The Farm "The Complete Studio Recordings" box-set

[Sensoria]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/COMPLETE-STUDIO ... 00M1LVLZE/

Liverpool's alternative rock/alternative dance/baggy survivors will get a 7 disc "Complete Studio Recordings" box-set by Edsel Records on December 8th 2014.
Formed in 1983, the band saw its career peak only during the early '90s with release of their debut studio album "Spartacus" from 1991 that reached #1 in the UK album chart, and spawned their biggest hit-singles "Groovy Train" (UK#6, 1990) and "All Together Now" (UK#4, 1990).
More info on the box-set to follow soon.

[morgan1098]

Does anyone know anything else about this release? I can't find info online and Edsel's web site is of course, offline. The Farm is a guilty pleasure for me and I'm curious how they are going to stretch three LPs worth of material over seven CDs! There are a ton of remixes, of course, but four extra CDs worth?

[Sensoria]

I'm sorry there's no more info on the box-set yet. We'll have to wait until Edsel do that for us themselves. I'm very curious as well. I guess there will be lots of demos, mixes, remixes, alternate versions, live versions, B-sides, promo videos, TV appearances...etc. alongside material from those three studio LPs they've recorded over their career. But could be proven wrong, of course. Watch this space nevertheless!

[Sensoria]

Update:
The box-set has been pushed back to February 2nd 2015. Unfortunately.

[morgan1098]

Update:
The box-set has been pushed back to February 2nd 2015. Unfortunately.

I'm ok with that. This fall has been hard enough on the wallet already (TFF, Simple Minds, etc.) I'm still really curious to know what will be on this set, though.

[magnum]

Bit Similar to C,USM [but in a scouse way] but their late 80s stuff was good. whats the tracklisting???

[Sensoria]

Update:
The box-set has been pushed back to February 2nd 2015. Unfortunately.

I'm ok with that. This fall has been hard enough on the wallet already (TFF, Simple Minds, etc.) I'm still really curious to know what will be on this set, though.

The box-set now has been pushed back to February 23rd 2015. And still no more info on it.

[Sensoria]

The box-set's cover art has arrived. And looking at it, the box-set will consist of "Pastures Old And New", "Spartacus", "Love See No Colour", "Hullabaloo", "Non-Album Tracks & B-Sides", "BBC Sessions" and "The Remixes". A 40-page booklet will be there as well. No complete tracklisting yet, though.

[Sensoria]

And the complete tracklisting has finally arrived:

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/ ... d-box-set/

[rewind]

Missing, of course, are all the U.S. remixes and 7" versions.

[Sensoria]

Missing, of course, are all the U.S. remixes and 7" versions.

Yep. The U.S. remixes and 7" versions keep on missing a little bit more often off such reissues these days, don't they?

[morgan1098]

Missing, of course, are all the U.S. remixes and 7" versions.

The list of missing mixes (as compiled in the comments at SuperDeluxeEdition) is shockingly long. HOWEVER I'm still looking forward to this set. It's a great value and many of the best missing mixes can be found on CD singles and compilations. It's a shame they dare to call it "complete" though, because it's not.

