"I only hope that one day John will be recognized as ... the Beethoven or something of his day. He knows so much about music, he's such a great musician. He's completely mad - but that's because he's Welsh."Lou Reed
Compilations
Ship Of Fools - The Island Albums
About this album
3CD compilation in a clamshell box, release planned for July 26 - pushed back to August 16, 2024 by Esoteric Recordings, an imprint of British label Cherry Red Records. ECLEC32881.
It contains the three albums - Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen Of Troy - he recorded for Island, with bonus tracks at the end of each disc. All tracks are remastered.
Tracks:
CD1
- Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
- Buffalo Ballet
- Barracuda
- Emily
- Ship Of Fools
- Gun
- The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
- You Know More Than I Know
- Momamma Scuba
Bonus track: - Sylvia Said
CD2
- Mr. Wilson
- Taking It All Away
- Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
- Darling I Need You
- Rollaroll
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Ski Patrol
- I'm Not The Loving Kind
- Guts
- The Jeweller
Bonus tracks: - All I Want Is You
- Bamboo Floor
- The Jeweller (alternate version)
CD3
- My Maria
- Helen Of Troy
- China Sea
- Engine
- Save Us
- Cable Hogue
- I Keep A Close Watch
- Pablo Picasso
- Leaving It Up To You
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do?
- Sudden Death
Bonus tracks: - Coral Moon
- You & Me
- Mary Lou
It contains both versions of The Jeweller: the original runs for 5:07, while the CD version on The Island Years 2CD from 1996 was shortened to 4:11.
Sylvia Said was originally released in 1974 as the B-side of The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy single. Note: this track was remixed, so it is not the same as on the single.
All I Want Is You and Bamboo Floor from the Slow Dazzle recording sessions.
You & Me is a previously unreleased track from the Helen Of Troy recording sessions.
Coral Moon replaced Leaving It Up to You, because it mentioned Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanksi, who was killed on August 9, 1969 by the Charles Manson gang.
Mary Lou taken from the Guts compilation album.
Credits:
Compiled & coordinated by Mark Powell
Additional coordination by Vicky Powell for Esoteric Recordings
24-bit digital remastering by Ben Wiseman at Broadlake Studios, Hertfordshire
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