| Deacon Blue — The Rest [CD+DVD, Box set] (2012) |
Deacon Blue — The Rest [CD+DVD, Box set]
Formed: 1985
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Album release: October 29, 2012
Record Label: Edsel Records
Duration: 124:40
Tracks:
Disc 1 - Four Bacharach And David Songs EP:
01. I'll Never Fall In Love Again 2:49
02. Look Of Love 3:39
03. Are You There (With Another Girl) 3:24
04. Message To Michael 4:00
First released on Our Town:
05. I Was Right And You Were Wrong 4:51
06. Bound To Love 4:26
07. Still In The Mood 4:03
Our Town Singles B-sides:
08. Fergus Sings The Blues (Live - Hammersmith Apollo - 22nd April 1993) 4:05
09. Loaded (Live - Hammersmith Apollo - 22nd April 1993) 3:44
10. Chocolate Girl (Live - Hammersmith Apollo - 22nd April 1993) 6:24
11. Beautiful Stranger
12. Waves Of Sorrow (Piano & Vocal Version) 3:26
13. Bethlehem's Gate (Piano & Vocal Version) 3:35
14. I Was Right And You Were Wrong (Extended Version) 5:35
15. Mexico Rain 4:04
16. Goin' Back (Live at Feile, Dublin - 4th August 1993) 3:25
17. Wages day (Piano Version) 3:20
Disc 2 - Walking Back Home and Singles:
01. Love Hurts 4:25
02. Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel The Rain 5:14
03. Christmas And Glasgow 5:13
04. When You Are Young 3:50
05. Plastic Shoes 3:41
06. All I Want 4:45
07. Walking Back Home 5:01
First released on Singles:
08. Bigger Than Dynamite 3:28
09. Haunted 4:18
10. The One About Loneliness 4:00
Singles B-sides:
11. Deportee (Live - Newport Centre - 24th November 2001) 6:28
12. Wild Horses (Live - Newport Centre - 24th November 2001) 5:34
Disc 3 (DVD) - Promo Videos:
• I'll Never Fall In Love Again
• I Was Right And You Were Wrong
• Love Hurts
• Bigger Than Dynamite
Members:
• Ricky Ross
• James Prime
• Lorraine McIntosh
• Dougie Vipond
Past members:
• Julie Mancini
• Graeme Kelling
• Ewen Vernal
Product Description
CD Description:
¶ This fifth release in Edsel s series of Deacon Blue reissues collects up all the songs and recordings, originally issued on Riches , Ooh Las Vegas and Walking Back Home , that do not belong on any of the core parent albums. These songs were not associated with any of the studio albums so the band has created this new casebound book compilation that they have called The Rest .
¶ Starting with the band s biggest singles chart success, the Bacharach & David EP , the collection takes in the three new tracks added to the 1994 hits compilation Our Town (another # 1 Double Platinum success) and the b-sides from the singles, along with the seven new songs on 1999 s old and new release Walking Back Home , the three new songs on 2006 s Singles package and two live b-sides.
¶ The DVD features the promo videos while the booklet features a newly-written note by Ricky Ross, all the lyrics to his songs, and ephemera and photos from his own collection.
Product Description:
¶ 3CD Deluxe 2 Cd + Dvd Casebound Book Edition
Website: http://deaconblue.com/
Albums: http://circuslights.com/reissues.htm
¶ Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985. Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". The current line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond.
¶ The band released their debut album, Raintown on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom. Their second studio album, When The World Knows Your Name (1989) topped the UK Album Charts for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid" which became their first UK top ten single. After releasing further albums in 1991 and 1993, they split up in 1994. Five years later, the band held a reunion gig and this led to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the band now working on a part-time basis; they continue to release new albums, their latest being in September 2012.
