The Charlatans - A Head Full of Ideas [5LP / 7"] (LP Box Set)

A Head Full of Ideas [5LP / 7
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A Head Full of Ideas sums up The Charlatans' remarkable progress from 1990 Manchester scene hopefuls to one of the UK's most enduring and best-loved bands.

The band have notched up 13 top 40 studio albums - three of them #1s - alongside 22 hit singles, four of them top 10. The rollercoaster highs have been accompanied by some shattering lows, any which one of them could have felled a less resilient band, from nervous breakdowns to near bankruptcy and the deaths of two founder members.

Somehow, they have not just carried on but adapted and transformed. The classic Charlatans sound - driving Hammond organ, Northern Soul and house-influenced rhythms, swaggering guitars and Tim Burgess's sunny yet somehow yearning vocal - is instantly recognisable. And in spite of everything they have been through their music is now more relevant than ever, The Guardian described their last album, Different Days as "one of their best ever."

This limited box set is a diverse collection portrayed over five transparent blue vinyl LPs, spanning their hits, classic live performances, unheard demos and rarities and remixes. Within the box will also be an exclusive original demos 7" featuring Indian Rope and The Only One I Know, as well as a signed print of a tour poster from the early '90s, a booklet featuring unseen photographs and sleeve notes by friend and journalist Dave Simpson.

Their iconic and hugely adored live track One To Another (circa 1997) provides the titles for the individual vinyl collection within the box set. Each piece of vinyl is named after a lyric from the song.

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- 5LP / 7"
- TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL

INCLUDES:

- SIGNED POSTER
- 12-PAGE BOOKLET
Tracklist:

LP 1:
1. The Only One I Know
2. Weirdo
3. Can't Get Out of Bed
4. Jesus Hairdo
5. Just When You're Thinking Things Over
6. North Country Boy
7. Tellin' Stories
8. One to Another
9. How High
10. Forever
11. Impossible

LP 2:
1. Love is the Key
2. A Man Needs to Be Told
3. Up at the Lake
4. Blackened Blue Eyes
5. Oh Vanity
6. My Foolish Pride
7. Come Home Baby
8. Let the Good Times Be Never Ending
9. Plastic Machinery
10. Totally Eclipsing

LP 3:
1. Polar Bear (Blackburn, King Georges Hall. November 1990 - BBC Radio 1)
2. Indian Rope (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
3. Can't Even Be Bothered (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
4. Can't Get Out of Bed (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
5. I Never Want an Easy Life (If Me and Him Were Ever to Get There) (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
6. Then (Glastonbury Festival 1995 - BBC Radio 1)
7. Here Comes a Soul Saver (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997)
8. My Beautiful Friend (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
9. The Blind Stagger (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
10. Sproston Green (Reading Festival 1999 - BBC Radio 1)

LP 4:
1. C'mon C'Mon (Demo Version)
2. Sleepy Little Sunshine Boy (Desk Mix Version)
3. Dardanella (Demo Version)
4. So Oh (Demo Version)
5. Always on My Mind (Demo Version)
6. Everybody Ha Ha (Demo Version)
7. Commuter Computer (Demo Version)
8. Crystal Eyes (Demo Version)
9. Polar Bear (Demo Version)
10. I Need You to Know (Demo Version)

LP 5:
1. Plastic Machinery (Sleaford Mods Remix)
2. Nine Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers Remix)
3. So Oh (Brian Jonestown Massacre Remix)
4. Tellin' Stories (The Go! Team Remix)
5. Trouble Understanding (Norman Cook Remix)
6. My Beautiful Friend (Jagz Kooner Remix)
7. Hey Sunrise (The Orb Remix)
8. You're So Pretty, We're So Pretty (Lo Fidelity Allstars Remix)

7":
1. Indian Rope (Demo)
2. The Only One I Know (Demo)

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