OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - Yesterday Today 1992 - 2018 [SIGNED Edition] - 15 x CD - Super Deluxe Hardback Book Set [FEB 24]

15 x CD Limited Edition Super Deluxe Set with 228 Tracks & 72-page booklet housed in a Hardback Book. Includes SIGNED Print. Only 1,000 copies in this exclusive edition.

* Exclusive Limited Edition with SIGNED Print.
* A celebration of one of Britain's finest bands featuring 228 tracks across 15 discs
* Includes all of their studio albums, along with b-sides and rarities
* Includes a 72-page booklet featuring an in-depth essay by Daniel Rachel depicting their rise and success from the inside
* Plus previously unseen photos spanning their entire career

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 #1 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’. After the ear-blasting ‘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 more. It’s all here!

Tracklist:

CD 1: OCEAN COLOUR SCENE (1992)
Talk On
How About You
Giving It All Away
Justine
Do Yourself A Favour
Third Shade Of Green
Sway
Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days
One Of Those Days
Is She Coming Home
Blue Deep Ocean
Reprise

CD 2: MOSELEY SHOALS (1996)
The Riverboat Song
The Day We Caught The Train
The Circle
Lining Your Pockets
Fleeting Mind
40 Past Midnight
One For The Road
It’s My Shadow
Policemen & Pirates
The Downstream
You’ve Got It Bad
Get Away

CD 3: MARCHIN’ ALREADY (1997)
Hundred Mile High Club
Better Day
Travellers Tune
Big Star
Debris Road
Besides Yourself
Get Blown Away
Tele He’s Not Talking
Fozy’s Folk Faced
All Up
Spark And Cindy
Half A Dream Away
It’s A Beautiful Thing

CD 4: ONE FROM THE MODERN (1999)
Profit In Peace
So Low
I Am The News
No One At All
Families
Step By Step
July
Jane She Got Excavated
Emily Chambers
Soul Driver
The Waves
I Won’t Get Crazed

CD 5: MECHANICAL WONDER (2001)
Up On The Downside
In My Field
Sail On My Boat
Biggest Thing
We Made It More
Give Me A Letter
Mechanical Wonder
You Are Amazing
If I Gave You My Heart
Can’t Get Back To The Baseline
Something For Me

CD 6: NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT (2003)
I Just Need Myself
Oh Collector
North Atlantic Drift
Golden Gate Bridg
Make The Deal
For Every Corner
On My Way
Second Hand Car
She’s Been Waiting
The Song Goes On
When Evil Comes

CD 7: A HYPERACTIVE WORKOUT FOR THE FLYING SQUAD (2005)
Everything Comes At The Right Time
Free My Nam
Wah Wah
Drive Away
I Love You
This Day Should Last Forever
Move Things Over
Waving Not Drowning
God’s Word
Another Time To Stay
Have You Got The Right
Stary Of The Day
My Time

CD 8 : ON THE LEYLINE (2007)
I Told You So
On The Leyline, Waiting
For Dancers Onl
Man In the Middle
I Just Got Over You
Go To The Se
These Days I’m Tired
You’ll Never Find Me
Don’t Get Me
Loneliest Girl In The Whole Wide World
Mr Brown
Two Lovers

CD 9: SATURDAY (2010)
100 Floors Of Perception
Mrs Maylie
Saturday
Just A Little Bit Of Love
Old Pair Of Jeans
Sing Children Sing
Harry Kidna
Magic Carpet Days
The Word
Village Life
Postal
What’s Mine Is Yours
Fell In Love on the Street Again
Rockfield

CD 10: PAINTING (2013)
We Don’t Look In the Mirror
Painting
Goodbye Old Town
Doodle Book
If God Made Everyone
Weekend
Professor Perplexity
George’s Tower
I Don’t Want To Leave England
The Winning Side
Mistaken Identity
The Union
The New Torch Song
Here Comes The Dawning Day

CD 11: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 1 (1990 – 1992)
Sway (Single Version)
Lullaby
Sway (12” Version)
One Of These Days
Yesterday Today
Another Girl’s Name
Fly Me
No One Says
My Brother Sarah
Mona Lisa Eyes
Bellechoux
Blue Deep Ocean (Alt. Version)
Is She Coming Home (Alt. Version)
Flowers
Don’t Play
The Seventh Floor
Patsy In Green
Suspended Motion

CD 12: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 2 (1996)
So Sad
Charlie Brown Says
Robin Hood
I Wanna Stay Alive With You
Huckleberry Grove
You’ve Got It Bad (Demo Version)
Here In My Heart
Beautiful Losers
Men Of Such Opinion (Demo Version)
The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago
I Need A Love Song
Chicken Bones And Stones
The Day We Caught The Train (Acoustic Version)
Travellers Tune (Original Version)
Justine
Song Of A Baker
Mrs Jones
Cool Cool Water
Top Of The World
The Circle (Acoustic)
Chelsea Walk
Alibis
Day Tripper (Live, Electric Ballroom, 9 May 1996)

CD 13: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 3 (1997 – 1999)
The Face Smiles Back Easily
Falling To The Floor
Hello Monday
Song For the Front Row
On The Way Home
All Gods Children Need Travelling Shoes
Hundred Mile High City (Live at Wembley Arena, 1992)
The Best Bet On Chinaski
On And On
Mariners Way
Going Nowhere For A While
Expensive Chair
If You Get Your Way
Flood Tide Rising
Step By Step
Carnation
Hoping You’re Making It Too
The Inheritors

CD 14: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 4 (2000 – 2003)
July (New / Single Version)
I Am The News (New Version)
July (Forza Moderna Mix)
July (Live At The London Astoria, St. Patrick’s Day, April 17, 2000)
I Am The News (Live At The Dublin Point)
This Understanding (Live At Stirling Castle)
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
These Are The Ones
Take You Back
Free On The Wind
I Was
Crazy Lowdown Ways
Come Home
Best Friends and Lovers
Will You Take Her Love
Me, I’m Left Unsure
Questions
I Wanna See The Bright Lights Tonight
Perfect Strangers
I Never Believed It Too
We Ris
Cecelia
I Just Need Myself (Caged Baby Remix)

CD 15: B-SIDES & RARITIES PART 5 (2003 – 2018)
Get Away (Live Bristol Academy 12/10/03)
The Riverboat Song (Live Glasgow Barrowlands 06/10/03)
Golden Gate Bridge (Live Manchester Apollo 10/10/03)
The Day We Caught The Train (Live Bristol Academy 12/10/03)
Better Than Before
Make It Better
Jimmy Wonder
Right On Time
William Bailey
Little Boy Could Be A Rolling Stone
Smile
Over My Head
Stay Alive Tonight
Dawn Cried The Day
Twenty-One
Shooting The Bridge
Come Up And See Me
Old, Old Song
Another Bard May Chant
Be With You
Because You’re Mine
Standing In The Place That You Used To Do