Question for anyone with new reissues

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Question for anyone with new reissues

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A few questions for the lucky folks who have already gotten their hands on the newest batch of reissues.

GET HAPPY:

*What are the live tracks? The various tracklistings that have circulated have been inconsistant on this matter.

*Is the version of "Temptation" on the bonus disc the early version of the song that fans called "Idle Hands" (I don't know if the title was ever "official")? And does the "Motel Matches" alternate feature the variant lyrics (in the 2nd verse, if I recall) that have been heard on some bootlegs?

TRUST:

*The ICE magazine article mentioned a version of "Hoover Factory" that hadn't previously been disclosed. Is it actually on the disc?


PUNCH THE CLOCK:

*How is "Baby Pictures"? Does it resemble the piano-arrangement that was played live a couple times?
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Don't have the CDs to hand just now, and I haven't played them all yet (silent office I'm afraid), so I couldn't answer all your questions.

However, I can say that Baby Pictures is a full band uptempo studio version. It's nothing like the live EC&SN version from 82. A review likened it to Madness, and I'd agree. Don't like it, seems completely wrong, but interesting.
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The live tracks on GH are:
High Fidelity
Opportunity
The Imposter
Don't Look Back

The Hoover Factory alternate version is on the Trust bd.
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Here are the final tracklistings

Trust-Bonus disc

1. Black Sails In The Sunset [Alternate Version]
2. Big Sister [Alternate Version]
3. Twenty-Five To Twelve
4. Sad About Girls
5. From A Whisper To A Scream [Alternate Version]
6. Watch Your Step [Alternate Version]
7. Clubland [Alternate Take]
8. You'll Never Be A Man [Alternate Take]
9. Slow Down
10.Big Sister
11.Black Sails In The Sunset
12.Hoover Factory
13.Love For Sale
14.Boy With A Problem
15.Weeper's Dream
16.Gloomy Sunday
17.The Long Honeymoon [Instrumental Piano Demo

Get Happy-Bonus disc

1. I Stand Accused [Alternate Version]
2. So Young
3. Girls Talk
4. Human Touch [Alternate Version]
5. Temptation [Alternate Version]
6. Motel Matches [Alternate Take]
7. Clowntime Is Over No.2
8. B Movie [Alternate Version]
9. Girls Talk [Alternate Version]
10.Getting Mighty Crowded
11.From A Whisper To A Scream [Alternate Version]
12.Watch Your Step [Alternate Version]
13.Dr. Luther's Assistant
14.Ghost Train
15.New Lace Sleeves [Alternate Version]
16.Hoover Factory
17.Just A Memory
18.I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down [Alternate Version]
19.New Amsterdam [Band Version]
20. Black & White World
21.Riot Act [Demo]
22.5ive Gears In Reverse [Demo]
23.Love For Tender [Demo]
24.Men Called Uncle [Demo]
25.King Horse [Demo]
26.Seven O’'Cock [Demo]
27.High Fidelity [Early Live Arrangement]
28.Opportunity [Live]
29.The Imposter [Live]
30. Don't Look Back[Live}

Punch The Clock-Bonus disc

1. Everyday I Write The Book [Studio Merseybeat Version]
2. Baby Pictures
3. Heathen Town
4. The Flirting Kind
5. Walking On Thin Ice
6. Big Sister's Clothes/Stand Down Margaret [BBC Session]
7. Danger Zone [BBC Session]
8. Seconds Of Pleasure
9. The Town Where Time Stood Still
10.The World And His Wife [Solo Version]
11.Shatterproof
12.Heathen Town [Demo]
13.Fliirting Kind [Demo]
14.Let Them All Talk [Demo]
15.King Of Thieves [Demo]
16.The Invisible Man [Demo]
17.The Element Within Her [Demo]
18.Love Went Mad [Demo]
19.The Greatest Thing [Demo]
20.Mouth Almighty [Demo]
21.Charm School [Demo]
22.Possession [Live]
23.Secondary Modern [Live]
24.The Bells [Live]
25.Watch Your Step[Live]
26.Back Stabbers/King Horse [Live]
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26.Seven O’'Cock [Demo]
Is this a new track?
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27.High Fidelity [Early Live Arrangement]
28.Opportunity [Live]
29.The Imposter [Live]
30. Don't Look Back

Cool! Is "Imposter" the Kampuchea version? Is "DLB" from the Hope&Anchor show?
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Track 27
Recorded at the Pinkpop Festival, Geelen, Holland (4 June 79)

Track 28
Recorded at Palomino Club, North Hollywood, CA (16 Feb 79)

Track 29
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (29 Dec 79) Yes the Kampuchea version.

Track 30
Recorded at Canvey Island England (2 April 80)
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Post by laughingcrow »

7'o'cock...yeah thats on the limited edition porno version of Get Happy!

Seriously though, it's an RnB precursor to Luxembourg, that EC wrote for Dr Feelgood. It has the baseline of Pads Paws n Claws pretty much.
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Re: Question for anyone with new reissues

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The version of "Temptation" is not the "Idle Hands" version, and "Baby Pictures" is an odd, fast paced version. EC notes that it was supposed to be played as a ballad, but for some reason they recorded it in the style of old "music hall" songs, to the song's detriment. Too bad, because I liked the lo-fi live recording I once heard of it, but the studio recording is a curiosity at best.
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