The Works - Wildies Works are NOT alone

[Mainman]

Guess what guys.....I am new on here and this is my first post. I work for a company that distributes CD`s etc and on March 31st the following are released

The Wildhearts - THE WORKS

AND

Echo & the Bunnymen - THE WORKS

AND

Faith No More - THE WORKS

Seems like Rhino / Warner have been putting a little collection together.

I will check stock later and see if we have any here.

Cheers...........Dan

[Mainman]

AND

The Happy Mondays - THE WORKS

[Mainman]

CD is not here yet - due by Thursday latest......will let you all now when it is......coz it goes from here to all the places that you are buying it from.

[Mainman]

CD is due on site tomorrow.

Will let you all know what the booklet etc is like as soon as I got my hands on one

[Monica_ICE]

Thanks, Mainman. That explains what I suspected. When I first saw the post about The Works, it wasn't the studio album I expected they were working on. This tells me they have or are working on a different album of new studio songs because this isn't it. It makes sense now.

[Keith Richard]

Thanks, Mainman. That explains what I suspected. When I first saw the post about The Works, it wasn't the studio album I expected they were working on. This tells me they have or are working on a different album of new studio songs because this isn't it. It makes sense now.

I've not read anywhere whether or not tThe Works is an endorsed set. However, it's been recorded deep within these very posts that there is perhaps two albums in the pipeline: there's the covers album, and then supposedly an album recorded in "Kiss" style. Sounds good!!!

[spoon_of_grimbo]

my hopes went up for the FNM one just then, til i realised there's only about 2 tracks on it that i haven't already got. when are they going to do a full-on b-sides set!?!?!? sames goes for the wildhearts tbh!

[Sarc]

my hopes went up for the FNM one just then, til i realised there's only about 2 tracks on it that i haven't already got. when are they going to do a full-on b-sides set!?!?!? sames goes for the wildhearts tbh!

The Wildhearts did it was called Coupled with, the eastwest era b-sides,unless someone has shit loads of cash to buy the rights*, will never be compiled as some unfortunate soul can't get the rights to them to release them from what I've gathered.
Besides chances are most of us lot on here have all the b-sides already and if we don't they're available on the hub, even though its only supposed to be trading for live shows and demos and such.

*which gives me an idea.

[Cwej]

i think there is a way to do it if they re-record them all , which is kinda what warrior soul did the the 'klassics' album , and i think theres a few other instances of it .

but altho theoretically they could do an album of b-sides like that , i think it would fly in the face of some statements made 15 odd years ago about re-releasing tracks ... altho fuck it , we know the reason why so we wouldn't begrudge it . and since its new version , its not exactly buying them again so its not madly hurting fans .

[Sarc]

Cracker did exactly the same thing with their best of which I'm pretty sure I mentioned a few times around here somewhere so it's no uneard of and as a few artists have done it it obviously works.

[Soundog]

Cracker did exactly the same thing

And BÖC on 'Cult Classics' if I remember correctly. However, judging from the re-recordings of 29x and Weekend f.ex. - which are nice, but don't add much to the originals, I'd much prefer them getting new songs out whenever they enter a studio. It doesn't seem like they'll ever lack in good material either.

[Mainman]

THE CD IS HERE.......I WILL POST DETAILS OF PACKAGING ETC VERY SHORTLY

[Mainman]

Well guys, I now have in my mits a copy of the "retrospective collection" called The Works.

It is a double case format with (as you all know) 3 discs.

The front cover is.....an old one.......and when you open the case up, you are greeted by the same photo as on the front !!!!!!

I was expecting at the very least a booklet detailing perhaps a history of sorts or at least a discography of the band.

NO CHANCE

All that is in the single gatefold booklet is ahem ahem the tracklisting!!!!!!

Rather bizzare and I may be wrong on this, but the credits for all the songs are to WALLS. I know this is Ginger but I dont remember ever seen WALLS in the credits ?????

Anyway, thats the inside of the "booklet". THe outside has the same 2 photos that are on the front cover, and in the middle ...you`ll love this........

Adverts for the rest of the "works" collection.

MMmmm like the Monkees, EWVerything But The Girl, CHris Rea........Oh dear shall I stop.

I shall get it....coz I can but there is NO WAY the band would of touched this.

STILL ITS A CRACKING LIST OF TUNES BY ANYONES STANDARDS

Cheers All.................Dan

[wildsam6o]

sounds pretty shit then!

still getting it tho, nothing like having all those tracks in one!


i would have atleast thaught we would have some old pictures of the band!!!! phhht

[Mainman]

Just the same picture 3 times....cant believe there isnt even a mention as to which albums the tracks are from.....or which tracks are "singles/bsides. I got the Ramones release that Rhino did a couple of years back...and it is one oif the best packages EVER.

Giant sized book, magazine (in 3-d) 3 cds and a dvd.

Really expected more from this...but then the Faith No More one I have here is exactly the same.