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. 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 List

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
23. Primal Scream - Movin' on Up
24. Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us
25. Flowered Up - Take It
26. Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us (Heavenly Version)
27. Senseless Things - Got It at the Delmar (Single Version)
28. Spirea X - Speed Reaction
29. The Sea Urchins - Please Don't Cry
30. The Wendys - Enjoy the Things You Fear
31. Brighter - Poppy Day
32. White Town - Catherine
33. Spin - Fifteen Minutes
34. The Lightning Seeds - the Life of Riley
35. The Soup Dragons - Divine Thing
36. Kingmaker - Two Headed Yellow Bellied Hole Digger
37. That Uncertain Feeling - Sunriser
38. Thousand Yard Stare - 0-0 A.E.T. (No Score After Extra Time)
39. The Primitives - Lead Me Astray
40. Revolver - Venice
41. The Pooh Sticks - the World Is Turning on
42. Secret Shine - Honey Sweet
43. Bleach - Shotgun
44. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - the Only Living Boy in New Cross
45. Blur - Popscene
46. Ride - Twisterella
47. Suede - the Drowners
48. The Stairs - Fall Down the Rain (Alternate Version)
49. The Revs - Selfish
50. Pop Will Eat Itself - Bulletproof
51. Adorable - I'll Be Your Saint
52. Jane Pow - Sanitized
53. Dodgy - Lovebirds
54. Teenage Fanclub - Radio
55. Blueboy - Meet Johnny Rave
56. BMX Bandits - Kylie's Got a Crush on Us
57. 18 Wheeler - Suncrush
58. Fabulous - Personality Recession
59. Space - If It's Real
60. Shampoo - Blisters and Bruises
61. S*M*A*S*H - Real Surreal
62. Salad - Kent
63. The Auteurs - Lenny Valentino
64. Stephen Duffy - Natalie
65. Sleeper - Swallow
66. Action Painting! - Mustard Gas
67. Cornershop - Readers' Wives
68. The Boo Radleys - Barney (... And Me)
69. Paul Weller - Sunflower
70. Supergrass - Caught By the Fuzz
71. Pulp - Lipgloss
72. My Life Story - Girl a Girl B Boy C
73. Terry Hall - Sense
74. Corduroy - Mini
75. The Weekenders - All Grown Up
76. Gene - for the Dead
77. Whiteout - No Time
78. Echobelly - Insomniac
79. Longpigs - She Said
80. Shed Seven - Dolphin
81. Lush - Hypocrite
82. Ash - Petrol
83. These Animal Men - This Is the Sound of Youth
84. Mantaray - Adoration
85. Alvin Purple - Billie
86. Cast - Fine Time (Demo)
87. The Bluetones - No.11 (Bluetonic Demo)
88. Orange Deluxe - the Stripper
89. Boyracer - He Gets Me So Hard
90. Reef - Good Feeling