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Orphans & Outcasts: Collection Of Demos Outtakes & Live PerformancesVolumes I-IV

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Touch Her If You Can
2 Yankee Lady
3 Belle
4 Later on
5 I Believe in You
6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh
7 Not Much at All
8 Baby Ruth
9 Hearts (Outtake)
10 Christine's Tune
11 Seeds and Stems
12 Spanish Guitar
13 Tigers Will Survive
14 Any Day Woman
15 Poor Ditching Boy (Outtake)
16 Even the Guiding Light (Live)
17 So Sad (Demo)
18 Groovin' (Demo)
19 Let There Be Blues (Matthews/Lamb Demo)
20 New Shirt (Songwriting Memo)

Disc: 2

1 S.O.S. ('Hi-Fi' Demo, 1981)
2 Better Not Stay ('Hi-Fi' Demo, 1981)
3 What Do You Wish You Could Be (Songwriting Demo, 1982)
4 Perfect Timing (Songwriting Demo, 1982)
5 Voices (Songwriting Demo, 1982)
6 Action ('Shook' Demo, 1983)
7 Change ('Shook' Demo, 1983)
8 Rendezvous (Songwriting Demo, 1984)
9 What the Wanter Wants
10 Action & Intent
11 Too Hard Too Soon
12 Steady
13 Your Heart Again
14 Still I See You
15 We Don't Talk Anymore (Songwriting Demo, 1988)
16 Rains of '62 (Alternate Take, 1989)
17 Mercy Street (Working Ref., 1989)
18 Perfect Timing (Working Ref., 1989)

Disc: 3

1 Me About You (By Pyramid, 1966)
2 Woodstock (Alternate Take)
3 Hearts
4 Home
5 Never Ending
6 I'll Fly Away (Plainsong Demo, 1972)
7 Sing Senorita (Out-Take, 1978)
8 On the Beach (Out-Take, 1983)
9 The Fabrication (Demo, 1986)
10 Except for a Tear (Demo, 1986)
11 Next Time Around (Demo with Andy Roberts, 1991)
12 God's Empty Chair (Demo with Andy Roberts, 1991)
13 Jaques and Tambo (With Mark Hallman 1996)
14 Spirits (Plainsong Radio Session 1997)
15 Sing Sister Sing (Live 1997)

Disc: 4

1 Let Me Live Until I See You Again
2 Seven Bridges Road (Live in la, 1988)
3 Nothing's Changed (Demo with Andy Roberts, 1989)
4 Voices (Plainsong Demo, 1991)
5 Living in Reverse (Demo with Andy Roberts, 1991)
6 Restless Wings (Hamilton Pool Demo, 1992)
7 Leaving Alone (Hamilton Pool Demo, 1992)
8 Ballad of Gruene Hall
9 Rooted to the Spot (Demo, 1993)
10 Even If It Kills Me (Demo with Clive Gregson, 1997)
11 Horse Left in the Rain (Hamilton Pool Demo with David Halley, 1997)
12 Anchor Me (Demo with Michael Bonagura, 1997)
13 Something Mighty (Outtake, 1998)
14 Your Own Way of Forgetting (Plainsong Outtake, 1998)
15 Mr Soul (Demo, 1998)
16 Stranded (Demo, 1999)

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Four CD set. For over 50 years, singer-songwriter and musician Iain Matthews has carved his own niche, fusing his own mix of well-crafted songs drawing on folk-rock, Americana, soft rock and other influences. Orphans And Outcasts reviews three volumes of his long-deleted rarities series, adding a newly-curated fourth CD of previously unissued rarities from more recent times, bringing the project right up-to-date. The box set covers Iain's entire career, from mid-60s rarities with Pyramid and recordings from around the time of his breakthrough with Matthews Southern Comfort to a handful of rarities by folk-rock favourites Plainsong and a plethora of solo material. Compiled and annotated by Iain himself, Orphans And Outcasts is a very personal trawl through the back pages of a remarkable musical biography. Discs 1-3 have now been remastered; and everything on Disc 4 is previously unissued. Orphans And Outcasts also boasts a multitude of impressive musicians who have worked with Iain down the years, including Richard Thompson, Andy Roberts, Viv Stanshall, Mark 'Griff' Griffiths, Pat Donaldson, Gerry Conway, Ian Whiteman, Jerry Donahue, Timmi Donald, David Surkamp, Mark Hallman and many others. Introductory essay by renowned rock biographer and historian Clinton Heylin.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.35 x 5.31 x 0.51 inches; 5.78 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Cherry Red
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2019
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 22, 2019
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Cherry Red
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NRDPBSZ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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Kjetil G from Norway
5.0 out of 5 stars Iain over Years
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2020
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Outtakes and everything from Iain Matthews , since single and Comfort days in late 60`s up to 40 years later. Different music style, different music periods, but always (nearly) with his brilliant voice and melody taste. So buy this, and you want much more from his original albums. Or use this as a greate sample of outtakes and live perfomances.
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Richard W.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, well produced and mastered CD's
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020
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This set of 4 cd's were alternative versions of songs that Iain has recorded over his years in music. Many of these I liked as well or better than the official released versions. If you are an Iain Matthews fan, I would highly recommend that you purchase this product. If you are not familiar with his music, it is an excellent way to experience his works.
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Philip Wolf
5.0 out of 5 stars The Collector Gives Us Much In Return
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2019
Between 1990 and 1999 Iain Matthews issued three volumes of collections of his demos, live music, outtakes, radio shows and other almost forgotten gemstones of sound he had created.

