Product Description

In the 1980s, the Prisoners were one of England's premier garage-rock revival bands, sporting reedy combo organ, a driving beat, and gritty guitar attack on tunes that combined '60s rock influences with a touch of R&B. True to its name, RARE AND UNISSUED contains rare b-sides, live cuts, and other ephemera from the band's heyday. Originally released on LP in 1988, it took 20 years for this collection to make it to CD, but the addition of extra tracks like the instrumental "Unbeliever" and a demo of the old Joe South hit "Hush" goes along way towards making up for the wait.

Track Listing

1. COMING HOME (Live In Berlin)
2. REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN
3. HE'S IN LOVE (Radio Medway)
4. TROPHIES (Live Demo)
5. FAR AWAY (Radio Medway)
6. AIN'T NO TELLING (Demo)
7. COME TO THE MUSHROOM (Live In Switzerland)
8. BE ON YOUR WAY (Demo)
9. BUCCANEER (Demo)
10. DECEIVING EYE (Live In Switzerland)
11. MOURN MY HEALTH (Demo)
12. THE MORE I TEACH YOU (Alt Mix)
13. MOURN MY HEALTH (Mellotron Version)
14. LOVE CHANGES
15. 96 TEARS
16. LOOKING FOR YOU
17. DON'T BURST MY BUBBLE
18. JOE 90 THEME
19. LOVE ME LIES (Radio Medway)
20. UNBELIEVER (Fast)
21. LOVE ME LIES
22. HUSH

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72156 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

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A small and devoted section of music fans have always known that The Prisoners were special. Graham day, their lead singer and songwriter, has never struggled for respect and the bands influence on a whole host of later bands, though not always discernible in their music, is well documented. The Prisoners music is raw, shorn of all commercial trappings and cannot be pigeon-holed. Tight and edgy, Day is fond of saying that no song is worth writing if it cannot be written in three minutes. This vision of intent, this focused stoicism would fuel the bands music, and the music would be good, it could be very good and at times it could be brilliant. Witness `Mourn My Health' on this CD alone, or the complete version of the instrumental `Go, Go' - has there ever been an instrumental like it? The original vinyl copies of Rare and Unissued (Hangman Records) are still much sought after, but with this re-issue, nearly all of The Prisoners back catalogue - with the exception of Live at the MC and The Prisoner vs The Milkshakes - together with a host of other rarities and live-tracks, are now available and so for old fans this new album is a real bonus. For new, prospecting fans, this is as a good a place as any to introduce yourself to the music of The Prisoners. And what a rich vein of music it opens up! From all of The Prisoners albums, to Sins of the Fourfathers (The Prime Movers) to Planet, to everything by The Solar Flares - and don't miss `Can Satisfy You' (Own up Records) - to Graham Day's latest album, the quality of the music that Graham Day, Allan Crockford and Wolf Howard have been involved in at different times, runs on unabated. On this album there are ample sleeve notes from James Taylor, The Prisoners chronicler, Dean Rudland, and the ever affable and perceptive Crockford (check out The Stabilisers too). Overall then this is a great addition to The Prisoners music and is a must buy for any discerning fan of music that is real and raw.