Side A
Artist	Song
The Beta Band	The Beta Band Rap [The Beta Band]
The Beta Band	Easy [Heroes To Zeros]
The Beta Band	The House Song [The Patty Patty Sound EP]
The Beta Band	Broke [Hot Shots II]
The Beta Band	Lion Thief [Heroes To Zeros]
The Beta Band	Smiling [The Beta Band]
The Beta Band	Pure For [Heroes To Zeros]
The Beta Band	Dance O'er The Border [The Beta Band]
The Beta Band	Dragon [Hot Shots II]
The Beta Band	Round The Bend [The Beta Band]
The Beta Band	Life [Hot Shots II]
The Beta Band	It's Over [Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos EP]
The Beta Band	Squares [Hot Shots II]
The Beta Band	Liquid Bird [Heroes To Zeros]
The Beta Band	Dr. Baker [Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos EP]
The Beta Band	Troubles [Heroes To Zeros]
The Beta Band	Dry The Rain [Champion Versions EP]
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy

Comment:

I put this together after seeing one of The Beta Band's last concerts in Glasgow, just before they split up - genuinely a brilliant and innovative show. While I had always been a fan, I had never seen them live and hadn't realised that they constantly shuffle around - whoever's manning the keyboards during one song might be on lead guitar during the next, and so on. I thought they merited this, partly because they can be overlooked (although by their own admission they thought their first album was rotten - it's not), and partly because I'll miss them. I put Dry The Rain on the end just for my brother, who, during the concert, told me that they should play it as an encore "so that we can all have a big massive singalong". It didn't happen, so hopefully this compensates! The tiger's inspired by a picture on The Three E.P.'s. And here's a little profile, taken from All Music Guide

Their sound veering from post-grunge balladry to funk and ambient breakbeat to Madchester acid house, the Beta Band emerged on the British scene as (nominally) a pop group with few similarities to any other act going. Formed around three friends originally from Edinburgh - vocalist Stephen Mason, drummer Robin Jones, and DJ/sampler John Maclean - the group later drafted bassist Richard Greentree. Scant months after forming, the Beta Band added a formidable ally in gaining exposure: manager Brian Cannon, the designer responsible for virtually every Oasis sleeve released to that point. The group's first EP, 1997's Champion Versions, featured mixing by the Verve's Nick McCabe. Two additional EPs followed in early 1998, The Patty Patty Sound and Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos. After collecting all three EPs on an album, the Beta Band began recording for their proper debut, a self-titled effort released in 1999. While prepping for the release of their sophomore effort, Hot Shots II in summer 2001, the Beta Band scored the opening slot on Radiohead's monumental summer tour of the United States. Initial recordings for their next LP began around the same time; after self-producing the record and subsequently passing it over to Nigel Godrich for a final mix, the group released Heroes to Zeros in spring 2004. Just a few months later, the Beta Band announced they would disband at the end of 2004, citing the frustration of much critical praise but no commercial impact.

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