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CD Box Track listing

CD 1: Supernatural Fairy Tales (by ART) Originally released as Island ILP 967 in December 1967

• 1. I Think I’m Going Weird 3:18
• 2. What’s That Sound (For What It’s Worth) 2:48
• 3. African Thing 4:05
• 4. Room with a View 3:40
• 5. Flying Anchors 2:42
• 6. Supernatural Fairy Tales 3:36
• 7. Love is Real 3:19
• 8. Come on Up 3:02
• 9. Brothers, Dads and Mothers 3:30
• 10. Talkin’ to Myself 1:40
• 11. Alive, Not Dead 2:14
• 12. Rome Take Away Three 2:59

Bonus tracks:

• 13. Love is Real 2:43
• 14. I Think I’m Going Weird 3:16
• 15. Room with a View 3:37
• 16. Flying Anchors 2:49
• 17. Supernatural Fairy Tales 3:36
• 18. Talkin’ to Myself 1:42

Previously unreleased stereo mixes – Pye Studios, 15th December 1971

CD 2 – It’s All About Originally released as Island ILPS 9080 in 1968

• 1. Society’s Child 4:30
• 2. Love Really Changed Me 3:33
• 3. Here I Lived So Well 5:06
• 4. Too Much of Nothing 3:57
• 5. Sunshine Help Me 3:02
• 6. It’s All About a Roundabout 2:43
• 7. Tobacco Road 5:33
• 8. It Hurts You So 3:03
• 9. Forget It, I’ve Got It 3:26
• 10. Bubbles 2:49

Bonus tracks:

• 11. Sunshine Help Me (original version) 3:18

Recorded 13th October 1967 at Pye Studios, London – Previously unreleased]

• 12. Weird 4:10

B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6022 in December 1967]

• 13. The Weight 3:08

A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6046 in 1968]

• 14. Do Right People 4:45

B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6046 in 1968

• 15. Love Really Changed Me (single version) 3:17

A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6037 in February 1968]

• 16. Luger’s Groove 3:56

B-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6037 in February 1968

• 17. It Hurts You So – Mono mix 3:02

Previously unreleased

• 18. Sunshine Help Me 2:08
• 19. Too Much of Nothing 3:57

BBC Radio One “Top Gear” Session 21st February 1968 – Previously unreleased

• 20. The Weight 3:15

BBC Radio One “Top Gear” Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased

CD 3:  Spooky Two Originally released as Island ILPS 9098 in 1969

• 1. Waitin’ for the Wind 3:29
• 2. Feelin’ Bad 3:17
• 3. I’ve Got Enough Heartaches 3:24
• 4. Evil Woman 9:00
• 5. Lost in My Dream 5:03
• 6. That Was Only Yesterday 3:51
• 7. Better by You, Better Than Me 3:36
• 8. Hangman, Hang My Shell on a Tree 5:40

Bonus tracks:

• 9. Feelin’ Bad 2:53
• 10. I Can’t Quit Her 3:00
• 11. Blues Town 3:32

BBC Radio One “Top Gear” Session 30th September 1968 – Previously unreleased

• 12. When I Get Home 4:17

MONO version – Recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968 – Previously unreleased

• 13. Something Got into Your Life 3:28

Recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968

• 14. Waitin’ for The Wind – First mix 3:35
• 15. Lost in My Dream – First mix 5:47
• 16. Better by You, Better than Me – First mix 4:07

Mixed at Morgan Studios, London 12th February 1969 – Previously unreleased

• 17. When I Get Home 5:24

Extended stereo version. Recorded at Morgan Studios, London 13th November 1968 – Previously unreleased

• 18. Pretty Woman 3:28

MONO – Recorded 1st July 1969 at Island Studios, Basing Street, London. B-side of European single – Released as Island WIP 6058 in 1969

CD 4: Ceremony: An Electronic Mass (Spooky Tooth & Pierre Henry) Released as Island ILPS 9107 in 1969

• 1. Have Mercy
• 2. Jubilation
• 3. Confession
• 4. Prayer
• 5. Offering
• 6. Hosanna

Bonus tracks:

•  7. That Was Only Yesterday (mono single version)

A-side of European single – Released as Island WIP 6058 in 1969

• 8. Waiting for the Wind (mono single version)
• 9. Feelin’ Bad (mono single version)

A & B-sides of German single – Released as Island 388 862 UF in 1969

• 10. Have Mercy (first version)
• 11. Shine a Light on Me

Recorded at Island studios, London during sessions for “Ceremony”. Previously unreleased

CD 5: The Last Puff Originally released as Island ILPS 9117 in 1970

• 1. I Am the Walrus 6:22
• 2. The Wrong Time 5:07
• 3. Something To Say 5:49
• 4. Nobody There At All 3:58
• 5. Down River 4:47
• 6. Son of Your Father 3:52
• 7. The Last Puff 3:37

Bonus tracks:

• 8. Son of Your Father (single version) 3:36

A-side of single – Released as Island WIP 6060 in 1969

• 9. I am the Walrus (mono single version) 5:22
• 10. Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree (mono single version) 5:41

A & B-sides of European single – Released as Island 6014 023 in 1970

• 11. Nobody there at All (mono single version) 3:45

 A-side of promotional only single – Released as Island WIP 6084 in 1970

• 12. The Wrong Time (first mix) 5:12

Mixed by Glyn Johns at Island Studios, Basing Street on 8th May 1970. Previously unreleased

•  12. The Weight 3:14

Remixed by Bob Potter at Island Studios, Basing Street on 13th July 1970. Featured on the US album “Tobacco Road”. Released as A&M Records SP-4300 in 1971

CD 6: You Broke My Heart…So I Busted Your Jaw Originally released as Island ILPS 9227 in 1973

• 1. Cotton Growing Man
• 2. Old As I Was Born
• 3. This Time Around
• 4. Holy Water
• 5. Wild Fire
• 6. Self-Seeking Man
• 7. Times Have Changed
• 8. Moriah

CD 7: Witness Originally released as Island ILPS 9255 in 1973

• 1. Ocean of Power
• 2. Wings on My Heart
• 3. As Long As the World Keeps Turning
• 4. Don’t Ever Stray Away
• 5. Things Change
• 6. All Sewn Up
• 7. Dream Me a Mountain
• 8. Sunlight of My Mind
• 9. Pyramids

Bonus track:

• 10. All Sewn Up (alternate mix)

Mixed at Island studios on 8th February 1973 – Previously unreleased CD 8: The Mirror Originally released in the USA as Island ILPS 9292 in 1974

• 1. Fantasy Satisfier
• 2. Two Time Love
• 3. Kyle
• 4. Woman and Gold
• 5. Higher Circles
• 6. Hell or High Water
• 7. I’m Alive
• 8. The Mirror
• 9. The Hoofer

CD 9: Spooky Tooth Live in Germany (1972)

• 1. Waiting for the Wind
• 2. I Am the Walrus
• 3. The Wrong Time
• 4. Cotton Growing Man
• 5. Old As I Was Born
• 6. Better By You, Better Than me
• 7. Tobacco Road
• 8. Evil Woman
• 9. Sunshine Help Me

All previously unreleased Recorded at the Wesser-Ems Halle, Oldenburg, Germany on 7th April 1973 on the Island Mobile studio

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