[2024-08-23] Then Jerico "Before The Future: 1984-1989" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat May 25, 2024 7:55 pm

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Description
• 4CD box set featuring the English 80s rock band Then Jerico.

• The most comprehensive collection of their recorded output for London Records.

• Bringing together the band’s two studio albums, plus all of the band’s singles, B-sides, 12” mixes and demos spanning the period 1984-1989.

CD1: The band’s 1987 debut album ‘First (The Sound of Music)’ plus seven related bonus tracks including the single versions of ‘The Motive’ (Top 20), ‘Muscle Deep’ and the band’s cover of Roxy Music’s ‘Prairie Rose’.

CD2: Featuring 16 related bonus tracks from the period of ‘First’. Including three extended mixes of ‘The Motive’, extended mixes of ‘Muscle Deep’ and ‘Prairie Rose’ and a 12” mix of ‘Let Her Fall’ from the London Records’ archives.

CD3: Featuring the 1989 album, ‘Big Area (Outside)’ with its ten original tracks plus six bonus tracks, including the Lost Mix of their #13 UK hit single, ‘Big Area’, and the Extended Mix of ‘What Does It Take?’ featuring Belinda Carlisle on backing vocals.

CD4: ‘From The Vaults’ features eleven previously unreleased tracks including seven demos recorded for the band’s ‘First’ album, two released versions of ‘The Motive’, two mixes of ‘What Does It Take?’ with the Great Mix appearing on CD for the first time, and four versions of ‘Let Her Fall’.

All tracks have been sourced from the London Records tape archives; 19 tracks are appearing on CD for the first time.

Presented in a clamshell box with each disc housed in a printed card sleeve. The 28-page CD booklet features exclusive sleeve notes, and a UK discography.

This release has been made with the full cooperation of the band’s Mark Shaw.

Tracklist
[CD1: First (The Sound Of Music)]
1. Let Her Fall
2. Blessed Days
3. Laughter Party
4. Stable Boy
5. The Motive
6. Muscle Deep
7. A Quiet Place (Apathy & Sympathy)
8. Play Dead
9. The Hitcher
10. Prairie Rose
Bonus Tracks:
11. Blessed Days (Tokyo Mix)
12. Fault (Dub)
13. The Big Sweep
14. Fault (7” Version) *
15. Muscle Deep (7” Version – Julian Mendelsohn Remix)
16. Prairie Rose (Extended 7” Version)
17. The Motive (7” Version)

[CD2: Extended Mixes & B-Sides]
1. The Big Sweep (Club Mix)
2. The Rack *
3. Fault (Club Mix) *
4. Muscle Deep (Extended Version) *
5. Clank (Countdown To Oblivion)
6. Distant Homes
7. Let Her Fall (The Absolute Version) *
8. Searching (Live)
9. Prairie Rose (12” Version) *
10. Electric
11. One Life
12. The Motive (Extended Version) *
13. The Word (Live)
14. The Motive (Midnight Mix)
15. The Motive (USA Mix)
16. Let Her Fall (12” Remix) *

[CD3: Big Area (Outside)]
1. Big Area
2. What Does It Take?
3. You Ought To Know
4. Song For The Brokenhearted
5. Darkest Hour
6. Reeling
7. Where You Lie
8. Sugar Box
9. Helpless
10. Under Fire
Bonus Tracks:
11. Trampled Underfoot
12. The Happening
13. What Does It Take? (Extended)
14. Jungle
15. Big Area (Lost Mix)
16. Sugar Box (Blue Instrumental)

[CD4: From The Vaults]
1. The Motive (Nightmare Mix)
2. Prairie Rose (7” DJ Version) *
3. What Does It Take? (Great Mix) *
4. Let Her Fall (USA Mix)
5. The Motive (Longer USA Mix)
6. Let Her Fall (7” Version) *
7. What Does It Take? (Single Version)
8. Let Her Fall (7” Remix) *
9. Blessed Days (12” Version)
10. The Word (Demo) *
11. Let Her Fall (Demo) *
12. The Hitcher (Demo) *
13. Quiet Place (Demo) *
14. Play Dead (Demo) *
15. Stable Boy (Demo) *
16. The Motive (Demo) *

* Denotes released on CD for the first time

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jun 12, 2024 12:09 pm

All of the pre-order links in the first post are now active.

[2024-08-23] Then Jerico "Before The Future: 1984-1989" 4CD box set (Cherry Red UK)

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