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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Decent start to the collection, possibly, 27 Mar 2003
If you want to get interested in Scottish music, but do not know where to start, then this may well be ideal for you. The big names, such as Texas, Simple Minds and Del Amitri are there as well as classic artists: most of the Eighties crowd, when Scottish music burst into market dominance and some of the cult heroes from the Seventies. All genres are covered and the amount of artists on board require this release to be a double CD. To be honest, a triple CD would also be good and would cover all bases. While it is a good start to the collection, it is a bit of a let down. All of the following - Travis, Belle & Sebastian, Wet Wet Wet, Love and Money, The Sweet, The Waterboys, Teenage Fanclub, Goodbye Mr MacKenzie, Shirley Manson, Orange Juice, Bay City Rollers, Jack Bruce, Maggie Bell, Bronski Beat, Annie Lennox, The Big Dish, - have been overlooked. To be honest, the Sweet have been on countless glam rock compilations as have the Rollers but it is still musi |