[2015-10-23] Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs "Completely Under The Covers" 4CD box set (Edsel/Demon UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:55 am

Description
From the new liner note by Paul Myers: “For me,” says Susanna Hoffs, “making these recordings just felt like two music nerds getting together and having a really good time playing and recording songs that we worship.”

Hoffs, a founding member of The Bangles, is fondly recalling the period between 2006 and 2013 when she and co-conspirator Matthew Sweet released three full volumes of their Under The Covers series, on which the two teamed up to pay homage to many of the singles (and album deep cuts) from the 60s, 70s, and 80s which informed and shaped their own musical destinies.

• The Beatles, Dylan, Fairport Convention, Neil Young, The Beach Boys, The Who, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Carly Simon, The Ramones, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Smiths and Prince are amongst the 57 acts covered. “They’re kind of a love letter,” says Hoffs, “from us as fans. They’re like the equivalent of an old school mixtape that you would give someone you’re crazy about. There’s something incredibly romantic about it.”

• With guest appearances from Lindsey Buckingham, Steve Howe, Van Dyke Parks and Dhani Harrison, this 60 song package contains all three albums and fifteen previously-hard-to-get bonus tracks plus a 48 page booklet with annotation by Sweet and Hoffs, all gathered together for the first time on 4 CDs in card wallets in a clamshell box.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. I See The Rain
2. And Your Bird Can Sing
3. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
4. Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
5. Cinnamon Girl
6. Alone Again Or
7. The Warmth Of The Sun
8. Different Drum
9. The Kids Are Alright
10. Sunday Morning
11. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
12. Care Of Cell 44
13. Monday, Monday
14. She May Call You Up Tonight
15. Run To Me
16. Village Green Preservation Society
17. I Can See For Miles

[CD2]
1. Sugar Magnolia
2. Go All The Way
3. Second Hand News
4. Bell Bottom Blues
5. All The Young Dudes
6. You're So Vain
7. Here Comes My Girl
8. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People
9. Hello It's Me
10. Willin'
11. Back Of A Car
12. Couldn't I Just Tell You
13. Gimme Some Truth
14. Maggie May
15. Everything I Own
16. Beware Of Darkness

[CD3]
1. Dreaming
2. Marquee Moon
3. I Wanna Be Sedated
4. Baby Blue
5. You Say You Don't Love Me
6. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
7. You Can Close Your Eyes
8. Melissa
9. Killer Queen
10. A Song For You

[CD4]
1. Sitting Still
2. Girls Talk
3. Big Brown Eyes
4. Kid
5. Free Fallin'
6. Save It For Later
7. They Don't Know
8. The Bulrushes
9. Our Lips Are Sealed
10. How Soon Is Now
11. More Than This
12. Towers Of London
13. Killing Moon
14. Trouble
15. Train In Vain
16. You're My Favorite Waste of Time
17. I Would Die 4 U

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013TPJKHQ/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013TPJKHQ/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:55 am

Not yet orderable, but will be soon.

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Perhaps will round up all bonus/EP tracks. I have at least 3 versions of the first, plus the vinyl EP and at least 2 of the second.

tonsorock · **Joined:** 19 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 292

Spin UK lists the supposed track listing — http://www.spincds.com/coming-soon/comp ... mshell-box — but... it doesn't appear to include their killer cover of Neil Young's Buffalo Springfield classic "On the Way Home" which was included as a free 1-track promo CD giveaway in indie stores with Under the Covers Vol. 1 and also appeared on a Shout Factory download-only sampler. I am hoping this omission is a mistake in the track listing! It SHOULD be included!!!

Seth · 12 Jul 2006

I like them, and I would want more.... but I have to re-buy all 3 albums???

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Seth wrote:

I like them, and I would want more.... but I have to re-buy all 3 albums???

This happens all too frequently. I "won" one time: Iain Matthews self released 5 cd's of rarities in the early 90's. They were released one at a time, & of course one had to buy the box to get #5. I actually managed to sell 1-4 indibidually on ebay for more then I paid for the box!

Doubt that would be the case here: different times & these were pressed in a much larger quantity then the Matthews.

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

tonsorock wrote:

Spin UK lists the supposed track listing — http://www.spincds.com/coming-soon/comp ... mshell-box — but... it doesn't appear to include their killer cover of Neil Young's Buffalo Springfield classic "On the Way Home" which was included as a free 1-track promo CD giveaway in indie stores with Under the Covers Vol. 1 and also appeared on a Shout Factory download-only sampler. I am hoping this omission is a mistake in the track listing! It SHOULD be included!!!

Apparently missing in action are the aforementioned "On The Way Home" as well as the Japanese Vol. 1 CD bonus track cover of The Easybeats' "Sorry".

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

tonsorock wrote:

Spin UK lists the supposed track listing — http://www.spincds.com/coming-soon/comp ... mshell-box — but... it doesn't appear to include their killer cover of Neil Young's Buffalo Springfield classic "On the Way Home" which was included as a free 1-track promo CD giveaway in indie stores with Under the Covers Vol. 1 and also appeared on a Shout Factory download-only sampler. I am hoping this omission is a mistake in the track listing! It SHOULD be included!!!

