Ocean Colour Scene - Yesterday Today 1992 - 2018 (1000 Signed Edition) [15D]

Edsel (Box Set)

£116.98

Format: 15 x CD
Catalogue No.: EDSL0127X
Barcode: 5014797908208
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023
Genre: Indie/Alternative

All beginnings start with a name. And so, in October 1989, Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Damon Minchella and Oscar Harrison sat down together, chose their three favourite words, arranged them in a satisfactory order and became Ocean Colour Scene. A year later, they recorded their debut single ‘One Of Those Days’ and within months had a first taste of chart action with a third single ‘Yesterday Today’. Nevertheless, mainstream success would prove to be a trickier proposition. After a clutch of underperforming single releases, their record label, Fontana, dropped the band.

There followed a three year hiatus and a difficult period of self examination. When the band re-emerged, they had reinvented themselves and faced the music industry guns blazing. In February 1996, ‘The Riverboat Song’ smashed into the UK chart and trail blazed six consecutive top ten hits. Backed by the triple platinum selling Moseley Shoals and the number one album Marchin’ Already, Ocean Colour Scene became one of the hottest bands in the country, as the hits kept rolling.

Thirty-five years on, and Ocean Colour Scene are still together: making music and regularly selling out huge concert halls across the country. They have the support of an extraordinarily dedicated and loyal fan base who cherish their music and hold close to their hearts a lifetime of memories supporting the group. Yet Ocean Colour Scene have never been popular with the music press. They are frequently overlooked for the key role they played in the nineties music scene. They were, and still are, subjected to derision and scorn. It matters not. Ocean Colour Scene did it their way. Standing firm by their music. They became the people’s band. They believe in the soul of bass, drum and guitar rhythm. They exude melody. And they stand amongst the finest purveyors
of the stirring sounds of a live concert. Each of the band has a passion to transcend everyday mundanity with music. And most of all they believe, as they always have, that one song can elevate the spirit and enrich the human experience.

This 228-track 15CD Collection is the first of its kind. A celebration of one of Britain’s finest bands. Including all of their studio albums from the self-titled debut album Ocean Colour Scene, to the chart-topping Moseley Shoals, Marchin’ Already, One For The Modern and the post Brit-pop Mechanical Wonder, North Atlantic Drift, A Hyperactive Workout For The Flying Squad, On The Leyline and the later albums Saturday and Painting.

Moreover, the B-sides and rarities included in this boxset offer a treasure trove of lesser known Ocean Colour Scene classics. There is the Free inspired ‘So Sad’ and ‘Men Of Such Opinion’ (Simon’s favourite self-written lyric), the irresistibly melodic ‘Huckleberry Grove’ featuring the Jamaican ska legend Rico Rodriguez, and the
more sedate ballads ‘Robin Hood’, ‘I Need A Love Song’ and ‘Mrs Jones’ and a cover of ‘Day Tripper’, featuring Noel and Liam Gallagher. To round off the connection, you may also want to listen to an unreleased song of Weller’s, ‘For Dancers Only’, which Steve unearthed for Ocean Colour Scene’s 2007 release, On The Leyline.

Accompanying 15CD collection is a stunning 72-page hardback book, with in-depth essay from award winning author Daniel Rachel depicting the rise of Ocean Colour Scene from the inside. No stone has been left unturned as alongside these words the book is packed with incredible photographs from Ocean Colour Scene photographers Lawrence Watson and Tony Briggs, many previously unseen. There’s also personal memorabilia, tour flyers, back stage passes from legendary gigs, lyrics and signed prints. It’s all here!

DISC 1: OCEAN COLOUR SCENE (1992)
1. Talk On
2. How About You
3. Giving It All Away
4. Justine
5. Do Yourself A Favour
6. Third Shade Of Green
7. Sway
8. Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days
9. One Of Those Days
10. Is She Coming Home
11. Blue Deep Ocean
12. Reprise
DISC 2: MOSELEY SHOALS (1996)
1. The Riverboat Song
2. The Day We Caught The Train
3. The Circle
4. Lining Your Pockets
5. Fleeting Mind
6. 40 Past Midnight
7. One For The Road
8. It's My Shadow
9. Policemen & Pirates
10. The Downstream
11. You've Got It Bad
12. Get Away
DISC 3: MARCHIN' ALREADY (1997)
1. Hundred Mile High Club
2. Better Day
3. Travellers Tune
4. Big Star
5. Debris Road
6. Besides Yourself
7. Get Blown Away
8. Tele He’s Not Talking
9. Fozy’s Folk Faced
10. All Up
11. Spark And Cindy
12. Half A Dream Away
13. It’s A Beautiful Thing
DISC 4: ONE FROM THE MODERN (1999)
1. Profit In Peace
2. So Low
3. I Am The News
4. No One At All
5. Families
6. July
7. Jane She Got Excavated
8. Emily Chambers
9. Soul Driver
10. The Waves
11. I Won’t Get Crazed

