Back to the Story is a 2CD compilation set by Sixties/Seventies band The Idle Race released in 1996 on EMI's short-lived "Premier" series. It contains all three official studio albums, non-album singles and B-sides. The original edition's 2nd CD included the earliest known tracks featuring Jeff Lynne in The Nightriders. In 2007, the set was re-released on EMI's newly reconstituted "Zonophone" label minus the Nightriders tracks. In 2013 the compilation was once again re-released - this time on Warner Music Group's "Parlophone" label, also without the Nightriders tracks
Back to the Story | ||||
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Released | 1996 Re-released 2007 & 2013 | |||
Recorded | 1968–1971 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, rock music | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Eddie Offord & Gerald Chevin Jeff Lynne Noel Walker The Idle Race & Kenneth Young | |||
The Idle Race chronology | ||||
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Tracks
edit- CD One
- The Skeleton And The Roundabout
- Happy Birthday
- The Birthday
- I Like My Toys
- Morning Sunshine
- Follow Me Follow
- Sitting In My Tree (mono)
- On With The Show
- Lucky Man
- (Don't Put Your Boys In The Army) Mrs. Ward
- Pie In The Sky
- The Lady who Said She Could Fly
- End Of The Road
- Come With Me (rechanneled to simulate stereo)
- Sea Of Dreams
- Going Home
- Reminds Me Of You
- Mr. Crow and Sir Norman
- Please No More Sad Songs
- Girl At The Window
- Big Chief Woolley Bosher
- Someone Knocking
- A Better Life (The Weather Man Knows)
- Hurry Up John
Alternative Versions
- Lucky Man (mono)
- Follow Me Follow (mono)
- Days Of Broken Arrows (mono)
- CD Two
(Non-album Tracks)
- (Here We Go 'Round) The Lemon Tree (mono)
- My Father's Son (mono)
- Imposters Of Life's Magazine (mono)
- Knocking Nails Into My House (mono)
- Days Of The Broken Arrows (mono)
- Worn Red Carpet (mono)
- In The Summertime
- Told You Twice
- Neanderthal Man (rechanneled to simulate stereo)
- Victim Of Circumstance (rechanneled to simulate stereo)
(Time Is)
- Dancing Flower
- Sad O'Sad
- The Clock
- I Will See You
- By The Sun
- Alcatraz
- And The Rain
- She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
- Bitter Green
- We Want It All
- 21. It's Only the Dog (mono)
- 22. Your Friend (mono)
- These last two tracks by The Nightriders appear only on the original 1996 release