Good grief! :facepalm:

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Tricky Kid wrote:

tonsorock wrote:

Spin UK lists the supposed track listing — http://www.spincds.com/coming-soon/comp ... mshell-box — but... it doesn't appear to include their killer cover of Neil Young's Buffalo Springfield classic "On the Way Home" which was included as a free 1-track promo CD giveaway in indie stores with Under the Covers Vol. 1 and also appeared on a Shout Factory download-only sampler. I am hoping this omission is a mistake in the track listing! It SHOULD be included!!!

Apparently missing in action are the aforementioned "On The Way Home" as well as the Japanese Vol. 1 CD bonus track cover of The Easybeats' "Sorry".

A good one. Come on Edsel! You can do better. At least the bonus tracks from the Pillowcase EP get their first CD release.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Leaving 2 tracks off is inexcusable in a set like this.

tonsorock · **Joined:** 19 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 292

Especially when the title is Completely Under the Covers, insinuating it is the complete works. I'm not on FB by choice, but anyone know how to send a message to either Matthew or Susanna there or anywhere else asking them if this is true that these two tracks are not included for some reason? I'm hopeful, given the release is still at least two months off, that Spin just got it wrong (and they have before).

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Or maybe it could be fixed if it's still 2 month's off?

tonsorock · **Joined:** 19 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 292

I really can't believe they "forgot" these two songs, so I am HOPING it's just an error in the listing on Spin. The other possibility would be they couldn't obtain use of the two tracks for some reason. The fact that Neil Young wrote "On the Way Home" makes me wonder, but that wouldn't explain "Sorry" being missing as well. I hope someone with contacts or authority can weigh in on this.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2015 3:02 am

The box is available for pre-ordering now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013TPJKHQ/?tag=imwan-21

The tracklist is in the first post, and doesn't include either "On The Way Home" or "Sorry".

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

tonsorock wrote:

I really can't believe they "forgot" these two songs, so I am HOPING it's just an error in the listing on Spin. The other possibility would be they couldn't obtain use of the two tracks for some reason. The fact that Neil Young wrote "On the Way Home" makes me wonder, but that wouldn't explain "Sorry" being missing as well. I hope someone with contacts or authority can weigh in on this.

I've never heard of Neil refusing to let other cover his music. In fact the only instance that comes to my mind is when Prince wouldn't let Weird Al so Purple Rain.

NoPhoneNoPoolNoPets · 17 Jul 2007

Tricky Kid wrote:

tonsorock wrote:

Spin UK lists the supposed track listing — http://www.spincds.com/coming-soon/comp ... mshell-box — but... it doesn't appear to include their killer cover of Neil Young's Buffalo Springfield classic "On the Way Home" which was included as a free 1-track promo CD giveaway in indie stores with Under the Covers Vol. 1 and also appeared on a Shout Factory download-only sampler. I am hoping this omission is a mistake in the track listing! It SHOULD be included!!!

Apparently missing in action are the aforementioned "On The Way Home" as well as the Japanese Vol. 1 CD bonus track cover of The Easybeats' "Sorry".

Also missing is Matthew and Susanna's cover of "Got To Get You Into My Life", from the soundtrack of the Eddie Murphy movie "Imagine That" (although the song was not on any of the "Under The Covers" albums)

joebase · 13 Dec 2006

tonsorock wrote:

I really can't believe they "forgot" these two songs, so I am HOPING it's just an error in the listing on Spin. The other possibility would be they couldn't obtain use of the two tracks for some reason. The fact that Neil Young wrote "On the Way Home" makes me wonder, but that wouldn't explain "Sorry" being missing as well. I hope someone with contacts or authority can weigh in on this.

The set includes Cinnamon Girl so that's not the case with Neil

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:46 pm

The pre-order price has now been reduced by a few more pounds, down to £13.99:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013TPJKHQ/?tag=imwan-21

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

OK, I'll bite at that price.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Found another missing track: a cover of Neil Young's on The beach from an uncut mag cd called Like a Hurricane.

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Geff R. wrote:

Found another missing track: a cover of Neil Young's on The beach from an uncut mag cd called Like a Hurricane.

From what I can find, the Sweet/Hoffs track on that CD was "Everywhere Knows This Is Nowhere", which is on Under The Covers, Vol. 1.

tonsorock · **Joined:** 19 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 292

Geff R. wrote:

Found another missing track: a cover of Neil Young's on The beach from an uncut mag cd called Like a Hurricane.

Hmmm, I think not. According to what I just researched, "On the Beach" is by The Walkabouts. MS an SH do "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere," from Under the Covers Vol. 1. Here's the tracklist for the Uncut CD: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Like-A-H ... se/1162372

By my count, there are three songs missing from this upcoming set which should be more accurately re-titled Almost Completely Under the Covers: "On The Way Home," "Sorry" and "Got To Get You Into My Life." Very frustrating that this set would be complete, were it not for these three lone tracks.

[2015-10-23] Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs "Completely Under The Covers" 4CD box set (Edsel/Demon UK)

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