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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
CD ONE:
ART: "Supernatural Fairy Tales"
Originally released as Island ILP 967 in December 1967
- I Think I'm Going Weird
- What's That Sound (For What It's Worth)
- African Thing
- Room with a View
- Flying Anchors
- Supernatural Fairy Tales
- Love is Real
- Come on Up
- Brothers, Dads and Mothers
- Talkin' to Myself
- Alive, Not Dead
- Rome Take Away Three
- Love is Real
- I Think I'm Going Weird
- Room with a View
- Flying Anchors
- Supernatural Fairy Tales
- Talkin' to Myself
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
- Society's Child
- Love Really Changed Me
- Here I Lived So Well
- Too Much of Nothing
- Sunshine Help Me
- It's All About a Roundabout
- Tobacco Road
- It Hurts You So
- Forget It, I've Got It
- Bubbles
- Sunshine Help Me | Recorded 13th October 1967 – Previously unreleased
- Weird | B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6022 in December 1967
- The Weight | A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6046 in 1968
- Do Right People | B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6046 in 1968
- Love Really Changed Me | A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6037 in February 1968
- Luger's Groove | B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6037 in February 1968
- It Hurts You So | Mono mix - Previously unreleased
- Sunshine Help Me | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 21st February 1968 – Previously unreleased
- Too Much of Nothing | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 21st February 1968 – Previously unreleased
- 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
- Waitin' for the Wind
- Feelin' Bad
- I've Got Enough Heartaches
- Evil Woman
- Lost in My Dream
- That Was Only Yesterday
- Better by You, Better Than Me
- Hangman, Hang My Shell on a Tree
- Feelin' Bad | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased
- I Can't Quit Her | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased
- Blues Town | BBC 'Top Gear' Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased
- When I Get Home | MONO version - Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968 - Previously unreleased
- Something Got into Your Life | Recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968
- Waitin' for The Wind | First mix Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969 - Previously unreleased
- Lost in My Dream | First mix Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969 - Previously unreleased
- Better by You, Better than Me | First mix Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969
- When I Get Home | Extended stereo version recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968
- 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
- Have Mercy
- Jubilation
- Confession
- Prayer
- Offering
- Hosanna
- That Was Only Yesterday | MONO A-side of European single – Released as Island WIP 6058 in 1969
- Waiting for the Wind | MONO A-side of German single – Released as Island 388 862 UF in 1969
- Feelin' Bad | MONO B-side of German single – Released as Island 388 862 UF in 1969
- Have Mercy | first version
- 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
- I Am the Walrus
- The Wrong Time
- Something To Say
- Nobody There At All
- Down River
- Son of Your Father
- The Last Puff
- Son of Your Father | single version - A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6060 in 1969
- I Am the Walrus | MONO A-side of European single – Released as Island 6014 023 in 1970
- Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree | MONO B-side of European single – Released as Island 6014 023
- Nobody there at All | MONO A-side of promotional only single – Released as Island WIP 6084 in 1970
- The Wrong Time | first mix, mixed by Glyn Johns on 8th May 1970 - Previously unreleased
- 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
- Cotton Growing Man
- Old As I Was Born
- This Time Around
- Holy Water
- Wild Fire
- Self-Seeking Man
- Times Have Changed
- Moriah
CD SEVEN:
SPOOKY TOOTH: "Witness"
Originally released as Island ILPS 9255 in 1973
- Ocean of Power
- Wings on My Heart
- As Long As the World Keeps Turning
- Don't Ever Stray Away
- Things Change
- All Sewn Up
- Dream Me a Mountain
- Sunlight of My Mind
- Pyramids
- 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
- Fantasy Satisfier
- Two Time Love
- Kyle
- Woman and Gold
- Higher Circles
- Hell or High Water
- I'm Alive
- The Mirror
- 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
- Waiting for the Wind
- I Am the Walrus
- The Wrong Time
- Cotton Growing Man
- Old As I Was Born
- Better By You, Better Than Me
- Tobacco Road
- Evil Woman
- Sunshine Help Me