VA - Made in Scotland (A Butterboy Compilation) (8 x CDs)

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VA - Made in Scotland (A Butterboy Compilation) (8 x CDs)

Made in Scotland is more than a compilation, it’s a curated chronicle of Scottish musical identity, spanning six decades and eight discs. From beat-era obscurities to post-punk demos, indie gems, and pop-rock anthems, this anthology doesn’t just document a scene, it celebrates a nation’s sonic evolution.

The first two discs, subtitled Debut Singles, focus on formative releases, those first statements of intent that shaped careers and scenes. Poets - Now We’re Thru [1964], released on Decca, opens the set with fuzzed-out garage urgency, a rare 7" that’s become a mod collector’s prize. Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing [1980], the inaugural Postcard Records single, marks the birth of Scottish indie with jangly defiance. These discs include early cuts from Simple Minds, Aztec Camera, Cocteau Twins, and The Bluebells, each representing a sonic pivot point. Even flexi-disc rarities like Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - The Rain Fell Down [1983] on Narodnik Records) find their place, validating the DIY spirit that defined the era.

Discs 3 through 5, under the Indie banner, dive deep into the lo-fi ethos and label lore. Fizzbombs - Sign on the Line [1987] captures the raw charm of 53rd & 3rd’s bedroom pop revolution, while Wake - Crush the Flowers [1989] offers a glimpse into the Sarah Records-adjacent dream-pop underground. Peel Session exclusives, cassette-only demos, and obscure 7" pressings abound. Close Lobsters - Don’t Worry [1986] and Yummy Fur - Chinese Bookie [1996] are prime examples. These discs are a love letter to Glasgow’s rehearsal rooms, fanzines, and indie labels that punched far above their weight.

Disc 6 shifts into Pop, where polish meets provenance. Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover [1989], (Phonogram) and Deacon Blue - Dignity [1987], (CBS) represent the major-label sheen of the late ’80s, while Camera Obscura - French Navy [2009], (4AD) and Belle and Sebastian - Dress Up in You [2006], (Rough Trade) bring literate melancholy into the 21st century. Even here, rarities sneak in, Just Joans - What Do We Do Now? [2012], (WeePOP!) was a limited-run release that’s now a cult favorite.

Discs 7 and 8, titled Rock, bring the noise. Freeze - For J.P.S. (With Love and Loathing) [1979], (A.1. Records) and Dreamboys - Béla Lugosi’s Birthday [1980] are long lost DIY punk artifacts. Mogwai - Christmas Steps [1999], (Chemikal Underground) and Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend [1996], (Jeepster) close the set with cinematic sprawl and spoken-word grit.

This box set wasn't just approached as a compilation, it aimed to explore a living map of Scottish sound, stitched together with rare gems, emotional resonance, and archival precision. From Poets - Now We’re Thru to Dead Pony - Bullet Farm, every 185 tracks are sequenced with care. You’ll find flexi-disc obscurities, cassette-only demos, and 7" pressings that vanished before they charted, Freeze, Dreamboys, Thanes, and Jesse Garon among them. The structure invites exploration, Debut Singles captures first sparks, Indie dives into lo-fi brilliance, Pop polishes without losing soul, and Rock closes with grit and grandeur. Rare labels are woven throughout, anchoring the set in scene-defining history. Whether you’re a crate-digger or a cultural historian, this anthology rewards deep listening and immersion. Made in Scotland, made with care, and made to be explored. (B)

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Track lists

Debut Singles CD1

01 Poets - Now We're Thru 2:19 1964

02 Incredible String Band - Maybe Someday 2:20 1966

03 Marmalade (originally known as Dean Ford and the Gaylords) - It's All Leading Up to Saturday Night 2:18 1966

04 Bert Jansch - Life Depends on Love 1:47 1967

05 Clouds - Scrapbook 2:48 1969

06 Stone The Crows - Things Are Getting Better 6:10 1970

07 Gerry Rafferty - Can I Have My Money Back_ 2:00 1971

08 Dougie MacLean & Alan Roberts - Caledonia 5:00 1978

09 Simple Minds - Life in A Day 4:06 1979

10 Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing 4:00 1980

11 Big Country - Harvest Home 4:19 1982

12 Secession - Fire Island 4:19 1983

13 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 4:12 1984

14 Silencers - Painted Moon 4:05 1987

15 Deacon Blue - Dignity 4:01 1987

16 Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky 3:47 1987

17 Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows 5:13 1990

18 Travis - All I Want to Do is Rock 3:52 1997

19 Beta Band - Dry The Rain 6:06 1997

20 Twin Atlantic - What is Light  Where is Laughter 3:38 2009

21 Withered Hand - Horseshoe 4:04 2014

Debut Singles CD2

22 Andy Stewart - A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills of Tyrol) 3:29 1960

23 Donovan - Little Tin Soldier 3:01 1965

24 Humblebums - Coconut Tree 2:05 1969

25 Nazareth - Dear John 3:42 1971

26 Bay City Rollers - Keep on Dancing 2:07 1971

27 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Giddy Up A Ding Dong 3:18 1972

