Prefab Sprout CD Box Set?

Illness " ah, that extra explains why.

 

Kudos to Thom.
Astute man.

 

And don't get me started on the ambitious, perfect pop masterpiece that is the 1990 all-Dolby produced Jordan: The Comeback. Still gives me the thrills 26 years later.

 

Great band, but I don't have andromeda, let's change the world with music and the latest one Crimson/Red.

 

Fantastic band. I have all their albums, except The Gunman, which is the weakest album IMO. Everything else is just pure class.

 

What's wrong with 'Gunman?

 

Well, I dunno. Gunman just never grabbed me emotionally the way the other albums do. I should probably revisit it again. Could be I'm missing out.

 

The Tony Visconti-produced Gunman was a mixed bag as it turned out. But well worth it for the title track (written for Cher), 'Cowboy Dreams', 'Troubled Man', 'Streets of Laredo' and 'Wild Card In The Pack'. So certainly not a lost cause.

 

I've linked to a web resource which lists all the officially released non-album tracks below.

Prefab Sprout - Discography »

Happy hunting! Most of the stuff should be fairly easy to get via Discogs or ebay, with the exception of the privately released pressing of the first single.
As a general rule of thumb, anything Paddy McAloon is connected with is worth hearing, the guy simply can't do wrong! The video below is a perfect example; Paddy & Jimmy Webb (a big influence on McAloon) doing a version of 'The Highwayman' live on Irish TV.

 

I love Prefab Sprout and totally recommend their 12 inch/CD Singles for the b sides. Don't forget the excellent 'A Life of Surprises' best of for the single mixes and non album tracks: A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia »

It's very well mastered too

 

Thx for the link!!!

 

No and while some of the later b-sides are very easy and cheap to get on CD singles there are still a good number that are vinyl only (or ones that are hard to get). It's a shame that they aren't easily available because Wigs, Tornado and Bearpark are especially good. Dandy of the Danube is one of my favorite songs by them... that was on the King of Rock and Roll CD single. If you're a downloader look for a bootleg called Hidden Sprout.

Once you've run out of Prefab Sprouts CDs to buy check out Sproutless (songwriter Scott McPhearson). I find it hard to distinguish him from the original band. The songs aren't always great but they are often very very good.

 

It's good.

 

Home, sweet home
Sweet home, hard as nails

 

First album was Swoon. Two Wheels good/Steve McQueen, their second. Swoon is raw, excitable, almost prog-like in parts with shifting time signatures and challenging, though always tasteful arrangements. It is equally sublime with superior songwriting typical of Paddy. Once Dolby came and added the sheen on their sophomore release, PM just kept getting more Broadway or Tin Pan Alley sounding with denser production values. That first record though; it's amazing. As good or better that McQueen in so many ways. It's a tough call. For years I preferred it because of that honesty and daring.

 

Huge fan and I want everything released on CD even though I have all of it on the singles and stuff.

The band's brilliant first single is on the aforementioned 24 Carat Collection and I think a few other places.

Their SECOND single, "The Devil Has All The Best Tunes" has never been on CD or an album at all as far as I know. Just the original 7" and later a 12" that combined the first two singles.

CRIMINAL.

 

Oh, right I was not referring to the 1st album just, well, you know the first album i.e., the first one they did the expanded one on.

 

What are the details on the remaster?

 

Yes, enquiring minds want to know.

 

There ae at least two double CD collections, one of which has the added bonus of including Donna Summer (the track, that is). A box set sounds pretty good to me!

Here's a brief interview with Paddy and a link to more Sprout stuff:

FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: Paddy McAloon on Crimson/Red, Prefab Sprout and songwriting - NARC 2013 »

 

Great interview thanks.
"Amiga computer " wonder what software he uses ???

 

This thread has got me thinking about buying a few albums from this group.Would appreciate advice about best sounding albums in regarding to sound quality.Someone mentioned a few months ago that Jordan The Comeback sounded great.

 

Just get the original UK Kitchware CDs. The only studio album that's been remastered is Steve McQueen which is the album I would recommend you start with (the non-remaster). Jordan does sound great on CD as do the other UK CDs up to Jordan.

 

Pretty sure "Devil" has been released on CD,some sampler or something.

 

Seems to be a Atari STe 1040 with. creator / notator software.