CAST All Change / Mother Nature Calls / Magic Hour / Beetroot Four Deluxe CD & DVD editions of original albums released 27th January 2014 on Edsel Records

Deluxe 2CD+DVD* editions remastered featuring the original studio album + exclusive bonus tracks

Includes original artwork, high-quality new packaging plus new sleeve notes + new interviews with Cast frontman John Power

On 27th January 2014, long running catalogue label Edsel Records are pleased to present deluxe and remastered, 2CD+DVD* editions of the four original albums from 90’s Merseyside four piece, Cast.

Undoubtedly the definitive editions of the band’s catalogue, each release will come with original artwork, high-quality new packaging, exclusive bonus audio, extra tracks plus new sleevenotes. These superb packages will also include new interviews with Cast frontman John Power.

Labelled ‘The Who of the 90’s’, Noel Gallagher once described watching Cast play live as “a religious experience.” Formed in 1992 from the ashes of two of the most lauded guitar bands of recent times – The La’s and Shack, Cast released four albums between 1995 and 2001.

Their debut album, ‘All Change’ (1995), a delightful slice of scouse psychedelic pop, was released on Polydor Records at the height of the Britpop movement, and became the highest selling album for the label, selling over one million copies and spawned four Top 20 hit singles – ‘Fine Time’, ‘Alright’, ‘Sandstorm’ and ‘Walkaway’.

Further commercial success continued with the Stonesy/Faces-inspired platinum selling album ‘Mother Nature Calls’ (1997) which peaked at #3 and spawned two additional top ten hits with ‘Live the Dream’ and ‘Guiding Star’ and one top twenty hit with ‘I'm So Lonely’.

The band moved towards a heavier sound for third album, ‘Magic Hour’ (1999), keen to distance themselves from the Britpop movement. First single ‘Beat Mama’ hit the top ten but the Britpop movement was faltering and a number of Cast's contemporaries disbanded (e.g. Kula Shaker, Dodgy, Smaller and The Seahorses.).

The band’s fourth album would eventually lead to the band’s split. ‘Beetroot’ (2001) used Latin beat sounds as the band largely abandoned the ethos of producing simple yet catchy three minute pop songs. With only one single released from the album, ‘Desert Drought’, failing to make an impact, the band split the following year.

*Beetroot to be a Deluxe CD+DVD

Tracklists

ALL CHANGE (1995)

CD One
1. Alright 3.37
2. Promised land 4.37
3. Sandstorm 2.42
4. Mankind 3.45
5. Tell It Like It Is 4.42
6. Four Walls 3.1
7. Finetime 3.07
8. Back Of My Mind 3.05
9. Walkaway 3.52
10. Reflections 3.05
11. History 4.25
12. Two Of A Kind 8.07
13. [Instrumental] 1.28

Bonus tracks:
14. Better Man 2.59 (b-side of Finetime)
15. Satellites 3.40 (b-side of Finetime)
16. Follow Me Down 3.39 (b-side of Alright)
17. Meet Me 3.45 (b-side of Alright)
18. Hourglass 3.12 (b-side of Sandstorm)
19. Fufil 3.36 (b-side of Walkaway)
20. Mother 3.28 (b-side of Walkaway)

CD Two
1. Flying 3.57 (a-side non-album single October 96)
2. Between The Eyes 2.44 (b-side of Flying)
3. For So Long 2.52 (b-side of Flying)
4. Finetime [acoustic version] 3.18 (b-side of Walkaway)
5. Reflections [live] 3.06 (b-side of promo)
6. Tell It Like It Is [live] 3.06 (7” flexi promo release)
7. Back Of My Mind [live] 3.07 (b-side of Sandstorm)
8. Alright [live] 3.10 (live b-side of Sandstorm)
9. Walkaway [live] 4.15 (live b-side of Flying)
10. Four Walls 3.22 (24/4/95 Evening Session)
11. Back Of My Mind 3.11 (24/4/95 Evening Session)
12. Finetime 3.07 (24/4/95 Evening Session)
13. Follow Me Down 3.21 (24/4/95 Evening Sessions)
14. Alright 3.25 (7/8/95 Mark Radcliffe Session)
15. Sandstorm 2.46 (7/8/95 Mark Radcliffe Session)
16. Finetime 3.02 (7/8/95 Mark Radcliffe Session)
17. Reflections 3.03 (7/8/95 Mark Radcliffe Session)
18. Finetime 3.19 (15/10/96 Simon Mayo)
19. Flying 4.08 (15/10/96 Simon Mayo)
20. Who You Gonna (Demo) 2.17 (From Universal Deluxe)
21. All My Day (Outtake) 3.52 (From Universal Deluxe)

