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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:26 pm 
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The Long Ryders were formed by several American musicians influenced by Gram Parsons and the Byrds, with country and punk rock influences. The band featured Sid Griffin on guitar, autoharp, and harmonica, Stephen McCarthy, guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, and banjo, Des Brewer, bassist, (later replaced by Tom Stevens) and Greg Sowders, playing drums and percussion. With a sound reminiscent of Gram Parsons, Buffalo Springfield and The Flying Burrito Brothers, but with a harder edge, they anticipated the alternative country music of the 1990s by a decade. This 4-CD career overview has been compiled with both Sid Griffin and Tom Stevens from original tapes (where they exist) – the entire band has contributed a track by track breakdown for the set. The set features all the original albums as well as demos, singles and rare live recordings. Re-mastered by Andy Pearce the recordings in Sid's opinion have never sounded so good. A new booklet designed by Phil Smee contains many rare photos and memorabilia.

Tracklist
[CD1: 1983-1984]
Original 10/5/60 EP:
1. Join My Gang
2. You Don't Know What’s Right…
3. 10/5/60
4. And She Rides
5. Born To Believe In You
Native Sons:
6. Final Wild Son
7. Ivory Tower
8. Run Dusty Run
9. (Sweet) Mental Revenge
10. Fair Game
11. Tell It To The Judge On Sunday
12. Wreck Of The 809
13. Too Close To The Light
14. Never Got To Meet The Mom
15. I Had A Dream
16. Masters Of War
17. Black Girl - Acoustic May-June 1984
18. Wreck Of The 809 - Acoustic May-June 1984
19. Further Along - Acoustic May-June 1984
20. The Rains Came - CBGBs April 1984
21. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover - West End, Chicago Nov 1984

[CD2: 1985]
State Of Our Union:
1. Looking For Lewis And Clark
2. Lights Of Downtown
3. WDIA
4. Mason-Dixon Line
5. Here Comes That Train Again
6. Years Long Ago
7. Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today
8. Two Kinds Of Love
9. You Can't Ride The Boxcars Anymore
10. Capturing The Flag
11. State Of My Union
12. Southside Of The Story
13. Child Bride
14. If I Were A Bramble And You Were A Rose
15. Looking For Lewis And Clark - OGWT
16. Lights Of Downtown - Captain's Mix, Island Studios
17. Capturing The Flag - Captain's Mix, Island Studios
18. Christmas In New Zealand - State Of Our Union
19. Encore From Hell

[CD3: 1986]
Two Fisted Tales:
1. Gunslinger Man
2. I Want You Bad
3. A Stitch In Time
4. The Light Gets In The Way
5. Prairie Fire
6. Baby’s In Toyland
7. Long Story Short
8. Man Of Misery
9. Harriet Tubman's Gonna Carry Me Home
10. For The Rest Of My Days
11. Spectacular Fall
12. Ring Bells
Demos:
13. 17 Ways
14. Basic Black
15. Pushin' Uphill
16. How Do We Feel What's Real
17. He's Got Himself A Young Girl (And He Can't Keep Up)
18. He Can Hear His Brother Calling
19. Sad Sad Songs
20. Flak Jacket
21. Blues Theme

[CD4: Live 'T Beest, Goes, The Netherlands]
1. Mason Dixon Line
2. Time Keeps Traveling
3. (Sweet) Mental Revenge
4. Run Dusty Run
5. You Don't Know What's Right…
6. As God Is My Witness
7. Ivory Tower
8. I Can’t Hide
9. Masters Of War
10. Wreck Of The 809
11. Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today
12. Six Days On The Road
13. Southside Of The Story
14. Still Get By
15. Tell It To The Judge On Sunday

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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:27 pm 
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I have a feeling that the release date has slipped, but here's what Sid Griffin said last month:

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The Long Ryders 4 CD box Set

The word is out, Cherry Red Records are indeed compiling the ultimate, as yet untitled, Long Ryders compilation.

Released in late September the first three CDs are a compilation of the best tracks (with a few unreleased gems thrown in) from every stage of the founders of alt-country’s career. The fourth CD is a previously unreleased smokin’ live performance from a Benelux festival in March 1985. Originally a radio broadcast and only aired twice back in the day it has been unheard since, neither bootlegged or rumoured.

And the best thing about it, besides the Long Ryders audibly playing at the very top of their game, is it features many songs previously unreleased in live versions as well as a few surprises!

