THE WATERLOO SUNSET STORY
THE WATERLOO SUNSET STORY
Waterloo Sunset Records was a small indie label from the 80's well known to fans of Mod music. Cult Mod artist Eleanor Rigby’s original releases came out on the Waterloo Sunset Label and not only has her material become very collectable but so has anything on the label, which continued to release vinyl format at a time when vinyl records were rapidly being supplanted by CD. The label remained faithful to both fans and professionals who liked to have and hold vinyl and who preferred the warmer sound of vinyl over the more clinical sound of the compact disc.
Waterloo Sunset Record's total output was six 7” singles, three vinyl albums and one cassette album. We have now combined the best of these tracks with further unreleased material and mixes to create this compilation album.
Several thing make this album particularly worthwhile. It contains a value for money 20 tracks, including the rarely available acoustic version of the title track of Eleanor Rigby's Censorship album, a rare live track of Where Have All The Good Times Gone, a 12” full version of See My Friend, an alternative 'sleaze' mix of her single Last Night In Soho, 4 x 4 and Make Up Your Mind by Mod band The Reaction and a rare demo version of the Eleanor Rigby track Teenage Sex. The latter two tracks are collectors items. The demo version of Teenage Sex has never been released before and the 7" single of Make Up Your Mind by The Reaction is hard to find.
After Eleanor left the scene Waterloo Sunset employed a replacement band named The Psychomatics to play her material live. They also re-recorded some Eleanor Rigby tracks that were ultimately never released, and they were so good we really couldn't leave them off this album. Check out The Psychomatics pacy versions of Teenage Sex, Gotta Move and 1995. We think you'll like them!
The 12 page CD booklet contained exclusive photos, the interesting story of the label and a collectors price guide. The CD has been sold out for some time but the album is now available on download.
Waterloo Sunset Record's total output was six 7” singles, three vinyl albums and one cassette album. We have now combined the best of these tracks with further unreleased material and mixes to create this compilation album.
Several thing make this album particularly worthwhile. It contains a value for money 20 tracks, including the rarely available acoustic version of the title track of Eleanor Rigby's Censorship album, a rare live track of Where Have All The Good Times Gone, a 12” full version of See My Friend, an alternative 'sleaze' mix of her single Last Night In Soho, 4 x 4 and Make Up Your Mind by Mod band The Reaction and a rare demo version of the Eleanor Rigby track Teenage Sex. The latter two tracks are collectors items. The demo version of Teenage Sex has never been released before and the 7" single of Make Up Your Mind by The Reaction is hard to find.
After Eleanor left the scene Waterloo Sunset employed a replacement band named The Psychomatics to play her material live. They also re-recorded some Eleanor Rigby tracks that were ultimately never released, and they were so good we really couldn't leave them off this album. Check out The Psychomatics pacy versions of Teenage Sex, Gotta Move and 1995. We think you'll like them!
The 12 page CD booklet contained exclusive photos, the interesting story of the label and a collectors price guide. The CD has been sold out for some time but the album is now available on download.
The Waterloo Sunset Story Track Listing
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1. I Want To Sleep With You (Eleanor Rigby)
2. Till The End Of The Day (Eleanor Rigby) 3. Take Another Shot Of My Heart remix (Eleanor Rigby) 4. 1995 (Eleanor Rigby) 5. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (live) (Eleanor Rigby) 6. Mad Xmas (Eleanor Rigby) 7. Kiss Me Quickly It's Christmas (Eleanor Rigby) 8. Make Up Your Mind (The Reaction) 9. Over and Over (Eleanor Rigby) 10. Last Night In Soho (Sleaze mix) (Eleanor Rigby) 11. See My Friend (12 inch mix) (Eleanor Rigby) 12. Think For Yourself (Eleanor Rigby) 13. Love On The Phone (Eleanor Rigby) 14. The Man From Uncle (The Grave) 15. 1995 (The Psychomatics) 16. Gotta Move (The Psychomatics) 17. Teenage Sex (The Psychomatics) 18. 4 x 4 (The Reaction) 19. Censorship (acoustic version) (Eleanor Rigby) 20. Teenage Sex Demo Version (Eleanor Rigby) |
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