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‘1985’ is a newly curated limited edition deluxe box set by The Waterboys’ leader Mike Scott telling the story of the making of their landmark album This Is The Sea and the timeless single, The Whole of The Moon.The Music takes the listener through 95 tracks over Six CDs, including 64 previously unreleased recordings of home recordings, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings, and tvradio sessions covering the recording process of the album along with the remastered version of the This Is The Sea album.The book is a 220page hard cover containing a firsthand account of the creation of the album with deep recording details, background, cultural context, photographs many previously unseen, songwriting pages, lyrics and previously unseen writings. Text by Waterboys’ singer and songwriter Mike Scot with additional sections by Anthony Thistlethwaite and Max Edie.Format Rigid slipcase, 6CDs and a 220page hard cover book and printed insert. Size approx. 288x255mm.Limited Edition of 3,000 Units WorldwideTRACKLISTINGCD1 Towers Open Fire Trumpets Session Be My Enemy Prototype 3 The Ways Of Men Session The Waves 1 Old England Demo Towers Open Fire Down Through The Town Ribbon Of Steel Live Bury My Heart Live The Three Day Man Live Medicine Bow Session This Is The Sea Live A Door For My Soul Home Demo Son Of Rags In My Bed The Pan Within Inst Demo Even The Trees Are Dancing Full Length Theme Fuzz Guitar Vamp Death Is Not The EndCD2 The Black Book Beverly Penn Piano Demo Dont Bang The Drum Piano Demo Be My Enemy Piano Demo The Day I Ran Out Of People Winter Blows The Mercenary And The Samaritan Looking For Dickon Spirit Piano Demo All The Bright Horses Custers Blues Piano Demo The Woman In Me Paris In The Rain The Song Of Sitting – Talk About Wings The Whole of The Moon Writing of The Pan Within Piano Demo No Sun In The Sky Winter In The Blood We Belong To The World The Whole of The Moon Piano DemoCD3 A Sky Full Of Crows Medicine Jack Medicine Jack BoogieWoogie The Sound Of Snow The Pan Within Inst It Should Have Been You, Guitar Play Old England Early Take Old Macmichael Had A Band Sweet Thing Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town Spirit Full Length Then You Hold Me Trumpets Instr 1 Rain Come Down Son of Dirt This Is The Sea Drumatix VersionCD4 The Ladder Medicine Bow Elemental Rough Mix Trumpets Inst 2 Be My Enemy Rough Mix Sleek White Schooner Sweetheart Like You This Is The Sea Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo Adrian And The Piano Storm Beverly Penn Synth Version This Is The Sea Fast with Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version The Waves 2 The Ladder Demo Beverly Penn Dont Bang The Drum Livingston Mix Ribbon of Steel Slide Guitar Paisley ParkCD5 Mountaintop The Whole of The Moon Livingston Mix High Far Soon This Is The Sea Livingston Mix Medicine Bow Full Length The Pan Within Wickhams First Play Miracle World Party Demo I Am Not Here Born To Be Together Session Higher In Time Session The Whole of The Moon Video Version Meridian West Dont Bang The Drum Session Medicine Bow Session Behold The Sea Beverly Penn 2023CD6 This Is The Sea The Album Dont Bang The Drum The Whole of The Moon Spirit The Pan Within Medicine Bow Old England Be My Enemy Trumpets This Is The SeaThis Is The Sea is the third album by The Waterboys. Released in September 1985 and includes the classic single, The Whole of The Moon, along with other tracks, Don’ t Bang The Drum, The Pan Within and Old England. Considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rockorientated sound, described as ‘epic ‘ and ‘a defining moment ‘ in the bands ongoing career.This new clear vinyl edition is a companion piece to the also forthcoming 6CD Deluxe box set ‘1985’ , the making of the This Is The Sea album.The format is 12 ‘ 3mm spine sleeve with silver OBI, printed insert and on 180gm clear vinylSide 11. Dont Bang The Drum 2. The Whole of The Moon 3. Spirit 4. The Pan Within Side 21. Medicine Bow 2. Old England 3. Be My Enemy 4. Trumpets 5. This Is The Sea The Waterboys Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £96.99