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Four CD set containing the original albums New Clear Days and Magnets plus b-sides and single edits plus two CDs of previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, alternative and live versions featuring their performance from The Rainbow on 3rd December 1979. Includes three songs - 'Move', 'Secret Noise' and 'Caroline' - that have never officially previously been released. With a fully illustrated 24-page booklet containing rare and previously unseen photos with a new annotation by Ed Piller. Formed in 1978 and InchdiscoveredInch by The Jam's Bruce Foxton and managed by Paul Weller's Dad John they signed to United Artists in 1979, their second single 'Turning Japanese' becoming an enormous international hit reaching #3 in the UK and #1 in Australia. It was also a major hit in New Zealand, Canada and reached #36 in the US single charts. Their debut LP New Clear Days was released in 1979 and their second album Magnets in early 1981. The band never repeated the same degree of commercial success as 'Turning Japanese' but developed a global following prior to their split in the early '80s. Album Tracks 1. Spring Collection 2. Turning Japanese 3. Cold War 4. America 5. Trains 6. Bunkers 7. News at Ten 8. Somehow 9. Sixty Second Interval 10. Waiting for the Weekend 11. Letter from Hiro 12. Prisoners Sunstroke 13. Here Comes the Judge (Live) 14. News at Ten (Single Version) 15. Wasted 16. Talk Talk 17. Waiting for the Weekend (Single Version) 18. Billy Turning Japanese (Edit) 19. Move (Demo) 1. Jimmie Jones 2. Spiders 3. Isolated 4. Case Civic 5. Hall Live at the Marquee Daylight Titans 6. Johnny's in Love (Again) 7. Can't Talk Anymore 8. Lenina 9. Silver Machines Magnets 10. Galleries 11. For Guns 12. Jimmie Jones (Single Version) 13. Daylight Titans (Single Version) 14. Spiders (Single Version) 15. Interview