28 Skids - Reasons 2:07 1978

29 Aztec Camera - Just Like Gold 3:20 1981

30 Bluebells - Forever More 5:02 1982

31 Big Country - Harvest Home 4:19 1982

32 Del Amitri (Bluebells) - Happy Birthday 2:37 1982

33 Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig 3:24 1983

34 Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down 3:00 1984

35 Hipsway - Ask The Lord 4:07 1985

36 Primal Scream - All Fall Down 2:13 1985

37 Proclaimers - Throw The 'R' Away 2:45 1987

38 Eddi Reader - What You Do With What You've Got 4:40 1992

39 Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend 4:52 1996

40 Belle and Sebastian - Dog on Wheels 3:10 1997

41 Idlewild - Queen of The Troubled Teens 2:14 1997

42 Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure 2:59 2003

Indie CD1

01 Beatstalkers - Baseline 2:10 1966

02 Pathfinders - Pumpkin Lantern 3:01 1968

03 Valves - Robot Love 3:06 1977

04 Headboys - The Shape of Things to Come 3:26 1979

05 Josef K - Sorry for Laughing 3:05 1980

06 Orange Juice - Blokes on 45 (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 10/8/81) 4:25 1981

07 Orange Juice - Rip it Up 3:45 1983

08 Suede Crocodiles - Stop the Rain 3:26 1983

09 Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - The Rain Fell Down 3:16 1983

10 Aztec Camera - Walk out to Winter 3:24 1983

11 Cocteau Twins - Lorelei 3:41 1984

12 Pastels - Million Tears 2:53 1984

13 Wake - Talk About the Past (7-Inch Version) 3:51 1984

14 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Up Too High (Demo) 3:43 1984

