[2016-09-09] The Verve "A Storm In Heaven" and "A Northern Soul" Super Deluxe Editions (Virgin UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2016 5:08 pm

A Storm In Heaven

Description
The Verve’s stunning debut album from 1993 gets a thorough overhaul with this wonderful 4-disc boxed Super Deluxe Edition. Remastered by Chris Potter (co-producer of the band’s ‘Urban Hymns’) the original album comes amply augmented by all of the legendary pre-album EP tracks, associated acoustic versions, as well as two previously unreleased BBC radio sessions and two excellent previously unreleased studio albums – ‘South Pacific’ and ‘Shoeshine Girl’. The DVD presents a 1992 Camden Town Hall concert, the US promo video for ‘Blue’ plus unseen footage of the band in New York in October 1992. There’s also a new video for the unreleased ‘South Pacific’, made from the album’s recording sessions, as captured by producer John Leckie. The package, which comes in a lift-off-lid box, also includes four post cards, a poster and a 48-page book featuring new interviews and previously unseen photos.

Tracklist
[CD1: The Remastered Album]
1. Star Sail
2. Slide Away
3. Already There
4. Beautiful Mind
5. The Sun, The Sea
6. Virtual World
7. Make It ‘Til Monday
8. Blue
9. Butterfly
10. See You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)

[CD2: B-Sides, EP Tracks]
1. All In The Mind (9/3/1992)
2. All In The Mind
3. One Way To Go
4. A Man Called Sun
5. She’s A Superstar (22/6/1992)
6. She’s A Superstar
7. Feel
8. Gravity Grave (5/10/1992)
9. Gravity Grave (Extended Version)
10. Endless Life
11. A Man Called Sun (Live)
12. Gravity Grave (Live Encore)
13. Blue (10/5/1993)
14. Twilight
15. Where The Geese Go
16. No Come Down
17. Blue (USA Mix)
18. Slide Away (29/9/1992)
19. 6 O’Clock

[CD3: B-Side, Radio Sessions, Unreleased Studio Tracks]
1. Slide Away cont. (20/9/1993)
2. Make It Til Monday (Acoustic)
3. Virtual World (Acoustic)
Originally issued on the compilation ‘No Come Down’ (B-sides and out-takes):
4. Gravity Grave (live Glastonbury 1993)
5. Butterfly (Acoustic)
BBC Radio 1 Session – 7/02/1992 (previously unreleased):
6. Slide Away
7. She’s A Superstar
8. Already There
9. Brake Lights
BBC Radio 1 (Mark Radcliffe) Session – 7/12/1993 (previously unreleased):
10. Star Sail
11. A Man Called Sun
12. 6 O’Clock
13. Gravity Grave
Unreleased Sawmills Studio Sessions (previously unreleased):
14. Shoeshine Girl
15. South Pacific

[DVD]
Promo videos:
1. All In The Mind
2. She’s A Superstar
3. Gravity Grave
4. Blue
5. Slide Away
Live At Camden Town Hall – 23/10/92:
1. Slide Away
2. All In The Mind
3. She’s A Superstar
4. Staring Stranger
5. A Man Called Sun
6. South Pacific
7. Already There
8. The Sun, The Sea
9. Gravity Grave
Bonus content:
- A Man Called Sun (NYC Flatbed Truck – 1992)
- South Pacific (Sawmills footage filmed by John Leckie)
- Blue (USA Mix) (Promo Video)

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FWXT2Y4/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FWXT2Y4/?tag=imwan-21

A Northern Soul

Description
Undoubtedly one of the most powerful British rock statements of all time The Verve’s second album spawned three Top 40 singles – ‘This Is Music’, ‘On Your Own’ and ‘History’. For this sumptuous 3-CD boxed Super Deluxe Edition the original audio has been remastered by Chris Potter (co-producer of their ‘Urban Hymns’ album) and comes augmented by all of the associated B-sides, two previously unreleased BBC radio sessions and seven unreleased studio tracks, including early versions of ‘The Rolling People’ and ‘Come On’. The package comes in a lift-off-lid box covered in silver mirrorboard as with the original LP release and contains four postcards, a poster and a 36-page book with new interviews and previously unseen photos.

Tracklist
[CD1: The Remastered Album]
1. A New Decade
2. This Is Music
3. On Your Own
4. So It Goes
5. A Northern Soul
6. Brainstorm Interlude
7. Drive You Home
8. History
9. No Knock On My Door
10. Life’s An Ocean
11. Stormy Clouds
12. (Reprise)

[CD2: B-Sides]
1. This Is Music
2. Let The Damage Begin
3. You And Me
4. On Your Own
5. I See The Door
6. Little Gem
7. Dance On Your Bones
8. History
9. History (Radio Edit)
10. Back On My Feet Again
11. On Your Own (Acoustic)
12. Monkey Magic (Brainstorm Mix)
13. Grey Skies
14. Life’s Not A Rehearsal

[CD3: Unreleased Studio And BBC Sessions]
1. Brake Lights
2. Mover
3. Funky Jam (aka The Rolling People)
4. Echo Bass
5. Muhammad Ali
6. Come On
7. King Riff (aka This Is Music)
BBC Radio 1 Session – 28/6/1995:
8. On Your Own
9. So It Goes
BBC Radio 1 Session – 19/6/1995:
10. A New Decade
11. This Is Music
12. Life’s An Ocean
13. Come On

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FWXT2X0/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FWXT2X0/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2016 6:47 pm

Bump: Added the cover images and product descriptions to the first post.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:03 pm

And another bump to add the tracklists.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Very, very tempting.

Rick A.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:33 am

Bump again to update the cover images in the first post to the full packshots.

mdm08033 · 19 Dec 2007

I hope the sound quality of the re-issue matches the quality of the art direction and packaging.

Cheers, Michael

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I have decided to go for A Storm In Heaven, the price w/dollar pound conversion was very good.

Rick A.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Rick A wrote:

I have decided to go for A Storm In Heaven, the price w/dollar pound conversion was very good.

Rick A.

Well it came in with today's mail. Beautiful presentation and chuck full of extras including a 45 page book. It notes that the remastering was done by Tony Cousins which differs with what was in the Amazon description as Chris Potter. The original producer was John Leckie, one of all time favorites.

Can't wait to dive into this this evening.

Rick A.

[2016-09-09] The Verve "A Storm In Heaven" and "A Northern Soul" Super Deluxe Editions (Virgin UK)

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