Side A
Artist	Song
Cocteau Twins	Persephone
The Jesus And Mary Chain	Head On
Dinosaur Jr.	Sludgefeast
My Bloody Valentine	You Never Should
Pale Saints	Sight Of You
The Telescopes	Flying
Slowdive	Morningrise
Loop	Arc-Lite
Ride	Dreams Burn Down
Pale Saints	Way The World Is
Chapterhouse	Pearl
My Bloody Valentine	Soon (Single Version)
Swervedriver	Son Of Mustang Ford
The Boo Radleys	Sometime Soon She Said
Ride	Vapour Trail (Live)
Kitchens Of Distinction	Drive That Fast
Curve	Cherry
Cranes	Adoration
End Of CD 1: Pre 1988-1991	-
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Catherine Wheel	Texture
Blind Mr. Jones	Eyes Wide
Curve	Doppelganger
Moose	Everybody's Talking
Lush	Nothing Natural
Pale Saints	Blue Flower
Th' Faith Healers	Don't Jones Me
The Boo Radleys	Does This Hurt?
Drop Nineteens	Winona
Secret Shine	Into The Ether
Curve	No Escape From Heaven
Kitchens Of Distinction	Anvil Dub
Catherine Wheel	Crank
The Swirlies	Wrong Tube
Secret Shine	Suck Me Down
Slowdive	Alison
The Verve	Already There
End Of CD2: 1992-1995	-

Comment:

First, some background for those not familiar with the shoegazing genre...

Shoegazing is a genre of late '80s and early '90s British indie rock, named after the bands' motionless performing style, where they stood on stage and stared at the floor while they played. But shoegazing wasn't about visuals - it was about pure sound. The sound of the music was overwhelmingly loud, with long, droning riffs, waves of distortion, and cascades of feedback. Vocals and melodies disappeared into the walls of guitars, creating a wash of sound where no instrument was distinguishable from the other. Most shoegazing groups worked off the template My Bloody Valentine established with their early EPs and their first full-length album, Isn't Anything, but Dinosaur Jr., the Jesus & Mary Chain, and the Cocteau Twins were also major influences. Bands that followed - most notably Ride, Lush, Chapterhouse, and the Boo Radleys - added their own stylistic flourishes. Ride veered close to '60s psychedelia, while Lush alternated between straight pop and the dream pop of the Cocteau Twins. None of the shoegazers were dynamic performers or interesting interviews, which prevented them from breaking through into the crucial U.S. market. In 1992 - after the groups had dominated the British music press and indie charts for about three years - the shoegazing groups were swept aside by the twin tides of American grunge and Suede, the band to initiate the wave of Britpop that ruled British music during the mid-'90s. Some shoegazers broke up within a few years (Chapterhouse, Ride), while other groups - such as the Boo Radleys and Lush - evolved with the times and were able to sustain careers into the late '90s. (taken from allmusic.com, my Bible)

The first CD (Pre 88-91) starts off with some of the major influences on shoegazing i.e. Cocteau, Mary Chain, Dino Jr... After MBV's "You Never Should" it's a nonstop ride (har har) of shoegazing through 90 and 91. CD2 gets into some of the later shoegazers such as The Swirlies and early Verve. Many painless hours were spent putting this all in chronological order, enjoy!

Note: This is actually 2 CDs but I labeled it cassete so I wouldn't have to submit 2 separate mixes.

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