A new boxset featuring 4 CDs appeared these last days on Amazon (Italy, France and UK), it’s non available for sale nor pre-order yet and will be released by Universal/Island. The price is £40.75 that is to say, more or less €45 and $53.
No doubt this is the first preview we’ve got of the Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? 25th Anniversary Edition that is to be released in September.
The tracklist appears as follows:
DISC 1
1. I Still Do2. Dreams3. Sunday4. Pretty5. Waltzing Back6. Not Sorry7. Linger8. Wanted9. Still Can’t…10. I Will Always11. How12. Put Me Down
DISC 2
1. Íosa2. What You Were3. Linger4. How5. Liar6. What You Were7. Reason8. How9. Them10. Pretty11. Uncertain12. Nothing Left At All13. Pathetic Senses14. Them (Xeric)15. Dreams16. Sunday17. Linger18. Chrome Paint19. Fast One20. Shine Down21. Dreams
DISC 3
1. Put Me Down2. Dreams3. Uncertain4. Pretty5. Wanted6. Daffodil Lament7. Linger8. I Can’t Be With You9. How10. Ode To My Family11. Not Sorry12. Waltzing Back13. Dreams14. Ridiculous Thoughts15. Zombie16. (They Long To Be) Close To You
DISC 4
1. Dreams2. Uncertain3. Reason4. Put Me Down5. Waltzing Back6. Linger7. Wanted8. I Will Always9. The Icicle Melts10. Wanted11. Like You Used To12. False
From what we see, we can imagine that:
– Disc 1 is the remastered version of the album
– Disc 2 features demo/studio versions of the songs (1-10?), as well as the Uncertain album (11-14?) & the Water Circle tape (16-19?), and the two never heard before demo versions of Dreams that Noel Hogan recently found on a tape (“very first demo” of Dreams that isn’t mixed as Noel took the cassette home before any mixing was done, and a “pop mix” featuring a different intro and outro)
– Disc 3 could be a live concert (or live tracks) from the 93/94 era that very likely looks like the July 31st 1994 concert at Feile Tipperary Festival from tracks 4-16 though from what we know, the performance was starting with Sunday instead of Put Me Down/Dreams/Uncertain…
– Disc 4 looks like radio sessions tracks starting with the 1991 Dave Fanning Show (1-4), the 1992 John Peel Show (5-8), and the 1993 Dave Fanning Show (9-12)
Thanks to Stephane for the finding and to Edward for his analysis of Disc 3!
UPDATE – AUGUST 28
– It seems a 2 CD version will be available as well as Amazon.es and Amazon.fr both listed a Barclay release with Disc 1 and Disc 2 content only.
Will there be more versions?
– Concerning disc 3, some of our readers are saying the first 3 tracks (just before the Féile 94 show) could be from Cork Rocks 1991. Until now, only “Uncertain” and “Dreams” have surfaced taken from the Dave Fanning Show. Definitely a high probability!!
– On Amazon UK the price decreased, it’s now £34.48
So no false studo track?
False was recorded during the To The Faithful Departed sessions, we may have to wait a while for that.
This band is so iconic and the music is timeless
Wowe this is so exciting!!! Really looking forward to this.. No dates of release have been confirmed!?
So I understand that no demos of ‘Serious’ ans ‘Same old story’ were ever recorded.
Not confirmed, but October is 99% chance
http://cranberriesworld.com/2018/05/02/everybody-elses-25th-anniversary-album-likely-to-be-released-mid-september/
I can’t see Serious and Same Old Story
However I’m happy for this box set
It is availavable at amazon.es too 🙂
Thanks for the info. I guess It should appear on every amazon worldwide very soon
Excellent News!
I’m guessing that some of the songs missing (Serious, Same Old Story, False, etc,) will likely appear on another collection for one of the later albums. We have the 25th anniversary of NNTA (one of the best selling rock albums of all time) next year, which I would be surprised if they didn’t give it the same treatment as their debut. And in 2020, they can do a boxset celebrating the groups 30th anniversary. I recall Noel saying that they were working on assembling songs for such a project at the time of Dolores’ passing, so they are probably just setting some things aside for the future.
One of my favorite performance is the 1995 Alabama Club performance in Germany. To me it’s a very iconic performance and looks very cinematic. I realize that it’s on YouTube in segments, but the quality leaves much to be desired. I’d love to see/hear an official version of this on a NNTA anniversary set.
Already bought it though amazon.uk even there is no release date.
OH GOD I am so excited beyond words so was hoping for Shine down! YES this news has made my day!!! Oh thank you guys so much I have to get this will preserve it and make myself an extra disc and make some for portable use and keep originals in perfect condition WHAT A TREASURE!!!!
sad, the song *same old story*are the one not on the cd and the first i wanted
Amazon just sent me a mail confirming arrival due to 25-26 Oct:)
I wonder if this set will also be available in some form on vinyl?
I’m guessing that disc 3 could possibly be a live concert on a DVD or Blu-ray. Most of these big sets usually contain at least one of them in the package.