[2016-11-04] Black Grape "It's Great When You're Straight ... Yeah (Deluxe Edition)" 2CD/1DVD box set (Universal UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:09 am

Description
After the wild, crazy party that was Happy Mondays wound down in 1992, frontman Shaun Ryder and dancer Bez could have been forgiven for reaching for the slippers and pipe following a decade’s worth of mayhem at the forefront of the Madchester scene. However, with many Britpop icons looking to them for inspiration, and Ryder’s freewheeling wordplay seemingly having no limits, he and Bez recruited a new gang of cohorts – among them UK rapper Kermit – to form Black Grape.

The first fruits of this new venture emerged in Summer 1995 and immediately took its place among classics from the era: It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah hit No.1 in the UK and spawned three memorable singles, ‘Reverend Black Grape’, ‘In The Name Of The Father’ and ‘Kelly’s Heroes’. Equal to Ryder’s and Kermit’s lyrical flights of fancy was the music: instantly catchy, subversive pop that took the Mondays’ original dancefloor-friendly sound to new levels with blasts of funk, hip-hop and even strains of Eastern music.

On 4 November, the party gets back in full swing with a three-disc deluxe reissue comprising of two CDs and a DVD that brings this colourful period in British pop back to life. With B-sides and remixes settling next to the group’s own contribution to the Euro ’96 football campaign (featuring guest vocals from punk legend Joe Strummer) and live tracks from their 1996 performance at Brixton Academy, the bonus disc shines a light on some of the rarer tracks that the band released during this period, while the DVD collects the album’s promo videos alongside live performances from Top Of The Pops and Later… With Jools Holland.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Reverend Black Grape
2. In The Name Of The Father
3. Tramazi Party
4. Kelly’s Heroes
5. Yeah Yeah Brother
6. A Big Day In The North
7. Shake Well Before Opening
8. Submarine
9. Shake Your Money
10. Little Bob

[CD2]
1.Tramazi Parti (Live – Brixton Academy 1996)
2.Shake Well Before Opening (Live – Brixton Academy 1996)
3.Little Bob (Live – Brixton Academy 1996)
4.Kelly’s Heroes (Live – Brixton Academy 1996)
5.Shake Your Money (Live – Brixton Academy 1996)
6.A Big Day In The North (Live – Brixton Academy 1996)
7.England’s Irie
8.Yeah Yeah Brother (Outlaw Josie Wales Mix)
9.Kelly’s Heroes (Milky Bar Kid Mix)
10.Fat Neck (Beat The Fuck Down Mix by Goldie)
11.Reverend Black Grape (The Crystal Method Edit)
12.Pretty Vacant (Live)
13.In The Name Of The Father (Choppers Mix)
14.Yeah Yeah Brother (Clockwork Orange Mix)
15.Reverend Black Grape (Dark Side Mix)
16.England’s Irie (Pass The Durazac)
17.Land Of 1000 Karma Sutra Babes

DVD
•Reverend Black Grape (Top Of The Pops 1995)
•Tramazi Party (Jools Holland 1995)
•In The Name Of The Father (Jools Holland 1995)
•Reverend Black Grape (Jools Holland 1995)
•Fat Neck (Top Of The Pops 1996)
•England’s Irie (Top Of The Pops 1996)
•Reverend Black Grape (Official Video)
•In The Name Of The Father (Official Video)
•2X Handy Hints from Bez

2CD/1DVD Deluxe Edition (detailed above)
US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LPETH94/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LPETH94/?tag=imwan-21

1CD Standard Edition
US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L388UJK/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01L388UJK/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:27 pm

Bump: Added the description to the first post.

[2016-11-04] Black Grape "It's Great When You're Straight ... Yeah (Deluxe Edition)" 2CD/1DVD box set (Universal UK)

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