Shape Of The Rain Riley Riley Wood & Waggett CD

Three CDs. Issued by underground imprint RCA Neon in mid-1971, the Shape of the Rain album Riley Riley Wood & Waggett sold poorly at the time despite glowing reviews from the British music weeklies. A surging collision of Beatlesesque writing and harmonies and Byrds-like jingle-jangle guitars, sadly it would take another couple of decades before the LP was finally disinterred by a new generation of record collectors. Half-a-century after it's original release, that lost jewel of an album finally gets the attention it deserves as the cornerstone of Grapefruit's definitive new anthology of a criminally neglected late '60s/early '70s British band. In addition to that 1971 album, our release features a post-LP single, a clutch of studio demos, taped rehearsals and alternative versions as well as more than a dozen previously-unissued demos of material for an aborted second album. Recorded in 1972 by band leader and chief vocalist/songwriter Keith Riley, these songs are a staggering new find, occupying similar musical territory to newly-solo McCartney, Badfinger man Pete Ham's home demos and Chris Bell's post-Big Star work. Our release also features some incendiary Shape of the Rain live recordings, including a 50-minute show from May 1970 that stands as a rare and enthralling document of a West Coast-influenced English psychedelic band captured in full and glorious flow at the turn of the decade. Boasting a 24-page booklet that includes numerous rare photos as well as a new history of the band, this expanded, four-hour edition of Riley Riley Wood & Waggett features approximately two hours of previously unreleased music.

1. Woman 2. Patterns 3. Castles 4. Wasting My Time 5. Rockfield Roll 6. Yes 7. Dusty Road 8. Willowing Trees 9. IÆll Be There 10. Broken Man 11. My Friend John 12. The Very First Clown 13. What You Gonna Do Now 14. YouÆre The One 15. From Me And From You 16. No Use CryinÆ Again 17. Watercolour Sunshine 18. NothinÆ You Could Do 19. We Can Put It Right 20. Lady Of My Dreams 21. It All Depends On You 22. Listen To My Heart 23. NowÆs The Time To Start 24. DonÆt You Know 25. Second Time Around 26. Broken Man (Demo Version) 27. I DonÆt Need Nobody 28. IÆll Be There (Demo Version) 29. WeÆre Not Their Boys 30. Hallelujah 31. Hello 503 32. I Doubt If I Ever Will 33. Willowing Trees (Demo Version) 34. Canyon 35. Spring 36. Words 37. Look Around 38. Advertising Man 39. Go Around And See It 40. ItÆs So Good Here 41. Big Black Bird 42. Everyone The Fool 43. You Just Call 44. ItÆs My Life 45. Dusty Road (Demo Version) 46. Too Many Lies 47. Yes (Demo Version) 48. Willowing Trees 49. Passing Of Time 50. Imagination 51. IÆve Been Wrong 52. Spring 53. Everyone The Fool 54. Vanishing Cottage 55. Ceiling 56. Big Black Bird 57. Go Around And See It 58. Say ItÆs Goodbye 59. Woman 60. WeÆre Not Their Boys 61. Hello 503