Cherry Red Records this March will celebrate the first era of U.K. indie-pop favorites The Primitives with a five-disc box set that collects three studio albums, a raft of singles and related B-sides, demos, covers, material recorded in BBC sessions, and live cuts.
Titled Bloom! The Full Story 1985-1992, the box set is due out March 20. It can pre-ordered now via Cherry Red Records’ website.
The collection includes a disc of early singles and other material, the band’s three late-’80s/early ’90s albums — 1988’s Lovely, 1989’s Pure and 1991’s Galore — and a disc with BBC material and a 10-song live set. The set includes the band’s singles — including alternate versions — “Thru The Flowers,” “Really Stupid,” “Crash,” “Sick Of It,” “Secrets” and “You Are The Way.”
Led by frontwoman Tracy Tracy and guitarist Paul Court, the band reunited in 2009 and has released a couple new records since then and continues to tour.
Below, check out the box set’s tracklist.
The Primitives, Bloom! The Full Story 1985-1992
Disc 1: The Lazy Years
1. “Crash” (Demo)
2. “Across My Shoulder” (Demo)
3. “Spacehead” (Demo)
4. “Really Stupid” (Demo)
5. “Nothing Left” (Demo)
6. “Thru The Flowers”
7. “Across My Shoulder”
8. “She Don’t Need You”
9. “Lazy”
10. “Really Stupid”
11. “We Found A Way To The Sun”
12. “Where The Wind Blows”
13. “Stop Killing Me”
14. “Buzz Buzz Buzz”
15. “Laughing Up My Sleeve”
16. “Ocean Blue”
17. “Shadow” (Guitar Version)
18. “Thru The Flowers” (New Version)
19. “Everything Shining Bright”
20. “Nothing Left” (Sounds Version)
21. “I’ll Stick With You” (1987 Version)
22. “Dreamwalk Baby” (1987 Version)
23. “Buzz Buzz Buzz” (1987 Version)
24. “Nothing Left” (1987 Version)
25. “Out Of Reach” (1987 Version)
26. “Carry Me Home” (1987 Version)
27. “Don’t Want Anything To Change” (1987 Version)
Disc 2: Lovely (Plus Bonus Tracks)
1. “Crash”
2. “Spacehead”
3. “Carry Me Home”
4. “Shadow”
5. “Thru The Flowers”
6. “Dreamwalk Baby”
7. “I’ll Stick With You”
8. “Nothing Left”
9. “Stop Killing Me”
10. “Out Of Reach”
11. “Ocean Blue”
12. “Run Baby Run”
13. “Don’t Want Anything To Change”
14. “Buzz Buzz Buzz”
15. “I’ll Stick With You” (Single Version)
16. “Things Get In Your Way”
17. “Crash” (Live In The Studio)
18. “Out Of Reach” (Single Version)
19. “Dreamwalk Baby” (Live)
20. “Really Stupid” (Live)
21. “Crash” (Live)
22. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (Live)
Disc 3: Pure (Plus Bonus Tracks)
1. “Outside”
2. “Summer Rain”
3. “Sick Of It”
4. “Shine”
5. “Dizzy Heights”
6. “All The Way Down”
7. “Secrets”
8. “Keep Me In Mind”
9. “Lonely Streets”
10. “Can’t Bring Me Down”
11. “Way Behind Me”
12. “Never Tell”
13. “All The Way Down” (Beat Version)
14. “Way Behind Me” (Acoustic Version)
15. “Noose”
16. “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
17. “As Tears Go By”
18. “I Almost Touched You”
19. “Secrets” (Demo)
20. “Secrets” (Zeus B Held Version 12” Mix) *
21. “Secrets” (Zeus B Held 12” Dub) *
22. “You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)”
* Previously unreleased
Disc 4: Galore (Plus Bonus Tracks)
1. “You Are The Way”
2. “Lead Me Astray”
3. “Earth Thing”
4. “Give This World To You”
5. “Slip Away”
6. “Cold Enough To Kill”
7. “Hello Jesus”
8. “Empathise”
9. “See Thru The Dark”
10. “Kiss Mine”
11. “Smile”
12. “The Little Black Egg”
13. “In My Dream”
14. “Sunpulse”
15. “Flow*
16. “Stop Killing Me” (Acoustic)
17. “You Are The Way” (September Mix)
18. “You Are The Way” (Re-Ravishing Mix)
19. “You Are The Way” (God’s Own Garage Band Mix – Alternate Version) *
20. “Under My Spell”
21. “Haunted”
* Previously unreleased
Disc 5: BBC Sessions 1986-1987/Live at Bath Moles
BBC Sessions 1986-1987
1. “Really Stupid”
2. “Nothing Left”
3. “Run Baby Run”
4. “I’ll Stick With You”
5. “Where The Wind Blows”
6. “Across My Shoulder”
7. “Spacehead”
8. “Crash”
9. “Stop Killing Me”
10. “Shadow”
11. “Buzz Buzz Buzz”
12. “As Tears Go By”
13. “Dreamwalk Baby”
14. “Ocean Blue”
15. “Everything’s Shining Bright”
16. “She Don’t Need You”
Live at Bath Moles
17. “All The Way Down” (Live)
18. “Sick Of It” (Live)
19. “Give This World To You” (Live)
20. “Outside” (Live)
21. “Slip Away” (Live)
22. “You Are The Way” (Live)
23. “Earth Thing” (Live)
24. “See Thru The Dark” (Live)
25. “Stop Killing Me” (Live)
26. “Way Behind Me” (Live)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- The Primitives release 4-song ‘New Thrills’ EP, plan rare U.S. dates in June
- The Primitives to reissue debut album ‘Lovely’ as 2CD set, play 25th anniversary gigs
- Video: The Primitives, ‘Lose the Reason’ — brand-new single out today
- The Primitives’ ‘Everything’s Shining Bright’ to feature early singles, ‘lost’ album, live set
- Video: The Primitives, ‘You Trashed My Christmas’ — new track off holiday comp
Wait – they got back together? How did I miss this… And I’ve been sticking with this website the whole time. Argh. This seems very reasonably priced and might just have to get this to supplement my already (what I thought was near complete) Primitives collection.