Ocean Colour Scene - Yesterday Today 1992-2018 (Box) (Auto) (Uk) [CD]
Yesterday Today 1992-2018 (Box) (Auto) (Uk)
Ocean Colour Scene
CD Rel Date: 2023-02-24
Limited edition with signed print! All beginnings start with a name. And so, in October 1989, Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Damon Minchella and Oscar Harrison sat down together, chose their three favourite words, arranged them in a satisfactory order and became Ocean Colour Scene. A year later, they recorded their debut single 'One Of Those Days' and within months had a first taste of chart action with a third single 'Yesterday Today'. Nevertheless, mainstream success would prove to be a trickier proposition. After a clutch of underperforming single releases, their record label, Fontana, dropped the band. There followed a three year hiatus and a difficult period of self-examination. When the band re-emerged, they had reinvented themselves and faced the music industry guns blazing. In February 1996, 'The Riverboat Song' smashed into the UK chart and trail blazed six consecutive top ten hits. Backed by the triple platinum selling Moseley Shoals and the number one album Marchin' Already, Ocean Colour Scene became one of the hottest bands in the country, as the hits kept rolling. Thirty-five years on, and Ocean Colour Scene are still together: making music and regularly selling out huge concert halls across the country. They have the support of an extraordinarily dedicated and loyal fan base who cherish their music and hold close to their hearts a lifetime of memories supporting the group. Yet Ocean Colour Scene have never been popular with the music press. They are frequently overlooked for the key role they played in the nineties music scene. They were, and still are, subjected to derision and scorn. It matters not. Ocean Colour Scene did it their way. Standing firm by their music. They became the people's band. They believe in the soul of bass, drum and guitar rhythm. They exude melody. And they stand amongst the finest purveyors of the stirring sounds of a live concert. Each of the band has a passion to transcend everyday mundanity with music. And most of all they believe, as they always have, that one song can elevate the spirit and enrich the human experience. This 233-track 15CD Collection is the first of it's kind. A celebration of one of Britain's finest bands. Including all of their studio albums from the self-titled debut album Ocean Colour Scene, to the chart-topping Moseley Shoals, Marchin' Already, One For The Modern and the post Brit-pop Mechanical Wonder, North Atlantic Drift, A Hyperactive Workout For The Flying Squad, On The Leyline and the later albums Saturday and Painting. Moreover, the B-sides and rarities included in this boxset offer a treasure trove of lesser known Ocean Colour Scene classics. There is the Free inspired 'So Sad' and 'Men Of Such Opinion' (Simon's favourite self-written lyric), the irresistibly melodic 'Huckleberry Grove' featuring the Jamaican ska legend Rico Rodriguez, and the more sedate ballads 'Robin Hood', 'I Need A Love Song' and 'Mrs Jones' and a cover of 'Day Tripper', featuring Noel and Liam Gallagher. To round off the connection, you may also want to listen to an unreleased song of Weller's, 'For Dancers Only', which Steve unearthed for Ocean Colour Scene's 2007 release, On The Leyline. Accompanying 15CD collection is a stunning 72-page hardback book, with in-depth essay from award winning author Daniel Rachel depicting the rise of Ocean Colour Scene from the inside. No stone has been left unturned as alongside these words the book is packed with incredible photographs from Ocean Colour Scene photographers Lawrence Watson and Tony Briggs, many previously unseen. There's also personal memorabilia, tour flyers, back stage passes from legendary gigs, lyrics and more. It's all here!
Tracklist:
- Talk on
- How About You
- Giving It All Away
- Justine
- Do Yourself a Favour
- Third Shade of Green
- Sway
- Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days
- One of Those Days
- Is She Coming Home
- Blue Deep Ocean
- Reprise
- The Riverboat Song
- The Day We Caught the Train
- The Circle
- Lining Your Pockets
- Fleeting Mind
- 40 Past Midnight
- One for the Road
- It's My Shadow
- Policemen ; Pirates
- The Downstream
- You've Got It Bad
- Get Away
- Hundred Mile High Club
- Better Day
- Travellers Tune
- Big Star
- Debris Road
- Besides Yourself
- Get Blown Away
- Tele He's Not Talking
- Fozy's Folk Faced
- All Up
- Spark and Cindy
- Half a Dream Away
- It's a Beautiful Thing
- Profit in Peace