15 Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down 3:00 1984

16 Aztec Camera - Set The Killing Free 3:39 1985

17 Close Lobsters - Don't Worry (Demo) 2:48 1986

18 Close Lobsters - Going to Heaven to See If it Rains 3:11 1986

19 Leopards - Psychedelic Boy 2:46 1986

20 Shop Assistants - Safety Net 2:22 1986

21 Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain 3:06 1987

22 Shamen - Christopher Mayhew Says (7" version) 3:47 1987

Indie CD2

23 Baby Lemonade - Secret Goldfish 2:23 1987

24 Fizzbombs - Sign on the Line... 2:01 1987

25 Orchids - I've Got A Habit 2:33 1988

26 Golden Dawn - My Secret World 2:11 1988

27 Groovy Little Numbers - You Make My Head Explode 2:21 1988

28 Vaselines - Molly's Lips 1:44 1989

29 Wake - Crush the Flowers [Demo] 2:32 1989

30 Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - The Rattler 4:00 1989

31 Bachelor Pad - Country Pancake 2:17 1990

32 Soup Dragons - I'm Free 3:31 1990

33 BMX Bandits - Serious Drugs 3:26 1992

34 Whiteout - No Time 3:56 1994

35 Nectarine No.9 - These Days 5:15 1995

36 Nectarine No.9 - Clipped Wings & Flower Stings 5:22 1995

37 Yummy Fur - Chinese Bookie 2:36 1996

38 Delgados - Mad Drums 2:53 1996

39 Belle and Sebastian - Shoot the Sexual Athlete 3:11 1996

40 Teenage Fanclub - Broken 5:16 1997

41 Beta Band - Dry the Rain 6:05 1997

42 Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane 5:49 1997

43 Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream 3:17 1997

44 Arab Strap - Cherubs 4:59 1999

Indie CD3

46 Travis - Turn 4:23 1999

47 Idlewild - Actually It's Darkness 2:39 2000

48 Delgados - Pull the Wires From the Wall 3:48 2000

49 Zephyrs - Stargazer 5:35 2001

50 Arab Strap - The Shy Retirer 4:04 2003

51 Nectarine No.9 - The End of Definition 3:31 2004

52 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 3:58 2004

53 Boards of Canada - Dreamkey Chromacoat 4:44 2005

54 Cinematics - Break 4:01 2006

55 Belle and Sebastian - Dress Up in You 4:23 2006

56 Karine Polwart - Salters Road 3:41 2006

57 Camera Obscura - San Francisco Song 2:17 2006

58 Low Miffs - Where Are Your Songs Now 4:01 2006

59 Royal We - All The Rage 3:02 2007

60 Dykeenies - Clean Up Your Eyes 3:35 2007

61 Cinematics - Keep Forgetting 3:58 2007

62 View - Same Jeans 3:33 2007

63 1990s - See You at the Lights 2:55 2007

64 Plimptons - Lonely Old Man 3:58 2008

65 Frightened Rabbit - Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper 3:51 2008

66 Camera Obscura - French Navy 3:15 2009

67 Just Joans - What Do We Do Now? 4:04 2012

POP

01 Athenians - Mercy, Mercy 2:22 1965

02 Marmalade - Reflections of My Life 4:11 1969

03 JSD Band - Sarah Jane 2:22 1973

04 Pilot - Magic 3:06 1974

05 Cado Belle - Stone's Throw From Nowhere 4:49 1976

06 Altered Images - Happy Birthday 3:01 1981

07 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy 3:29 1981

08 Simple Minds - Love Song (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:53 1981

09 Associates - Straw Towels 5:17 1981

10 Associates - Club Country 4:04 1982

11 Associates - Party Fears Two 4:07 1982

12 Questions - Work and Play 3:15 1982

13 Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven 3:33 1983

14 Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point 3:56 1984

15 Twinsets - Heartbeat 2:47 1984

16 Blue Nile - St. Catherine's Day 4:39 1984

17 Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain 5:57 1984

18 Questions - Tuesday Sunshine 4:01 1984

19 Strawberry Switchblade - Little River 2:40 1985

20 Big Dish - Prospect Street 3:23 1985

21 Silencers - Painted Moon 6:05 1987

22 Love and Money - Strange Kind of Love 4:16 1988

23 Hue and Cry - Ordinary Angel (Extended Version) 5:00 1989

24 Texas - I Don't Want A Lover 5:01 1989

25 Pearlfishers - Even on A Sunday Afternoon 3:14 1997

26 Edwyn Collins - The Magic Piper (Of Love) 3:52 1997

27 Dogs Die in Hot Cars - I Love You'Cause I Have To 2:47 2003

28 Amphetameanies - Good One Go 3:07 2009

29 Hussy's - Caledonian Sun 2:51 2011

30 Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs 3:22 2011

31 Amazing Snakeheads - Flatlining 5:18 2014

32 Lucia & The Best Boys - Perfectly Untrue 3:11 2020

ROCK CD1

01 Poets - That's the Way It's Got to Be 2:33 1965

02 Incredible String Band - Painting Box 4:03 1967

03 Clouds - Tranquil 3:00 1969

04 Stoics - Earth, Fire, Air and Water 2:26 1969

05 Stone The Crows - Danger Zone 6:17 1970

06 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Faith Healer 7:13 1973

07 Nazareth - Hair of the Dog 4:10 1975

08 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 6:10 1978

09 Visitors - Take it Or Leave It 3:04 1978

10 Freeze - For J.P.S. (With Love and Loathing) 2:13 1979

11 Freeze - Psychodalek Nightmares 5:43 1979

12 Dreamboys - Béla Lugosi's Birthdáy 3:14 1980

13 Dreamboys - Outér Limits 2:37 1980

14 Scars - All About You 3:57 1981

15 Fire Engines - Candyskin 2:52 1981

16 Cuban Heels - Downtown 1:49 1981

17 Cuban Heels - Liberty Hall 3:22 1981

18 Simple Minds - Kaleidoscope 4:17 1982

19 Big Country - In A Big Country 3:49 1983

20 Simple Minds - Waterfront 5:15 1983

21 Primevals - Elixir of Life 4:37 1986

22 Mogwai - Christmas Steps 11:13 1999

23 Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes 3:52 1999

ROCK CD2

24 Thanes - World of Stone 2:14 2003

25 Biffy Clyro - There's No Such Thing as A Jaggy Snake 4:59 2005

26 Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 3:35 2006

27 Glasvegas - Geraldine 3:45 2008

28 We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices 4:21 2009

29 Low Miffs and Malcolm Ross dmix - the man who took on love (and won) 3:17 2009

30 Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing 4:22 2009

31 Twilight Sad - Never Tear Us Apart 3:16 2011

32 Baby Strange - Pure Evil 3:07 2013

33 Withered Hand - Love in the Time of Ecstasy 5:03 2014

34 Twin Atlantic - Heart and Soul 3:38 2014

35 Spook School - Binary 3:15 2015

36 Snuts - Glasgow 4:26 2016

37 Fatherson - Lost Little Boys 3:19 2016

38 Mirror Trap - Piranhas 3:50 2016

39 Vistas - Calm 3:26 2018

40 Xcerts - Feels Like Falling in Love 3:12 2018

41 LaFontaines - Body 4:06 2019

42 Cloth - Demo Love 3:20 2019

43 Declan Welsh and the Decadent West - No Fun 2:52 2019

44 Ninth Wave - Used to Be Yours 4:10 2019

45 Dead Pony - Bullet Farm 3:10 2022

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