Cole,Lloyd Cleaning Out The Ashtrays CD

2011 four CD set containing a treasure trove of unreleased and rare tracks from the Scottish-born and New York-based singer/songwriter. For singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, now is the time for sorting through dusty boxes of cassettes, DAT tapes and CDs in his Easthampton hideaway, to take stock and find all those lost songs; half remembered sessions, much-missed fellow-musicians and gifted co-producers. A goldmine of music from 21 years as a solo artist. Here, then, are 59 - count 'em - nuggets from the Cole vaults. A boxset bursting with unreleased songs, alternate versions, rare b-sides, cover versions (Lou Reed, Marc Bolan and Leonard Cohen songs), and a few tracks that the record companies - and on occasion, even Lloyd himself - just didn't get at the time. Cole has researched and compiled the 'Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' project himself.

1. The 'L' Word 2. Mannish Girl 3. The Witching Hour 4. Wild Orphan 5. Don't Look Back (Original Mix) 6. No Blue Skies (Skyline Mix) 7. Blame Mary Jane 8. Everyone's Complaining 9. Shelly I Do 10. Somewhere Out in the East 11. Chelsea Hotel No. 2 12. Pay for It (Long Version) 13. Weeping Wine (Original Mix) 14. Weird on Me 15. Children of the Revolution 16. She's a Girl and I'm a Man (Pre Op) 17. Butterfly (The Planet Ann Charlotte Mix) 18. 4 M.B 19. Love You So What (Alternate Mix) 20. Morning Is Broken (Alternate Mix) 21. Too Much of a Good Thing (Alternate Mix) 22. For the Pleasure of Your Company 23. Radio City Music Hall 24. Eat Your Greens 25. Vicious 26. Mystic Lady 27. The Slider 28. I Will Not Leave You Alone 29. Most of the Time 30. Baby (Original Demo) 31. Traffic (Long Version) 32. Millionaire 33. Happy for You (Stephen Street Mix) 34. Sentimental Fool (Stephen Street Mix) 35. Like Lovers Do (Stephen Street Mix) 36. Baby (Stephen Street Mix) 37. Sold 38. Brand New Baby Blues 39. Missing 40. Rain on the Parade 41. Millionaire (Acoustic Mix) 42. The Steady Slowing Down of the Heart 43. It'll Never Happen Again 44. Clairefontaine 45. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself 46. Artificial Tears 47. If You Gotta Go, Go Now 48. Tie Me Down (Demo) 49. Fool You Are (From the Etc Sessions) 50. Fool You Are (Langer and Winstanley Mix) 51. That Boy (Langer and Winstanley Mix) 52. Si Tu Dois Partir 53. Santa Cruz (Vocal Mix) 54. Late Night, Early Town (Guitar Version) 55. My Alibi (Piano Version) 56. For the Good Times 57. Coattails 58. Romany Soup 59. Clairefontaine (Long)