THE COLOUR FIELD were formed during the Summer of 1983 by former Specials andFun Boy Three vocalist, Terry Hall along with ex- Swinging Cats organist Toby Lyons,and bassist Karl Shale.

The band released only two albums (Virgins and Philistines 1985, and Deception1987) and seven singles during 3 year period together. From the eponymous TheColour Field in January 1984 to a cover of The Monkees She in 1987, with the UKthe hit single Thinking of You.

This 96 track Box Set includes 42 previously unreleased tracks and brings togethertwo album and their B-Sides and Remixes, newly remastered from the originalmaster tapes. 2CDs full of unreleased demos, outtakes and live concerts. Along witha DVD with all their promo videos and BBC TV performances.

This is packaged in a DVD sized mediabook, with newly conducted interview by John Earls(Classic Pop/Record Collector) with Toby Lyons, Karl Shale and archival interviews with TerryHall, along with previously unseen photographs and memorabilia.

The DVD is Region 0 / NTSC coded / FSK: 0

TRACKLISTING:
CD1: Virgins and Philistines 01 Thinking of You / 02 Faint Hearts / 03 Castles in The Air /
04 Take / 05 Cruel Circus / 06 Hammond Song / 07 Virgins and Philistines / 08 Yours
Sincerely / 09 Armchair Theatre / 10 Sorry

CD2: Deception 01 Badlands / 02 Running Away / 03 From Dawn to Distraction / 04
Confession / 05 Miss Texas 1967 / 06 She / 07 Heart of America / 08 Digging It Deep / 09
Monkey in Winter / 10 Goodbye Sun Valley

CD3 Singles, B-Sides & Versions 01 The Colour Field / 02 Sorry [Original Version] / 03
Pushing Up the Daisies / 04 Windmills of Your Mind / 05 My Wild Flame / 06 Little Things
/ 07 Castles in The Air [Single Version] / 08 Your Love Was Smashing / 09 I Cant Get
Enough of You Baby / 10 Things Could Be Beautiful / 11 Frosty Mornings / 12 Running
Away [Radio Edit] / 13 She [Single Version] / 14 Monkey in Winter [featuring Sinad
O’Connor] / 15 The Colour Field [Extended Version] / 16 Take [Extended Version] * / 17
Thinking of You [Singalong Version] / 18 Castles in The Air [Extended Version] / 19 My
Wild Flame [Extended Version] / 20 Castles in The Air [Instrumental Version]

CD4 Demos & Outtakes 01 The Colour Field [Instrumental Demo] * / 02 Cruel Circus
[Demo] * / 03 Armchair Theatre [Instrumental Demo] * / 04 The Colour Field [Guide
backing track] * / 05 Take [4-Track Demo] * / 06 Thinking of You (Instrumental) [4-Track
Demo] * / 07 Pushing Up the Daisies [4-Track Demo] * / 08 Windmills of Your Mind [4-
Track Demo] * / 09 Yours Sincerely [4-Track Demo] * / 10 Castles in The Air [4-Track
Demo] * / 11 Heart of America [Ian Broudie Version] * / 12 Jesus and The April Rain [Ian
Broudie Version] * / 13 Digging it Deep [Studio Davout Version] * / 14 She [Studio Davout
Version] * / 15 Frosty Mornings [Studio Davout Version] * / 16 Confession [Studio Davout
Version] * / 17 Jesus and The April Rain [Studio Davout Version] * / 18 Heart of America
[Studio Davout Version] * / 19 Goodbye Sun Valley [Studio Davout Version] * / 20 Things
Could Be Beautiful [Acoustic] *

CD5 Hammersmith Palais 1985 01 The Colour Field * / 02 Pushing Up the Daisies / 03
Faint Hearts * / 04 Your Love Was Smashing * / 05 Take * /
06 Cruel Circus * / 07 Your Sincerely / 08 Sorry * / 09 Hammond Song * / 10 Virgins and
Philistines * / 11 Thinking of You * / 12 I Cant Get Enough of You Baby * / 13 Armchair
Theatre * / 14 Castles in the Air * / Warwick University 1986 15 Frosty Mornings * / 16
Take It As It Comes * / 17 Memories Cant Wait * / 18 Things Could Be Beautiful * / 19
She * / 20 Jesus and the April Rain * / 21 96 Tears *

