The Waterboys - Fisherman's Box Complete Sessions - New 7 x CD & LP Box Set n

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of The Waterboys’ ‘Fisherman’s Blues’, Mike Scott has trawled the vaults to create the ultimate companion to this seminal album. ‘Fisherman’s Box’ comprises the complete Fisherman’s Blues sessions 23rd January 1986 to 2nd June 1988. The deluxe version of this release also includes a 17 track album from artists that influenced the making of the record. The deluxe 12x12 box also features 3 x exclusive art prints, a 12x12 32pp booklet featuring many previously unseen photo images plus the original vinyl album remastered and pressed on 180gm heavyweight vinyl.

The Fisherman’s Blues sessions 23rd January 1986 to 2nd June 1988. Special 12 x 12 limited edition box contains:

6CDs of the sessions plus a 7th (Europe only) containing 17 recordings that influenced Mike Scott in the preparation of the album. 121 tracks (not including influences disc) with almost 90 previously unreleased

A  32 page 12 x 12 format booklet containing: An introductory 1600 word essay by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists

A 10,000 word track by track annotation by Mike Scott. Many rare and previously unseen photographs.

3 large format photographic prints

A 180gm vinyl version of the original album direct metal mastered using the 2006 remaster.

TRACKLISTING: CD1) Dublin, 23 January 1986: 1 Stranger To Me, 2 Girl Of The North Country (2013 - Remaster),
3 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, 4 Fisherman's Blues (Piano Version), 5 Fisherman's Blues (2013 - Remaster),
6 Meet Me At The Station (2013 - Remaster), 7 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, 8 Born To Be Together, 9 The Wayward Wind,
10 World Party (1st Version), 11 World Party / A Golden Age, 12 Sleek White Schooner,
13 Drunken Head Ghost Of Rimbaud Blues, 14 Sweet Thing (2013 - Remaster), 15 Sweet Thing (Conclusion),
16 Saints And Angels,

CD2) Dublin, March to September 1986: 1 We Will Not Be Lovers (2013 - Remaster), 2 One Step Closer, 3 My Beautiful Baby,
4 She Could Have Had Me Step By Step, 5 When The Ship Comes In, 6 The Ladder (2013 - Remaster),
7 Will You Ever Be My Friend?, 8 Too Close To Heaven (Rolling Piano), 9 Higherbound (Prototype),
10  Happy Birthday BP Fallon, 11 The Prettiest Girl In Church, 12 You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight The War,
13 Dee Jay Way,14 Lonesome And A Long Way From Home (2013 Remaster),15 Thistlethwaite's Declaration,
16 Strange Boat (First Play), 17 Lost Highway, 18 Higherbound Blues,
19 Let Us Be Drinking And Kissing The Women (Sonny Brogan's Jig), 20 Will The Circle Be Unbroken,
21 Tenderfootin' (2013 - Remaster), 22 Too Close To Heaven (2013 - Remaster), 23 Space Out There Trevor,

CD3) Berkeley, California, 2-8 December 1986: 1 Steve And Anto's Overture, 2 Ain't Leavin I'm Gone,
3 When Will We Be Married (1st Version), 4 When I First Said I Loved Only You Maggie, 5 Love Is Letting Go,
6 On My Way To Heaven (1st Version), 7 You In The Sky (1st Version), 8 The Secret Place Of The Most High,
9 Too Hot For Cleanhead, 10 Wickham's Proclamation, 11 Blues For Your Baby (2013 - Remaster),
12 Lonesome Old Wind (2013 - Remaster), 13 If Jimi Was Here, 14 Soon As I Get Home,
15 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,

