#7

Yep, there was a Trance series as well in the same vain. Elaborate card outer case including a thick book.

This was it I think:

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#8

I think the closest I got to that was this one!

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#9

Yup, I still have Volume 9 on vinyl, which includes the marvellous Sharks Patrol These Waters by Morphine (but sadly also Little Britain by Dreadzone…)

#10

Loved the Deep Heat and Thin Ice dance comps back in the day. This was probably my first and favourite indie comp:

I made a playlist of it the other day:

https://open.spotify.com/user/shoebox1976uk/playlist/3gEBaqgemfvYZYNFTl2xwQ

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#11

My equivalent Damascene moment was with this one: Ride’s ‘Taste’, ‘Velouria’ etc

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#12

Crikey, I had forgotten about this one!

#13

I listened to this a LOT but it’s more mid 90’s I think.

#14

Wow that cover brings back memories, my brother had all of them.

#15

The desert grows three miles a year…

#16

Also some fantastically awful liner notes written by Gary Crowley.

#17

I had this one too! Never worked out why Soho was on it though…

#18

Hippychick was a decent record. Probably got some indie points from having the Smiths sample on it.

Happy Daze was a great album.

#19

Hippychick = CHOON.

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#20

Similar memories - and I picked up this ‘Sharks Patrol’ cd second hand a few years ago…I have a couple of the Indie Top 20 comps - a strong, well curated series…I had volume 12 on tape, which i repurchased on cd- a rum mix of shoegaze, indie rock and, erm, the acceptable face of baggy… has some great tracks on it such as Spirea X’s Chlorine Dream and Jack by Moose. Also volume 20 on vinyl…Lo-fi by Stereolab, Changes by Sugar, Trigger cut by Pavement etc…

Good that someone has blogged on this allowing folk to check-out a good combinations of forgotten gems and vintage indie classics.

#21

Fond memories of this too :slight_smile:

#22

good shout…I found volume 2 a few years ago…a couple of pretty obscure indie bands (Five-Thirty; The Real People) rubbing shoulders with more esablished greats like Dino Jr…that great Paris Angels cover of the Perfume track ‘All on You’ too

#23

actually looking at the blog its volume 16 with Stereolab, Sugar etc…, I concur, the blog is very well scribed…even if course I disagree with some of the judgements… one for bookmarking and returning to

#24

This was so my era. 1000 Yard Stare is another band like those. Kind of a big deal at the time, but bit of a niche interest now.

#25

I’m confused. The Paris Angels song is called ‘Perfume’, then it was re-issued as ‘All on You (Perfume)’. Nothing to do with the band Perfume.

#26

It is the proper version of Big as well. Not the inferior version that they stuck on their debut album.