Jones,Edgar Way It Is: 25 Years Of Solo Adventures CD

Three CDs. 2021 release. The first ever collection of solo works by Edgar Jones, leader of Liverpool cult heroes, The Stairs. On this retrospective, the versatile Jones mixes jazz, R&B, soul, blues, rock and ska into his musical gumbo. Features rarities by Jones' garage bands The Isrites and The Big Kids, previously only released physically on a CD limited to just 50 copies. Includes tracks from the Mercury Music Prize nominated albums Soothing Music For Stray Cats (2005) and The Masked Marauder (2008) as well as Gettin' A Little Help... From The Joneses (2007), The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing (2011), Sense Of Harmony (2012), Morphic Fields (2013) and The Song Of Day And Night (2017). The booklet features their notes alongside rare photos and gig flyers. His heavy blues rock project The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing (featured here) were hand-picked by Noel Gallagher to support Oasis on their 2009 European tour. Jones has played bass for Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, St. Etienne And The La's.

1. Don't Break My Heart 2. More Than You've Ever Had (With the Joneses) 3. Wait! 4. What Are We Gonna Do? 5. Seven Years 6. It's No Good 7. Freedom 8. Baby If You Wannit 9. (With the Joneses) 10. Mellow Down Pussycat 11. (With the Joneses) 12. Necessary Evil (With the Joneses) 13. Keeps a Rollin' Round in My 14. Head 15. I Don't Wanna See You Go 16. (As the Isrites) 17. I'm Bored (As the Isrites) 18. Up to No Good Again (As the Big Kids) 19. Lies 20. Honey Bear 21. On and on 22. Beep Beep 23. What's a Boy to Do? 24. I Would Do Anything 25. Best Thing 26. Sunshine 27. Stubborn Mule Blues 28. Hot Potatoes (As the Big Kids) 29. Soothing Music for Stray 30. Cats 31. Revolving All Around, You 32. I'm Bored (As the Big Kids) 33. Keep It on (As the Isrites) 34. Hey Joseph (Radio Session) 35. Big Eyed Boo 36. Do Doh Dontcha Doh 37. She Dunno 38. Too Much Baby (As the Big Kids) 39. Standing on the Verge of Getting By 40. All the Things You Are 41. Thinkin' Bout the Time 42. I Don't Need Your Roses (As the Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing) 43. Hey Hey Now Now (As the Big Kids) 44. Serendipity Doo 45. For a Moment (As the Big Kids) 46. No Reverse Gear Blues (As the Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing) 47. Bye and By 48. Tell Me About It Brother 49. Sense of Wonder 50. You'll Always Get Just What You 51. Want (As the Big Kids) 52. Shake It Loose (As the Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing) 53. Good Luvin' 54. (As the Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing) 55. More Soothing Music for Stray Cats 56. The Way It Is (With the Joneses) 57. Stop Messin' (As the Isrites) 58. We Should Get Together 59. (With the Joneses) 60. Need for Lovin' (With the Joneses) 61. Messin' Up (As the Big Kids) 62. Statistical Knightmare (As the Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing) 63. Catnip 64. Tenderly 65. You Better Watch Your Back (With the Joneses) 66. Talk About It 67. (Ain't Gonna Be Your) Fool No 68. More (With the Joneses) 69. More Than You've Ever Had 70. It Can Only Be You 71. You Want Me to Want You Back 72. (Live) 73. You Know You Can Do It 74. Sad Today (As the Big Kids) 75. No Time to Lose (As the Big Kids) 76. Sunday Afternoon 77. Wishing Well? 78. Gonna Miss You When You're Gone 79. Short Prayer for the 80. Emancipation of the Deserved 81. Parts 1 and 2 (With the Joneses) 82. La Cancion Del Dia y de Noche