- So Low
- I Am the News
- No One at All
- Families
- Step By Step
- July
- Jane She Got Excavated
- Emily Chambers
- Soul Driver
- The Waves
- I Won't Get Crazed
- Up on the Downside
- In My Field
- Sail on My Boat
- Biggest Thing
- We Made It More
- Give Me a Letter
- Mechanical Wonder
- You Are Amazing
- If I Gave You My Heart
- Can't Get Back to the Baseline
- Something for Me
- I Just Need Myself
- Oh Collector
- North Atlantic Drift
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Make the Deal
- For Every Corner
- On My Way
- Second Hand Car
- She's Been Waiting
- The Song Goes on
- When Evil Comes
- Everything Comes at the Right Time
- Free My Name
- Wah Wah
- Drive Away
- I Love You
- This Day Should Last Forever
- Move Things Over
- Waving Not Drowning
- God's Word
- Another Time to Stay
- Have You Got the Right
- Start of the Day
- My Time
- I Told You So
- On the Leyline, Waiting
- For Dancers Only
- Man in the Middle
- I Just Got Over You
- Go to the Sea
- These Days I'm Tired
- You'll Never Find Me
- Don't Get Me
- Loneliest Girl in the Whole Wide World
- Mr Brown
- Two Lovers
- Daylight
- 100 Floors of Perception
- Mrs Maylie
- Saturday
- Just a Little Bit of Love
- Old Pair of Jeans
- Sing Children Sing
- Harry Kidnap
- Magic Carpet Days
- The Word
- Village Life
- Postal
- What's Mine Is Yours
- Fell in Love on the Street Again
- Rockfield ^1
- We Don't Look in the Mirror ^1
- Painting ^1
- Goodbye Old Town ^1
- Doodle Book ^1
- If God Made Everyone ^1
- Weekend ^1
- Professor Perplexity ^1
- George's Tower ^1
- I Don't Want to Leave England ^1
- The Winning Side ^1
- Mistaken Identity ^1
- The Union ^1
- The New Torch Song ^1
- Here Comes the Dawning Day ^1
- Sway (Single Version) ^1
- Lullaby ^1
- Sway (12" Version) ^1
- One of These Days ^1
- Yesterday Today ^1
- Another Girl's Name ^1
- Fly Me ^1
- No One Says ^1
- My Brother Sarah ^1
- Mona Lisa Eyes ^1
- Bellechoux ^1
- Blue Deep Ocean (Alt. Version) ^1
- Is She Coming Home (Alt. Version) ^1
- Flowers ^1
- Don't Play ^1
- The Seventh Floor ^1
- Patsy in Green ^1
- So Sad ^1
- Charlie Brown Says ^1
- Robin Hood ^1
- I Wanna Stay Alive with You ^1
- Huckleberry Grove ^1
- You've Got It Bad (Demo Version) ^1
- Here in My Heart ^1
- Beautiful Losers ^1
- Men of Such Opinion (Demo Version) ^1
- The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago ^1
- I Need a Love Song ^1
- Chicken Bones and Stones ^1
- The Day We Caught the Train (Acoustic Version) ^1
- Travellers Tune (Original Version) ^1
- Justine ^1
- Song of a Baker ^1
- Mrs Jones ^1
- Cool Cool Water ^1
- Top of the World ^1
- The Circle (Acoustic) ^1
- Chelsea Walk ^1
- Alibis ^1
- Day Tripper (Live, Electric Ballroom, 9 May 1996) ^1
- The Face Smiles Back Easily ^1
- Falling to the Floor ^1
- Hello Monday ^1
- Hundred Mile High City (100 MPH Mix) ^1
- Song for the Front Row ^1
- On the Way Home ^1
- All Gods Children Need Travelling Shoes ^1
- Hundred Mile High City (Live at Wembley Arena, 1992) ^1
- The Best Bet on Chinaski ^1
- On and on ^1
- Mariners Way ^1
- Going Nowhere for a While ^1
- Expensive Chair ^1
- If You Get Your Way ^1
- Flood Tide Rising ^1
- Step By Step ^1
- Carnation ^1
- Hoping You're Making It Too ^1
- The Inheritors ^1
- July (New / Single Version) ^1
- I Am the News (New Version) ^1
- July (Forza Moderna Mix) ^1
- July (Live at the London Astoria, St. Patrick's Day, April 17, 2000) ^1
- I Am the News (Live at the Dublin Point) ^1
- This Understanding (Live at Stirling Castle) ^1
- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere ^1
- These Are the Ones ^1
- Take You Back ^1
- Free on the Wind ^1
- I Was ^1
- Crazy Lowdown Ways ^1
- Come Home ^1
- Best Friends and Lovers ^1
- Will You Take Her Love ^1
- Me, I'm Left Unsure ^1
- Questions ^1
- I Wanna See the Bright Lights Tonight ^1
- Perfect Strangers ^1
- I Never Believed It Too ^1
- We Rise ^1
- St. Cecelia ^1
- I Just Need Myself (Caged Baby Remix) ^1
- Get Away (Live Bristol Academy 12/10/03) ^1
- The Riverboat Song (Live Glasgow Barrowlands 06/10/03) ^1
- Golden Gate Bridge (Live Manchester Apollo 10/10/03) ^1
- The Day We Caught the Train (Live Bristol Academy 12/10/03) ^1
- Better Than Before ^1
- Make It Better ^1
- Jimmy Wonder ^1
- Right on Time ^1
- William Bailey ^1
- Little Boy Could Be a Rolling Stone ^1
- Smile ^1
- Over My Head ^1
- Stay Alive Tonight ^1
- Dawn Cried the Day ^1
- Twenty-One ^1
- Shooting the Bridge ^1
- Come Up and See Me ^1
- Old, Old Song ^1
- Another Bard May Chant ^1
- Be with You ^1
- Because You're Mine ^1
- Standing in the Place That You Used to Do