The Waterboys - 1985 (6CD)

1985' is a newly curated box set by The Waterboys' leader Mike Scott telling the story of the making of their landmark albumThis Is The Sea and the timeless single,The Whole of The Moon.

The music is chronologically sequenced, taking the listener through 95 tracks over Six CDs, including 64 previously unreleased recordings of home recordings, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings, and tv/radio sessions covering the recording process of the album along with the remastered version of the This Is The Sea album. The 56 page booklet contains recording details annotated by Mike Scott along with previously unseen photos.

Format: 6CDs in Card Wallets, 52 perfect bound booklet, in a clamshell box.

CD 1

1. Trumpets (Session)
2. Be My Enemy (Prototype 3)
3. The Ways Of Men (Session)
4. The Waves #1
5. Old England (Demo)
6. Towers Open Fire
7. Down Through The Town
8. Ribbon Of Steel (Live)
9. Bury My Heart (Live)
10. The Three Day Man (Live)
11. Medicine Bow (Session)
12. This Is The Sea (Live)
13. A Door For My Soul Home (Demo)
14. Son Of Rags
15. In My Bed
16. The Pan Within (Inst Demo)
17. Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length)
18. Theme
19. Fuzz Guitar Vamp
20. Death Is Not The End

CD 2

1. Beverly Penn (Piano Demo)
2. Don't Bang The Drum (Piano Demo)
3. Be My Enemy (Piano Demo)
4. The Day I Ran Out Of People
5. Winter Blows
6. The Mercenary And The Samaritan
7. Looking For Dickon
8. Spirit (Piano Demo)
9. All The Bright Horses
10. Custer's Blues (Piano Demo)
11. The Woman In Me
12. Paris In The Rain
13. The Song Of Sitting Bull
14. Talk About Wings
15. The Whole of The Moon (Writing of)
16. The Pan Within (Piano Demo)
17. No Sun In The Sky
18. Winter In The Blood
19. We Belong To The World
20. The Whole of The Moon (Piano Demo)

CD 3

1. Medicine Jack
2. Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie
3. The Sound Of Snow
4. The Pan Within (Inst)
5. It Should Have Been You, Guitar Play
6. Old England (Early Take)
7. Old Macmichael Had A Band
8. Sweet Thing
9. Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
10. Spirit (Full Length)
11. Then You Hold Me
12. Trumpets (Instr #1)
13. Rain Come Down
14. Son of Dirt
15. This Is The Sea (Drumatix Version)

CD 4

1. Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix)
2. Trumpets (Inst #2)
3. Be My Enemy (Rough Mix)
4. Sleek White Schooner
5. Sweetheart Like You
6. This Is The Sea (Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo)
7. Adrian And The Piano Storm
8. Beverly Penn (Synth Version)
9. This Is The Sea (Fast with Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version)
10. The Waves #2
11. The Ladder (Demo)
12. Beverly Penn
13. Don't Bang The Drum (Livingston Mix)
14. Ribbon of Steel Slide Guitar
15. Paisley Park

CD 5

1. The Whole of The Moon (Livingston Mix)
2. High Far Soon
3. This Is The Sea (Livingston Mix)
4. Medicine Bow (Full Length)
5. The Pan Within (Wickham's First Play)
6. Miracle
7. World Party (Demo)
8. I Am Not Here
9. Born To Be Together (Session)
10. Higher In Time (Session)
11. The Whole of The Moon (Video Version)
12. Meridian West
13. Don't Bang The Drum (Session)
14. Medicine Bow (Session)
15. Behold The Sea
16. Beverly Penn 2023

CD 6

1. Don't Bang The Drum
2. The Whole of The Moon
3. Spirit
4. The Pan Within
5. Medicine Bow
6. Old England
7. Be My Enemy
8. Trumpets
9. This Is The Sea