A couple bits of Sound/Borland news have crept out recently, and considering Adrian's consistent underdog status, I need to do what I can to help spread the word. First off, long running & excellent fansite, Brittle Heaven, has been updated and redesigned. It looks terrific.
Secondly, they've announced the imminent release (available April 14) of a Sound boxset. Containing four discs, its definitely something for you collectors out there. The track lists is as follows:
DISC ONE - JEOPARDY
- I Can’t Escape Myself
- Heartland
- Hour Of Need
- Words Fail Me
- Missiles
- Heyday
- Jeopardy
- Night Versus Day
- Resistance
- Unwritten Law
- Desire
- Physical World (Physical World EP)
- Brute Force (B-Side Of ‘Heyday’ Single)
- Heartland (Live Instinct EP)
- Brute Force (Live Instinct EP)
- Jeopardy (Live Instinct EP)
- Coldbeat (Live Instinct EP)
- Heartland (BBC Session October 1980)
- Unwritten Law (BBC Session October 1980)
- Jeopardy (BBC Session October 1980)
- I Can’t Escape Myself (BBC Session October 1980)
DISC TWO - FROM THE LION’S MOUTH
- Winning
- Sense Of Purpose
- Contact The Fact
- Skeletons
- Judgement
- Fatal Flaw
- Possession
- The Fire
- Silent Air
- New Dark Age
- Point Of No Return (Single B-side)
- Hot House (Single B-side)
- Coldbeat (Single B-side)
- New Dark Age [Live]
- Fatal Flaw (BBC Session November 1981)
- Skeletons (BBC Session November 1981)
- Hothouse (BBC Session November 1981)
- New Dark Age (BBC Session November 1981)
DISC THREE - ALL FALL DOWN
- All Fall Down
- Party Of The Mind
- Monument
- In Suspense
- Where The Love Is
- Song And Dance
- Calling The New Tune
- Red Paint
- Glass And Smoke
- We Could Go Far
- The One And A Half Minute Song (All Fall Down Sessions)
- Sorry (All Fall Down Sessions)
- As Feeling Dies (All Fall Down Sessions)
- We Could Go Far (unreleased original version)
- Plenty (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
- ‘Neath Dancing Waves (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
- Amber (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
- Scapegoat In A Country Churchyard (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
DISC FOUR - BBC LIVE IN CONCERT
- Originally broadcast 21st November 1981
- BBC Intro - Pete Drummond
- Unwritten Law
- Skeletons
- Fatal Flaw
- Winning
- Sense Of Purpose
- Heartland
- New Dark Age
- Originally broadcast 15th June 1985
- BBC Intro - Pete Drummond + Intro music
- Golden Soldiers
- Under You
- Total Recall
- Burning Part Of Me
- Whirlpool
- Missiles
* releasedate 14th April 2014 - pre-order
THE SOUND - JEOPARDY + FROM THE LION’S MOUTH + ALL FALL DOWN + BBC LIVE IN CONCERT
• This comprehensive 4CD box set presents the perfect opportunity to reappraise the career of The Sound – the frequently overlooked London quartet who could perhaps should have had an impact on the post-punk era on the level achieved by the likes of Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen or The Cure.
• Across four CDs in wallets in a clamshell box are “Jeopardy”, “From The Lion’s Mouth” and “All Fall Down”, the three legend-enshrining LPs they recorded for Korova and WEA between 1980 and 1982. The albums are supplemented with rarities, b-sides, the recordings with Kevin Hewick, and BBC radio sessions. The fourth CD contains the BBC live in concert recordings.
• Put together with input from band members Mike Dudley and Graham Bailey as well as Adrian Borland’s father Bob, the box also contains a 36 page booklet with annotation by Tim Peacock of Record Collector, as well as the lyrics and ephemera.
And lastly, but perhaps most importantly, there's going to be a documentary which is currently in a crowdfunding phase. Looking to be about 80 minutes long, the film is tentatively titled, "Walking In The Opposite Direction." A trailer is below, and more info can be found here, and on Facebook. Lets pray the filmmakers are able to complete & release the film!