CD4) Dublin, 20 Dec 1986 to 28 February 1987: 1 Billy The Kid, 2 Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down, 3 Come Live With Me,
4 I Miss The Road, 5 Higher In Time (Two Pianos), 6 Too Hot For Cleanhead (Fast Version), 7 Higher In Time (Scottish),
8 Higherbound (3rd Tune), 9 A Golden Age, 10 You In The Sky (2013 - Remaster), 11 I Will Meet You In Heaven Again,
12 Nobody 'Cept You (2013 - Remaster), 13 (He Hasn't Been The Same Since) Jimmy Shand,
14 Rattle My Bones And Shiver My Soul (2013 - Remaster), 15 The Scotsman's Delight, 16 Killing My Heart,
17 Industrial Mr Brown, 18 Custer's Blues, 19 Shall We Gather By the River, 20 Higher In Time Symphony,

CD5) Dublin, February to November 1987: 1 Higherbound (3rd Version), 2 The Grief Of Pan, 3 World Party (2013 - Remaster), 4 Working On A Building, 5 If I Can't Have You (2013 - Remaster), 6 Killing My Heart (2nd Version), 7 Trunk Call,
8 Headphone Mix Song, 9 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise), 10 When Will We Be Married (2nd Version),
11 BP's Bathtub Boogie, 12 We Will Not Be Lovers (Sax Solo), 13 Heading Down The Highway, 14 Strange Boat,
15 Fisherman's Blues (2nd Version), 16 Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? (Bridgeman Version), 17 On My Way To Heaven,
18 Let Me Feel Holy Again (2013 - Remaster), 19 A Home In The Meadow,
20 Strange Boat (3rd Version) / The Good Ship Sirius, 21 The Stolen Child (Prototype),

CD6) Spiddal, 13 April to 2 June 1988: 1 On My Way To Tara, 2 Twa Recruitin' Sergeants, 3 Incident At Puck Fair,
4 And A Bang On The Ear (2013 - Remaster), 5 Mr Customs Man, 6 Strange Boat (Acoustic), 7 Spring Comes To Spiddal,
8 In Search Of A Rose (Band), 9 The Stolen Child (Piano Demo), 10 When Will We Be Married (2013 - Remaster),
11 In Search Of A Rose (Duo), 12 The Good Ship Sirius (Set Of Jigs), 13 This Land Is Your Land,
14 Jimmy Hickey's Waltz (2013 - Remaster), 15 Live Aid And After, 16 Carolan's Welcome (2013 - Remaster),
17 When Ye Go Away (2013 - Remaster), 18 When Ye Go Away (Frankie's Fiddle),
19 Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? (2013 Remaster), 20 The Stolen Child (Vocal Demo),
21 Dunford's Fancy (2013 - Remaster), 22 The Stolen Child (2013 - Remaster), 23 Pictish National Anthem (Comati),
24 Bo Diddley Was A Caveman, 25 The Last Jam, 26 Buckets Of Rain,


CD7) 1 On My Way To Heaven - Blind Roger Hays (1928),
2 Meet Me At The Station - Brother Williams, Memphis Sanctified Singers (1930),
3 Can The Circle Be Unbroken? -  The Carter Family (1935),
4 The Gospel Train Is Coming - Guitar Evangelist, Rev Edward W Clayborn (1936),
5 This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie (1944), 6 Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams (1947),
7 I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - Two Gospel Keys, 8 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams (1949),
9 Lost Highway - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972),
10 Will The Circle Be Unbroken? - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Mother Maybelle Carter (1972),
11 The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Planxty (1973), 12 Maggie - De Dannan (1981),
13 Carolan's Welcome - Scottish Fiddlers Of Los Angeles (1982),
14 The Humours Of Castlefin - Noel Hill & Tony MacMahon (1985), 15 Gold Ring - Donal Lunny (1987),
16 An Cailin Allain - Tomas Mac Eoin (1987), 

LP) 2006 Vinyl Remaster:
Side A) 1 Fisherman's Blues, 2 We Will Not Be Lovers, 3 Strange Boat, 4 World Party,
5 Sweet Thing,
Side B) 1 And A Bang On The Ear, 2 Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?,
3 When Will We Be Married, 4 When Ye Go Away, 5 Dunford's Fancy, 6 The Stolen Child,

PRESALE ITEM - RELEASED Monday 21st October 2013