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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. Album Tracks 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 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.
