Lloyd Cole - Cleaning Out The Ashtrays (Collected B-Sides & Rarities 1989-2006) [2009] (4 x CD's)

LLOYD COLE

 Lloyd Cole - Cleaning Out The Ashtrays (Collected B-Sides & Rarities 1989-2006) [2009] (4 x CD's)

For singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, now then is the time for `Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' - for sorting through dusty boxes of cassettes, DAT tapes and CDs in his Easthampton hideaway, to take stock and find all those lost songs; half remembered sessions, much-missed fellow-musicians and gifted co-producers. A goldmine of music from 21 years as a solo artist. Here, then, are 59 - count `em - nuggets from the Cole vaults. A 4xCD boxset bursting with unreleased songs, alternate versions, rare b-sides, cover versions (Lou Reed, Marc Bolan and Leonard Cohen songs), and a few tracks that the record companies - and on occasion, even Lloyd himself - just didn't get at the time. Cole has researched and compiled the `Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' project himself - now, all of us can share in the riches that lay hidden inside that dusty old boxes.

With material arranged chronologically, Cole pulled the previously unreleased material from a variety of sources and all sound good whether it be dats or original master recordings. The boxed set features each CD in its own sleeve. The set includes a booklet with Cole comment on each track and the circumstances under which they were recorded and why they never were released or didn't end up on an album.  For Lloyd Cole fans, and lovers of good music everywhere, the 59 songs contained in Lloyd Cole's "Cleaning Out The Ashtrays" offer a treasure trove of lyrical and vocal brilliance. (Amazon)

Lloyd Cole's "Cleaning The Ashtray" remains the ultimate boxed set for fans

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Track lists

CD1    One Red Wine Glass

01     The 'L' Word     3:23
02     Mannish Girl     4:16
03     The Witching Hour     3:55
04     Wild Orphan     3:49
05     Don't Look Back (Original Mix)     3:49
06     No Blue Skies (Skyline Mix)     4:09
07     Blame Mary Jane     3:52
08     Everyone's Complaining     3:18
09     Shelly I Do     2:58
10     Somewhere Out In The East     2:21
11     Chelsea Hotel #2     3:22
12     Pay For It (Long Version)     6:56
13     Weeping Wine (Original Mix)     2:36
14     Weird On Me     3:42
15     Children Of The Revolution     2:43
16     She's A Girl And I'm A Man (Pre Op)     4:19

CD2    Re-Make / Re-Model

01     Butterfly (The Planet Ann Charlotte Mix)   6:51
02     4 M.B.     4:46
03     Love You So What (Alternate Mix)     4:15
04     Morning Is Broken (Alternate Mix)     6:59
05     Too Much Of A Good Thing (Alternate Mix)     4:39
06     For The Pleasure Of Your Company     3:40
07     Radio City Music Hall     2:47
08     Eat Your Greens     4:02
09     Vicious     3:53
10     Mystic Lady     3:04
11     The Slider     3:18

CD3    Dangerous Music

01     I Will Not Leave You Alone     2:21
02     Most Of The Time     4:07
03     Baby (Original Demo)     4:02
04     Traffic (Long Version)     4:21
05     Millionaire     3:07
06     Happy For You (Stephen Street Mix)     3:50
07     Sentimental Fool (Stephen Street Mix)     3:41
08     Like Lovers Do (Stephen Street Mix)     4:00
09     Baby (Stephen Street Mix)     3:56
10     Sold     3:56
11     Brand New Baby Blues     3:17
12     Missing     4:15
13     Rain On The Parade     4:36
14     Millionaire (Acoustic Mix)     3:01
15     The Steady Slowing Down Of The Heart     3:26
16     It'll Never Happen Again     2:53

CD4    Difficult Pieces

01     ClaireFontaine     2:28
02     I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (With Robert Quine)     3:21
03     Artificial Tears     4:40
04     If You Gotta Go, Go Now     2:43
05     Tie Me Down (Demo)     3:05
06     Fool You Are (From The Etc Sessions)     3:28
07     Fool You Are (Langer And Winstanley Mix)     3:48
08     That Boy (Langer And Winstanley Mix)     4:37
09     Si Tu Dois Partir     2:44
10     Santa Cruz (Vocal Mix)     1:11
11     Late Night, Early Town (Guitar Version)     4:10
12     My Alibi (Piano Version)     4:18
13     For The Good Times (With Jill Sobule)     3:27
14     Coattails     3:20
15     Romany Soup     3:05
16     ClaireFontaine (Long)     3:13

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