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By Paul Sinclair

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Some of you will be aware that The MCA Years, the Nik Kershaw 10CD+DVD box that was officially announced back in May, has been delayed.

It was supposed to come out last week, but has now been pushed back to the end of August. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that after absorbing the fan feedback left on SDE, the label (Cherry Red) have added four tracks to the box. They are:

  • ‘Nobody Knows’ (Phil Harding Promo Remix)
  • ‘Dancing Girls’ (DJ Edit)
  • ‘Don Quixote’ (Single Edit)
  • ‘Radio Musicola’ (Single Edit)

There was a lot of disappointment over the lack of the Phil Harding remix of ‘Nobody Knows’ in particular, so these last minute additions I’m sure will be very welcome. At this point I don’t know exactly where these extras will end up on the box (which discs), but there are definitely being added.

Don’t forget that I interviewed Nik for this release last year and in the accompanying booklet he tells his ‘MCA story’ with anecdotes and recollections from this era.

The MCA Years will be released on 7 February 2025 (was 30 August 2024), via Cherry Red.

Tracklisting

The MCA Years Nik Kershaw / 10CD+DVD box set

    • CD 1: Human Racing
      1. Dancing Girls
      2. Wouldn’t It Be Good
      3. Drum Talk
      4. Bogart
      5. Gone To Pieces
      6. Shame On You
      7. Cloak And Dagger
      8. Faces
      9. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
      10. Human Racing
    • CD 2: The Riddle
      1. Don Quixote
      2. Know How
      3. You Might
      4. Wild Horses
      5. Easy
      6. The Riddle
      7. City Of Angels
      8. Roses
      9. Wide Boy
      10. Save The Whale
    • CD 3: Radio Musicola
      1. Radio Musicola
      2. Nobody Knows
      3. L.A.B.A.T.Y.D.
      4. What The Papers Say
      5. Life Goes On
      6. Running Scared
      7. James Cagney
      8. Don’t Let Me Out of My Cage
      9. When A Heart Beats
      10. Violet To Blue
    • CD 4: The Works
      1. One Step Ahead
      2. Elisabeth’s Eyes
      3. Take My Place
      4. Wounded Knee
      5. Cowboys And Indians
      6. One World
      7. Don’t Ask Me
      8. Burning At Both Ends
      9. Lady On The Phone
      10. Walkabout
    • CD 5: B-sides
      1. Dark Glasses
      2.  She Cries
      3. Monkey Business
      4. So Quiet
      5. Don’t Lie (featuring Sheri Kershaw)
      6. One Of Our Fruit Machines Is Missing (Instrumental)
      7. When I Grow Up
      8. My Friend John
    • CD 6: Extended Mixes
      1. Wouldn’t It Be Good – Special Extended Mix
      2. Dancing Girls – Special Extended Version
      3. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Extended Remix by Simon Boswell
      4. Human Racing – Re-mix By Simon Boswell
      5. Drum Talk – Special Extended Version
      6. Faces – Re-mix By Simon Boswell
      7. Bogart – Extended 12″ Remix
      8. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Extended Dance Mix
      9. The Riddle – Extended 12” Remix
    • CD 7: Extended Mixes
      1. Wide Boy – Special Extended Mix
      2. Don Quixote – Extra Special Long Mix
      3. Wild Horses – Extended Mix
      4. When A Heart Beats – Extended Mix
      5. Radio Musicola – Extended Version
      6. Nobody Knows – Extended Mix
      7. James Cagney – Extended Mix
      8. One Step Ahead – Industrial Mix
      9. Elisabeth’s Eyes – Extended Version
    • CD 8: Mixes
      1. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – 7” Remix by Simon Boswell
      2. Wide Boy – 7” Remix by Gary Langan
      3. James Cagney – Edited Version
      4. Dancing Girls – Remixed Version
      5. Dancing Girls – Special Hi- Energy Remix
      6. Drum Talk – Special Hi- energy Remix
      7. Wouldn’t It Be Good – Remix
      8. Elisabeth’s Eyes – Club Dub
      9. Shame On You – Additional Brass Mix
    • CD 9: Live at Hammersmith Odeon Dec ’84
      1. Roses
      2. Know How
      3. Dancing Girls
      4. Bogart
      5. City Of Angels
      6. Cloak And Dagger
      7. Wild Horses
      8. Gone To Pieces
      9. Save The Whale
      10. The Riddle
    • CD 10: Live at Hammersmith Odeon Dec ’84
      1. Shame On You
      2. Wide Boy
      3. Human Racing
      4. Drum Tal
      5. Wouldn’t It Be Good
      6. Faces
      7. I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down
      8. Don Quixote
      9. You Might
      10. Progress
    • DVD
      Videos
      1. Wouldn’t It Be Good
      2. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Original
      3. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
      4. Dancing Girls
      5. Wide Boy
      6. Nobody Knows
      7. Human Racing
      8. The Riddle
      9. Don Quixote
      10. When A Heart Beats
      11. Radio Musicola
      12. Elizabeth’s Eyes
      13. One Step Ahead
      Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1984
      1. Roses
      2. Know How
      3. Bogart
      4. Cloak & Dagger
      5. Wild Horses
      6. Gone To Pieces
      7. Save The Whale
      8. The Riddle
      9. Wide Boy
      10. Wouldn’t It Be Good
      11. Drum Talk
      12. I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down

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