| The Complete Vinyl Collection | ||||
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| Released | 2 December 2013 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Demon Music Group | |||
| The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 9/10 [1] |
The Complete Vinyl Collection is a box set release by Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain. It was released on 12 December 2013 via Demon Music Group, marking the band's 30th anniversary. [2] [3] [4]
The box set includes the band's six studio albums, along with a live album: [2] [4]
The box set marks the first vinyl pressing of the band's live album Live in Concert, which contains live recordings from 1992 and 1995. Other items featured on the box set include a two-LP collection of "all" the band’s BBC studio recordings, a B-sides and rarities LP with a fan-picked track list, a 32-page hardcover book with photographs, essays and interviews, and a poster, [2] [5] [6] [7] for which fans were able to upload a photo of their face for inclusion. [4]
The BBC sessions EPs contain studio recordings from 1984-1986, 1988-1989, 1994, and 1998. [2]
All songs written and composed by William Reid and Jim Reid, except where noted:
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just Like Honey" | 3:00 |
| 2. | "The Living End" | 2:14 |
| 3. | "Taste the Floor" | 2:54 |
| 4. | "The Hardest Walk" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Cut Dead" | 2:45 |
| 6. | "In a Hole" | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Taste of Cindy" | 1:39 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Never Understand" | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Inside Me" | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Sowing Seeds" | 2:47 |
| 4. | "My Little Underground" | 2:30 |
| 5. | "You Trip Me Up" | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Something's Wrong" | 4:00 |
| 7. | "It's So Hard" | 2:35 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Darklands" | 5:29 |
| 2. | "Deep One Perfect Morning" | 2:43 |
| 3. | "Happy When It Rains" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Down On Me" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Nine Million Rainy Days" | 4:29 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "April Skies" | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Fall" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Cherry Came Too" | 3:06 |
| 4. | "On The Wall" | 5:05 |
| 5. | "About You" | 2:31 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Here Comes Alice" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Coast To Coast" | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Blues from a Gun" | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Between Planets" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "UV Ray" | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Her Way Of Praying" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Head On" | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Take It" | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Half Way To Crazy" | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Gimme Hell" | 3:18 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reverence" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Teenage Lust" | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Far Gone and Out" | 2:49 |
| 4. | "Almost Gold" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Sugar Ray" | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Tumbledown" | 4:10 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Catchfire" | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Good For My Soul" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Rollercoaster" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "I Can't Get Enough" | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Sundown" | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Frequency" | 1:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dirty Water" | William Reid | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Bullet Lovers" | William Reid | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Sometimes Always" | William Reid | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Come On" | Jim Reid | 2:12 |
| 5. | "Between Us" | William Reid | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Hole" | Jim Reid | 2:13 |
| 7. | "Never Saw It Coming" | William Reid | 3:32 |
| 8. | "She" | Jim Reid | 3:06 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wish I Could" | William Reid | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Save Me" | 2:41 | |
| 3. | "Till It Shines" | William Reid | 3:15 |
| 4. | "God Help Me" | William Reid | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Girlfriend" | William Reid | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Everybody I Know" | William Reid | 2:12 |
| 7. | "You've Been A Friend" | Jim Reid | 3:34 |
| 8. | "These Days" | William Reid | 2:14 |
| 9. | "Feeling Lucky" | William Reid | 2:15 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Jim Reid | |
| 2. | "Birthday" | William Reid | |
| 3. | "Stardust Remedy" | Jim Reid | |
| 4. | "Fizzy" | William Reid |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Moe Tucker" | Jim Reid | |
| 2. | "Perfume" | William Reid | |
| 3. | "Virtually Unreal" | Jim Reid | |
| 4. | "Degenerate" | William Reid |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cracking Up" | William Reid | |
| 2. | "Commercial" | William Reid | |
| 3. | "Super Tramp" | Jim Reid | |
| 4. | "Never Understood" | William Reid |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Can't Find The Time For Times" | William Reid | |
| 2. | "Man On The Moon" | Jim Reid | |
| 3. | "Black" | William Reid | |
| 4. | "Dream Lover" | Jim Reid | |
| 5. | "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" | William Reid |
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