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Misc

Just Making Memories

The B-side and Rarities Collection

This very limited collection (only 50) were made for the members of this site when it was originally known as B-side Black! 

 CD1

1. Human Features
2. Electric Church
3. Jump
4. Life Calls
5. I Could Kill You
6. Had enough
7. Widemouth (original version)
8. Hey Presto
9. Liquid Dream
10. Butterfly Man
11. Birthday Night
12. Have It Your Own Way
13. My Lover
14. More Than the Sun
15. Stephen
16. Brother o' Mine
17. 1993 Interview
18. Wonderful Life (live acoustic version)

CD2

1. Scrapbook Of Ghosts
2. Dagger Reel
3. You Are The One
4. Enough is Enough
5. Nice
6. I Can Let Go Now
7. Shades
8. Every Waking Hour
9. Under Wraps
10. You Lift Me Up
11. Control
12. What You Are
13. What's Right Is Right
14. Whole Wide World
15. Call Of The Narc
16. If You Want It You Can Have It
17. Most of The Day (And All of the Night)

 

 

 

Cover Versions

For better or worst I am compiling a collection of cover versions of Colin's songs... err or should I say song... you know the one.

Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters

sung by The Gift (it is thought that counts right?)

Emily
Monta
Monument
Sexy Sadie
Mitch & Mitch
Hyperchild
Ron Lindeman

Kid Jensen Show

1. Reunion
2. I Could Kill You
3. Blue
4. Skin Up

Live Performance on the Kid Jenson Show in May 1984

"David 'Kid' Jensen got his nickname when he joined Radio Luxembourg and
became that station's youngest presenter. It stuck through his Radio Trent and Radio One days and is still with him at Capital Radio where he also hosts a daily show. The moment he opens his programme on Sunday afternoons his voice is fed all over the country, through complex technical arrangements including independent Radio News' contribution line circuits. His enthusiasm, pace and style of presentation, combined with up-to-date information has created a winning formula for The Network Chart Show. So much so that not only can ILR boast to be the first with new chart positions, but David Jensen won a nomination for `UK Personality of the Year' in the 1985 Sony Radio Awards"

A Special thanks to Jack Cannata for the info!

Peel Sessions

04/07/1983

  • Fast Car
  • Widemouth
  • Its Easy
  • Would I Lie to You

Colin Vearncombe (Guitar, Backing Vocals)
David Dickie (Bass, Keyboards, Drum Machine, Backing Vocals)
Rachel Furness (Violin)
Producer - Dale Griffin
Engineer - Ted De Bono

12/01/1983

  • Under Wraps
  • As Long As it Takes
  • Blue
  • Stephen

Colin Vearncombe (Guitar, Backing Vocals)
David Dickie (Bass, Keyboards, Drum Machine, Backing Vocals)
David Wibberly (Guitar)
Justine Shakespeare (Vocals)
Pauline Dickie (Vocals)
Producer - Tony Wilson
Engineer - Martin Colley

John was with Radio 1 from the beginning in 1967, establishing himself with the late night programme Top Gear. John was the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream. Almost anyone who is anyone in the world of music has recorded a session for Peel. John added a new string to his bow when in 1998 he became the presenter of a new magazine programme called Home Truths on Radio 4. The programme reflected on the trials, tribulations and delights of family life. He and it became firm favourites with the audience.

John sadly died while on holiday in Peru on October 25th 2004.

1985/6 Promo Tape

Rarities1. Reunion
2. I'm not afraid
3. Under Wraps
4. Blue
5. As Long As It Takes
6. It's Easy
7. Wonderful Life
8. Finder
9. It's Not You Lady Jane
10. Dagger Reel
11. Scrapbook Of Ghosts
12. Take Off (Life Calls)

"All versions differ from any previous or subsequent recordings."

Paul O'Donnell

1991 Black Sampler

Promo Cover1991 Promo-CD in DIGIPAK

1. Here it Comes Again
2. This is Life
3. Feel Like Change
4. Learning How to Hate

A&M BLKCD 1

 

Thanks to Bamby for the scan!

Videos

Don't Take the Silence Too Hard

Swingtime

Wishing You Were Here

Here it comes again

1991 Black EPK

Everything Is Coming Up Roses

Black (1991) Promo Video

The Black BoxVHS 1991

Colin talks about his "new" (1991) album and includes the video of "Feel like change"

running time is 15 Minutes

Thanks to Bamby for bringing this to my attention!

Black Box Inside

The Promo

Lost SongsSkin Up
Don't Deny the Miracle
Take Off (Life Calls original version)
Blue
Hey Presto (Australian Demo)
Widemouth (unique to this disk)

"...some of them are alternate takes of songs that would become songs on official releases, but it was a demo that Colin made up to peddle his wares to record labels in the 80's."

Charley Radtke

Chronological List of Rarities

Links show the lyrics for the song.

Human Features
Electric Church
Reunion (early version)
More than the Sun
Jump
Hey Presto (demo)
Stephen (demo)
Hey Presto
Stephen
Liquid Dream
More than the sun (WEA version)
Butterfly man
I Could Kill You
Widemouth
Widemouth (remix by Dave Dix, from 'Black' WEA LP)
Birthday Night
Everything's Coming Up Roses (different from A&M version)
Sometimes for the Asking (from WL double single)
Sweetest Smile (7" version, not on CD)
Life Calls
Had Enough
All We Need is the Money
I'm Not Afraid (7" version, not on CD)
Have it Your Own Way
My Lover
I'm not afraid (12" remix)
Paradise (7" edit)
Dagger reel
Sometimes for the asking (new version)
Everything's coming up roses (re-mix)
Ravel in the rain (live @ Tokyo Power Station)
All we need is the money (live @ Tokyo Power Station)
Sixteens (live @ Tokyo Power Station)
Wonderful life (live @ Tokyo Power Station)
Sweetest smile (remix, from US Comedy album)
Wonderful life (Christmas 88 version)
The big one (The bigger one)
You are the one
Scrapbook of ghosts
Enough is enough
Reunion
Now you're gone (Mardi Gras version)
Brother o' mine
Nice
I can let go now
Here It Comes Again (radio version)
Every Waking Hour
Shades
Whole Wide World
Under Waps
What's Right is Right
You Lift Me Up
What you are
Control
If You Want It You Can Have It
Most of the Day (and All of the Night)
Call of the narc
Wishing you were here (single version)
Surrender (version from 'Just like love' cd-single)
Quiet Side of the Road
Where the River Bends

This chronological order of b-sides was submitted by Marcel Rijs (http://www.kimwilde.com)

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