DISC 5: MECHANICAL WONDER (2001)
1. Up On The Downside
2. In My Field
3. Sail On My Boat
4. Biggest Thing
5. We Made It More
6. Give Me A Letter
7. Mechanical Wonder
8. You Are Amazing
9. If I Gave You My Heart
10. Can’t Get Back To The Baseline
11. Something For Me
DISC 6: NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT (2003)
1. I Just Need Myself
2. Oh Collector
3. North Atlantic Drift
4. Golden Gate Bridge
5. Make The Deal
6. For Every Corner
7. On My Way
8. Second Hand Car
9. She’s Been Waiting
10. The Song Goes On
11. When Evil Comes
DISC 7: A HYPERACTIVE WORKOUT FOR THE FLYING
SQUAD (2005)
1. Everything Comes At The Right Time
2. Free My Name
3. Wah Wah
4. Drive Away
5. I Love You
6. This Day Should Last Forever
7. Move Things Over
8. Waving Not Drowning
9. God’s Word
10. Another Time To Stay
11. Have You Got The Right
12. Stary Of The Day
13. My Time
DISC 8: ON THE LEYLINE (2007)
1. I Told You So
2. On The Leyline, Waiting
3. For Dancers Only
4. Man In the Middle
5. I Just Got Over You
6. Go To The Sea
7. These Days I’m Tired
8. You’ll Never Find Me
9. Don’t Get Me
10. Loneliest Girl In The Whole Wide World
11. Mr Brown
12. Two Lovers
13. Daylight

DISC 9: SATURDAY (2010)
1. 100 Floors Of Perception
2. Mrs Maylie
3. Saturday
4. Just A Little Bit Of Love
5. Old Pair Of Jeans
6. Sing Children Sing
7. Harry Kidnap
8. Magic Carpet Days
9. The Word
10. Village Life
11. Postal
12. What’s Mine Is Yours
13. Fell In Love on the Street Again
14. Rockfield
DISC 10: PAINTING (2013)
1. We Don’t Look In the Mirror
2. Painting
3. Goodbye Old Town
4. Doodle Book
5. If God Made Everyone
6. Weekend
7. Professor Perplexity
8. George’s Tower
9. I Don’t Want To Leave England
10. The Winning Side
11. Mistaken Identity
12. The Union
13. The New Torch Song
14. Here Comes The Dawning Day
DISC 11: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 1 (1990 - 1992)
1. Sway (Single Version)
2. Lullaby
3. Sway (12” Version)
4. One Of These Days
5. Yesterday Today
6. Another Girl’s Name
7. Fly Me
8. No One Says
9. My Brother Sarah
10. Mona Lisa Eyes
11. Bellechoux
12. Blue Deep Ocean (Alt. Version)
13. Is She Coming Home (Alt. Version)
14. Flowers
15. Don’t Play
16. The Seventh Floor
17. Patsy In Green
18. Suspended Motion

DISC 12: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 2 (1996)
1. So Sad
2. Charlie Brown Says
3. Robin Hood
4. I Wanna Stay Alive With You
5. Huckleberry Grove
6. You’ve Got It Bad (Demo Version)
7. Here In My Heart
8. Beautiful Losers
9. Men Of Such Opinion (Demo Version)
10. The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago
11. I Need A Love Song
12. Chicken Bones And Stones
13. The Day We Caught The Train (Acoustic Version)
14. Travellers Tune (Original Version)
15. Justine
16. Song Of A Baker
17. Mrs Jones
18. Cool Cool Water
19. Top Of The World
20. The Circle (Acoustic)
21. Chelsea Walk
22. Alibis
23. Day Tripper (Live, Electric Ballroom, 9 May 1996)
DISC 13: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 3 (1997 - 1999)
1. The Face Smiles Back Easily
2. Falling To The Floor
3. Hello Monday
4. Song For the Front Row
5. On The Way Home
6. All Gods Children Need Travelling Shoes
7. Hundred Mile High City (Live at Wembley Arena, 1997)
8. The Best Bet On Chinaski
9. On And On
10. Mariners Way
11. Going Nowhere For A While
12. Expensive Chair
13. If You Get Your Way
14. Flood Tide Rising
15. Step By Step
16. Carnation
17. Hoping You’re Making It Too
18. The Inheritors