NEWS: Gary Crowley’s Indie 90s Playback – Classics, Curveballs and BangersGigslutz

An eclectic selection of 52 indie tracks from the 1990s; highlighting chartbusters, hard-to-find extended mixes and other lost nuggets. Book features an introduction and track-by-track annotation by Gary Crowley as well as memories from various tastemakers and artists.

Following in the wake of his popular and well-received ‘Punk and New Wave’ and ‘Lost 80s’ compilation box sets, English broadcaster, TV presenter and DJ Gary Crowley is at it again. This time, he takes on the music of the Nineties via ‘Gary Crowley’s Indie 90s Playback – Classics, Curveballs and Bangers’.

Gary Crowley: “The Nineties were an exciting time for music. An eclectic, inspiring decade and it’s one that I’ll always have a particular affection for. I started the decade presenting the Sunday afternoon new music show on Greater London Radio and finished it presenting the mid-morning show on London‘s only alternative radio station, XFM. As well as presenting the radio shows I was also fronting the late night music TV show The Beat, where I got to introduce new and emerging talent, as well as working as an A&R consultant for Island and later Warner Brothers Records. So I don’t think I could’ve been in a better place to soak up what was happening!”

Across three CDs themed ‘Classics’, ‘Curveballs’ and ‘Bangers’ are a selection of tunes that capture the eclectic nature of the era. The cross-pollination that seemed to pervade and left a boundary[1]bustin’ legacy. Expect to find ‘lost’ gems from acts such as The Impossibles, Katydids, Catwalk, Mono and Poppy Factory, chartbusting hits from the likes of Electronic, Gene, Primal Scream and The Sundays as well as extended mixes from Jesus Jones, Manic Street Preachers, Paul Weller and World Of Twist and all the stops in between.

This comprehensive compilation contains Brit Pop, Madchester, Baggy, Shoegazing, Alternative Rock, Trip Hop, Big Beat and various other offshoots of Dance. The list goes on and on. This must[1]have package is topped off with a comprehensive book, where a few of Gary Crowley’s pals share their memories of the songs, the music and the times. Said pals include none other than Paul Weller, Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee, Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes and Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell to name a few!

TRACKLISTING DISC ONE: CLASSICS

The Wonder Stuff – A Wish Away (2:29)
The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends (3:50)
Paris Angels – Perfume (Loved Up) (5:55)
Electronic – Feel Every Beat (7” Remix) (3:56)
Jesus Jones – International Bright Young Thing (Phil Harding 12” Mix) (5:00)
Sultans of Ping F.C. – Where’s Me Jumper? (3:08)
The Stairs – Weed Bus (2:15)
Pulp – My Legendary Girlfriend (6:47)
Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Mix) (5:48)
Saint Etienne – You’re In A Bad Way (3:01)
Gigolo Aunts – Where I Find My Heaven (3:22)
Drop Nineteens – Winona (3:28)
Gene – For The Dead (3:26)
Primal Scream – Jailbird (3:43)
Beth Orton – She Cries Your Name (4:46)
Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye (Remix) (4:39)
Silver Sun – Golden Skin (3:16)
Fountains of Wayne – Radiation Vibe (3:40)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Instant Repeater ’99 (4:40)

DISC TWO: CURVEBALLS

Thousand Yard Stare – Wonderment (6:25)
The Montgomery Clifts – Lovesville USA (3:38)
Katydids – Lights Out (Read My Lips) (2:08)
The High – Up And Down (4:50)
Ocean Colour Scene – Sway (Album Version) (3:42)
The Impossibles – The Drum (12” Mix) (7:01)
Poppy Factory – Stars (4:30)
Adorable – Sunshine Smile (5:02)
Catwalk – Little Miss Abyss (4:16)
Miranda Sex Garden – Sunshine (Abrasion Mix) (4:35)
Dodgy – Lovebirds (3:55)
Credit To The Nation – Call It What You Want (Radio Edit) (3:57)
Molly Half Head – Breaking The Ice (3:25)
Tindersticks Featuring Carla Torgerson – Travelling Light (4:48)
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – All I Ask Of Myself Is That I Hold Together (4:17)
The Weekenders – Inelegantly Wasted in Papa’s Penthouse Pad in Belgravia (3:23)
Supergrass – We’re Not Supposed To (2:03)
Bennet – Mum’s Gone to Iceland (3:02)

DISC THREE: BANGERS

Definition of Sound – Wear Your Love Like Heaven (3:43)
The Railway Children – Music Stop (Steve Proctor Mix) (4:54)
Renegade Soundwave – Probably A Robbery (3:33)
Big Audio Dynamite II – Rush (Single Version) (3:07)
Cola Boy – 7 Ways to Love (Straight to the Head Cola Boy 12” Mix) (5:11)
World of Twist – She’s A Rainbow (Right Foot Yellow Mix) (5:24)
One Dove – White Love (Radio Mix) (4:38)
Manic Street Preachers – La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (The Chemical Brothers Remix) (6:30)
Fluke – Groovy Feeling (Make Mine A 99) (7:47)
Paul Weller – Kosmos – Lynch Mob Bonus Beats (Lynchmob Beats Mix) (8:04)
Tricky – Black Steel (Radio Edit) (3:41)
18 Wheeler – The Hours and the Times (William Orbit Porcupine Mix) (5:53)
Fatboy Slim – Everybody Needs A 303 (Original 12” Mix) (5:48)
Mono – Slimcea Girl (Fat Boy Vocal) (5:28)
Lo Fidelity Allstars – Battleflag (Radio Edit) (4:00)