Matthews,Iain I Can'T Fade Away: Rockburgh Years 1978-1984 CD

Six CDs. This box set re-presents the four original albums from that era - Stealin' Home, Siamese Friends, Spot Of Interference and Shook, alongside a wealth of previously unissued material culled both from Iain's own archive and the collections of fans worldwide. Iain's 1978 BBC In Concert special gets it's first official airing on CD; elsewhere, there's a wealth of live and demo material to delight even the most casual admirer of Matthews' music. Musician and singer-songwriter Iain Matthews should need no introduction. He was an original member of legendary folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form Matthews Southern Comfort, who scored a UK number one in 1970 with Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock'. In the early 1970s, as well as recording solo for Vertigo and Elektra, Iain played in folk rock "supergroup" Plainsong. Collectively, this body of work established Iain as a master-craftsman of both his own songs and those of others - a tradition he has continued to explore down the decades. After a mid-'70s spell with Columbia Records, he teamed up with his long-time producer Sandy Roberton for four albums across the late 1970s and early 1980s, a fertile period which is the subject of our first box set commemorating the various eras of Iain's long and illustrious career. Stateside, Iain was rarely more popular: in 1979, his cover of Terence Boylan's 'Shake It' reached #13 on the US charts. A perfect slice of soft rock, 'Shake It' also rewarded him with a #6 hit in Canada and made the Top 20 in New Zealand.

1. Gimme An Inch Girl 2. Don't Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes 3. King of the Night 4. Man in the Station 5. Let There Be Blues 6 Carefully Taught 6. Stealin' Home 7. Shake It 8. Yank ; Mary / Smile 9. Slip Away 10. Sail My Soul 11. Sing Senorita (Outtake) 12. Let There Be Blues (Demo) 13. Let Me Live Until I See You Again (Demo) 14. Shake It (Live) 15. Just One Look (Live) 16. Stealin' Home (Live) 17. Man in the Station (Live) 18. King of the Night (Live) 19. Payday (Live) 20. You Don't See Me 21. Survival 22. Heatwave 23. Home Somewhere 24. Crying in the Night 25. The Baby She's on the Street 26. Hearts on the Line 27. Anna 28. Lies 29. Runaway 30. You Don't See Me (Live) 31. Heatwave (Live) 32. Lies (Live) 33. No Reply (Live) 34. Hearts on the Line (Live) 35. I Survived the 70's 36. She May Call You Up Tonight 37. I Can't Fade Away 38. The Hurt 39. Driftwood from Disaster 40. Why Am I? 41. No Time at All (See How They Run) 42. For the Lonely Hunter 43. See Me 44. Civilisation 11 What Do I Do? 45. The Hurt Stayed (Demo) 46. In No Time at All (Demo) 47. For the Lonely Hunter (Live) 48. I Can't Fade Away (Live) 49. She May Call You Up Tonight (Live) 50. The Hurt (Live) 51. Driftwood from Disaster (Live) 52. No Time at All (See How They Run) (Live) 53. Civilisation (Live) 54. Payday (Live) 55. Shorting Out 56. Views (Dance Goes on) 57. Wild Places 58. Indiscreet 59. Wish 60. Driver 61. Tomorrow Falls on Saturday 62. Fear Strikes Out 63. Over Under Sideways Down 64. Room Service 65. Why Don't We Work on All This (Demo) 66. Work on All This 67. Better Not Stay (Demo) 68. What Do You Wish You Could Be (Demo) 69. Perfect Timing (Demo) 70. Voices (Demo) 71. Action (Demo) 72. Change (Demo) 73. On the Beach 74. Stealin' Home (Live) 75. Just One Look (Live) 76. Lonely Hunter (Live) 77. These Days (Live) 78. Man in the Station (Live) 79. Don't Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes (Live) 80. Gimme An Inch Girl (Live) 81. Call the Tune (Live) 82. Shake It (Live) 83. Payday (Live) 84. Slip Away (Live) 85. Brown Eyed Girl (Live) 86. Sights in Manhattan (Demo) 87. Views (Dance Goes on) (Demo) 88. Ndiscreet (Demo) 89. Out of My Range (Demo) 90. Shake It (Live) 91. Stealin Home (Live) 92. Gimme An Inch Girl (Live) 93. King of the Night (Live) 94. Man in the Station (Live) 95. Don't Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes (Live) 96. Call the Tune (Live) 97. Payday (Live) 98. I Can't Fade Away (Live) 99. Indiscreet (Live) 100. Shorting Out (Live) 101. Work on All This (Live) 102. Wild Places (Live) 103. Civilisation (Live) 104. Mr Soul (Live)