The Fourmyula is celebrating 40 years of "Nature" and are playing historic reunion shows in Auckland and Upper Hutt in 2010.
Formed in Upper Hutt in the mid-sixties, The Fourmyula earned the title 'New Zealand's Beatles' for being the first local band to insist on recording their own material, resulting in a spectacular run of hits. Radio played them constantly: "Come With Me", "Alice Is There", "I Know Why", "Home", "Otaki" and, of course, "Nature" -- the song that won its author Wayne Mason the coveted APRA Silver Scroll Award, became a hit all over again in the 90s for The Mutton Birds, was voted Best New Zealand Song of the past 75 years and became the title song of the 'Nature's Best' series
This four CD set collects all of The Fourmyula's tracks together, and also includes what is arguably their finest work -- the previously unreleased "Turn Your Back on the Wind" which was recorded in the UK by Decca. Showing the influence of then-emerging British bands like Led Zeppelin as well as the Beatles, this lost classic sounds fresh and forceful today, and is a highlight of 'The Complete Fourmyula'.
The set includes a 40+ page booklet with a full history of The Fourmyula with accompanying images and newspaper clippings from the era.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. Come With Me
2. Honey Chile
3. Alice Is There (Mono Single Version)
4. I Dig Your Act
5. I Know Why
6. It's Only Make Believe
7. Start By Giving To Me
8. If I Had The Time
9. Home (Mono Single Version)
10. Tell Me No Lies
11. Forever
12. Mr Whippy (Mono Single Version)
13. Lady Scorpio
14. She's A?
15. I'll Sing You A Song
16. Mill Stream
17. Nature
18. Home (Uk Version)
19. Make Me Happy
20. Lord I'm Coming There
21. Otaki
22. Which Way Did She Go
23. Turn Your Back On The Wind (Single Version)
24. Believe In Love
25. Lullaby (Single Version)
26. Molly
Disc 2:
1. The Dodo Song
2. Alice Is There
3. I Can Show You
4. Mr Whippy
5. Just Around The Corner
6. Toffee Apple Sunday
7. Have You Heard The News
8. Try Me
9. Go Now
10. As Long As I Got You
11. Hitch It To The Horse
12. Watcha Gonna Do
13. Something You Got
14. Honey Chile
15. Green ' B ' Holiday
16. Mr Harris Garage
17. Dedicated To Mr Cook
18. Bang On Harry
19. Hampden Tennis Club
20. My Mama George
21. Mummy Told Me
22. Fortune
23. Cosy Picture Theatre
24. Sally's Line
25. Fun
26. Home
Disc 3:
1. Together
2. Patterns
3. I Don't Care
4. Need Love
5. Mona
6. Orphan
7. Blues
8. Home To
9. It's So Hard
10. Oh Lord Im Coming There
11. Nature
12. Something
13. Walking In The Park
14. Let It Be
15. Day Tripper
16. Sell
17. You'd Be Surprised
18. When Will You Come
19. Loving Time
Disc 4:
1. Since We
2. Believe in Love
3. A Friend
4. Please Take Me
5. Wrong or Right
6. Honeybunch
7. Turn Your Back on the Wind
8. Molly
9. Nature [UK version]
10. Everything
11. You've Lost Your Woman
12. Lift Your Head
13. Up Country City Down
14. Lullaby
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