VARIOUS ARTISTS Common People: Brit Pop - The Story (2009 UK 3-CD album set - 'Common People' is a comprehensive journey through the Brit Pop era. The 54-track set has been carefully compiled to include the big names of the era:s Suede, Pulp, Elastica, Supergrass, The Bluetones, Shed Seven; a lot of forgotten gems: Marion Salad, Rialto, Powder [Pearl Lowe's band!] and everything else in betweeen. Always much more than just the pantomime battle between Oasis and Blur, 'Common People' charts the real story that lay beyond and celebrates the great singles and tracks that helped define the era. Presented in a beautifully art-worked box-set complete with a lavish 24-page picture booklet [in the style of the classic Select issue in April 1993 which heralded the beginnings of Britpop] containing comprehensive sleeve notes from Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley [also a Melody maker journalist at the time]!).