The Waterboys – Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings

Description

THE WATERBOYS ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ album sessions have been revisited for a brand new 3CD and 3LP Vinyl box set featuring previously unreleased recordings.

Almost 400 multi-track tape reels, totalling 150 hours of music, were recorded during the Waterboys’ famous Fisherman’s Blues sessions of 1986-88. Among these were 80 tapes with no song titles, just rough notes like “jam” or “unknown.” In 2024 band leader Mike Scott went through most of these, listening to them for the first time since they were recorded, and discovering in the process dozens of tracks the band had forgotten about; lost recordings, some improvised on the spot, others painstakingly worked on, that in many cases equal the quality of those on the original classic 1988 album.

Scott has compiled these into a triple CD and vinyl collection titled THE LOST FISHERMAN’S BLUES RECORDINGS. This fascinating release will gain much attention and will come with a book containing 15,000 words of Scott’s own sleeve notes plus lyrics and unseen photos.

Tracklist

1. Too Close To Heaven (Soul Version)
2. Come Back To Galway
3. The Man With The Wind At His Heels
4. And Then The Gods
5. Light Shine On Me
6. Endless Store
7. This Land Is Your Land (Studio Version)
8. Saints And Angels (1988 Version)
9. I Can’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
10. Knockin’ On Heavens Door
11. Honky Tonkin’
12. No Expectations
13. When Doves Cry
14. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
15. Killing My Heart
16. Bob And Anto’s Soundcheck
17. We Will Not Be Lovers (Live Take)
18. Lost Highway (Double Version)
19. The Good Ship Sirius / The Ship In Full Sail
20. Mister Saxman
21. The Waves
22. The Last Jam
23. Night Falls On Windmill Lane
24. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
25. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)