Music Banter - A Britpop Education : The Album

In the Britpop thread I promised i`d upload a load of obscure & rare Britpop stuff for people to check out & here is the first installment.
I think a lot of people don`t realise just how wide ranging Britpop actually was. It wasn`t a genre it was more an era where British musicians enjoyed more exposure than they ever had before in a country sick to death of grunge.

In the space of 5 or 6 years Britain enjoyed several musical movements all of which fell under what became known as Britpop. There was noisepop , shoegazing , Madchaster , jangly indie pop, dance music , rock & pop and many more that fell inbetween.

This is the first installment of some of the stuff I collected over the years , some of the bands never made it past a 1st or 2nd album , others survived. For the more well known bands i`ve tried to include some hard to get stuff that was on E.P.s , compilation albums , radio sessions & B sides.
I probably have enough material to do several more of these if there is any interest , anyway it`s up to you.

On the first collection is .....

1. PRIMAL SCREAM - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Cover of the song by The Clash that was originally on the B side of the Kowalski single, totally different to the original.

2. PULP - HIS N HERS
Title track of the album of the same name , only released on the ultra rare Sisters E.P.

3. THE AUTEURS - BACK WITH THE KILLER AGAIN
Steve Albini produced song originally slated to be released on the After Murder Park album (No 24 in the Urban 100 ;) ), released on the E.P, of the same name.

4. 60 FOOT DOLLS - PIG VALENTINE
Debut single from the 'next big thing of 1995' , faded into obscurity shortly afterwards.

5. THESE ANIMAL MEN - THIS IS THE SOUND OF YOUTH
Single from the short lived NWONW (New wave of new wave) movement that happened around 1993-94.

6. S*M*A*S*H - LADY LOVE YOUR C*NT
More NWONW , A bunch of hairy assed punks from Welwyn Garden City sing about Germaine Greer inspired feminism.This lot were over the music press as much as The Libertines were 10 years later, until Oasis came along.
And you wonder why I thank God for Oasis so much?

7. ELASTICA - SPASTICA
Can`t have a Britpop album without Elastica , This is a live favourite that never made the album , was released on the B side of 'Connection'.

8. ULTRASOUND - KURT RUSSELL
Another live favourite.This time from Suede`s labelmates Ultrasound. This never made their (one and only) album 'Everything Picture' , Ultrasound in my opinion were the most underated band in the Britpop movement. Sadly their album didn`t come out until long after Britpop had died & didn`t really do much

9. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - I HATE ROCK N ROLL
Their final single before they spilt up , Can you spell B.I.T.T.E.R ;)

10. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - MOTOWN JUNK
Their debut single , why couldn`t they stay this good

11. GORKYS ZYGOTIC MYNCI - YOUNG GIRLS & HAPPY ENDINGS
Wonderful satire of sappy love songs and the music industry by a bunch of Welsh folkies. This little gem sadly was only ever released as a single & never got on an album.

12. HEAVY STEREO - CHINESE BURN
Glam rock influenced band from Newcastle featuring Gem Archer now of Oasis. I don`t think they released much more than this.

13. HEFNER - HYMN FOR THE CIGARETTES
One of the greatest songs ever written by one of the most underrated Scottish bands ever.

14. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - GOD , SHOW ME MAGIC
Slightly rawer version of the song that appeared on their debut album , this version is taken from their Moog Droog E.P. that came out on Ankst Records a year or two before the album came out.

15. PRIMAL SCREAM - SCREAMADELICA
10 minute trippy psychadelic wig-out not from the album of the same name, but from the rare Dixie Narco E.P.

You can find the file here....
hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=T06WPVRG

Most of the stuff on it are m4a files , so you might have to convert them if you can`t play those.

Enjoy.