Fisherman's Box: The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions 1986-1988

Fisherman's Box: The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions 1986-1988

by The Waterboys
Fisherman's Box: The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions 1986-1988

Fisherman's Box: The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions 1986-1988

by The Waterboys

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Overview

Mike Scott had been pursuing his grandiose "big music" since he founded the Waterboys, so it came as a shock when he scaled back the group's sound for the Irish and English folk of Fisherman's Blues. Although the arena-rock influences have been toned down, Scott's vision is no less sweeping or romantic, making even the simplest songs on Fisherman's Blues feel like epics. Nevertheless, the album is the Waterboys' warmest and most rewarding record, boasting a handful of fine songs ("And a Bang on the Ear," the ominous "We Will Not Be Lovers," "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?," and the title track), as well as a surprisingly successful cover of Van Morrison's breathtaking "Sweet Thing." [Fisherman's Blues was reissued in 2006 with a bonus disc containing 14 outtakes, alternate versions, and late-night studio jams. It was reissued again in 2013 as a seven-disc box set featuring 121 tracks from the album sessions, 85 of which had been previously unavailable.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 11/26/2013
Label: Chrysalis Records / Parlophone
UPC: 0825646413300
Rank: 5306

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Stranger to Me
  2. Girl of the North Country [2013 Remaster]
  3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  4. Fisherman's Blues [Piano Version]
  5. Fisherman's Blues [2013 Remaster]
  6. Meet Me at the Station [2013 Remaster]
  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 [2013 Remaster]
  15. Sweet Thing (Conclusion)
  16. Saints and Angels

Disc 2

  1. We Will Not Be Lovers [2013 Remaster]
  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 [2013 Remaster]
  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 the War
  13. Dee Jay Way
  14. Lonesome and a Long Way from Home [2013 Remaster]
  15. Thistlethwaite's Declaration
  16. Strange Boat [First Play]
  17. Lost Highway
  18. Higherbound Blues
  19. Let Us Be Drinking and Kissing the Women (Sonny Brogan's Jig)
  20. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  21. Tenderfootin' [2013 Remaster]
  22. Too Close to Heaven [2013 Remaster]
  23. Space Out There Trevor

Disc 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 [2013 Remaster]
  12. Lonesome Old Wind [2013 Remaster]
  13. If Jimi Was Here
  14. Soon as I Get Home
  15. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Disc 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 [2013 Remaster]
  11. I Will Meet You in Heaven Again
  12. Nobody 'cept You [2013 Remaster]
  13. (He Hasn't Been the Same Since) Jimmy Shand
  14. Rattle My Bones and Shiver My Soul [2013 Remaster]
  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

Disc 5

  1. Higherbound [3rd Version]
  2. The Grief of Pan
  3. World Party [2013 Remaster]
  4. Working on a Building
  5. If I Can't Have You [2013 Remaster]
  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 [2013 Remaster]
  19. A Home in the Meadow
  20. Strange Boat [3rd Version]/The Good Ship Sirius
  21. The Stolen Child [Prototype]

Disc 6

  1. On My Way to Tara
  2. Twa Recruitin' Sergeants
  3. Incident at Puck Fair
  4. And a Bang on the Ear [2013 Remaster]
  5. Mr. Customs Man
  6. Strange Boat
  7. Spring Comes to Spiddal
  8. In Search of a Rose [Band]
  9. The Stolen Child [Piano Demo]
  10. When Will We Be Married [2013 Remaster]
  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 [2013 Remaster]
  15. Live Aid and After
  16. Carolan's Welcome [2013 Remaster]
  17. When Ye Go Away [2013 Remaster]
  18. When Ye Go Away [Frankie's Fiddle]
  19. Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? [2013 Remaster]
  20. The Stolen Child [Vocal Demo]
  21. Dunford's Fancy [2013 Remaster]
  22. The Stolen Child [2013 Remaster]
  23. Pictish National Anthem (Comati)
  24. Bo Diddley Was a Caveman
  25. The Last Jam
  26. Buckets of Rain

