Sound Of The Colourfield (Box)

THE COLOUR FIELD were formed during the Summer of 1983 by former Specials and Fun Boy Three vocalist, Terry Hall along with ex- Swinging Cats organist Toby Lyons, and bassist Karl Shale. The band released only two albums (‘Virgins and Philistines’ 1985, and ‘Deception’ 1987) and seven singles during 3 year period together. From the eponymous ‘The Colour Field’ in January 1984 to a cover of The Monkees ‘She’ in 1987, with the UK the hit single ‘Thinking of You’. This 96 track Box Set includes 42 previously unreleased tracks and brings together two album and their B-Sides and Remixes, newly remastered from the original master tapes. 2CDs full of unreleased demos, outtakes and live concerts. Along with a DVD with all their promo videos and BBC TV performances. This is packaged in a DVD sized mediabook, with newly conducted interview by John Earls (Classic Pop/Record Collector) with Toby Lyons, Karl Shale and archival interviews with Terry Hall, along with previously unseen photographs and memorabilia. The DVD is Region 0 / NTSC coded / FSK: 0 TRACKLISTING: CD1: Virgins and Philistines 01 Thinking of You / 02 Faint Hearts / 03 Castles in The Air / 04 Take / 05 Cruel Circus / 06 Hammond Song / 07 Virgins and Philistines / 08 Yours Sincerely / 09 Armchair Theatre / 10 Sorry CD2: Deception 01 Badlands / 02 Running Away / 03 From Dawn to Distraction / 04 Confession / 05 Miss Texas 1967 / 06 She / 07 Heart of America / 08 Digging It Deep / 09 Monkey in Winter / 10 Goodbye Sun Valley CD3 Singles, B-Sides & Versions 01 The Colour Field / 02 Sorry [Original Version] / 03 Pushing Up the Daisies / 04 Windmills of Your Mind / 05 My Wild Flame / 06 Little Things / 07 Castles in The Air [Single Version] / 08 Your Love Was Smashing / 09 I Can’t Get Enough of You Baby / 10 Things Could Be Beautiful / 11 Frosty Mornings / 12 Running Away [Radio Edit] / 13 She [Single Version] / 14 Monkey in Winter [featuring Sinéad O'Connor] / 15 The Colour Field [Extended Version] / 16 Take [Extended Version] * / 17 Thinking of You [Singalong Version] / 18 Castles in The Air [Extended Version] / 19 My Wild Flame [Extended Version] / 20 Castles in The Air [Instrumental Version] CD4 Demos & Outtakes 01 The Colour Field [Instrumental Demo] * / 02 Cruel Circus [Demo] * / 03 Armchair Theatre [Instrumental Demo] * / 04 The Colour Field [Guide backing track] * / 05 Take [4-Track Demo] * / 06 Thinking of You (Instrumental) [4-Track Demo] * / 07 Pushing Up the Daisies [4-Track Demo] * / 08 Windmills of Your Mind [4- Track Demo] * / 09 Yours Sincerely [4-Track Demo] * / 10 Castles in The Air [4-Track Demo] * / 11 Heart of America [Ian Broudie Version] * / 12 Jesus and The April Rain [Ian Broudie Version] * / 13 Digging it Deep [Studio Davout Version] * / 14 She [Studio Davout Version] * / 15 Frosty Mornings [Studio Davout Version] * / 16 Confession [Studio Davout Version] * / 17 Jesus and The April Rain [Studio Davout Version] * / 18 Heart of America [Studio Davout Version] * / 19 Goodbye Sun Valley [Studio Davout Version] * / 20 Things Could Be Beautiful [Acoustic] * CD5 Hammersmith Palais 1985 01 The Colour Field * / 02 Pushing Up the Daisies / 03 Faint Hearts * / 04 Your Love Was Smashing * / 05 Take * / 06 Cruel Circus * / 07 Your Sincerely / 08 Sorry * / 09 Hammond Song * / 10 Virgins and Philistines * / 11 Thinking of You * / 12 I Can’t Get Enough of You Baby * / 13 Armchair Theatre * / 14 Castles in the Air * / Warwick University 1986 15 Frosty Mornings * / 16 Take It As It Comes * / 17 Memories Can’t Wait * / 18 Things Could Be Beautiful * / 19 She * / 20 Jesus and the April Rain * / 21 96 Tears * DVD: Promo Videos 01 The Colour Field / 02 Take / 03 Thinking of You / 04 Castles in the Air / 05 Things Could Be Beautiful / 06 Running Away / 07 She / 08 ‘Why Am I Standing Here? (the making of She) * / At The BBC 09 Thinking of You [Whistle Test] / 10 Faint Hearts [Whistle Test] / 11 Thinking of You [Top of The Pops] / 12 Castles in the Air [Oxford Road Show] / 13 Thinking of You [Oxford Road Show] / 14 Thinking of You [Pebble Mill at One] / 15 Castles in the Air [Pebble Mill at One] * Previously Unreleased