106-track, 6CD Box Set retrospective from singer/songwriter Iain Matthews
Features 2022 remasters of his four albums with legendary record producer Sandy Roberton (‘Stealin' Home’, ‘Siamese Friends’, ‘Spot Of Interference’ and ‘Shook’)
Contains 50% previously unreleased material, including early songwriting demos and multiple live performances
Musician and singer-songwriter Iain Matthews should need no introduction. He was an original member of legendary folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form Matthews Southern Comfort, who scored a UK number one in 1970 with Joni Mitchell's ‘Woodstock’. In the early 1970s, as well as recording solo for Vertigo and Elektra, Iain played in folk rock “supergroup” Plainsong. Collectively, this body of work established Iain as a master-craftsman of both his own songs and those of others – a tradition he has continued to explore down the decades.
After a mid-‘70s spell with Columbia Records, he teamed up with his long-time producer Sandy Roberton for four albums across the late 1970s and early 1980s, a fertile period which is the subject of our first box set commemorating the various eras of Iain’s long and illustrious career. Stateside, Iain was rarely more popular: in 1979, his cover of Terence Boylan's ‘Shake It’ reached No 13 on the US charts. A perfect slice of soft rock, ‘Shake It’ also rewarded him with a No 6 hit in Canada and made the Top 20 in New Zealand.
This 6CD box set re-presents the four original albums from that era, ‘Stealin' Home’, ‘Siamese Friends’, ‘Spot Of Interference’ and ‘Shook’, alongside a wealth of previously unissued material culled both from Iain’s own archive and the collections of fans worldwide. Iain’s 1978 BBC In Concert special gets its first official airing on CD; elsewhere, there’s a wealth of live and demo material to delight even the most casual admirer of Matthews’ music.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE:
STEALIN’ HOME
Gimme An Inch Girl
Don't Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes
King Of The Night
Man In The Station
Let There Be Blues
Carefully Taught
Stealin' Home
Shake It
Yank & Mary / Smile
Slip Away
Sail My Soul
BONUS TRACKS
Sing Senorita (outtake)
Let There Be Blues (demo)
Let Me Live Until I See You Again (demo)
BBC IN CONCERT
Shake It (live) *
Just One Look (live) *
Stealin' Home (live) *
Man In The Station (live) *
King Of The Night (live) *
Payday (live) *
DISC TWO:
SIAMESE FRIENDS
You Don't See Me
Survival
Heatwave
Home Somewhere
Crying In The Night
The Baby She's On The Street
Hearts On The Line
Anna
Lies
Runaway
BONUS TRACKS
You Don’t See Me (live) *
Heatwave (live) *
Lies (live) *
No Reply (live) *
Hearts On The Line (live) *
* Previously unreleased
DISC THREE:
SPOT OF INTERFERENCE
I Survived The 70's
She May Call You Up Tonight
I Can't Fade Away
The Hurt
Driftwood From Disaster
Why Am I?
No Time At All (See How They Run)
For The Lonely Hunter
See Me
Civilisation
What Do I Do? BONUS TRACKS
The Hurt Stayed (demo) *
In No Time At All (demo) *
For The Lonely Hunter (live) *
I Can't Fade Away (live) *
She May Call You Up Tonight (live) *
The Hurt (live) *
Driftwood From Disaster (live) *
No Time At All (See How They Run) (live) *
Civilisation (live) * 21 Payday (live) *
DISC FOUR:
SHOOK
Shorting Out
Views (Dance Goes On)
Wild Places
Indiscreet
Wish
Driver
Tomorrow Falls On Saturday
Fear Strikes Out
Over Under Sideways Down
Room Service
BONUS TRACKS
Why Don’t We Work On All This (demo) *
Work On All This
Better Not Stay (demo)
What Do You Wish You Could Be (demo)
Perfect Timing (demo)
Voices (demo)
Action (demo)
Change (demo)
On The Beach
DISC FIVE:
ON THE ROAD AND IN THE STUDIO 1979 - LIVE IN BRUSSELS
Stealin' Home (live) *
Just One Look (live) *
Lonely Hunter (live) *
These Days (live) *
Man In The Station (live) *
Don't Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes (live) *
Gimme An Inch Girl (live) *
Call The Tune (live) *
Shake It (live) *
Payday (live) *
Slip Away (live) *
Brown Eyed Girl (live) *
1982 - HI-FI DEMOS
Sights In Manhattan (demo) *
Views (Dance Goes On) (demo) *
Indiscreet (demo) *
Out Of My Range (demo) *
DISC SIX:
THE ROCKBURGH YEARS LIVE STEALIN’ HOME LIVE 1978-1979