Studio albums:
• Raintown (1987)
• When The World Knows Your Name (1989)
• Fellow Hoodlums (1991)
• Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
• Walking Back Home (1999)
• Homesick (2001)
• The Hipsters (2012)
Biography by Craig Harris
¶ Taking their name from a Steely Dan song, Deacon Blue are one of the best unknown bands in Scotland. Formed in 1985, Deacon Blue performed their first concert as the opening act for The Waterboys' premier show in England. With the vocals of singer/songwriter Ricky Ross backed by jazz and soul-inspired melodies, the group recorded several British hits in the late '80s. Their success, however, failed to carry over to American audiences. Frustrated by their inability to secure international popularity, the group disbanded in the summer of 1994. Although he launched a solo career, Ross had no greater success than he had as frontman for Deacon Blue. In May 1999, the group re-formed for a series of concerts in Great Britain and Europe. As of November 1999, the group featured Ross and other original bandmembers bassist Ewen Vernal, guitarist Graeme Kelling, keyboardist James Prime, and drummer Dougie Vipond, along with second vocalist Lorraine McIntosh (who had become Ross' wife after joining the band). Their first new album in five years, the ballads collection Walking Back Home, was released that year, and the full-length studio album Homesick followed in spring 2001. Guitarist Kelling died of pancreatic cancer in June 2004; Deacon Blue nevertheless vowed to carry on and continued to make intermittent festival appearances through the end of the decade. During 2012 the band scheduled a nationwide tour in celebration of their 25th anniversary and went on to release their seventh album The Hipsters -- produced by Paul Savage (King Creosote, Malcom Middleton, Mogwai) -- later that year.
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Ricky Ross
Birth name: Richard Alexander Ross
Born: 22 December 1957, Dundee, Scotland
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards
James Prime
Born: November 3, 1960, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Instruments: Keyboards
Notable instruments: Hammond organ, piano
Altered Images: Jim's career began properly as a session musician on an Altered Images tour of the U.S.A in 1980. Altered Images, famous for their singer Clare Grogan's voice on such hits as "Happy Birthday" (no 2, U.K hit), "I Could Be Happy", "See Those Eyes" and latterly a smash U.S top ten with "Don't Talk to Me about Love" finished a successful tour by splitting up. A disillusioned Grogan wanted to continue her acting success on Gregory's Girl by pursuing a role on the next Bill Forsyth film named Comfort and Joy. Manager Gerry McElhone and brother Johnny McElhone were ahead of the game, forming and signing (in a week) the band Hipsway. Prime considered joining but made way for his erstwhile competitor Craig Armstrong. He claims to have played to 200,000 strong crowd at glasgow Hampden Stadium. Impressive as Hampden Stadium only holds 50,000 spectators!
Lorraine McIntosh
Born: 13 May 1964, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Instruments: Vocals
¶ She has also achieved success as an actress, starring in River City and appearing in Taggart among her most notable roles in television.
Personal life: McIntosh is married to Deacon Blue lead singer Ricky Ross and they have three children.
Dougie Vipond
¶ Dougie Vipond (born Douglas Vipond, 15 October 1966, Elderslie, Strathclyde) is a Scottish musician and television personality. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1985. He was one of the founding members of Scottish soft rock / pop band, Deacon Blue.
¶ Dougie Vipond is one of the busiest and most versatile broadcasters in the country. For the past eleven years he has hosted BBC Scotland’s sport output on Sportscene, covering a vast range of events from football’s Scottish Cup Finals to Rugby’s Calcutta Cup.
¶ Other sports he’s covered over the years include World Championship Mountain Biking, Three Day Eventing and The Bowls World Championship. He can also be seen covering Scotland’s nightly sports news on Reporting Scotland.
¶ Dougie spent four years reporting for the BBC's Holiday strand and his love of the outdoors has led to him presenting BBC Scotland’s The Adventure Show, an extreme sport series in which he reports from and takes part in a variety of adventure sports and competitions.
¶ He became the new presenter of BBC Scotland’s award winning rural affairs series, Landward in April 2009.
¶ In 2010 Dougie appeared in the documentary Up A Long Creek, in which he and the comedian Fred MacAulay kayaked the length of the Caledonian Canal for Sport Relief.
In the same year he fronted the world’s first high definition broadcast of live climbing. ¶ The Great Climb, was seen simultaneously across the UK on BBC 2 and the BBC HD Channel and streamed worldwide on the web. This programme won a Scottish BAFTA in the Live Event category.
¶ He recently fronted a sports/health strand for The One Show on BBC 1.
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