The Bluetones – Expecting To Fly: 25th Anniversary [Deluxe Expanded Boxset Includes 3LP's On 180-Gram Blue Colored Vinyl]

Triple blue colored vinyl LP pressing. Hailing from Heston in West London, The Bluetones arrived on the scene in 1995 with their debut single Are You Blue Or Are You Blind?". They followed this up with "Bluetonic" and then "Slight Return", which reached # 2 on the UK singles chart. The debut album Expecting To Fly was released in February 1996, and went straight to # 1. This box set contains the original 1996 album, a 12 track LP of non-album A- and B-sides, as well as the collection of pre-fame demos The Early Garage Years. The box also contains the 12 x 12 booklet from the original limited edition sleeve, as well as a note by 6Music DJ Steve Lamacq."

Disc 1

1. Talking to Clarry
2. Bluetonic
3. Cut Some Rug
4. Things Change
5. The Fountainhead
6. Carnt Be Trusted
7. Slight Return
8. Putting Out Fires
9. Vampire
10. A Parting Gesture
11. Time ; Again

Disc 2

1. Are You Blue or Are You Blind?
2. String Along
3. Driftwood
4. Colorado Beetle
5. Glad to See Y'back Again
6. Don't Stand Me Down
7. Nae Hair On't
8. Castle Rock
9. The Devil Behind My Smile
10. Marblehead Johnson
11. The Simple Things
12. Nifkin's Bridge

Disc 3

1. Are You Blue or Are You Blind? [Demo]
2. Talking to Clarry [Demo]
3. Carnt Be Trusted [Demo]
4. Slight Return [Limited Edition UK/Japan 7 Single]
5. No. 11 (Bluetonic) [From the Fierce Panda "Return to Splendour" Ep]
6. The Fountainhead [Demo]
7. Time ; Again [Demo]
8. Cut Some Rug [Homemade 4-Track Recording]
9. Talking to Clarry [Homemade 8-Track Recording]
10. Are You Blue or Are You Blind? [Homemade 8-Track Recording]"

Label: Demon Records

Catalog: 9790539

Genre: Rock