News 23 Apr 2026

The Waterboys / Atlantic Rain – Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings

Three discs of unreleased tracks from the Fisherman’s Blues sessions

By Jamie Atkins

Waterboys / Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings

Newly discovered outtakes and extended tracks from the Fisherman’s Blues sessions • Good value 3CD & 3LP sets

The Waterboys have announced Atlantic Rain, a set of outtakes and extended tracks from the Fisherman’s Blues sessions, due for release in July.

Anyone who thought 2013’s six-disc, 121-track Fisherman’s Box and the 2017 ‘collectors edition’ were the last word when it came to the sessions, think again. Atlantic Rain came about when Mike Scott went through around 80 reels from the sessions that hadn’t been labelled correctly and discovered dozens of forgotten tracks.

As well as previously unreleased covers of artists such as Bob Dylan (‘Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground’), Prince (‘When Doves Cry’ – released to Patreon subscribers last year) and The Rolling Stones (‘No Expectations’), Scott’s archival work uncovered several unreleased originals, including ‘Come Back To Galway’, ‘Light Shine On Me’, ‘Endless Store’ and ‘Man With The Wind At His Heels’.

Atlantic Rain compiles 25 of these tracks (all never before released, with seven extended versions) across three discs – the tracklisting is the same on the 3CD and 3LP vinyl editions – and comes with a book featuring a 15,000 word essay from Scott and unseen photos.

The band are also releasing Strange Boat, an official shop-exclusive companion EP on either CD or 10-inch vinyl, featuring a further six tracks from the sessions. All are unreleased, with “two of them ‘new’ and four of them variations on familiar songs”.

Atlantic Rain is out on 17 July 2026, via Chrysalis Records

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Atlantic Rain - 3CD set

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Tracklisting

- CD1
  1. Too Close To Heaven (soul version) (5.32)
  2. Come Back To Galway (8.51)
  3. The Man With The Wind At His Heels (7.15)
  4. And Then The Gods (2.47)
  5. Light Shine On Me (3.14)
  6. Endless Store (5.39)
  7. This Land Is Your Land (studio version) (4.55)
  8. Saints And Angels (1988 version) (4.41)
- CD2
  1. I Can’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore (2.35)
  2. Knockin’ On Heavens Door (3.54)
  3. Honky Tonkin’ (2.04)
  4. No Expectations (3.03)
  5. When Doves Cry (3.16)
  6. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (4.59)
  7. Killing My Heart (full length) (5.27)
  8. Bob And Anto’s Soundcheck (1.07)
  9. We Will Not Be Lovers (live take) (7.58)
  10. Lost Highway (double version) (7.59)
- CD3
  1. The Good Ship Sirius / The Ship In Full Sail (2.31)
  2. Mister Saxman (4.11)
  3. The Waves (6.36)
  4. The Last Jam (long version) (6.12)
  5. Night Falls On Windmill Lane (1.18)
  6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (13.27)
  7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (6.54)
- LP1
  Side One
  1. Too Close To Heaven (soul version) (5.32)
  2. Come Back To Galway (8.51)
  3. The Man With The Wind At His Heels (7.15)
  Side Two
  1. And Then The Gods (2.47)
  2. Light Shine On Me (3.14)
  3. Endless Store (5.39)
  4. This Land Is Your Land (studio version) (4.55)
  5. Saints And Angels (1988 version) (4.41)
- Side One
  1. I Can’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore (2.35)
  2. Knockin’ On Heavens Door (3.54)
  3. Honky Tonkin’ (2.04)
  4. No Expectations (3.03)
  5. When Doves Cry (3.16)
  6. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (4.59)
  Side Two
  1. Killing My Heart (full length) (5.27)
  2. Bob And Anto’s Soundcheck (1.07)
  3. We Will Not Be Lovers (live take) (7.58)
  4. Lost Highway (double version) (7.59)
- Side One
  1. The Good Ship Sirius / The Ship In Full Sail (2.31)
  2. Mister Saxman (4.11)
  3. The Waves (6.36)
  4. The Last Jam (long version) (6.12)
  5. Night Falls On Windmill Lane (1.18)
  Side Two
  1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (13.27)
  2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (6.54)
- CD
  1. Strange Boat (long version)
  2. Killing My Heart (Spiddal soundcheck)
  3. He’ll Have To Go
  4. The Stolen Child (Fantasia)#
  5. Greensleeves
  6. The Library In Heaven
- 10″
  Side One
  1. Strange Boat (long version)
  2. Killing My Heart (Spiddal soundcheck)
  3. He’ll Have To Go
  Side Two
  1. The Stolen Child (Fantasia)
  2. Greensleeves
  3. The Library In Heaven

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The Waterboys / Atlantic Rain – Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings