B-SIDES, DEMOS & RARITIES (2022) 6-disc VINYL BOX

[Orange Monkey]

Cheers Bob, those 3 are all up on YouTube. No mention of them on the rest of Polly's social media though ... Hopefully more soon.

[Sebastiano Boina]

Sebastiano, what time zone are you in? I had just checked the PJH YouTube to see if there was anything there yet (even something as-yet-unplayable for me on the US East Coast), but nothing! Then I came here and found your link. Wish they’d have gone with a more ‘exclusive’ track than that one, but at least it’s confirmation that the announcement is forthcoming.

I'm in the Rome timezone, Bob. Meaning we are one hour later than british timezone and 6 hours later than american est timezone.

[Sebastiano Boina]

THERE IT IS LADS! I took screenshots of the mail i received:
https://ibb.co/0Ms7kYc
https://ibb.co/NCyc7vC
https://ibb.co/wd4xtNF
https://ibb.co/WPtMCmd
https://ibb.co/pQFVN13
https://ibb.co/fHdXGtW
https://ibb.co/DGybTJQ
https://ibb.co/sHDhVSy

[Sebastiano Boina]

A couple of thoughts:

-PJ's words were "sweeter than anything".
-every lp comes with an unique photo, for those of you who were worried.
-we got a cute photo of a 17 years old PJ with her first guitar in the mail:
https://ibb.co/CWR8fQS

[BobSimms]

I wonder why both “Dry” and “Man-Size” are listed as previously unreleased demos? I’ll say that “Dry”, as it sounds on Apple Music, sounds much much better than previous unauthorized streams of it (made from a vinyl rip), but I don’t know that it’s necessarily a new mix? So I’m not sure why she (or her team) think it’s unreleased.

“Man-Size” demo was released on the 50 Ft Queenie single/EP in 1993, so that’s a head-scratcher as well.

Also, Apple Music has “Naked Cousin” listed as being a demo version, but PJ’s site does not…

[bruise]

Drooling over this! I'm so happy there is a cd version because I don't collect vinyls (and they're just too expensive), just pre-ordered mine!
Now I hope the lucky ones who got the hand-signed prints are willing to share pictures of them... the official e-mail says "hand-signed lyric card", and I can't wait to see which songs are.
Oh and the demo of Missed... it's like discovering the 4-Track Demos album all over again!

Edit: one more thing to be excited about: the 24 pages booklet! Will it contain more trivia and comments from PJ about each song in the box? As the bit included in the mail about the demo for Dry?
All in all I have to say this feels like a gift from heaven

[bruise]

I wonder why both “Dry” and “Man-Size” are listed as previously unreleased demos?

My thoughts exactly...

Also, Apple Music has “Naked Cousin” listed as being a demo version, but PJ’s site does not…

GOD I HOPE IT IS

[Sebastiano Boina]

On PJ's official store the cd box costs just 21,95 euros, which is an exceptional piece of news for my empty wallet.

[FraMontePincio]

Long time coming, Claudine, Primed & Ticking are conspicuously absent. Makes me wonder why. Great to se Kick it to the ground & Dance properly available tho.

[FraMontePincio]

Also: it would be nice if they'd included Horses & Bobby don't steal.

[flohmann]

So what's still missing after this and the demos releases? From sifting my collection and this thread, here's what I come up with:
Primed and Ticking
Claudine
This Mess We're In (solo vocal)
The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife

[herod0327]

Is anyone able to make a list of tracks that are left off this? I tried and so far have:

Long Time Coming
Civil War Correspondent (Global Communications Mix)
Ballad of the Soldier's Wife
Zaz Turned Blue
This Is Mine
This Mess We're In (Solo version)
A Place Called Home
Who The Fuck (4 Track)
A Dog Called Money

[Bobby]

Is anyone able to make a list of tracks that are left off this? I tried and so far have:

Long Time Coming
Civil War Correspondent (Global Communications Mix)
Ballad of the Soldier's Wife
Zaz Turned Blue
This Is Mine
This Mess We're In (Solo version)
A Place Called Home
Who The Fuck (4 Track)
A Dog Called Money

Clothes of Grief (demo)
Pity for the old road (demo)
The Red Road (demo)
Where is the city? (demo)
Dance on the mountain (demo)

[FraMontePincio]

Horses
Bobby don't steal
from What is this film called love.

Bitter little bird?

[BobSimms]

I’ve seen several people online listing songs that I don’t see as ever having been contenders for this set, as they were guest appearances on other artists’ albums (and would require licensing), or one-off live performances that were just broadcast on TV and never commercially released on any format.

“Long Time Coming” and “Reeling” are the only two that jump out to me as obvious omissions, but the former was a BBC broadcast (licensing agreement required for a new release). I’m not familiar with the Hope Six demos, but re: herod0327’s post, the “Who the Fuck” demo was already released on the UHH demo disc (none of the demos from the recent reissue series are repeated in this box set), “This Mess We’re In” was released on the Stories… demo disc, and “A Place Called Home” is an album track on Stories…