Don’t You Want Me (single edit)
Don’t You Want Me (Premier Mix)
Don’t You Want Me (Luv ‘n’ Haight Mix)
Love See No Colour (World Colours Remix)
Love See No Colour (Astral Asian Mix)
Love See No Colour (Mix 2)
Love See No Colour (Mix 3)
Rising Sun (Hercule Spiro Minimix)
Rising Sun (Transdub Mix)
Over Again (Live Demo)
Stepping Stone (Ghost Dance Mix)
Stepping Stone (Gary Allan Mix)
Steeping Stone (12inch Original Mix)
Family Of Man (Original Mix)
Family Of Man (Underground Mix)
All Together Now (Classical Mix)
All Together Now (Rocky / Diesel Mix)
Groovy Train (Jumped At 3.30 AM Mix)
Groovy Train (The Bootle Mix)
Don’t Let Me Down (Rocky & Diesel Remix)
Mind (Original 7inch Mix)
Mind (Midnight Sun Mix)
Rising Sun (Partizan Mix)
Living For Tomorrow (Janice Song session) – from Steps Of Emotion 12″
Memories (John Peel Session) – from Steps Of Emotion 7″
Stepping Stone (Untitled 7.04 Remix) – from Stepping Stone 12″ Promo
Groovy Train (The Rocky & Diesel Mix) – from Groovy Train 12″
Groovy Train (Real Bass) – from Groovy Train CD Maxi-Single
Groovy Train (On The Edge) – from Groovy Train CD Maxi-Single
Groovy Train (Club Mix Radio Edit) – from Groovy Train US Promo CD
Single
Groovy Train (Alternative 12″ Radio Edit) – from Groovy Train US Promo CD Single
Groovy Train (Groovy Club Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
Groovy Train (Alternative Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
All Together Now (Indie Rock Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
All Together Now (Club Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
All Together Now (Musto & Bones Remixes) – from US Promo 12 (includes: Indie Rock Dance Mix; Indie Rock Dub; Indie Rock Edit; Dub Mix; Club Edit)
Love See No Colour (The Fibre Mix) – from UK CD
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Stripped Down Mix) - from US 12″ Promo
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Stripped Down Instrumental) – from US 12″ Promo
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Dub Mix) – from US 12″ Promo
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Dub Instrumental) – from US 12″ Promo

[Aevion93]

Missing, of course, are all the U.S. remixes and 7" versions.

The list of missing mixes (as compiled in the comments at SuperDeluxeEdition) is shockingly long. HOWEVER I'm still looking forward to this set. It's a great value and many of the best missing mixes can be found on CD singles and compilations. It's a shame they dare to call it "complete" though, because it's not.

Don’t You Want Me (single edit)
Don’t You Want Me (Premier Mix)
Don’t You Want Me (Luv ‘n’ Haight Mix)
Love See No Colour (World Colours Remix)
Love See No Colour (Astral Asian Mix)
Love See No Colour (Mix 2)
Love See No Colour (Mix 3)
Rising Sun (Hercule Spiro Minimix)
Rising Sun (Transdub Mix)
Over Again (Live Demo)
Stepping Stone (Ghost Dance Mix)
Stepping Stone (Gary Allan Mix)
Steeping Stone (12inch Original Mix)
Family Of Man (Original Mix)
Family Of Man (Underground Mix)
All Together Now (Classical Mix)
All Together Now (Rocky / Diesel Mix)
Groovy Train (Jumped At 3.30 AM Mix)
Groovy Train (The Bootle Mix)
Don’t Let Me Down (Rocky & Diesel Remix)
Mind (Original 7inch Mix)
Mind (Midnight Sun Mix)
Rising Sun (Partizan Mix)
Living For Tomorrow (Janice Song session) – from Steps Of Emotion 12″
Memories (John Peel Session) – from Steps Of Emotion 7″
Stepping Stone (Untitled 7.04 Remix) – from Stepping Stone 12″ Promo
Groovy Train (The Rocky & Diesel Mix) – from Groovy Train 12″
Groovy Train (Real Bass) – from Groovy Train CD Maxi-Single
Groovy Train (On The Edge) – from Groovy Train CD Maxi-Single
Groovy Train (Club Mix Radio Edit) – from Groovy Train US Promo CD
Single
Groovy Train (Alternative 12″ Radio Edit) – from Groovy Train US Promo CD Single
Groovy Train (Groovy Club Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
Groovy Train (Alternative Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
All Together Now (Indie Rock Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
All Together Now (Club Mix) – from Groovy Train US CD Single
All Together Now (Musto & Bones Remixes) – from US Promo 12 (includes: Indie Rock Dance Mix; Indie Rock Dub; Indie Rock Edit; Dub Mix; Club Edit)
Love See No Colour (The Fibre Mix) – from UK CD
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Stripped Down Mix) - from US 12″ Promo
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Stripped Down Instrumental) – from US 12″ Promo
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Dub Mix) – from US 12″ Promo
Love See No Colour (3-Beat’s Dub Instrumental) – from US 12″ Promo

Oh wow. That really is a lot of missing material. I wonder if its too late for them to change it and include these tracks (doubt it will happen but one can hope).