Description
This 228-track 15CD collection is a celebration of one of Britain’s finest bands. Including all of their studio albums from the self-titled debut album ‘Ocean Colour Scene’, to the chart-topping ‘Moseley Shoals’, ‘Marchin’ Already’, ‘One from the Modern’ and the post Brit-pop ‘Mechanical Wonder’, ‘North Atlantic Drift’, ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’, ‘On the Leyline’ and the later albums ‘Saturday’ and ‘Painting’. Moreover, the B-sides and rarities included in this box set offer a treasure trove of lesser known Ocean Colour Scene classics. There is the Free-inspired ‘So Sad’ and ‘Men of Such Opinion’ (Simon’s favourite self-written lyric), the irresistibly melodic ‘Huckleberry Grove’, featuring the Jamaican ska legend Rico Rodriguez, and the more sedate ballads ‘Robin Hood’, ‘I Need a Love Song’ and ‘Mrs Jones’ and a cover of ‘Day Tripper’, featuring Noel and Liam Gallagher. To round off the collection, you may also want to listen to an unreleased song of Weller’s, ‘For Dancers Only’, which Steve unearthed for Ocean Colour Scene’s 2007 release, ‘On the Leyline’. Accompanying the 15CD collection is a stunning 72-page hardback book, with in-depth essay from award winning author Daniel Rachel depicting the rise of Ocean Colour Scene from the inside. No stone has been left unturned as alongside these words the book is packed with incredible photographs from Ocean Colour Scene photographers Lawrence Watson and Tony Briggs, many previously unseen. There’s also personal memorabilia, tour flyers, back stage passes from legendary gigs, lyrics and more.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
1. Talk On – Ocean Colour Scene
2. How About You – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Giving It All Away – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Justine – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Do Yourself a Favour – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Third Shade of Green – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Sway – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days – Ocean Colour Scene
9. One of Those Days – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Is She Coming Home? – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Blue Deep Ocean – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Reprise – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 2
1. The Riverboat Song – Ocean Colour Scene
2. The Day We Caught the Train – Ocean Colour Scene
3. The Circle – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Lining Your Pockets – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Fleeting Mind – Ocean Colour Scene
6. 40 Past Midnight – Ocean Colour Scene
7. One for the Road – Ocean Colour Scene
8. It’s My Shadow – Ocean Colour Scene
9. Policemen and Pirates – Ocean Colour Scene
10. The Downstream – Ocean Colour Scene
11. You’ve Got It Bad – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Get Away – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 3
1. Hundred Mile High City – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Better Day – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Travellers Tune – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Big Star – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Debris Road – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Besides Yourself – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Get Blown Away – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Tele He’s Not Talking – Ocean Colour Scene
9. Foxy’s Folk Faced – Ocean Colour Scene
10. All Up – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Spark and Cindy – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Half a Dream Away – Ocean Colour Scene
13. It’s a Beautiful Thing – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 4
1. Profit in Peace – Ocean Colour Scene
2. So Low – Ocean Colour Scene
3. I Am the News – Ocean Colour Scene
4. No One at All – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Families – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Step By Step – Ocean Colour Scene
7. July – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Jane She Got Escavated – Ocean Colour Scene
9. Emily Chambers – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Soul Driver – Ocean Colour Scene
11. The Waves – Ocean Colour Scene
12. I Won’t Get Grazed – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 5
1. Up On the Downside – Ocean Colour Scene
2. In My Field – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Sail On My Boat – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Biggest Thing – Ocean Colour Scene
5. We Made It More – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Give Me a Letter – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Mechanical Wonder – Ocean Colour Scene
8. You Are Amazing – Ocean Colour Scene
9. If I Gave You My Heart – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Can’t Get Back to the Baseline – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Something for Me – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 6
1. I Just Need Myself – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Oh Collector – Ocean Colour Scene
3. North Atlantic Drift – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Golden Gate Bridge – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Make the Deal – Ocean Colour Scene
6. For Every Corner – Ocean Colour Scene
7. On My Way – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Second Hand Car – Ocean Colour Scene
9. She’s Been Writing – Ocean Colour Scene
10. The Song Goes On – Ocean Colour Scene
11. When Evil Comes – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 7
1. Everything Comes at the Right Time – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Free My Name – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Wah Wah – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Drive Away – Ocean Colour Scene
