The Beta Band / The Regal Years 6CD career spanning box set

Parlophone Records are to release The Regal Years (1997-2004) a six-disc career retrospective of material from cult British indie group The Beta Band. 

The set will include all three studio albums (with bonus tracks), the Three E.P.’s collection, a disc of live BBC sessions and a sixth CD featuring unreleased demos and additional live performances. In total 25 tracks are previously unreleased (see full track listing below).

The Regal Years (1997-2004) is issued on 7 October 2013.

• • UK Pre-order: The Regal Years: 1997-2004
• • USA Pre-order: Regal Years 1977 – 2004
• • Canada Pre-order: The Regal Years (1997-2004)
• • Germany Pre-order: The Regal Years 1997-2004

Full track listing:

DISC 1: THE THREE E.P.’S (ALBUM)

• DRY THE RAIN
• I KNOW
• B + A
• DOGS GOT A BONE
• INNER MEET ME
• THE HOUSE SONG
• MONOLITH
• SHE’S THE ONE
• PUSH IT OUT
• IT’S OVER
• DR. BAKER
• NEEDLES IN MY EYES

DISC 2: THE BETA BAND

• 1. THE BETA BAND RAP
• 2. IT’S NOT TOO BEAUTIFUL
• 3. SIMPLE BOY
• 4. ROUND THE BEND
• 5. DANCE O’ER THE BORDER
• 6. BROKENUPADINGDONG
• 7. NUMBER 15
• 8. SMILING
• 9. THE HARD ONE
• 10. THE COW’S WRONG

BONUS TRACKS

• 11. DANCE O’ER THE BORDER (LIVE AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL)
• 12. THE HARD ONE (MANMOUSE REMIX)

DISC 3: HOT SHOTS II

• 1. SQUARES
• 2. AL SHARP
• 3. HUMAN BEING
• 4. GONE
• 5. DRAGON
• 6. BROKE
• 7. QUIET
• 8. ALLEGED
• 9. LIFE
• 10. ECLIPSE

BONUS TRACKS

• 11. TO YOU ALONE
• 12. SEQUINSIZER
• 13. WON
• 14. UNKNOWN
• 15. SQUARES (BLOAH MIX)
• 16. QUIET (ACOUSTIC – FROM 99X ATLANTA SESSION)
• 17. SQUARES (ROMAN NOSE MIX)

DISC 4: HEROES TO ZEROS

• 1. ASSESSMENT
• 2. SPACE
• 3. LION THIEF
• 4. EASY
• 5. WONDERFUL
• 6. TROUBLES
• 7. OUT-SIDE
• 8. SPACE BEATLE
• 9. RHODODENDRON
• 10. LIQUID BIRD
• 11. SIMPLE
• 12. PURE FOR

BONUS TRACKS

• 13. OUT-SIDE (ROMAN NOSE REMIX)
• 14. ASSESSMENT (C SWING’S BOOTLEG MIX)
• 15. SHREK
• 16. OUT-SIDE (DEPTH CHARGE REMIX)

DISC 5: BBC LIVE

BBC RADIO 1, EVENING SESSION (10/9/97):

• 1. DRY THE RAIN
• 2. MONOLITH
• 3. B + A
• 4. SHEPHERD’S DUB

BBC RADIO 1, LAMACQ LIVE (5/7/99):

• 5. THE HARD ONE
• 6. BROKENUPADINGDONG

BBC 6 MUSIC, ROCKET SCIENCE SESSION (01/05/04)

• 7. DOG’S GOT A BONE
• 8. OUTSIDE

BBC RADIO, T IN THE PARK LIVE (10/7/04)

• 9. INNER MEET ME
• 10. OUTSIDE
• 11. SHE’S THE ONE
• 12. DRY THE RAIN
• 13. BROKE

DISC 6: DEMO, LIVE & SESSIONS

1997 DEMO RECORDINGS:

• 1. IDEA FOR HOUSE TRACK
• 2. LONGER IDEA FOR ABOVE
• 3. BED IN THE SUNLIGHT
• 4. B AN A

LIVE AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2002:

• 5. INNER MEET ME
• 6. LIFE
• 7. HUMAN BEING

XFM STUDIO SESSION 2004:

• 8. DOG’S GOT A BONE
• 9. OUTSIDE
• 10. SIMPLE

LIVE AT SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE 29TH NOV 2004:

• 11. SQUARES
• 12. SIMPLE
• 13. EASY
• 14. DR. BAKER
• 15. QUIET
• 16. THE HOUSE SONG

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED:

• DISC 3: TRACK 7
• DISC 4: TRACK 17
• DISC 5: ALL TRACKS
• DISC 6: TRACKS 1-10