The Waterboys / 1985

1985 is a new 6CD box set that tells the story of the making of The Waterboys‘ third studio album This Is The Sea.

Curated by the band’s leader Mike Scott, 1985 takes the listener through 95 tracks including a staggering 64 previously unreleased recordings of home recordings, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings, and tv/radio sessions. It covers the recording process of the album and the sixth and final disc is a remastered version of the This Is The Sea album.

The box set comes with a massive book 220-page hard cover book containing a first-hand account of the creation of the album with deep recording details, background, cultural context, photographs (many previously unseen), songwriting pages, lyrics and previously unseen writings. Text is by Waterboys’ singer and songwriter Mike Scot with additional sections by Anthony Thistlethwaite and Max Edie.

This large format presentation (288mm x 255mm) is a limited edition of only 3,000 units worldwide. A clear vinyl 180g pressing of the remastered This Is The Sea will also be available.

The 1985 6CD box set and the vinyl reissue of This is The Sea will be released on 23 February 2024 via Chrysalis Records.

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The Waterboys

1985 - 6CD box with 220-page book

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This Is The Sea - clear vinyl LP

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Tracklisting

1985 The Waterboys / 6CD deluxe

• • CD 1: Towers Open Fire:
    1. Trumpets (Session)
    2. Be My Enemy (Prototype 3)
    3. The Ways Of Men (Session)
    4. The Waves #1
    5. Old England (Demo)
    6. Towers Open Fire
    7. Down Through The Town
    8. Ribbon Of Steel (Live)
    9. Bury My Heart (Live)
    10. The Three Day Man (Live)
    11. Medicine Bow (Session)
    12. This Is The Sea (Live)
    13. A Door For My Soul Home (Demo)
    14. Son Of Rags
    15. In My Bed
    16. The Pan Within (Inst Demo)
    17. Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length)
    18. Theme
    19. Fuzz Guitar Vamp
    20. Death Is Not The End
  • CD 2: The Black Book:
    1. Beverly Penn (Piano Demo)
    2. Don’t Bang The Drum (Piano Demo)
    3. Be My Enemy (Piano Demo)
    4. The Day I Ran Out Of People
    5. Winter Blows
    6. The Mercenary And The Samaritan
    7. Looking For Dickon
    8. Spirit (Piano Demo)
    9. All The Bright Horses
    10. Custer’s Blues (Piano Demo) / The Woman In Me
    11. Paris In The Rain
    12. The Song Of Sitting Bull
    13. Talk About Wings
    14. The Whole of The Moon (Writing of)
    15. The Pan Within (Piano Demo)
    16. No Sun In The Sky
    17. Winter In The Blood
    18. We Belong To The World
    19. The Whole of The Moon (Piano Demo)
  • CD 3: A Sky Full Of Crows:
    1. Medicine Jack
    2. Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie
    3. The Sound Of Snow
    4. The Pan Within (Inst)
    5. It Should Have Been You, Guitar Play
    6. Old England (Early Take)
    7. Old Macmichael Had A Band / Sweet Thing
    8. Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town
    9. Spirit (Full Length)
    10. Then You Hold Me
    11. Trumpets (Instr #1)
    12. Rain Come Down
    13. Son of Dirt
    14. This Is The Sea (Drumatix Version)
  • CD 4: The Ladder
    1. Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix)
    2. Trumpets (Inst #2)
    3. Be My Enemy (Rough Mix)
    4. Sleek White Schooner
    5. Sweetheart Like You
    6. This Is The Sea (Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo)
    7. Adrian And The Piano Storm
    8. Beverly Penn (Synth Version)
    9. This Is The Sea (Fast with Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version)
    10. The Waves #2
    11. The Ladder (Demo)
    12. Beverly Penn
    13. Don’t Bang The Drum (Livingston Mix)
    14. Ribbon of Steel Slide Guitar
    15. Paisley Park
  • CD 5: Mountaintop:
    1. The Whole of The Moon (Livingston Mix)
    2. High Far Soon
    3. This Is The Sea (Livingston Mix)
    4. Medicine Bow (Full Length)
    5. The Pan Within (Wickham’s First Play)
    6. Miracle / World Party (Demo)
    7. I Am Not Here
    8. Born To Be Together (Session)
    9. Higher In Time (Session)
    10. The Whole of The Moon (Video Version)
    11. Meridian West
    12. Don’t Bang The Drum (Session)
    13. Medicine Bow (Session)
    14. Behold The Sea
    15. Beverly Penn 2023
  • CD 6: This Is The Sea (The Album)
    1. Don’t Bang The Drum
    2. The Whole of The Moon
    3. Spirit
    4. The Pan Within
    5. Medicine Bow
    6. Old England
    7. Be My Enemy
    8. Trumpets
    9. This Is The Sea