Black Vinyl Shoes ~ Anthology 1973-1978 | Boxset : ClamShell

UK three CD set from the power pop legends containing their classic Black Vinyl Shoes album complete with bonus tracks plus two CDs featuring two rare pre-BVS albums plus additional tracks. First issued in 1977 on the band's own label but not widely available until it was reissued in 1978, Shoes' first album proper, Black Vinyl Shoes, is an absolute classic of US power pop, characterized by gorgeous, Byrds-style chiming guitars, wistful, melancholy melodies and wonderful harmonies. To coincide with the 40th anniversary (ish!) of this landmark record, Cherry Red are proud to present this deluxe edition of Black Vinyl Shoes, reconfigured to present - almost - the complete recordings of the band from their embryonic home demos in 1973 through to tracks laid down on the eve of their deal with Elektra Records in 1979. These include the entire Black Vinyl Shoes album, their privately-pressed 1975 album One In Versailles, the 1975 recordings which were unissued at the time but belatedly presented as Bazooka, two tracks from their mythical 1974 LP Heads Or Tails, their one-off single for Bomp Records and a handful of previously unissued tracks. Coordinated with the original band members, Black Vinyl Shoes boasts lengthy (8,000-word) sleeve-notes by David Wells, remastered sound quality and a sizeable booklet awash with rare images from the period.

Tracks

1~1~Boys Donâ™t Lie
1~2~Do You Wanna Get Lucky?
1~3~Sheâ™ll Disappear
1~4~Tragedy
1~5~Writing A Postcard
1~6~Not Me
1~7~Someone Finer
1~8~Capital Gain
1~9~Fatal
1~10~Running Start
1~11~Okay
1~12~It Really Hurts
1~13~Fire For Awhile
1~14~If Youâ™d Stay
1~15~Nowhere So Fast
1~16~Capital Offense
1~17~Sheâ™ll Disappear (Demo)
1~18~Lucky Tail
1~19~I Wanna Hide
1~20~Tomorrow Night (Bomp! Version)
1~21~Okay (Bomp! Version)
1~22~Iâ™ll Take You Away
1~23~Full Bite
1~24~Babyâ™s Gone
1~25~Ever Again
1~26~Like I Told You (Second Version)
1~27~Karen (Acoustic Demo)
1~28~Iâ™ll Take You Away (Alternative Version)
1~29~Pinheads
1~30~Move It Or Lose It
1~31~Rock Your Own
1~32~Along With Love
1~33~Love Took A Turn
1~34~Alone But Satisfied
1~35~New Meat
1~36~Iâ™m Broken
1~37~The Atlantic
1~38~My Anisette
1~39~Snap!
1~40~Educated
1~41~Like I Told You
1~42~I Can Make It (Demo)
1~43~Dance In Your Sleep
1~44~Do I Get So Shy
1~45~Un Dans Versailles
1~46~Kristine
1~47~Something I Canâ™t See
1~48~Eggroll Rock
1~49~Song For Her
1~50~One Night
1~51~No, I Donâ™t
1~52~The Sun
1~53~One In Versailles
1~54~Banjo
1~55~My Husbandâ™s Home!
1~56~Nothing Means More
1~57~Iâ?D Like To Take You Out Again (From Â?Heads Or Tailsâ, 1974)
1~58~Rockâ™nâ™roll Freak

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Shoes
Release Date: 11 May 2021
Genre: Pop
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Distributor: Rocket Group