MOTHER NATURE CALLS (1997)

CD One
1. Free Me 4.42
2. On The Run 3.34
3. Live The Dream 3.53
4. Soul Tied 5.27
5. She Sun Shines 4.26
6. I'm So Lonely 4.21
7. The Mad Hatter 3.37
8. Mirror Me 4.03
9. Guiding Star 3.59
10. Never Gonna Tell You What To Do (Revolution) 4.27
11. Dance Of The Stars 6.24
12. Soul Tied (Piano Loop) 3.54 (Hidden Track)

Bonus tracks:
13. Come On Everybody 2.58 (b-side of Free Me)
14. Canter 6.07 (b-side of Free Me)
15. Free Me [Acoustic] 4.32 (b-side of Free Me)
16. Release My Soul 3.21 (b-side of Free Me)
17. Dancing On The Flames 3.30 (b-side of Free Me)
18. Out Of The Blue 3.28 (b-side of Guiding Star)

CD Two
1. Keep It Alive 3.25 (b-side of Guiding Star)
2. Free Me [live] 4.54 (b-side of Guiding Star)
3. Mirror Me [live] 4.02 (b-side of Guiding Star)
4. Redemption Song [live] 3.22 (b-side of Guiding Star)
5. Guiding Star [Acoustic] 3.50 (b-side of Guiding Star)
6. Hold On 4.34 (b-side of Live The Dream)
7. Flow 3.41 (b-side of Live The Dream)
8. Effectomatic Who 5.38 (b-side of Live The Dream)
9. Live The Dream [Acoustic] 3.19 (b-side of Live The Dream)
10. On The Run [demo] 3.50 (b-side of Live The Dream)
11. The Things You Make Me Do 4.01 (b-side of I’m So Lonely)
12. Theme From 5.25 (b-side of I’m So Lonely)
13. History (Headrillaz Remix) 5.28 (b-side of I’m So Lonely)
14. Never Gonna Tell You What To Do [live] 5.07 (b-side of I’m So Lonely)
15. History (Lo Fidelity All Stars Remix) 9.55
16. Free Me (Live) 4.00 (28/10/97 Simon Mayo)
17. Guiding Star 3.57 (28/10/97 Simon Mayo)

MAGIC HOUR (1999)

CD One
1. Beat Mama 4.08
2. Compared To You 3.38
3. She Falls 3.31
4. Dreamer 3.43
5. Magic Hour 3.08
6. Company Man 3.51
7. Alien 5.26
8. Higher 4.04
9. Chasing The Day 4.20
10. The Feeling Remains 3.54
11. Burn The Light 4.01
12. Hideaway 6.39

Bonus tracks:
13. Solo Strings 5.16
14. Alien [instrumental] 5.01
15. Beat Mama (Solomon's Slow Mix) 7.07
16. Beat Mama (Fire Island Classic Boys Own Mix) 6.50
17. Beat Mama (Fire Island Classic Boys Own Dub) 8.37

