the C86 bands to the birth of shoegazing. Creation, Factory, Zoo, Rough Trade, Pink, Chapter 22, Medium Cool, Kitchenware…all the key labels are here, and images of the bands and the original records populate the pages of the stylish 54-page booklet. You’ll hear ultra-rarities that were never officially released as well as the early glimmers of future stars: Feeling Dizzy Everything but the Girl; Lions in My Own Garden Prefab Sprout; Everything and More Dolly Mixture; Everybody’s Problem Pulp; Dolly Microdisney; Southern Mark Smith Jazz Butcher; Just Like Honey (demo) Jesus & Mary Chain; Velocity Girl Primal Scream; Quite Content Soup Dragons; Sick Little Girl Pop Will Eat Itself; It’s a Good Thing That Petrol Emotion; Delilah Sands Brilliant Corners; If I Said Darling Buds; The Hardest Thing in the World Stone Roses; Keep the Circle Around Stone Roses; Landslide Popguns; Catweazle Boo Radleys; Oblivious Aztec Camera; Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken (indie version) Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, and more ’80s records that shifted the tides of modern music! Cherry Red.