House Of Love House Of Love: 30Th Anniversary CD

Super deluxe five CD set in hardback book packaging. The House of Love was one of the most successful and critically acclaimed bands to grace Creation Records back in the late 1980s. Their eponymous debut album, which was cited as one of the best albums of 1988 by music magazines and Indie fans alike, celebrates it's 30th Anniversary! Expanding on 2012's three CD version, this super deluxe edition of The House of Love offers the band's complete Creation recordings from 1987-1988, together with a raft of rarities and previously unissued bonus material. It also boasts all their Creation Records singles, from the original version of 'Shine On', 'Real Animal' and 'Christine' to their final single for the label, 'Destroy The Heart'. For the first time, the album is remastered from the original quarter-inch tapes. Discs Two and Three combine all their non-album tracks with numerous House Of Love demos and early mixes, many of which were never released. Disc Four soaks up the various BBC radio sessions for John Peel while Disc Five combines mostly unissued live tracks from various shows. This package is housed in a stylish hardback book set with fresh sleeve-notes from NME journalist Neil Taylor (with inters 30th anniversary this view quotes from lead singer/guitarist Guy Chadwick and original bassist Chris Groothuizen) and rare images from the band's photographer Suzie Gibbons.

1. Christine 2. Hope 3. Road 4. Sulphur 5. Man to Child 6. Salome 7. Love in a Car 8. Happy 9. Fisherman's Tale 10. Touch Me 11. Shine on (Demo - LP Bonus 7") 12. Christine (Demo - LP Bonus 7") 13. Shine on 14. Love 15. Flow 16. Real Animal 17. Plastic 18. Nothing to Me 19. The Hill 20. Loneliness Is a Gun 21. The Hedonist 22. Welt 23. Destroy the Heart 24. Blind 25. Mr. Jo 26. Shine on (Guy Chadwick Demo) 27. Real Animal (Demo) 28. Touch Me (Demo) 29. Happy (Demo) 30. Road (Early Mix) 31. Salome (Early Mix) 32. Fisherman's Tale (Early Mix) 33. Destroy the Heart (Demo) 34. Shine on (Fuck Version) (Flexidisc) 35. Road (Longer Early Mix) 36. Sulphur (Early Mix) 37. Happy (Early Mix) 38. Fisherman's Tale (Early Mix) 39. Touch Me (Early Mix) 40. Salome (Early Mix) 41. Shine on (Band Demo) 42. Real Animal (16 Track Demo) 43. Christine (16 Track Demo) 44. Hold on Me (16 Track Demo) 45. Hope (Early Mix) 46. Man to Child (Early Mix) 47. Love in a Car (Early Mix) 48. Modern World (Welt) (Demo) 49. Little Girl (MR Jo) (Early Mix) 50. Sulphur (Early Mix) 51. Happy (Early Mix) 52. Touch Me (Early Mix) 53. Shine on (Early Mix) 54. Real Animal (Early Mix) 55. Destroy the Heart (Early Version - No Guitar) 56. Destroy the Heart 57. Nothing to Me 58. Plastic 59. Blind 60. The Hedonist 61. Don't Turn Blue 62. Safe 63. Love in a Car 64. In a Room 65. The Beatles and the Stones 66. Christine 67. Loneliness Is a Gun 68. Christine 69. Man to Child 70. Road 71. Shine on 72. Groningen, Holland 73. Plastic 74. Sulphur 75. Touch Me 76. Nothing to Me 77. I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do 78. Top Rank, Brighton 79. Never 80. Se Dest 81. The Hedonist 82. Soft As Fire 83. La Cigale, Paris, France 84. Fisherman's Tale 85. Happy 86. Love in a Car 87. Destroy the Heart 88. I Wanna Be Your Dog