Various Artists: The Brit Box

Various Artists

The Brit Box

[UK Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium]

(Rhino)

US release date: 20 November 2007

UK release date: 19 November 2007

[20 November 2007]

by Michael Keefe

Tracing the evolution of UK alt-pop from just after new wave died, through the Britpop explosion, and ending right before Coldplay emerged, this four-disc box set is both an excellent survey and a very well sequenced mix.

“Rhino consider this the “indie” disc, although this term wasn’t used much back in the late ‘80s...”
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The term “indie” was used sufficiently often for Rough Trade co-founder Iain McNay to have begun compiling “indie” charts as early as 1980. See “The Creation Records Story” by David Cavanagh, where the term “indie” appears 15 times in the preface alone, in reference to the time period in question.

Comment by G.L.Keller from Paris — November 23, 2007 @ 2:57 pm

Found another review of the Box here:

http://www.clevescene.com/2007-12-05/music/the-brits-are-alright/#comments

Check it out.

Comment by Jason Nedley — December 9, 2007 @ 9:56 pm

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