alternative

Best Alternative
$15.99
Import exclusive compilation featuring 17 alternative hits from such artists as Blur Starsailor, Gomez, Supergrass, Idlewild, Richard Ashcroft, Dubstar, Ramones, & many more. Disky. 2004.

Vol. 3-Classic Alternatives
$12.12
SPG did this series right with some of the biggest new wave songs of the 80s in 12" format. If you didn't get any volumes yet, do yourself a favor and pick up "Classic Alternative: 12" Extended Rare Mixes [BOX SET]" and Classic Alternatives volume 4. BOX SET includes all 3 first volumes in the series, and volume 4 is a 3 disc set in itself!!! Selection here:

1. love like blood (6:42)
2. fools gold (4:19) (the album version is much longer!!!)
3. driving away from home (7:10)
4. a girl in trouble (6:12)
5. magician (6:57)
6. dancing with tears in my eyes (mislabeled as 7:44...it's actually 10 minutes)
7. under the milkyway (4:57)
8. say it again (7:10)
9. heaven (3:43)
10. we run (6:03)
11. fade to grey (6:22)
12. homosapien (9:00)

80's Retro Hits
$17.33
This album is the good starting point for those who consider Rock as just Led Zeppelin and Jim Morrison. True, they were the giants of hard ROCK. Yet leaders like David Bowie and at first U2 (the letter 2 and the numeral U-Casey Kasum:) steered rock into the field of Alternative Avant-Garde. A new and refreshing attack on the 4/4 beat!

Here are sterling examples of the Alternative sound. They were made when Avant-Garde was just a fringe. They were made generally before the bands became "big" and "sold out." They are my favorite genre of rock.

Classic Alternatives, Vol. 2
$13.13
The primary reason I picked up this disk was for 'Talking to a Stranger', which is the only appearance of this version on CD. The recording is of high quality, which impressed me considering a lot of the original Mushroom Records recordings of Hunters & Collectors were pretty mediocre. The other track selections are quite good, although i don't know why they included 'Happy Birthday' which doesn't appear to be a very rare track. Nonetheless, I have enjoyed other SPG collections and this one doesn't disappoint.