Fun Boy Three
The output of Fun Boy Three — formed by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple after they left The Specials — will be collected in a new 5CD/DVD box set that includes the group’s two studio albums, plus singles, B-sides, remixes, live material and previously unreleased outtakes.
The Complete Fun Boy Three — due out Aug. 4, about seven months after Hall’s death from pancreatic cancer — will include 69 tracks spread across five CDs, plus a 27-track DVD that collects all of the band’s music videos, “Top of the Pops” performances and a live concert filmed in 1983.
The box set, packaged in a DVD-sized hardback book, is available for pre-order via Amazon.com, along with newly remastered, colored-vinyl pressings of 1982 debut The Fun Boy Three (red vinyl), 1983’s David Byrne-produced Waiting (blue vinyl) and 1984’s The Best of Fun Boy Three (green vinyl).
The first two discs of The Complete Fun Boy Three feature the group’s two studio albums, while the third disc collects singles, B-sides and outtakes, including seven previously unreleased outtakes and versions of songs. The fourth disc includes extended versions, remixes and BBC session recordings, including two more previously unreleased tracks. And the fourth disc is a 15-song concert recorded on April 6, 1983.
The short-lived trio lasted from 1981 to 1983, but scored hit singles in the U.K. with “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)” and the Bananarama team-ups “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)” and “Really Saying Something,” as well as “Our Lips Are Sealed,” which Hall wrote with Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s, who already had had a hit with their now-classic version of the song in the U.S.
Below, check out the tracklist for The Complete Fun Boy Three.
Fun Boy Three, The Complete Fun Boy Three
DISC 1: The Fun Boy Three
1. “Sanctuary”
2. “Way On Down”
3. “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)”
4. “Life In General (Lewe In Algemeen)”
5. “Faith, Hope And Charity”
6. “Funrama 2”
7. “Best of Luck Mate”
8. “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)”
9. “The Telephone Always Rings”
10. “I Don’t Believe”
11. “Alone”
DISC 2: Waiting
1. “Murder She Said”
2. “The More I See (The Less I Believe)”
3. “Going Home”
4. “We’re Having All The Fun”
5. “The Farmyard Connection”
6. “The Tunnel of Love”
7. “Our Lips Are Sealed”
8. “The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)”
9. “Things We Do”
10. “Well Fancy That!”
DISC 3: Singles, B-sides and Outtakes
1. “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)” [Single Version]
2. “The Funrama Theme” [B-side Version]
3. “Really Saying Something”
4. “The Telephone Always Rings” [Single Version]
5. “The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes)”
6. “Summertime”
7. “Summer of ’82”
8. “The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes)” [NME Version]
9. “?”
10. “The Lunacy Legacy”
11. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Single Version]
12. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Urdu Version]
13. “Tell Me Why” [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
14. “96 Tears” [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
15. “Tunnel of Love” [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
16. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
17. “The Things We Do” [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
18. “If Dogs Run Free” [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
19. “The Pressure of Life (Take Weight off The Body)” [U.S. Single Version] [Previously Unreleased]
DISC 4: Versions
1. “Tell Me Why” [Dub Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
2. “T’Aint What You Do…/Just Do It” [Extended Version]
3. “The Funrama Theme” [Extended Version]
4. “Really Saying Something” [Extended Version]
5. “The Telephone Always Rings” [Extended Version]
6. “The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes)” [Extended Version]
7. “Summertime” [Extended Version]
8. “The More I See (The Less I Believe)” [Parts 1 & 2]
9. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Special Remix Version]
10. “The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)” [US Club Remix] [Previously Unreleased]
11. “The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)” [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
12. “The Tunnel of Love” [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
13. “Going Home” [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
14. “Well Fancy That!” [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
DISC 5: Live at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin – 6th April 1983
1. “The More I See (The Less I Believe)”
2. “The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)”
3. “The Farm Yard Connection” [Previously Unreleased]
4. “Going Home”
5. “Things We Do”
6. “Well Fancy That!” [Previously Unreleased]
7. “Summertime”
8. “The Alibi”
9. “Our Lips Are Sealed”
10. “The Tunnel of Love”
11. “We’re Having All The Fun”
12. “Gangsters”
13. “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)”
14. “The Telephone Always Rings” [Previously Unreleased]
15. “The Tunnel of Love” [Previously Unreleased]
DVD: Promo Videos & At the BBC (Region 0/NTSC)
1. “The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum” [Promo Clip]
2. “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)” [Single Version] [Promo Clip]
3. “The Telephone Always Rings” [Single Version] [Promo Clip]
4. “Really Saying Something” [Promo Clip]
5. “Summertime” [Promo Clip]
6. “The More I See (The Less I Believe)” [Promo Clip]
7. “The Tunnel of Love” [Promo Clip]
8. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Promo Clip]
9. “The Lunatics Have (Taken Over The Asylum)” [BBC Top of The Pops]
10. “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)” [BBC Top of The Pops]
11. “The Telephone Always Rings” [BBC Top of The Pops]
12. “Summertime” [BBC Top of The Pops]
13. “The Tunnel of Love” [BBC Top of The Pops]
14. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [BBC Top of The Pops]
15. “The Telephone Always Rings” [Something Else]
16. “The Alibi” [Something Else]
17. “Intro/Murder She Said/Interview”
18. “The More I See (The Less I Believe)” [Live]
19. “The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)” [Live]
20. “Going Home” [Live]
21. “Things We Do” [Live]
22. “Summertime” [Live]
23. “The Alibi” [Live]
24. “Our Lips Are Sealed” [Live]
25. “The Tunnel of Love” [Live]
26. “We’re Having All The Fun” [Live]
27. “Gangsters” [Live]
28. “T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)” [Live].
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