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IAIN MATTHEWS
ORPHANS AND OUTCASTS - A COLLECTION OF DEMO’S OUTTAKES & LIVE PERFORMANCES VOLUMES I-IV: REMASTERED 4CD BOXSET
| Label | CHERRY RED |
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| Catalog | CRCDBOX72 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 4 |
| Category | ROCK/POPS |
| Street Date | 2019-04-26 |
- ･ For over 50 years singer-songwriter and musician IAIN MATTHEWS has carved his own niche fusing his own mix of well-crafted songs drawing on folk-rock Americana soft rock and other influences.
･ ORPHANS AND OUTCASTS reviews three volumes of his long-deleted rarities series adding a newly-curated fourth CD of previously unissued rarities from more recent times bringing the project right up-to-date.
･ The box set covers Iain’s entire career from mid-60s rarities with Pyramid and recordings from around the time of his breakthrough with Matthews Southern Comfort to a handful of rarities by folk-rock favourites Plainsong and a plethora of solo material.
･ Compiled and annotated by Iain himself ORPHANS AND OUTCASTS is a very personal trawl through the back pages of a remarkable musical biography.
･ Discs 1-3 have now been remastered; and everything on Disc 4 is previously unissued.
･ ORPHANS AND OUTCASTS also boasts a multitude of impressive musicians who have worked with Iain down the years including Richard Thompson Andy Roberts Viv Stanshall Mark ‘Griff’ Griffiths Pat Donaldson Gerry Conway Ian Whiteman Jerry Donahue Timmi Donald David Surkamp Mark Hallman and many others.
･ Introductory essay by renowned rock biographer and historian Clinton Heylin.
- DISC ONE: VOL. 1
Tracks 1-5: Matthews Southern Comfort 1970
1. TOUCH HER IF YOU CAN
2. YANKEE LADY
3. BELLE
4. LATER ON
5. I BELIEVE IN YOU
Tracks 6-9: Iain Matthews Radio Session 1971
6. IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH
7. NOT MUCH AT ALL
8. BABY RUTH
9. HEARTS (Outtake)
10. CHRISTINES TUNE
Tracks 11-14: Plainsong Radio Session 1972
11. SEEDS AND STEMS
12. SPANISH GUITAR
13. TIGERS WILL SURVIVE
14. ANY DAY WOMAN
15. POOR DITCHING BOY (Outtake)
16. EVEN THE GUIDING LIGHT (Live)
17. SO SAD (Demo)
18. GROOVIN (Demo)
19. LET THERE BE BLUES (Matthews/Lamb Demo)
20. NEW SHIRT (Songwriting Memo)
DISC TWO: VOL. 2
1. S.O.S. (‘Hi-Fi’ Demo 1981)
2. BETTER NOT STAY (‘Hi-Fi’ Demo 1981)
3. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU COULD BE (Songwriting Demo 1982)
4. PERFECT TIMING (Songwriting Demo 1982)
5. VOICES (Songwriting Demo 1982)
6. ACTION (‘Shook’ Demo 1983)
7. CHANGE (‘Shook’ Demo 1983)
8. RENDEZVOUS (Songwriting Demo 1984)
Tracks 9-14: ‘Walking A Changing Line’ Demos 1987
9. WHAT THE WANTER WANTS
10. ACTION & INTENT
11. TOO HARD TOO SOON
12. STEADY
13. YOUR HEART AGAIN
14. STILL I SEE YOU
15. WE DONT TALK ANYMORE (Songwriting Demo 1988)
16. RAINS OF 62 (Alternate Take 1989)
17. MERCY STREET (Working Ref. 1989)
18. PERFECT TIMING (Working Ref. 1989)
DISC THREE: VOL. 3
The Pyramid
1. ME ABOUT YOU (by Pyramid 1966)
Matthews Southern Comfort
2. WOODSTOCK (Alternate Take)
Tracks 3-5: Iain Matthews Radio Session
3. HEARTS
4. HOME
5. NEVER ENDING
6. ILL FLY AWAY (Plainsong Demo 1972)
7. SING SENORITA (Out-take 1978)
8. ON THE BEACH (Out-take 1983)
9. THE FABRICATION (Demo 1986)
10. EXCEPT FOR A TEAR (Demo 1986)
11. NEXT TIME AROUND (Demo with Andy Roberts 1991)
12. GODS EMPTY CHAIR (Demo with Andy Roberts 1991)
13. JAQUES AND TAMBO (with Mark Hallman 1996)
14. SPIRITS (Plainsong Radio Session 1997)
15. SING SISTER SING (Live 1997)
DISC FOUR: VOL. 4
1. LET ME LIVE UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN
2. SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD (Live in LA 1988)
3. NOTHING’S CHANGED (Demo with Andy Roberts 1989)
4. VOICES (Plainsong Demo 1991)
5. LIVING IN REVERSE (Demo with Andy Roberts 1991)
6. RESTLESS WINGS (Hamilton Pool demo 1992)
7. LEAVING ALONE (Hamilton Pool demo 1992)
8. BALLAD OF GRUENE HALL
9. ROOTED TO THE SPOT (Demo 1993)
10. EVEN IF IT KILLS ME (Demo with Clive Gregson 1997)
11. HORSE LEFT IN THE RAIN (Hamilton Pool Demo with David Halley 1997)
12. ANCHOR ME (Demo with Michael Bonagura 1997)
13. SOMETHING MIGHTY (Outtake 1998)
14. YOUR OWN WAY OF FORGETTING (Plainsong outtake 1998)
15. MR SOUL (Demo 1998)
16. STRANDED (Demo 1999)
All Disc 4 tracks previously unissued
