[2015-06-15] Eddi Reader "The Blanco Y Negro Years" 5CD box set (Edsel/Demon UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2015 4:55 pm

Description
After two albums with Fairground Attraction and a solo album, Eddi Reader signed with Geoff Travis' Blanco y Negro label and recorded the three albums in this box between 1994 and 1998. Collaborating with Fairground Attraction's Mark Nevin and The Bible's Boo Hewerdine on Top 5 album Eddi Reader produced the singles "Patience Of Angels" and "Joke (I'm Laughing)", and won Eddi the 'Best Female Singer' Brit Award for 1994. Candyfloss And Medicine and Angels & Electricity contained songs co-written with keyboard player/co-producer Teddy Borowiecki as well as more songs by Hewerdine. The two bonus CDs contain the many non-album singles b-sides, including covers of songs by Paul Buchanan (of The Blue Nile), Ray Davies, Ivor Cutler and the Trash Can Sinatras, as a well as a collaboration with Jools Holland and his orchestra. The booklet contains all the credits and lyrics, and brand new annotation by Colin Irwin.

[tracklisting]CD1 - Eddi Reader:
1. The Right Place
2. Patience Of Angels
3. Dear John
4. Scarecrow
5. East Of Us
6. Joke (I’m Laughing)
7. The Exception
8. Red Face Big Sky
9. Howling In Ojai
10. When I Watch
You Sleeping
11. Wonderful Lie
12. Siren

CD2 - Bonus Tracks:
1. Shirt And Comb
2. Saturday Night
3. Wonderboy
4. Three Crosses
5. Go And Sit Upon The Grass
6. Battersea Moon
7. When I Watch You Sleeping (Demo Version)
8. What You Do With What You’ve Got
9. That’s Fair
10. Nobody Lives Without Love

CD3 - Candyfloss And Medicine:
1. Glasgow Star
2. Town Without Pity
3. Medicine
4. Rebel Angel
5. Semi-Precious
6. Lazy Heart
7. I Loved A Lad
8. Butterfly Jar
9. Candyfloss
10. Darkhouse

CD4 - Bonus Tracks:
1. Leave The Light On
2. Shall I Be Mother
3. If You’ve Got A Minute, Baby
4. Sex Lives
5. Earlies
6. Sugar On The Pill
7. Nameless
8. John Anderson My Joe
9. Green Grow The Rashes
10. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
11. Waiting Game (Jools Holland & Eddi Reader & The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra)

CD5 - Angels And Electricity:
1. Kiteflyer’s Hill
2. Prayer Wheel
3. Postcard
4. Wings On My Heels
5. On A Whim
6. Hummingbird
7. Barcelona Window
8. Bell, Book And Candle
9. California
10. Follow My Tears
11. Psychic Reader
12. Please Don’t Ask Me To Dance
13. Clear
[Bonus Tracks]
14. Homesick Son
15. St. Christopher
16. Buckets Of Rain[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WV3OWGM/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00WV3OWGM/?tag=imwan-21

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

i'm a completist with Eddi Reader (which is tough to be, considering her prolific habits).
(and mind you, i'm only a completist with the songs, not formats.)
i have just under 100 cd's and i've been going through and pulling all the Blanco y Negro items for possible weeding-out.
it's always nice to have more room in one's drawers.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2015 11:51 pm

The British pre-order price has dropped by £7, and is now just £16.99:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00WV3OWGM/?tag=imwan-21

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

Linda wrote:

The British pre-order price has dropped by £7, and is now just £16.99:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00WV3OWGM/?tag=imwan-21

and remember, kids:
that's only 14.16 in British Pounds Sterling, after subtracting the VAT for some of us.
plus shipping to the USA, of course, which is usually around 3 pounds per order.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2015 1:27 pm

Bump: Added tracklist to the first post.

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

would like to know if the version of "Waiting Game" w/Jools Holland is the:
single version at 3:45 or the album version at 4:12.
any info out there?

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

RackleNut wrote:

would like to know if the version of "Waiting Game" w/Jools Holland is the:
single version at 3:45 or the album version at 4:12.
any info out there?

there is something quite wrong about quoting oneself, however...

this box set arrived yesterday - nicely done - AND it does contain the full-lenght 4:12 of "Waiting Game" - FYI.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Thanks for the follow up! Nothing wrong with closing the loop when it comes to solid information.

[2015-06-15] Eddi Reader "The Blanco Y Negro Years" 5CD box set (Edsel/Demon UK)

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