VARIOUS ARTISTS / ヴァリアスアーティスツ / PILLOWS AND PRAYERS (CHERRY RED RECORDS 1982-1983) EXPANDED 3CD EDITION / CD

英国が誇る名レーベルCHERRY REDが1982年にリリースしたネオアコ/ギターポップの金字塔コンピレーションがリリース40周年を記念して3CDの拡張新装版リリース!

当時CHERRY REDのA&Rであるマイク・アルウェイがレーベル・サンプラーとして企画し、元々は「99ペンス以下」で販売されていた本作。EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLやBEN WATT、MARINE GIRLS、FELT、MONOCHROME SETをはじめ、センシティヴな内容とダークな基調は当時のUKインディ・シーンを象徴するものとして長年に渡って愛され、何度もCD再発されていますが、今回はなんと3CDの大ボリュームでの新装再発!

DISC1にはオリジナルの『PILLOWS & PRAYERS』を、DISC2には日本独自企画でリリースされた『VOLUME 2』を収録し、それぞれにボーナスとして厳選されたシングル、アルバムカット、レア音源、ライブ音源、ピールセッション音源など追加収録。そして本作の目玉はDISC3で、THOMAS LEERやTHE MONOCHROME SETなどのデモやライヴ音源を収録。なんとそのうちの17曲は今回が初出となる未発表音源!


DISC ONE
PILLOWS & PRAYERS PLUS
1 FIVE OR SIX: PORTRAIT
2 THE MONOCHROME SET: EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS
3 THOMAS LEER: ALL ABOUT YOU
4 TRACEY THORN: PLAIN SAILING
5 BEN WATT: SOME THINGS DON’T MATTER
6 KEVIN COYNE: LOVE IN YOUR HEART
7 PIERO MILESI: MODI 2 (EXTRACT)
8 JOE CROW: COMPULSION
9 MARINE GIRLS: LAZY WAYS
10 FELT: MY FACE IS ON FIRE
11 EYELESS IN GAZA: NO NOISE
12 THE PASSAGE: XOYO
13 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL: ON MY MIND
14 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER: A BANG AND A WIMPY
15 THE MISUNDERSTOOD: I UNSEEN
16 THE NIGHTINGALES: DON’T BLINK
17 QUENTIN CRISP: STOP THE MUSIC FOR A MINUTE

BONUS TRACKS
18 FIVE OR SIX: ANOTHER REASON
19 DEAD KENNEDYS: TOO DRUNK TO FUCK
20 MEDIUM MEDIUM: HUNGRY SO ANGRY
21 SOUL: TRIBES
22 ALAN BURNHAM: MUSIC TO SAVE THE WORLD BY
23 THOMAS LEER: LETTER FROM AMERICA
24 SECOND LAYER: FIXATION
25 KEVIN HARRISON: ALL NIGHT LONG
26 A TENT: NO WAY OF KNOWING

DISC TWO
PILLOWS & PRAYERS VOL. II PLUS
1 MARINE GIRLS: A PLACE IN THE SUN
2 JANE: IT’S A FINE DAY
3 KEVIN HEWICK: FEATHERING THE NEST
4 FANTASTIC SOMETHING: IF SHE DOESN’T SMILE (IT’LL RAIN)
5 EYELESS IN GAZA: NEW RISEN
6 THE MONOCHROME SET: THE JET SET JUNTA
7 MORGAN FISHER: UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME
8 FELT: PENELOPE TREE
9 MAURICE DEEBANK: THE WATERY SONG
10 GRAB GRAB THE HADDOCK: I’M USED NOW
11 SWALLOW TONGUE: ANIMATION

BONUS TRACKS
12 THE NIGHTINGALES: PARAFFIN BRAIN
13 THE REFLECTIONS: 4 COUNTRIES
14 THE PASSAGE: SHARP TONGUE
15 RED BOX: CHENKO
16 CREATION REBEL: LOVE I CAN FEEL
17 BODHI BEAT POETS: WAKE UP UNEMPLOYED
18 MARTYN BATES: CUT LIKE SUNSET
19 JANE AND BARTON: I WANT TO BE WITH YOU
20 SWALLOW TONGUE: HITCH UP HONEY
21 PATRICK MACNEE AND HONOR BLACKMAN: KINKY BOOTS
22 THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN AND ORCHESTRA: THE LOLLY THEME
23 NO ARTIST: THE COMPASSION AND HUMANITY OF MARGARET THATCHER (EXTRACTS FROM...)

DISC THREE
RARE, LIVE, UNRELEASED AND PEEL
1 THOMAS LEER: ON THE WIRE*
2 FIVE OR SIX: BLACK BALLOONS DROP
3 JANE: DON’T SAY IT*
4 THE MONOCHROME SET: I’LL SCRY INSTEAD (DEMO)*
5 THE MONOCHROME SET: TEN DON’TS FOR HONEYMOONERS (LIVE IN OSLO)*
6 THE MONOCHROME SET: CAST A LONG SHADOW (LIVE IN OSLO)*
PEEL SESSION 1981
7 THE PASSAGE: MAN OF WAR
8 THE PASSAGE: LOVE IS AS IS
9 THE PASSAGE: EMPTY WORDS
PEEL SESSION 1982
10 THE PASSAGE: HORSEPLAY
11 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER: DEATH IN BROMLEY*
12 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER: A BANG AND A WIMPY*
13 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER: THE NIGHT I SLEPT WITH
14 SEETHING WELLS *
15 KEVIN COYNE: TELL THE TRUTH*
16 KEVIN COYNE: LIBERATION*
17 KEVIN COYNE: YOU WON’T LIKE IT*
18 KEVIN COYNE: I TALK TO MYSELF*
19 THE NIGHTINGALES: JOKING APART*
20 THE NIGHTINGALES: IT LIVES AGAIN!*
21 THE NIGHTINGALES: OK CORALE / THE CRUNCH* PEEL SESSION 1983
22 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER: ENGLAND ARE BACK / HOLIDAY IN ALBANIA*
23 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER: SAWDUST AND EMPIRE*
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED