Release Date: 23 August 2024
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5013929117396
Description
• 4CD box set featuring pioneering 70s US rock band, Fanny, often quoted as the “Godmothers of Women Who Rock”.
• Bringing together their repertoire from the period 1970 to 1973.
• The most comprehensive collection released in over 20 years, brings together the band’s four studio albums, plus many of the band’s single versions, B-sides and vibrant live performances from the period while signed to Reprise Records
.CD1: The band’s 1970 debut album ‘Fanny’ produced by Richard Perry plus 10 related bonus tracks including the single version of ‘Changing Horses’, the German single edit of ‘Seven Roads’ and the B-side edit of the album track ‘Shade Me’. All appearing on CD for the first time.
CD2: Released in 1971, ‘Charity Ball’ was the band’s second album, again produced by Richard Perry. All eleven tracks from the original album are featured plus the single version of the title track, ‘Charity Ball’, along with demos from the period.
CD3: The eleven-track album, ‘Fanny Hill’ was released in 1973 and is featured here with ten bonus tracks including the single version of ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’, various live performances and extra tracks.
CD4: Todd Rundgren was recruited to produce the band’s final album for Reprise Records. ‘Mother’s Pride’, released in 1974 features 13 tracks along with eight bonus tracks including the single versions of ‘Summer Song’, ‘Wonderful Feeling’, ‘I Need You Need Me’ and ‘Last Night I Had A Dream’.
All tracks have been sourced from the Warner Bros tape archives. Eight tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. Presented in a clamshell box with each disc housed in a printed card sleeve. The CD booklet features exclusive sleeve notes written by band members June and Jean Millington and Alice De Buhr, sharing their memories of the period. There is also a UK discography.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
FANNY
1 COME AND HOLD ME
2 I JUST REALISED
3 CANDLELIGHTER MAN
4 CONVERSATION WITH A COP
5 BADGE
6 CHANGING HORSES
7 BITTER WINE
8 TAKE A MESSAGE TO THE CAPTAIN
9 IT TAKES A LOT OF GOOD LOVIN’
10 SHADE ME
11 SEVEN ROADS (FIRST VERSION)
BONUS TRACKS
12 LADY’S CHOICE
13 NEW DAY
14 NOWHERE TO RUN
15 ONE STEP AT A TIME
16 CHANGING HORSES (SINGLE VERSION) *
17 SEVEN ROADS (GERMAN SINGLE EDIT) *
18 SHADE ME (B-SIDE EDIT) *
19 BADGE (LIVE AT THE BIJOU CAFE, PHILADELPHIA)
20 CANDLELIGHTER MAN (THE KITCHEN TAPES)
21 SEVEN ROADS (SECOND VERSION)
DISC TWO
CHARITY BALL
1 CHARITY BALL
2 WHAT KIND OF LOVER
3 CAT FEVER
4 A PERSON LIKE YOU
5 SPECIAL CARE
6 WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME?
7 SOUL CHILD
8 YOU’RE THE ONE
9 THINKING OF YOU
BONUS TRACKS
10 PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (SECOND VERSION)
11 A LITTLE WHILE LATER
12 CHARITY BALL (SINGLE VERSION)
13 CHARITY BALL (LIVE IN CLEVELAND)
14 PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (LIVE IN CLEVELAND)
15 BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN
16 LONESOME PINE (MOTHER’S PRIDE DEMO SESSION)
17 OLD MILWAUKEE (MOTHER’S PRIDE DEMO SESSION)
18 PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (FIRST VERSION)
19 QUEEN ARETHA (WILD HONEY DEMO SESSION)
DISC THREE
FANNY HILL
1 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR
2 KNOCK ON MY DOOR
3 BLIND ALLEY
4 YOU’VE GOT A HOME
5 WONDERFUL FEELING
6 BORROWED TIME
7 HEY BULLDOG
8 THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN
9 ROCK BOTTOM BLUES
10 SOUND AND FURY
11 THE FIRST TIME
BONUS TRACKS
12 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR (SINGLE VERSION) *
13 YOUNG AND DUMB
14 KNOCK ON MY DOOR (B-SIDE EDIT) *
15 TOMORROW
16 NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN
17 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR (LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA)
18 BORROWED TIME (LIVE IN CLEVELAND)
19 HEY BULLDOG (LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA)
20 KNOCK ON MY DOOR (LIVE IN CLEVELAND)
21 YOUNG AND DUMB (LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA)
DISC FOUR
MOTHER’S PRIDE
1 LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM
2 LONG ROAD HOME
3 OLD HAT
4 SOLID GOLD
5 IS IT REALLY YOU?
6 ALL MINE
7 SUMMER SONG
8 POLECAT BLUES
9 BESIDE MYSELF
10 REGULAR GUY
11 I NEED YOU NEED ME
12 FEELINGS
13 I’M SATISFIED
BONUS TRACKS
14 SUMMER SONG (SINGLE VERSION) *
15 WONDERFUL FEELING (SINGLE VERSION)
16 ROCK BOTTOM BLUES (ORIGINAL VERSION)
17 I NEED YOU NEED ME (SINGLE VERSION) *
18 LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM (SINGLE EDIT) *
19 ROCK BOTTOM BLUES (BACKING TRACK)
20 ALL MINE (MOTHER’S PRIDE DEMO SESSION)
21 LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM (LIVE AT THE BIJOU CAFE, PHILADELPHIA)
* DENOTES SOURCED FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVES AND NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON CD
Various Artists
Toyah
The Dickies
Roy Ayers
Penetration
Marc Almond
Iain Matthews
The Fall
Fanny