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Waterboys   Primary Artist
Colin Blakey   Piano,Mandolin,Flute
Mike Scott   Bass,Drums,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Bodhran,Bouzouki,Mandolin,Stomping,Harmonica,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
Padraig Stevens   Bodhran,Percussion,Bells,Drums
BP Fallon   Handclapping,Vocals (Background)
Trevor Hutchinson   Bass,Vocals,Bouzouki,Harmonica,Double Bass
Steve Wickham   Fiddle,Vocals,Mandolin,Harmonica
Roddy Lorimer   Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Frankie Gavin   Fiddle
Kevin Wilkinson   Drums
Donal Lunny   Bodhran,Bouzouki,Mandolin
Mairtin O'Connor   Accordion
John Patitucci   Bass
Ruth Roberts   Choir/Chorus
Jay Dee Daugherty   Drums
Vinnie Kilduff   Guitar,Harmonica,Uillean Pipes
Liam O Maonlai   Noise,Piano,Vocals
Ross Valory   Bass
Prairie Prince   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Noel Bridgeman   Drums,Congas,Accordion,Percussion,Contrabass Drum
Irene Keogh   Vocals (Background),Handclapping
Anders Rundblatt   Bass
Jimmy Hickey   Vocals,Percussion
Peter McKinney   Drums
Alec Finn   Bouzouki
Brendan O'Neill   Drums
Fran Breen   Drums
Charlie Lennon   Fiddle
John Connolly   Drums
Jim Keltner   Drums
Anthony Thistlethwaite   Bass,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin,Harmonica,Saxophone,Slide Guitar,Sax (Baritone),Slide Mandolin
Jenny Haan   Choir/Chorus
Frank Lane   Dobro,Vocals
Dave Ruffy   Drums
Brendan O'Regan   Bouzouki
Aaron Ahmun   Drums
Rachel Roberts   Choir/Chorus
Scott Matthews   Drums
Tomas Mac Eoin   Vocals

Technical Credits

Colin Blakey   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Padraig Stevens   Composer
BP Fallon   Photography
Stanley Lebowsky   Composer
Trevor Hutchinson   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Steve Wickham   Arranger,Composer
Turlough O'Carolan   Composer
Bob Johnston   Producer
Bob Dylan   Composer,Producer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Frankie Gavin   Composer
Kevin Wilkinson   Composer
Charles H. Gabriel   Composer
Ry Cooder   Adaptation
Donal Lunny   Arranger
Colin Meloy   Liner Notes
Vinnie Kilduff   Producer
John Lennon   Composer
Liam O Maonlai   Arranger
Van Morrison   Composer
Ray Dorset   Composer
Karl Wallinger   Composer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Robbie the Pict   Composer
Mike Scott   Editing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Liner Notes,Photography,Art Producer,Additional Production
Leon Payne   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Peter McKinney   Composer
John Dunford   Producer
Woody Guthrie   Composer
Herb Newman   Composer
James Austin Butterfield   Composer
Felice Bryant   Composer
Charlie Lennon   Composer
Jim Keltner   Composer
Anthony Thistlethwaite   Composer,Vocal Effect
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Dick Beetham   Mastering
Sean O'Casey   Composer
Andrew Jenkins   Composer
John Pasche   Design,Original Cover Artwork
Frank Miller   Photography
Steve Meany   Photography
Scott Minshall   Design,Art Direction
Ian Pickavance   Tape Research
Colm Henry   Photography
Gavin O'Neill   Color Tinting,Photo Retouching
George Washington Johnson   Composer
Brendan O'Regan   Arranger
Matthew Cocker   Tape Transfer
William Butler Yeats   Composer
Tim Chacksfield   Executive Producer
Cheryl Koralik   Photography
Ada Habershon   Composer
Anna Weber   Photo Scanning
Roscoe Corner   Composer
Paul Mac Manus   Photography
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