Description
DESCRIPTION
Digitally remastered and expanded four CD edition of The Warp of Pure Fun, the acclaimed 1985 album by Scottish songwriter Paul Haig, formerly of influential Postcard/postpunk group Josef K. Co-produced by Alan Rankine of The Associates, The Warp of Pure Fun followed a brief flirtation with mainstream dance-pop on the Island Records, and marked a return to warmer, more personal songs and arrangements, live drums and ringing guitars, as well as embracing emergent digital technology such as Akai sequencers and the Kurzweil sampling keyboard. Disc 1 features the original album plus bonus b-sides and mixes. Disc 2 features a fascinating early album demo recorded at home on 4 track equipment, featuring several previously unheard songs, as well as all tracks from Paul's legendary 'lost' second album from 1984, including sublime standout song Shining Hour. Disc 3 features remixes and extended mixes. Disc 4 offers 9 tracks professionally recorded live in Japan in May 1985 (with accompanying radio interview), along with several more demo tracks recorded later that year. Again, several of these songs (Testimony, Wrapped, Bridges) have never heard or released on record before.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 1. Silent Motion
2 2. Heaven Help You Now
3 3. Love Eternal
4 4. This Dying Flame
5 5. Sense of Fun
6 6. Scare Me
7 7. Big Blue World
8 8. the Only Truth
9 9. One Lifetime Away
10 10. Love and War
11 11. Ghost Rider
12 12. Endless Song
13 13. Dangerous Life
14 14. the Executioner (Mix #1)
15 15. Closer Now
16 16. Trust
17 17. World Raw
- Disc 2 -
1 1. City Life
2 2. Judgement Coming
3 3. Love and War
4 4. the Only Truth
5 5. Heart of Song
6 6. Crawling
7 7. Fear and Dancing
8 8. One Lifetime Away
9 9. Trust
10 10. Shining Hour
11 11. World Raw
12 12. All Our Love
13 13. Love Eternal
14 14. Shining Hour
15 15. One Lifetime Away
16 16. Fear and Dancing
17 17. All Our Love
18 18. Love and War
- Disc 3 -
1 1. Heaven Help You Now (12")
2 2. This Dying Flame (12" Mix)
3 3. the Only Truth (12")
4 4. the Executioner (Mix #2)
5 5. Scottish Christmas
6 6. Theme from 'The Persuaders'
7 7. Change of Heart
8 8. Work the System
9 9. Heaven Help You Now (Mantronik Mix)
10 10. the Only Truth (Us Remix)
11 11. the Executioner (Mix #3)
12 12. the Only Truth (Instrumental)
13 13. on This Night of Decision
- Disc 4 -
1 1. Scare Me (Live)
2 2, Blue for You
3 3. Heaven Help You Now (Live)
4 4. Love Eternal (Live)
5 5. Interview
6 6. Ghost Rider (Live)
7 7. Big Blue World (Live)
8 8. Heaven Sent (Live)
9 9. Magdalena 82 (Live)
10 10. the Only Truth (Demo)
11 11. Testimony
12 12. Wrapped
13 13. Reach the Top (1985 Demo)
14 14. Eastworld (1985 Demo)
15 15. In-Flight Entertainment (1985 Demo)
16 16. Bridges (1985 Demo)