DVD: Promo Videos 01 The Colour Field / 02 Take / 03 Thinking of You / 04 Castles in the
Air / 05 Things Could Be Beautiful / 06 Running Away / 07 She / 08 Why Am I Standing
Here? (the making of She) * / At The BBC 09 Thinking of You [Whistle Test] / 10 Faint
Hearts [Whistle Test] / 11 Thinking of You [Top of The Pops] / 12 Castles in the Air
[Oxford Road Show] / 13 Thinking of You [Oxford Road Show] / 14 Thinking of You
[Pebble Mill at One] / 15 Castles in the Air [Pebble Mill at One]

* Previously Unreleased

Tracklist:

1. Virgins and Philistines – Thinking of You
2. Faint Hearts
3. Castles in The Air
4. Take
5. Cruel Circus
6. Hammond Song
7. Virgins and Philistines
8. Yours Sincerely
9. Armchair Theatre
10. Sorry
11. Deception – Badlands
12. Running Away
13. From Dawn to Distraction
14. Confession
15. Miss Texas 1967
16. She
17. Heart of America
18. Digging It Deep
19. Monkey in Winter
20. Goodbye Sun Valley
21. Singles, B-Sides ; Versions – The Colour Field
22. Sorry [Original Version]
23. Pushing Up the Daisies
24. Windmills of Your Mind
25. My Wild Flame
26. Little Things
27. Castles in The Air [Single Version]
28. Your Love Was Smashing
29. I Can’t Get Enough of You Baby
30. Things Could Be Beautiful
31. Frosty Mornings
32. Running Away [Radio Edit]
33. She [Single Version]
34. Monkey in Winter [featuring Sinad O’Connor]
35. The Colour Field [Extended Version]
36. Take [Extended Version] *
37. Thinking of You [Singalong Version]
38. Castles in The Air [Extended Version]
39. My Wild Flame [Extended Version]
40. Castles in The Air [Instrumental Version]
41. Demos ; Outtakes – The Colour Field [Instrumental Demo] *
42. Cruel Circus [Demo] *
43. Armchair Theatre [Instrumental Demo] *
44. The Colour Field [Guide backing track] *
45. Take [4-Track Demo] *
46. Thinking of You (Instrumental) [4-Track Demo] *
47. Pushing Up the Daisies [4-Track Demo] *
48. Windmills of Your Mind [4-Track Demo] *
49. Yours Sincerely [4-Track Demo] *
50. Castles in The Air [4-Track Demo] *
51. Heart of America [Ian Broudie Version] *
52. Jesus and The April Rain [Ian Broudie Version] *
53. Digging it Deep [Studio Davout Version] *
54. She [Studio Davout Version] *
55. Frosty Mornings [Studio Davout Version] *
56. Confession [Studio Davout Version] *
57. Jesus and The April Rain [Studio Davout Version] *
58. Heart of America [Studio Davout Version] *
59. Goodbye Sun Valley [Studio Davout Version] *
60. Things Could Be Beautiful [Acoustic] *
61. Hammersmith Palais 1985 – The Colour Field *
62. Pushing Up the Daisies
63. Faint Hearts *
64. Your Love Was Smashing *
65. Take *
66. Cruel Circus *
67. Your Sincerely
68. Sorry *
69. Hammond Song *
70. Virgins and Philistines *
71. Thinking of You *
72. I Can’t Get Enough of You Baby *
73. Armchair Theatre *
74. Castles in the Air *
75. Warwick University 1986
76. Frosty Mornings *
77. Take It As It Comes *
78. Memories Can’t Wait *
79. Things Could Be Beautiful *
80. She *
81. Jesus and the April Rain *
82. 96 Tears *
83. DVD: Promo Videos – The Colour Field
84. Take
85. Thinking of You
86. Castles in the Air
87. Things Could Be Beautiful
88. Running Away
89. She
90. Why Am I Standing Here? (the making of She) *
91. At The BBC 09 Thinking of You [Whistle Test]
92. Faint Hearts [Whistle Test]
93. Thinking of You [Top of The Pops]
94. Castles in the Air [Oxford Road Show]
95. Thinking of You [Oxford Road Show]
96. Thinking of You [Pebble Mill at One]
97. Castles in the Air [Pebble Mill at One]

UPC: 810098501347
Label: Chrysalis
Release Date: 2.27.26
Format: CD