VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING (SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985 - 1999) 3CD CLAMSHELL VARIOUS ARTISTS

• 3CDs COMPILED BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR GRANT MCPHEE (POSTCARD FROM SCOTLAND, TEENAGE SUPERSTARS, ETC).

•TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCOTTISH INDIE SCENE, FROM THE MID-80s EXPLOITS OF THE C86 SCENE, THROUGH BELSHILL AND INTO THE LATE 1990S VIA CHEMIKAL UNDERGROUND AND FIFE'S DIY MOVEMENT.

• STARRING THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, PRIMAL SCREAM, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, KING CREOSOTE, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE DELGADOS, CAMERA OBSCURA, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.

• PACKED WITH HOUSEHOLD NAMES, ESSENTIAL CUTS, UNDERGROUND LEGENDS, LESSER-KNOWN INDIE GEMS AND FOUR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS.

• COMPLETE WITH ARCHIVAL IMAGERY, BAND BIOGRAPHIES AND GRANT MCPHEE'S INSIGHTFUL FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT.

Following its blossoming in the post-punk era, by the mid-80s, the Scottish indie scene had become a sprawling, glorious network of bands, fanzines, club nights and record shops. When the NME issued its now-mythic ‘C86’ cassette in 1986, Scottish music featured heavily, setting the tone for a couple of decades of brilliant and eclectic music.

From the noise-pop of The Jesus And Mary Chain and the effortless retro cool of Primal Scream, through the kawaii stylings of Bis and the sophisticated pop of Belle And Sebastian, to the dour post rock of Arab Strap and the melting pot eclecticism of The Beta Band, 'Something For The Longing' pulls together a snapshot of that time and place. Compiled chronologically, this is a story whose narrative takes in familiar faces, mythical scenesters, bona fide rock gods, singularly minded labels and, above all, the inventive musical exploits of a nation punching well above its weight.

Complete with a sleevenote essay and band biographies by curator Grant McPhee, archival imagery and a handful of unreleased recordings provided especially by the artists, 'Something For The Longing' is a must-hear for fans and collectors of the '80s and '90s indie scenes, anybody who was there and then, and the Caledophile in your life.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE1. The Jesus And Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up2.  Shop Assistants - I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You3.  Rote Kapelle - These Animals Are Dangerous4.  The Soup Dragons - Soft As Your Face5.  The Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain6.  Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday7.  The Big Gun - Heard About Love8.  The Thieves - Talk Your Head Off9.  The Clouds - Get Out Of My Dream10.  Biff Bang Pow! - He Don’t Need That Girl11. The Revolving Paint Dream - Stop The World12.  The Jasmine Minks - Cut Me Deep13.  Christine’s Cat - She's Alive*14.  Baby Lemonade - Much Too Late15.  The Golden Dawn - My Secret World16. The Vaselines - Teenage Superstar17.  Dawson - Noel Edmonds18.  Stretchheads - A Freakout19.  Badgewearer - Buspass Conspiracy20.  Spirea X - Chlorine Dream21.  Fenn - Saint's Gate (Demo)*22.  The Fizzbombs - Blue Summer23.  The Hardy Boys - Wonderful Lie24.  Whiteout - The Next Big Thing25.  The Vultures - You’re Not Scared DISC TWO1.  The Orchids - Something For The Longing2.  The Wendys - Enjoy The Things You Fear3.  Pearlfishers - Sacred4.  BMX Bandits - Serious Drugs5.  Superstar - Don't Wanna Die6.  Long Fin Killie - The Lamberton Lamplighter7.  Whirling Pig Dervish - Whip8.  The Stanleys - Royal Blue*9.  Lung Leg - Punk Pop Travesty10.  Glue - Modelling11.  Spare Snare - Wired For Sound12.  Pink Kross - Punk Outfit13.  Lugworm - Sweaty Says14.  The Blisters - Patrick Meets The Courgettes15.  Trout - Owl In The Tree16.  The Yummy Fur - Typical Of Boys17.  The Poison Sisters - Chicane18.  Hee Haw - 6/2619.  Sally Skull - Bride Of Frankenstein20.  The Luci Baines Band - Find A Lil Love (Extended)21.  Eska - Running On Sum Six Dew22.  Country Teasers - Last Bridge Of Spencer Smith23.  Nostril - Token Song About Foreign Politics24.  Dick Johnson - Disposable DISC THREE1.  Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend2.  The Delgados - Monica Webster3.  Bis - Keroleen4.  Frank Blake - Plastic Bag5.  Belle And Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane6.  Urusei Yatsura - Hello Tiger7.  The Male Nurse - My Own Private P. Swayze8.  Starstruck - Orange9.  The Starlets - Tainted10.  El Hombre Trajeado - Logo (Album Version)11.  Gilded Lil - Last Tango In Tollkross12.  Camera Obscura - Your Sound13.  Huckleberry - Three-Speed Wilfred*14.  King Creosote - A Little Paint15.  The Beta Band - Inner Meet Me16.  The Amphetameanies - Last Night17.  V-Twin - Thank You Baby18.  Mogwai - Christmas Steps*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED