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1985 --- 2024-02-23
Limited Edition, numbered Box Set, limited to 3000 copies worldwide. Contents of the Box Set: An outer cardboard slipcase housing a gatefold cover with inserts for the 6 CDs, a 220 page hardcover book "[b]1985[/b] - How [b]The Waterboys[/b] made [b]This Is The Sea[/b] and saw [b]The Whole Of The Moon[/b]" and a 4 page folder with tracklisting and credits. Also have a hype sticker. CD 1-5 are demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings and TV / radio sessions. CD 6 is the 2004 remaster of [m=60514] Track 3-1 was originally released as the B-side of [m=60498] single (1985). Track 3-10 was originally released on [r=406833] 12" (1985). Track 5-2 was originally released on [m=158881] (CD and 12", 1991). Tracks 1-3, 5-13 and 5-14 were originally released on [m=187037] (1994) Tracks 1-6, 1-12, 3-8, 3-11, 4-4, 5-4, 5-6 and 5-8 were originally released on [r=1198743] (2004 2CD Collectors Edition). Tracks 1-5, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-7, 2-9 to 2-12, 2-14, 2-16 and 2-18 originally released on [m=474458] (2011) Track 3-8 is missing 10 seconds of (studio/tape/record player) noise at the end compared to the 2004-version. The noise is present in the streaming version of this box set. Mistaken credits: Track 1-4 ("The Waves #1), 1-18 ("Theme") and 4-12 ("Beverly Penn") are erroneously listed as being previously released on [r=1198743] (2004 Collector's Edition), but are presented here in different versions. (Differences: 1-4 is instrumental only and is 2m30s shorter than the 2004-version. 1-18 is not a separate track on the 2004-version at all, but parts of it were used as an intro to "Be My Enemy". 4-12 has a 30 seconds longer intro than the 2004-version). Track 2-20 is erroneously listed as being previously released on [m=474458] (2011), but comes here in a 30 seconds longer version. Track 3-10 isn't listed as previously released, but was released on 12" in 1985 No track durations printed on the release. Submitted durations are collected from digital files ripped with EAC. ℗ 2024 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Chrysalis Records Limited ℗ 2024 Chrysalis Records Ltd. © 2021 Chrysalis Records Limited Made in China Info from Superdeluxeedition.com: [i]1985 is a new 6CD box set that tells the story of the making of The Waterboys' third studio album This Is The Sea. Curated by the band's leader Mike Scott, 1985 takes the listener through 95 tracks including a staggering 64 previously unreleased recordings of home recordings, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings, and tv/radio sessions. It covers the recording process of the album and the sixth and final disc is a remastered version of the This Is The Sea album. The box set comes with a massive book 220-page hard cover book containing a first-hand account of the creation of the album with deep recording details, background, cultural context, photographs (many previously unseen), songwriting pages, lyrics and previously unseen writings. Text is by Waterboys' singer and songwriter Mike Scot with additional sections by Anthony Thistlethwaite and Max Edie. This large format presentation (288mm x 255mm) is a limited edition of only 3,000 units worldwide[/i].
Tracklist
Towers Open Fire (Sept 1983 - February 1985)
Trumpets (Radio Session)
Be My Enemy (Prototype)
The Ways Of Men (Radio Session)
The Waves #1
Old England (Demo)
Towers Open Fire
Down Through The Town
Ribbon Of Steel (Live)
Bury My Heart (Live)
The Three Day Man (Live)
Medicine Bow (TV Performance)
This Is The Sea (Live)
A Door For My Soul (Home Demo)
Son Of Rags
In My Bed
The Pan Within (Instrumental Demo)
Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length)
Theme
Fuzz Guitar Vamp
Death Is Not The End
The Black Book (February - March 1985)
Beverly Penn (Piano Demo)
Don't Bang The Drum (Piano Demo)
Be My Enemy (Piano Demo)
The Day I Ran Out Of People
Winter Blows
The Mercenary And The Samaritan
Looking For Dickon
Spirit (Piano Demo)
All The Bright Horses
Custer's Blues (Piano Demo)
The Woman In Me
Paris In The Rain
The Song Of Sitting Bull
Talk About Wings
The Whole Of The Moon (The Writing Of)
The Pan Within (Piano Demo)
No Sun In The Sky
Winter In The Blood
We Belong To The World
The Whole Of The Moon (Piano Demo)
A Sky Full Of Crows (March 1985)
Medicine Jack
Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie
The Sound Of Snow
The Pan Within (Instrumental)
It Should Have Been You / Guitar Play
Old England (Early Take)
Old MacMichael Had A Band
Sweet Thing
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Spirit (Full Length)
Then You Hold Me
Trumpets (Instrumental #1)
Rain Come Down
Son Of Dirt
This Is The Sea (Drum Pad Version)
The Ladder (March - May 1985)
Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix)
Trumpets (Instrumental #2)
Be My Enemy (Rough Mix)
Sleek White Schooner
Sweetheart Like You
This Is The Sea (Fast) (Mike Lead Guitar Demo)
Adrian And The Piano Storm
Beverly Penn (Synth Version)
This Is The Sea (Fast) (Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version)
The Waves #2
The Ladder (Demo)
Beverly Penn
Don't Bang The Drum (Livingston Mix)
Ribbon Of Steel (Slide Guitar)
Paisley Park
Mountaintop (May - November 1985)
The Whole Of The Moon (Livingston Mix)
High Far Soon
This Is The Sea (Livingston Mix)
Medicine Bow (Full Length)
The Pan Within (Wickham's First Play)
Miracle
World Party (Demo)
I Am Not Here
Born To Be Together (Radio Session)
Higher In Time (Radio Session)
The Whole Of The Moon (Video Version)
Meridian West
Don't Bang The Drum (Radio Session)
Medicine Bow (Radio Session)
Behold The Sea (Radio Session)
Beverly Penn 2023
This Is The Sea (Original Album)
Don't Bang The Drum
The Whole Of The Moon
Spirit
The Pan Within
Medicine Bow
Old England
Be My Enemy
Trumpets
This Is The Sea