5. I Love You – Ocean Colour Scene
6. This Day Should Last Forever – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Move Things Over – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Waving Not Drowning – Ocean Colour Scene
9. God’s Word – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Another Time to Stay – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Have You Got the Right – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Start of the Day – Ocean Colour Scene
13. My Time – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 8
1. I Told You So – Ocean Colour Scene
2. On the Leyline, Waiting – Ocean Colour Scene
3. For Dancers Only – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Man in the Middle – Ocean Colour Scene
5. I Just Got Over You – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Go to Sea – Ocean Colour Scene
7. These Days I’m Tired – Ocean Colour Scene
8. You’ll Never Find Me – Ocean Colour Scene
9. Don’t Get Me – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Loneliest Girl in the Whole Wide World – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Mr Brown – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Two Lovers – Ocean Colour Scene
13. Daylight – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 9
1. 100 Floors of Perception – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Mrs Maylie – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Saturday – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Just a Little Bit of Love – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Old Pair of Jeans – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Sing Children Sing – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Harry Kidnap – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Magic Carpet Days – Ocean Colour Scene
9. Word – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Village Life – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Postal – Ocean Colour Scene
12. What’s Mine Is Yours – Ocean Colour Scene
13. Fell in Love On the Street Again – Ocean Colour Scene
14. Rockfield – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 10
1. We Don’t Look in the Mirror – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Painting – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Goodbye Old Town – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Doodle Book – Ocean Colour Scene
5. If God Made Everyone – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Weekend – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Professor Perplexity – Ocean Colour Scene
8. George’s Tower – Ocean Colour Scene
9. I Don’t Want to Leave England – Ocean Colour Scene
10. The Winning Side – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Mistaken Identity – Ocean Colour Scene
12. The Union – Ocean Colour Scene
13. The New Torch Song – Ocean Colour Scene
14. Here Comes the Dawning Day – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 11
1. Sway (Single Version) – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Lullaby – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Sway (12″ Version) – Ocean Colour Scene
4. One of These Days – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Yesterday Today – Ocean Colour Scene
6. Another Girl’s Name – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Fly Me – Ocean Colour Scene
8. No One Says – Ocean Colour Scene
9. My Brother Sarah – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Mona Lisa Eyes – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Bellechoux – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Blue Deep Ocean – Ocean Colour Scene
13. Is She Coming Home? – Ocean Colour Scene
14. Flowers – Ocean Colour Scene
15. Don’t Play – Ocean Colour Scene
16. The Seventh Floor – Ocean Colour Scene
17. Patsy in Green – Ocean Colour Scene
18. Suspended Motion – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 12
1. So Sad – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Charlie Brown Says – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Robin Hood – Ocean Colour Scene
4. I Wanna Stay Alive With You – Ocean Colour Scene
5. Huckleberry Grove – Ocean Colour Scene
6. You’ve Got It Bad (Demo) – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Here in My Heart – Ocean Colour Scene
8. Beautiful Losers – Ocean Colour Scene
9. Men of Such Opinion (Demo) – Ocean Colour Scene
10. The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago – Ocean Colour Scene
11. I Need a Love Song – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Chicken Bones and Stones – Ocean Colour Scene
13. The Day We Caught the Train – Ocean Colour Scene
14. Travellers Tune (Original Version) – Ocean Colour Scene
15. Justine – Ocean Colour Scene
16. Song of a Baker – Ocean Colour Scene
17. Mrs Jones – Ocean Colour Scene
18. Cool Cool Water – Ocean Colour Scene
19. Top of the World – Ocean Colour Scene
20. The Circle – Ocean Colour Scene
21. Chelsea Walk – Ocean Colour Scene
22. Alibis – Ocean Colour Scene
23. Day Tripper (Live, Electric Ballroom, 9 May 1996) – Ocean Colour Scene
Disc 13
1. The Face Smiles Back Easily – Ocean Colour Scene
2. Falling to the Floor – Ocean Colour Scene
3. Hello Monday – Ocean Colour Scene
4. Song for the Front Row – Ocean Colour Scene
5. On the Way Home – Ocean Colour Scene
6. All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes – Ocean Colour Scene
7. Hundred Mile High City (Live at Wembley Arena, 1992) – Ocean Colour Scene
8. The Best Bet On Chinaski – Ocean Colour Scene
9. On and On – Ocean Colour Scene
10. Mariners Way – Ocean Colour Scene
11. Going Nowhere for a While – Ocean Colour Scene
12. Expensive Chair – Ocean Colour Scene
13. If You Get Your Way – Ocean Colour Scene
14. Flood Tide Rising – Ocean Colour Scene
15. Step By Step – Ocean Colour Scene
16. Carnation – Ocean Colour Scene
17. Hoping You’re Making It Too – Ocean Colour Scene
18. The Inheritors – Ocean Colour Scene






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