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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:01 pm 
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I read about this quite a while back, but was not sure if it would ever happen. Looking forward to it.

Wonder if we will ever get a release of the Long Ryders' ad for Miller Beer? :lol:


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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
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Looking forward to this. And hoping that, like The Rain Parade and The Three O'clock, we get some killer reunion shows.

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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:59 am 
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More details from Sid:

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Final Wild Songs: The Long Ryders Box Set

Want some Long Ryders news? As stated the four CD Long Ryders box set will be out on Cherry Red in October. It is called Final Wild Songs: The Long Ryders box set. The first three CDs feature the 10-5-60 EP, the three full LPs the band recorded, and eighteen (!) rare tracks, eight of which are previously unreleased…including the audio of the band performing Looking For Lewis & Clark absolutely live on the BBC’s Whistle Test program in 1985 and two unheard mixes of tunes from the State Of Our Union sessions which are completely, completely different to the versions heard on that classic LP.

Yet it is the fourth disc the Long Ryders are most proud of. It is a live CD from a radio broadcast in Benelux in March 1985 when the band was hot as a four dollar pistol on a Newark Saturday night. Broadcast twice thirty years ago it has not been heard since and its discovery is quite an event in the history of the founders of alt-country. And the track listing features rare Long Ryders songs like Time Keeps Travelling, As God Is My Witness, and Southside Of The Story so this fourth disc is not simply the same old songlist recycled but a new audio experience for us all.

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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 3:22 pm 
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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:52 pm 
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Can't find this on Cherry red's release schedule page. Already have deluxe (1CD) editions of all three albums and all the live and out-takes collections, so this wasn't an ESSENTIAL purchase, but...
Anyone hear anything about a rescheduling?


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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:20 pm 
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From Sid:

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Final Wild Songs

The Long Ryders box set, Final Wild Songs, is out in November via the Cherry Red label.

With tracks from EVERY label the Long Ryders were ever on this is a very special box set indeed. Featuring four CDs and many unseen photos and with each track having commentary from one of the band it is housed in a beautiful package designed by the legendary Phil Smee, the UK’s best LP/CD cover artist.

The first three CDs have many rare tracks and over a dozen unreleased cuts in addition to containing all the tracks from the 10-5-60 EP and all the best tracks from the Native Sons, State Of Our Union and Two-Fisted Tales albums.

Also included is a special secret surprise cut we dare not tell you about now…yep…and the crackin’ live version of Looking For Lewis & Clark from the BBC TV Whistle Test broadcast which shot the Long Ryders to fame in the UK and much of Europe.

In answer to the many queries, yes, the Long Ryders hope to do some very special shows in 2016 to support Final Wild Songs. These shows will not be ones to miss as the band many never saddle up and play again.

We could go on and on about how very special Final Wild Songs is but let us leave the subject for now and move on…after we make the timely reminder Christmas is just around the corner and this collection makes an excellent stocking stuffer for the Americana fan on your block!

However, Cherry Red themselves are saying that it will be released in January.

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Looking forward to this big time. I just hope they (label) get this right. I expect Sid to ensure this.

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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:35 pm 
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Ordered (along with that impossibly cheap Bruce live set)

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Excellent! I have pretty much everything on Sid and the boys but there's going to be a lot of rare cool stuff from what I understand.

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Bump: We now have the finalised cover image and tracklist in the first post.

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Nice!
Pre-ordered at 37.99 from AmazonUS.
The lovely 2CD Long Ryders Anthology remains the only place to get the band demo of Stephen's "I'll Get Out Somehow", but all the other tracks unique to that compilation are on here.
One album track, "Still Get By" from Native Sons, is missing here, as are some of the bonus tracks on each albums' Deluxe Editions.
Very excited about Disc 4!
Yippee!


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A promotional video from Cherry Red:


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 Post subject: [2016-01-22] The Long Ryders "Final Wild Songs" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2016 9:20 pm 
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This past Thursday, the group reunited for a gig in London to promote the box set:


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Cool! I need to pull out my box and get them in tonight's rotation.

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I hope they bring the reunion to the west coast this time. Recent years have seen incredible shows from The Rain Parade, Translator, and The Three O'Clock, yet nothing from The Long Ryders

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Bump: Updated the cover image in the first post to the full packshot.

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