Nick Cave Heard Them Here First / Various Nick Cave Heard Them Here First / Various CD

2015 collection. Nick Cave has never concealed his influences. Heard Them Here First offers a view of his career, as seen through the original versions of songs he chose to cover. The collection opens with the Stooges' proto-punk anthem 'Fun House', which Cave's band The Birthday Party recorded in 1982, and concludes with 'Burnin' Hell' by John Lee Hooker, as recorded by Cave for the soundtrack of the film Lawless in 2012, and covers all points between, including the originals of six of the songs he and the Bad Seeds recorded on their 1986 covers album Kicking Against The Pricks. As Cave's followers might expect, the CD features music of all genres and eras, from the first-ever recording of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's 'Moritat' (better known as 'Mack The Knife') from 1928, via country numbers by Lefty Frizzell and Cave hero Johnny Cash to gospel by the Pilgrim Travelers and pop from Pulp and Miss Toni Fisher. Other featured artists include Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, all of whom were very influential on Cave's work. Compiled by Mick Patrick and Cave biographer Ian Johnston, who also wrote the notes.

1. Fun House - the Stooges 2. I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone 3. Muddy Waters - Johnny Cash 4. The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell 5. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well - the Pilgrim Travelers 6. Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart - Gene Pitney 7. Hammer Song - the Sensational Alex Harvey Band 8. Hey Joe - the Leaves 9. Long Time Man - Tim Rose 10. Tower of Song - Leonard Cohen 11. Bedazzled - Peter Cook ; Dudley Moore 12. Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg ; Jane Birkin 13. Death Is Not the End - Bob Dylan 14. Knoxville Girl - the Louvin Brothers 15. The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher 16. Moritat - Harald Paulsen 17. Disco 2000 - Pulp 18. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 19. I Feel So Good - J.B. Lenoir ; His African Hunch Rhythm 20. There's No Night Out in the Jail - Chad Morgan 21. John the Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson 22. Burnin' Hell - John Lee Hooker