Shoes - Elektrafied ~ The Elektra Years 1979-1982 (4CD) [CD]

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• Having created a grassroots buzz with their homemade proto-power pop classic “Black Vinyl Shoes” (currently available from Cherry Red in extended 3-CD format), Illinois band Shoes duly attracted major label interest, and they signed to Elektra in early 1979.

• Over the next three years they released a triptych of classic pop albums – “Present Tense”, “Tongue Twister” and “Boomerang” – and a clutch of Wurlitzer-worthy seven-inch nuggets that should have catapulted them to fame, fortune and all manner of related excess.

• Sadly, however, they never quite made the leap from critics’ darlings to Top Thirty success, and the band were obliged to settle for enduring cult status as power pop avatars.

• But while rock-star level fame and fortune never quite came their way, Shoes do have the considerable consolation of knowing that their body of work has stood the test of time far better than many of their more commercially successful contemporaries.

• This 4-CD anthology of the band’s recordings for Elektra, fleshed out with a swathe of pre-album demos, “lost” songs, alternative versions and live tracks dating from the same period, is a veritable smorgasbord of perfect pop from a time when Shoes were genuine contenders for rock’s glittering prizes.

• Housed in a stylish clamshell box, Elektrafied contains a 32 page booklet that features rare photos and a new 10,000 essay on the band’s adventures during their sojourn with Elektra.

Tomorrow Night

Your Imagination

In Her Shadow

Jet Set (Manor Version)

Too Late

Burned Out Love

Curiosity

Ever Again

Hanginu2019 Around With You

The Things You Do

Mayday

Take You Away (Demo Version 1)

Your Very Eyes

Only In My Sleep

Too Soon

See Me (1st Demo)

In My Arms Again

Karen

Double Talk

Jet Set (Demo Version 1)

Somebody Has What I Had

She Satisfies

The Summer Rain

In Her Shadow (Demo Version 1)

Now And Then

Girls Of Today

Under The Gun

A Voice Inside Me (Demo Version 1)

Every Girl

Hopinu2019 Sheu2019s The One

The Tube

Take You Away (Demo Version 2)

I Donu2019t Miss You

When It Hits

What Love Means

Karen (Acoustic Demo)

Cruel You

Yes Or No

Bound To Be A Reason

Jet Set (Demo Version 2)

Three Times: See Me/Say It/Listen

Found A Girl

Shake It Away

A Voice Inside Me (Demo Version 2)

I Donu2019t Wanna Hear It

Hate To Run

Tested Charms

I Wanna Give It To You

Tomorrow Night (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Time To Make It (8-Track Home Demo Version)

In Her Shadow (Demo Version 2)

Too Late (Live)

Too Late (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Burned Out Love (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Curiosity (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Hanginu2019 Around With You (Live)

Hanginu2019 Around With You (8-Track Home Demo Version)

The Things You Do (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Mayday (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Cruel You (Live)

Your Very Eyes (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Only In My Sleep (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Too Soon (8-Track Home Demo Version)

In My Arms Again (Live)

In My Arms Again (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Karen (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Double Talk (8-Track Home Demo Version)

She Satisfies (Live)

Somebody Has What I Had (8-Track Home Demo Version)

She Satisfies (8-Track Home Demo Version)

The Summer Rain (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Hate To Run (Live)

Now And Then (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Girls Of Today (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Under The Gun (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Every Girl (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Hopinu2019 Sheu2019s The One (8-Track Home Demo Version)

What Love Means (8-Track Home Demo Version)

I Donu2019t Miss You (8-Track Home Demo Version)

When It Hits (8-Track Home Demo Version)

The Tube (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Cruel You (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Yes Or No (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Bound To Be A Reason (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Three Times: See Me/Say It/Listen (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Found A Girl (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Shake It Away (8-Track Home Demo Version)

I Donu2019t Wanna Hear It (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Hate To Run (8-Track Home Demo Version)

Tested Charms (8-Track Home Demo Version)

• Genre: Rock
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5013929109193

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