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En 1985, The Waterboys sortent l’album This Is the Sea qui consacre Mike Scott parmi les grands singers-songwriters de la période.
Chrysalis Records a annoncé la sortie de 1985, un coffret de 6 CD retraçant le processus d’enregistrement du troisième album studio des Waterboys, sorti à l’origine le 16 Septembre 1985.
Disponible le 23 février 2024, le coffret comprendra 95 titres, dont 64 inédits, des démos, versions alternatives, des enregistrements live et des sessions TV/radio. Le sixième et dernier disque est une version remasterisée de l’album.
Le coffret, dans son édition limité, proposera aussi un livre de 220 pages à propos de la conception de l’album avec des textes de Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite et Max Edie.
Enfin, une réédition vinyle de This Is The Sea sera aussi disponible.
Tracklisting:
1985 The Waterboys / 6CD deluxe
CD 1: Towers Open Fire:
- Trumpets (Session)
- Be My Enemy (Prototype 3)
- The Ways Of Men (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 (Session)
- This Is The Sea (Live)
- A Door For My Soul Home (Demo)
- Son Of Rags
- In My Bed
- The Pan Within (Inst Demo)
- Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length)
- Theme
- Fuzz Guitar Vamp
- Death Is Not The End
- CD 2: The Black Book:
- 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 (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)
- CD 3: A Sky Full Of Crows:
- Medicine Jack
- Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie
- The Sound Of Snow
- The Pan Within (Inst)
- 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 (Instr #1)
- Rain Come Down
- Son of Dirt
- This Is The Sea (Drumatix Version)
- CD 4: The Ladder
- Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix)
- Trumpets (Inst #2)
- Be My Enemy (Rough Mix)
- Sleek White Schooner
- Sweetheart Like You
- This Is The Sea (Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo)
- Adrian And The Piano Storm
- Beverly Penn (Synth Version)
- This Is The Sea (Fast with 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
- CD 5: Mountaintop:
- 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 (Session)
- Higher In Time (Session)
- The Whole of The Moon (Video Version)
- Meridian West
- Don’t Bang The Drum (Session)
- Medicine Bow (Session)
- Behold The Sea
- Beverly Penn 2023
- CD 6: This Is The Sea (The 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