Big Gold Dreams: Story Of Scottish Independent Big Gold Dreams: Story Of Scottish Independent CD

UK five CD set. Big Gold Dreams documents the vibrant independent music scene to emerge in Scotland across the late '70s and '80s. Initially ignited by punk, labels sprang up in Glasgow, Edinburgh and elsewhere to give a voice to the explosion of new acts across the country. Named after Fire Engines' memorable single and Grant McPhee's recent TV and DVD documentary, Big Gold Dreams includes many of the Scottish music scene's most important names as well as countless obscurities. Includes landmark tracks by The Rezillos, Simple Minds, Altered Images, Skids, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Primal Scream, The Bluebells, The Waterboys, Cocteau Twins, Aztec Camera, The Soup Dragons, The Associates, Scars, Strawberry Switchblade, Josef K, BMX Bandits, Edwyn Collins, Del Amitri, The Vaselines, The Shamen, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie and many others. Boasts lengthy essays and band histories by Grant McPhee, Neil Cooper and Tim Barr, within a lavishly illustrated 70-page booklet.

1. I Can't Stand My Baby (Sensible Version) 2. - the Rezillos 3. Hooked on You - the Exile 4. Jerkin' - the Drive 5. Robot Love - the Valves 6. Put You in the Picture - P.V.C. 2 7. Dead Vandals - Johnny ; the Self Abusers 8. You Gotta Know Girl - Bee Bee Cee 9. Gimme Your Heart - Subs 10. Reasons - Skids 11. Dancing with Myself - Fingerprintz 12. Take Me Down - the Zips 13. All the Boys Love Carrie 14. - Another Pretty Face 15. Electric Heat - Visitors 16. See Saw - the Jolt 17. Chelsea Girl - Simple Minds 18. Culture Shock - Shake 19. The Shape of Things to Come - the Headboys 20. Time Wall - Fire Exit 21. Paranoia - the Freeze 22. Sylvia Clarke - the Fakes 23. She's Too Clever for Me - Tpi 24. Singing in the Showers - Fun 4 25. Confessions - Flowers 26. Playing with Fire - TV21 27. Stay with Me Tonight - Alex Fergusson 28. Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images 29. Die Todten Reyten Schnell - the Prats 30. Tous Les Soirs - Delmontes 31. Walk on Water - the Cuban Heels 32. More Than This - 35MM Dreams 33. Out in the Open - the President's Men 34. All About You - Scars 35. Tell Me Easters on Friday - the Associates 36. Sorry for Laughing - Josef K 37. Event to Come - Article 58 38. Love to Meet You - Restricted Code 39. Don't - Thomas Leer 40. Big Gold Dream - Fire Engines 41. On Our Honeymoon - the Wake 42. Ooh Bop Sh'bam - Boots for Dancing 43. Puritans - the Happy Family 44. Tightrope - Everest the Hard Way 45. Palace Filled with Love - Apb 46. Running Away - Paul Haig 47. Pick Up the Rhythm - French Impressionists 48. Eat Your Heart Out - Hey! Elastica 49. Participate! - the Laughing Apple 50. Feathers Oar-Blades - Cocteau Twins 51. Out of Nowhere - the Twinsets 52. Cath - the Bluebells 53. A Girl Called Johnny - the Waterboys 54. Lucky Star (Moonboot Version) - Friends Again 55. Trees and Flowers (92 Happy Customers Version) - Strawberry Switchblade 56. Sixteen Reasons - Jazzateers 57. Stop the Rain - the Suede Crocodiles 58. Flowers in the Sky - the Revolving Paint Dream 59. Think! - Jasmine Minks 60. There Must Be a Better Life - Biff Bang Pow! 61. All I Need Is Everything - Aztec Camera 62. Over Your Shoulder - Pop Wallpaper 63. Dreaming - the Wee Cherubs 64. Cathedral - Fini Tribe 65. Upside Down - the Jesus and Mary Chain 66. Baby Honey - the Pastels 67. You Supply the Roses - Memphis 68. Ain't That Always the Way - Paul Quinn 69. Unamerican Broadcasting - Win 70. Swallow - Blood Uncles 71. All Fall Down - Primal Scream 72. Don't Slip Up - Meat Whiplash 73. Hammering Heart (Single Version) - Del Amitri 74. Some Indulgence - the High Bees 75. Big Blue Ocean - Jih 76. Hotel Marquis de Sade - Momus 77. Living in Hell - the Primevals 78. Baby's Got a Brand New Brain - the Styng Rites 79. Bully Beef - the Botany 500 80. Whole Wide World - the Soup Dragons 81. Strawberry Sunday - BMX Bandits 82. Firestation Towers - Close Lobsters 83. Face in a Crowd - the Green Telescope 84. The Rattler (Original 12" Version) - 85. Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie 86. Penniless - the Wild Indians 87. Somewhere in China (LP Version) - 88. Shop Assistants 89. Hollow Gut - Lowlife 90. Slow Time and Temptation - Kevin McDermott 91. Where Do I Stand? - the Incredible Blondes 92. Sign on the Line... - the Fizzbombs 93. Killer Bee Honey - the Beat Poets 94. Don't Shilly Shally - Edwyn Collins 95. I'm Not An American - the Dragsters 96. Room at the Top - the Motorcycle Boy 97. Hey Girl (Look What You've Done) - the Thanes 98. Happy Days - the Shamen 99. Mealy Mouths - MacKenzies 100. She Said to the Driver - the McCluskey Brothers 101. Jiffy Neckwear Creation - Baby Lemonade 102. Girl of Your Dreams - the Bachelor Pad 103. Jenny Nowhere - the Clouds 104. Marathon Man - Rote Kapelle 105. The Adam Faith Experience - 106. Jesse Garon ; the Desperadoes 107. Teenage Superstars - the Vaselines 108. Tiny Words - the Orchids 109. A Place Is So Hard to Find - the Groovy Little Numbers 110. Good Thing - the Vultures 111. The Great Divide - This Poison! 112. Head Start - the Prayers 113. Take Me Away - the Submarines 114. Think Like a Girl - the Church Grims 115. If You Love Him, Let Him Go - Wilderness Children 116. Traffic Drone - the Cateran 117. Hills O' New Galloway - Nyah Fearties 118. Miss O'Grady - Dog Faced Hermans 119. Groin Death - Stretchheads 120. The Beginning of Wisdom - Cindytalk