When Glasgwegians Belle & Sebastian nabbed the Brit Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ in 1999, nobody seemed more surprised than them. Tenants of the daintier ‘indie’ scene – think Felt, The Wedding Present, early Pulp and even The Go-Betweens – their slightly shambolic and, as many will have it, “twee� brand of The Smiths-meets-‘60s jangly pop scarcely screams commerciality.

Ooh! It's like the '70s, '80s, '90s and noughties never happened!

A collective that seems to have housed half the geekier population of Scotland at various stages, vocals and instruments are often shared, and in all there’s a sense they’re making it all up as they amble along. However, songs like the glorious Lazy Line Painter Jane and the simply inspired Boy With the Arab Strap (both featured here in various forms) prove there’s a canny pop nous at work, while covers ranging from Glenn Campbell to Serge Gainsbourg demonstrate they’re hardly blinkered in their appreciation of musical history.

The title’s apt for this almost two-hour kaleidoscopic collage of promo clips, live appearances, telly spots, interviews, home videos, photos and homemade documentary footage. Anybody canny enough to ‘get’ the B&S vibe should cuddle this one blissfully to their breast.

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Diving haphazardly into the band’s lolly-bag of history, the 4:3 video quality zigzags between the good and not so good, with footage sourced from cruddy home video cameras through TV-standard equipment.

The Dolby Digital stereo audio supplied echoes the video – varying somewhat depending upon the source. For the most part, however, the musical interludes scrub up pretty well.

Extras amount to a music video for an alternate version of Jonathan David, three-and-a-bit live clips, interviews via a disappointingly brief chunk of press conference footage, a quite thorough discography, a flimsy booklet which doubles as the cover for this jewel-case enclosed release (Boo! Hiss!) and the fabby Legal Man, Top of the Pops style, secreted away at the end of the main feature.