Friday, November 18, 2005
Is That It?
Perhaps the only book that tells the story of the Boomtown Rats, from their beginnings through to post In The Long Grass. The first edition of this book ends post-Live Aid. Available again in paperback.
Paperback 448 pages
Publisher: Pan
Language: English
ISBN: 0330442929
Monday, November 14, 2005
Great Songs of Indifference - Geldof Solo Anthology 1986 - 2001
The more or less complete solo recordings of Bob Geldof to date. There are a handful of tracks that are only available on the singles (see Solo Discography) , the most notable omission being Crazy, but this covers the four albums with a smattering of b-sides, previously unreleased tracks, and a version of Sunny Afternoon that only previously appeared on the Ruby Trax compilation. For reference, I have included the original UK/US catalogue number.
As for the albums themselves, maybe I should dig them all out and have a proper listen to them before passing opinion, but it is generally acknowledged that Sex, Age & Death is the most critically acclaimed, and Vegetarians of Love the most commercially successful reaching number 21 in the UK album charts in August 1990 (none of the others charted in the UK).
Deep in the Heart of Nowhere (November 1986) MERCURY 830 607-2/ATLANTIC 7567-81687-1
- This Is The World Calling
- In The Pouring Rain
- August Was A Heavy Month
- Love Like A Rocket
- I Cry Too
- When I Was Young
- This Heartless Heart
- The Beat Of The Night
- Truly True Blue CD only
- Pulled Apart By Horses CD only
- Words From Heaven
- Good Boys In The Wrong CD only
- Night Turns To Day
- Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere
- Dig A Ditch previously unreleased
- Friends For Life Love or Something b-side
- Life Is The Hardest Thing previously unreleased
- August Was A Heavy Month - Instrumental previously unreleased
NOTE : On it's original release as an LP and a CD, there were three tracks that only appeared on CD.
The Vegetarians of Love (August 13, 1990) MERCURY 846 250-2/ATLANTIC 7 82041-2
- Gospel Song
- Love Or Something
- The Great Song Of Indifference
- Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things
- Big Romantic Stuff
- Crucified Me
- Chains Of Pain
- Rose At Night
- No Small Wonder
- Walking Back To Happiness
- Let It Go
- End Of The World
- Out Of Order Love or Something b-side
- Hotel 75 The Great Song Of Indifference b-side
- One Of The Girls Love or Something b-side
- The Original Miss Jesus from US Sex, Age & Death KOK-CD-8415
- Vegetarians Of Love A Gospel Song b-side
- Sunny Afternoon from Ruby Trax - The NME'S Roaring Forty (November 1992) NME40CD/NME40MC
- La Chanson De L'indifference from MERCURY 1385
The Happy Club (April 20, 1993) Vertigo 512 896-1/Polydor 314 519 132-2
- Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)
- Attitude Chicken
- The Soft Soil
- A Hole To Fill
- Song Of The Emergent Nationalist
- My Hippy Angel
- The Happy Club
- Down On Me
- Too Late God
- Roads Of Germany (After BD)
- Sex Thing
- House At The Top Of The World
- Shine On previously unreleased
- Huge Birdless Silence Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee) b-side
- Maybe Heaven My Hippy Angel b-side
NOTE :Yeah, Definitely which is not here, appeared on the US release (and as a one track promo single). A Hole To Fill on the US release is an alternative version with different lyrics. The US release has a very different running order.
Sex, Age & Death (May 1, 2002) EAGLE EAGCD187/KOCH KOK-CD-8415
- One For Me
- $6,000,000 Loser
- Pale White Girls
- New Routine
- Mudslide
- Mind In Pocket
- My Birthday Suit
- Scream In Vain
- Inside Your Head
- 10.15
- Summer Day (London '95) previously unreleased
- Sighs And Whispers previously unreleased
- Voodoo Child previously unreleased
- Two Dogs previously unreleased
- Harvest Moon previously unreleased
- Summer Night (London '95) previously unreleased
- Pale White Girls (French Mix) previously unreleased
- Cool Blue Easy from US Sex, Age & Death KOK-CD-8415
- Pity The Poor Drifters previously unreleased
NOTE : Cool Blue Easy and The Original Miss Jesus both appeared on the Koch US release.
This demo also accompanied the release. This is a UK 10-track promotional only CD on Mercury Records packaged in custom card sleeve.
s.a.d too (Cat#GSOI 1)
- Summer Day (London '95) previously unreleased
- Sighs And Whispers previously unreleased
- Voodoo Child previously unreleased
- Two Dogs previously unreleased
- Harvest Moon previously unreleased
- Summer Night (London '95) previously unreleased
- Pale White Girls (French Mix) previously unreleased
- Cool Blue Easy from US Sex, Age & Death KOK-CD-8415
- The Original Miss Jesus from US Sex, Age & Death KOK-CD-8415
- Pity The Poor Drifters previously unreleased