Lost Alternatives

~ Release by Steve Lamacq (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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Compiled by Steve Lamacq, with track-by-track notes by him.

Some online stores (and piracy blogs) erroneously include Symposium's "The Answer to Why I Hate You" as track 4.4 (while omitting track 4.16).

Annotation last modified on 2024-10-16 22:47 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Chelsea Girl recording of: Chelsea Girl writer: Andy Bell (member of Ride and Oasis), Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener (UK singer & guitarist, member of Ride) and Steve Queralt	Ride	5	2:58
2	Indian Rope	The Charlatans		4:33
3	Shall We Take a Trip?	Northside		4:23
4	It’s On	Flowered Up		4:39
5	Big producer: New Fast Automatic Daffodils	New Fast Automatic Daffodils	3	6:08
6	Catch the Breeze engineer: Chris Hufford producer: Neil Halstead and Chris Hufford mixer: Slowdive publisher: EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) recorded at: Courtyard Studios in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom recording of: Catch the Breeze lyricist and composer: Neil Halstead	Slowdive	4.5	4:18
7	Ten Little Girls engineer: Ingo Vauk producer: Curve (UK shoegaze/electro duo) assistant mixer: Darren Allison mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) guest guitar: Chris Starling other vocals: JC-001 performer: JC-001 recording of: Ten Little Girls writer: Dean Garcia (English multi-instrumentalist; Curve), Toni Halliday and Jonathan Chandra Pandy (JC-001)	Curve	5	4:28
8	Prize engineer: Barry Sage (sound engineer) producer: Kitchens of Distinction engineered at: Berry Street Studio in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom	Kitchens of Distinction	2	5:28
9	Throwing Back the Apple producer: Hugh Jones (UK producer) recording of: Throwing Back the Apple writer: Pale Saints	Pale Saints		4:10
10	Place With a Name	Family Cat		3:01
11	Is It Too Late?	Senseless Things		2:38
12	Words That Say	Mega City Four		3:53
13	Everything Flows producer: Teenage Fanclub recording of: Everything Flows lyricist and composer: Norman Blake (Scottish writer/performer with Teenage Fanclub)	Teenage Fanclub	3.5	5:12
14	Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal	Silverfish		2:47
15	Love Your Money	Daisy Chainsaw		2:42
16	Supermodel Superficial	Voodoo Queens		3:21
17	Waterlogged	Cornershop		3:56

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Real Surreal	SMASH		3:42
2	Speeed King	These Animal Men		3:05
3	Rat	Blessed Ethel		2:21
4	The Drowners phonographic copyright (℗) by: Nude Records (UK indie) (in 1993) recording of: The Drowners writer: Brett Anderson (Suede) and Bernard Butler publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Stage Three Music Publishing Limited and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) sub-publisher: Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) (ended), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label) (ended), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版株式会社 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to ????)	Suede	4.35	4:10
5	Showgirl cello: James Banbury recording of: Showgirl writer: Luke Haines publisher: Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)	The Auteurs	4	4:06
6	Stutter	Elastica		2:24
7	Alice in Vain mixer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recording of: Alice in Vain writer: Louise Wener	Sleeper	3	3:37
8	VHF 855V	Tiny Monroe		3:39
9	Starrclub	Whiteout		3:57
10	Wuthering Heights	China Drum		3:39
11	Caught in Session	Snuff		2:07
12	Happy Shopper producer: Al Clay mixer: Lou Giordano (Boston engineer) recording of: Happy Shopper writer: Mike Cole (UK bassist) and Richard J. Parfitt (of 60ft Dolls)	60ft Dolls	3	3:04
13	Drink the Elixir	Salad		4:28
14	Solitary Party Groover	Drugstore		2:56
15	Uncle Pat	Ash		3:16
16	Rollercoaster producer: James Dean Bradfield recording of: Rollercoaster writer: Leon Meya	Northern Uproar	4	3:47
17	Lover	Perfume		3:27
18	Take It Easy Chicken recording of: Take It Easy, Chicken lyricist and composer: Paul Draper (singer‐songwriter)	Mansun		4:29
19	Are You Blue or Are You Blind? recording of: Are You Blue or Are You Blind?	The Bluetones		2:53

3▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	School Disco	bis		2:37
2	All I Want to Do Is Rock recording of: All I Want to Do Is Rock lyricist and composer: Fran Healy publisher: Sony/ATV Songs LLC	Travis		3:50
3	Sweet Catatonia additional engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) engineer: John Cornfield additional producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) producer: Catatonia (Welsh alternative rock band, ~1992–2001), Paul Sampson and TommyD mixer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) and Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) drums (drum set): Dafydd Ieuan recording of: Sweet Catatonia writer: Cerys Matthews (lead singer, Catatonia) and Mark Roberts (Welsh guitarist, Catatonia)	Catatonia	4	2:45
4	Violent Men	Marion		3:21
5	Sleeper	Audioweb		5:15
6	Monday Morning	Rialto		3:54
7	Race	Tiger		3:25
8	Greatest Show on Earth	Strangelove		4:16
9	Pink Carnations	Animals That Swim		3:00
10	Dissent	Linoleum		3:48
11	Alkaline	Scarfo		3:47
12	Come Out 2nite	Kenickie		1:59
13	Does Your Heart Go Boom	Helen Love		2:24
14	Go	Jocasta		4:01
15	Good Intentions	Livingstone		2:52
16	No‐One Speaks recording of: No One Speaks writer: Steven Dora and Andrew Montgomery	Geneva		3:34
17	When Were Young	Whipping Boy		2:53
18	Life’s Too Long	Earl Brutus		3:49

4▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The First Big Weekend recording of: The First Big Weekend writer: Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat publisher: Rykomusic Ltd. (Publishing company)	Arab Strap	5	4:53
2	New Paths to Helicon Part 1 recording engineer: Andy Miller (Scottish producer/engineer) recording of: New Paths to Helicon, Part 1 composer: Dominic Aitchison and Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai guitarist)	Mogwai	3.8	5:55
3	Satan Polaroid	Idlewild		3:18
4	This Is My Hollywood	3 Colours Red		2:45
5	Pull the Wires From the Wall recording of: Pull the Wires From the Wall writer: The Delgados	The Delgados	4	3:49
6	Dry the Rain recording of: Dry the Rain writer: Gordon Anderson (Lone Pigeon/The Aliens), Steve Duffield, Richard Greentree, Robin Jones (member of The Beta Band and The Aliens), John Maclean (former member of The Beta Band.) and Steve Mason (ex‐Beta Band / King Biscuit Time / Black Affair)	The Beta Band	4.4	6:06
7	Strachan	The Hitchers		5:56
8	Bit Like You	Wubble-U		3:14
9	The Claw	Ten Benson		2:56
10	I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth	Clinic		2:57
11	Better Than Myself	Cay		2:41
12	Freeze the Atlantic	Cable		2:47
13	This Is Not an Exit	Seafood		3:43
14	Paper Eyes	Llama Farmers		3:17
15	Stay Young	Ultrasound		6:55
16	Drencom (Velocet Synthemesc)	Campag Velocet		7:43
17	Miss Parker (The Dust Brothers mix)	Morgan		5:05

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manufactured in:	EU (Europe)

liner notes:	Steve Lamacq
compiler:	Steve Lamacq

copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Demon Music Group Ltd. (for release labels, use “Demon Music Group”; subsidiary of BBC Studios Distribution) (in 2019)
marketed by:	Edsel

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/13524805 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B07KW9XRD1 [info]
purchase for mail-order:	https://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/catalogue/releases/steve-lamacq-lost-alternatives/ [info] https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/various-artists-steve-lamacq-lost/hnum/8952936 [info]

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