Disc One: " The Egg Cracked "
This first edition of the " Orphan & Outcasts " was released by the magazine (mail order only) Dirty Linen that carried all the good news of the day concerning Iain Matthews and bands such as Fairport Convention. Twenty tunes can be found on this first disc, and it covers the years 1970-1979 in very fine fashion. Great music later to turn up on solo records and in Matthews Southern Comfort and Plainsong can be found here in their early versions and it sounds like: "Glory on a Stick" as the wise man used to say way back in the day. Disc one has a stunner featured at track 20. That last track is entitled: "New Shirt" and it is one of Iain's finest compositions. A must listen this one is.

Disc Two: " Feet On The Ground "
Another disc from Dirty Linen, this set covers the years from 1981-1983 and Iain's Seattle years are documented in songs featured early on this volume and by the closing song we are safely tucked away in the Texas hill country. The beast is awakened and the master songwriter is really hitting his stride and going for the roses on every track. Disc two is alive and running.

Disc Three: " Top Decade Displayed "
In the nineties Iain Matthews reached the top of the summit in the perfection of his work and (for me) he has remained up there to this very day in 2019. Mature tunes from a man that had already walked a few streets in his time and he keeps growing and getting even better with every passing day. I just gave this third O & O another listen just the other day and it (still) knocks me flat (I must be a fan!) "Woodstock" in a modern remix can be located right here. A single from a band known as Pyramid entitled: "Me about You" features the very first lead vocal by the young Mister Matthews in 1966. A career of music is covered in the short span of 15 tracks on this (short) third set

Disc Four: "Still Digging In The Mines"
November 2018 a record company in the UK contacted Iain about boxing up the three Orphans & Outcasts records and was he interested in assembling a fourth disc to be included in this box along side the first three? Iain agreed to the challenge and put together another group of 'outcasts' and he may agree with me that this current edition is the best disc of the ever growing bunch to see a release to the masses. The best part of this fourth set can be found from track two (a live "Seven Bridges Road") thro track twelve ("Anchor Me.") "Nothing's Changed" "Voices" "Living in Reverse" (I still think it needs a home in the live concerts the man plays!) "Ballad of Gruene Hall" and "Horse Left in the Rain" are amazing songs that should be played on all the radios found on the planet. This is groundbreaking to find so much wonderful music all together in one place. Yeah, for now the last CD is my favorite of the bunch and there is more stored away in an attic in The Netherlands so don't despair I have a feeling there will be a volume five, six seven and....

We got lucky (again) as Iain Matthews is still out there and producing such great music for us to enjoy.
Here is my raised glass to many more years of music as created by Iain Matthews.
The man has found the keys to the car.
Enjoy the ride!
FIVE STARS !!!
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Ruud Hamelinck
5.0 out of 5 stars Afwisselende schoonheid
Reviewed in Germany on August 25, 2020
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Heerlijk.. nog een cd van hem...nog een... uitpakken en draaien. Luisteren... prima
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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2020
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Collections of out-takes and alternative versions have become very popular in recent years, though, with most artists, these appeal only to hard-core fans and collectors.

Iain Matthews, though, isn’t “most artists”, and this 4-disc set is one that you don’t need to be a Matthews fan to enjoy. In a career stretching right back to folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention, he has proved himself to be amongst the finest rock-pop vocalists that Britain has ever produced.

Always a good picker of songs to cover, he’s also one of our finest songwriters, having hit a rich vein of form as far back as the start of the 1990s. It’s hard, if not impossible, to think of anyone who puts composition and performance together to these levels.

This set covers most of his career, starting with the folk-rock era, and including his ‘electronic’ period in the early 1980s with the band Hi-Fi. Particular gems here include a beautifully remastered take of his 1970 hit ‘Woodstock’, and some great unused material from the ground-breaking ‘Walking A Changing Line’ album released in 1988.

If you’re new to Iain’s music, this might not be the place to start (where you really need ‘Stealin’ Home’, ‘Walking a Changing Line’, anything from his Austin period in the 1990s, and any CDs you can find from the ‘Notebook’ series).

If you’re even passingly familiar with this great singer-songwriter, though, this set offers a blend of variety and sheer quality that is hard to match.
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Mr. R McF
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Compilation/Re-Issue
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2019
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This is a great 4 disc Compilation/Re-issue. It features long deleted or hard to find recordings which Iain released himself over the later years of his career. Second hand copies of the originals fetch good money - IF you can find them. Besides copies of the 3 rarities previously issued there is a fourth disc of previously un-released material. This 4 CD set provides a great representation of Iain's journey in music. There is a lovely 36 page booklet included which provides excellent background notes and a thorough overview of the demos, out-takes and radio sessions featured. This is an essential purchase for all Iain Matthews fans. At the current price of a shade over £20 it's an absolute bargain. The entire package is beautifully presented with each CD coming in its own individual card sleeve, including cover art and accurate track listings. It comes in a sturdy little box with a glossy finish - just a pity that there is not a semi-circular cut-out on the edge to make opening a bit easier. I can not recommend this collection highly enough.
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BK
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2019
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Nice set of Orphans & Outcasts if you missed the original releases, or need to replace the earlier ones, they've added another disc. Budget priced for a box set.
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tommy bergman
5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2020
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This is an awesome guy, he has done so much great music! Thank you!
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