Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues Box – 6 CD -14-10-2013
Ve lo avevo anticipato nel mese di marzo, l’uscita è confermata per ottobre come EMI (ma non del gruppo Universal). Rimane inalterato anche il numero dei brani annunciati, 121 di cui 85 “inediti”, ma il cofanetto ha perso un disco per strada, nel senso che ora il box sembrerebbe di 6 CD anziché i 7 di cui si parlava in prima istanza. Qualcuno ipotizza che il settimo CD potrebbe esserci ugualmente, con alcuni dei brani che hanno “ispirato” la stesura del Fisherman’s Blues originale. Alcuni brani si ripetono più volte ma si tratta comunque di una sorta di “Santo Graal” per i fans dei Waterboys e di Mike Scott.
Questa è lista completa dei brani contenuti nel cofanetto:
CD 1
- 1. Stranger To Me
- 2. Girl Of The North Country
- 3. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
- 4. Fisherman’s Blues (Piano Version)
- 5. Fisherman’s Blues
- 6. Meet Me At The Station
- 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
- 15. Sweet Thing (Conclusion)
- 16. Saints And Angels
CD 2
- 1. We Will Not Be Lovers
- 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
- 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 In The War
- 13. Dee Jay Way
- 14. Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
- 15. Thistlethwaite’s Declaration
- 16. Strange Boat (First Play)
- 17. Lost Highway
- 18. Higherbound Blues
- 19. Let Us Be Drinking And Kissing The Women
- 20. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- 21. Tenderfootin’
- 22. Too Close To Heaven
- 23. Space Out There, Trevor
CD 3
- 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
- 12. Lonesome Old Wind
- 13. If Jimi Was Here
- 14. Soon As I Get Home
- 15. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
CD 4
- 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
- 11. I Will Meet You In Heaven Again
- 12. Nobody ‘Cept You
- 13. (He Hasn’t Been The Same Since) Jimmy Shand
- 14. Rattle My Bones And Shiver My Soul
- 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
CD 5
- 1. Higherbound (3rd Version)
- 2. The Grief Of Pan
- 3. World Party
- 4. Working On A Building
- 5. If I Can’t Have You
- 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
- 19. A Home In The Meadow
- 20. Strange Boat (3rd Version) / The Good Ship Sirius
- 21. The Stolen Child (Prototype)
CD 6
- 1. On My Way To Tara
- 2. Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants
- 3. Incident At Puck Fair
- 4. And A Bang On The Ear
- 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?
- 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
- 15. Live Aid And After
- 16. Carolan’s Welcome
- 17. When Ye Go Away
- 18. When Ye Go Away (Frankie’s Fiddle)
- 19. Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?
- 20. The Stolen Child (Vocal Demo)
- 21. Dunford’s Fancy
- 22. The Stolen Child
- 23. Pictish National Anthem (Comati)
- 24. Bo Diddley Was A Caveman
- 25. The Last Jam
- 26. Buckets Of Rain
E anche tour con la formazione originale, Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anto Thistlethwaite e Trevor Hutchinson con l’attuale batterista Ralph Salmins:
December 8, Liverpool Philharmonic.
December 9, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
December 10, Glasgow Barrowland.
December 11, York Barbican.
December 12, Birmingham Alexandra.
December 15, Oxford New Theatre.
December 16, Guildford Glive.
December 17, Bristol Colston Hall.
December 18, Hammersmith Apollo
December 20, Drogheda Tlt.
December 21, Killarney Inec.
December 22, Galway Leisureland
December 23, Dublin Convention Centre
Se siete da quelle parti, tra Irlanda, Scozia ed Inghilterra…
Magari nell’imminenza dell’uscita, se riesco a metterci le mani sopra per tempo, gli dedicherò un ulteriore approfondimento, perché lo merita.
Per il momento è tutto, alla prossima!
Bruno Conti