Disc Two
1. Beat Mama [radio edit] 3.38
2. Get On You 3.13 (b-side of Beat Mama)
3. 3 Nines Are 28 3.03 (b-side of Beat Mama)
4. Hoedown 2.29 (b-side of Beat Mama)
5. Whisky Song 3.23 (b-side of Beat Mama)
6. Gypsy Song 5.24 (b-side of Magic Hour)
7. I Never Wanna Lose You 4.54 (b-side of Magic Hour)
8. What You Gonna Do? 4.10 (b-side of Magic Hour)
9. The Seeker 3.27 (‘Substitute – Songs Of The Who)
10. Company Man 3.41 (BBC Radio Session)
11. Compared To You 3.37 (BBC Radio Session)
12. Dreamer 3.32 (BBC Radio Session)
13. She Falls 3.30 (BBC Radio Session)
14. Beat Mama 4.08 (BBC Radio Session)
15. Higher 4.16 (BBC Radio Session)
16. Alien 5.13 (BBC Radio Session)
17. The Feeling Remains 3.48 (BBC Radio Session)
18. Hideaway 6.25 (BBC Radio Session)

BEETROOT (2001)

CD One
1. Desert Drought 2.47
2. Heal Me 1.36
3. Curtains 3.25
4. Kingdoms And Crowns 3.41
5. Giving It All Away 4.17
6. Lose Myself 4.09
7. I Never Can Say 4.31
8. High Wire 3.56
9. Meditations 3.49
10. Jetstream 4.32
11. U-Turn 3.13
12. Universal Grinding Wheel 3.59

Bonus Tracks:
13. Cobwebs 5.06
14. Desert Drought (Deser Dry Mouth Mix) 7.39
15. Curtains (Purple Curtains Remix)
16. Desert Drought (Solomon Remix)

WAN more thing if you want to build an instant Cast collection -- in addition to the expanded versions of their four original albums above, also get the first John Power solo album Happening For Love, which is basically a fifth Cast album:



Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00007DNDW/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00007DNDW/?tag=imwan-21

His later solo releases veered off into folk and blues, but the first one will make any Cast fan happy.

Received these today. They're all in nice hardback packaging which gives them a genuinely "deluxe" feel:



I've become quote fond of this style sleeve for expanded editions and hope that the labels all switch to this. Looks great on the shelf -- like miniature books -- and doesn't feel flimsy. (The forthcoming DE of Oasis' Definitely Maybe will be in this kind of packaging too.)

Now, Cast's albums were well-recorded to begin with, so I didn't really expect any sonic revelations. All Change, however, has a noticeably fuller bottom end which makes the album sound somewhat more like the Who-influenced sound which John Power said at the time that Cast were going for. Excellent results.

On Magic Hour, it turns out that the album DOES have "All Bright" included after all, so EVERY studio recording is here!

Having all the gazillion Cast B-sides tidily in the same packages with their respective albums is a joy. Much nicer to see on the shelf than the long procession of slimlines and digipaks which had sat in that part of my collection since the '90s.

I'm very pleased and would absolutely recommend these Deluxe Editions.

Good package I think.
I do have the first three on UK vinyl too (shh)

I played "All Change," which is the only Cast album I've ever owned, this morning for the first time in years. I always liked the album but not enough to check out the rest of their catalog. A couple of years ago I considered buying their later albums but they were super-expensive. Now I have the conundrum of possibly ordering these expanded editions from the UK (for about $14 each after currency conversion) or buying the original single-CD pressing which can now be had at much more reasonable prices via 3rd party sellers. These new packages look really nice but is the bonus material worth the extra expenditure? And how do the later albums compare to "All Change"?

Bragger!

Rick A.

You've just got to own Mother Nature Calls for 'Dance Of The Stars' and 'She Sun Shines' as few songs grab you the way those two do so I'd recommend getting this one at least.

Those songs are on the original pressing, right? So I can buy that & not have to get the deluxe editions.

You can.
For the 1996 non album Flying 45 (I bought it as a vinyl single) you can get it and others tracks on The Collection
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002Z9YI2/?tag=imwan-21

Okay, now I'm confused. I own "All Change" and plan on buying the original CD pressings of "Magic Hour" and "Mother Nature Calls." If I also get "Beetroot," either the original or the expanded edition, won't that be enough for a casual fan like me who's trying to save some money by not buying the expanded editions? Where does The Collection fit in if I have the others?