SPOOKY TOOTH
The Island Years: An Anthology 1967-1974

Press release and track listing

Price: £69.99 (CD) | £109.99 (LP)
Release date: 27/04/15
Product code: 4705311ART (CD) | 4708938ART (LP)
Format: CD Box Set | LP box set

THE ISLAND YEARS: AN ANTHOLOGY 1967-1974 is a 9 CD (or 8 LP) set comprising all the Island albums by SPOOKY TOOTH, including "Supernatural Fairy Tales" by ART (their earlier incarnation), and many rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks, including a full concert from April 1973, recorded in Germany.

EXCLUSIVE: The first 150 orders include a full-size repro of the extremely rare ART Island promotional poster (designed by famed psychedelic artists Hapshash and the Coloured Coat)


Track listing

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CD ONE:
ART: "Supernatural Fairy Tales"
Originally released as Island ILP 967 in December 1967

  1. I Think I'm Going Weird
  2. What's That Sound (For What It's Worth)
  3. African Thing
  4. Room with a View
  5. Flying Anchors
  6. Supernatural Fairy Tales
  7. Love is Real
  8. Come on Up
  9. Brothers, Dads and Mothers
  10. Talkin' to Myself
  11. Alive, Not Dead
  12. Rome Take Away Three
  13. Love is Real
  14. I Think I'm Going Weird
  15. Room with a View
  16. Flying Anchors
  17. Supernatural Fairy Tales
  18. Talkin' to Myself


  19. Tracks 12-18 are previously unreleased stereo mixes - Pye Studios, 15th December 1971

CD TWO:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "It's All About"
Originally released as Island ILPS 9080 in 1968

  1. Society's Child
  2. Love Really Changed Me
  3. Here I Lived So Well
  4. Too Much of Nothing
  5. Sunshine Help Me
  6. It's All About a Roundabout
  7. Tobacco Road
  8. It Hurts You So
  9. Forget It, I've Got It
  10. Bubbles
  11. Sunshine Help Me | Recorded 13th October 1967 – Previously unreleased
  12. Weird | B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6022 in December 1967
  13. The Weight | A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6046 in 1968
  14. Do Right People | B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6046 in 1968
  15. Love Really Changed Me | A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6037 in February 1968
  16. Luger's Groove | B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6037 in February 1968
  17. It Hurts You So | Mono mix - Previously unreleased
  18. Sunshine Help Me | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 21st February 1968 – Previously unreleased
  19. Too Much of Nothing | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 21st February 1968 – Previously unreleased
  20. The Weight | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased

CD THREE:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "Spooky Two"
Originally released as Island ILPS 9098 in 1969

  1. Waitin' for the Wind
  2. Feelin' Bad
  3. I've Got Enough Heartaches
  4. Evil Woman
  5. Lost in My Dream
  6. That Was Only Yesterday
  7. Better by You, Better Than Me
  8. Hangman, Hang My Shell on a Tree
  9. Feelin' Bad | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased
  10. I Can't Quit Her | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased
  11. Blues Town | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased
  12. When I Get Home | MONO version - Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968 - Previously unreleased
  13. Something Got into Your Life | Recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968
  14. Waitin' for The Wind | First mix Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969 - Previously unreleased
  15. Lost in My Dream | First mix Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969 - Previously unreleased
  16. Better by You, Better than Me | First mix Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969
  17. When I Get Home | Extended stereo version recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968
  18. Pretty Woman | MONO - Island Studios, London 1st July 1969 - B-side of European single - Released as Island WIP 6058 in 1969

CD FOUR:
SPOOKY TOOTH & PIERRE HENRY: "Ceremony: An Electronic Mass"
Released as Island ILPS 9107 in 1969

  1. Have Mercy
  2. Jubilation
  3. Confession
  4. Prayer
  5. Offering
  6. Hosanna
  7. That Was Only Yesterday | MONO A-side of European single – Released as Island WIP 6058 in 1969
  8. Waiting for the Wind | MONO A-side of German single – Released as Island 388 862 UF in 1969
  9. Feelin' Bad | MONO B-side of German single – Released as Island 388 862 UF in 1969
  10. Have Mercy | first version
  11. Shine a Light on Me | Recorded at Island studios, London during sessions for "Ceremony" - Previously unreleased

CD FIVE:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "The Last Puff"
Originally released as Island ILPS 9117 in 1970

  1. I Am the Walrus
  2. The Wrong Time
  3. Something To Say
  4. Nobody There At All
  5. Down River
  6. Son of Your Father
  7. The Last Puff
  8. Son of Your Father | single version - A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6060 in 1969
  9. I Am the Walrus | MONO A-side of European single – Released as Island 6014 023 in 1970
  10. Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree | MONO B-side of European single – Released as Island 6014 023
  11. Nobody there at All | MONO A-side of promotional only single – Released as Island WIP 6084 in 1970
  12. The Wrong Time | first mix, mixed by Glyn Johns on 8th May 1970 - Previously unreleased
  13. The Weight | Remixed by Bob Potter at Island Studios, London on 13th July 1970 - Featured on the US album "Tobacco Road" Released as A&M Records SP-4300 in 1971

CD SIX:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "You Broke My Heart…So I Busted Your Jaw"
Originally released as Island ILPS 9227 in 1973

  1. Cotton Growing Man
  2. Old As I Was Born
  3. This Time Around
  4. Holy Water
  5. Wild Fire
  6. Self-Seeking Man
  7. Times Have Changed
  8. Moriah

CD SEVEN:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "Witness"
Originally released as Island ILPS 9255 in 1973

  1. Ocean of Power
  2. Wings on My Heart
  3. As Long As the World Keeps Turning
  4. Don't Ever Stray Away
  5. Things Change
  6. All Sewn Up
  7. Dream Me a Mountain
  8. Sunlight of My Mind
  9. Pyramids
  10. All Sewn Up | alternate mix - Mixed at Island studios on 8th February 1973 – Previously unreleased

CD EIGHT:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "The Mirror"
Originally released in the USA as Island ILPS 9292 in 1974

  1. Fantasy Satisfier
  2. Two Time Love
  3. Kyle
  4. Woman and Gold
  5. Higher Circles
  6. Hell or High Water
  7. I'm Alive
  8. The Mirror
  9. The Hoofer

CD NINE:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "Live In Germany 1973"
Previously unreleased
Recorded at the Wesser-Ems Halle, Oldenburg, Germany on 7th April 1973 on the Island Mobile studio

  1. Waiting for the Wind
  2. I Am the Walrus
  3. The Wrong Time
  4. Cotton Growing Man
  5. Old As I Was Born
  6. Better By You, Better Than Me
  7. Tobacco Road
  8. Evil Woman
  9. Sunshine Help Me

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