News 29 Jul 2013

The Beta Band / The Regal Years 6CD career spanning box set

By Paul Sinclair

Parlophone Records are to release The Regal Years (1997-2004) a six-disc career retrospective of material from cult British indie group The Beta Band.

The set will include all three studio albums (with bonus tracks), the Three E.P.’s collection, a disc of live BBC sessions and a sixth CD featuring unreleased demos and additional live performances. In total 25 tracks are previously unreleased (see full track listing below).

The Regal Years (1997-2004) is issued on 7 October 2013.

Full track listing:

DISC 1: THE THREE E.P.’S (ALBUM)

DRY THE RAIN
I KNOW
B + A
DOGS GOT A BONE
INNER MEET ME
THE HOUSE SONG
MONOLITH
SHE’S THE ONE
PUSH IT OUT
IT’S OVER
DR. BAKER
NEEDLES IN MY EYES

DISC 2: THE BETA BAND

1. THE BETA BAND RAP
2. IT’S NOT TOO BEAUTIFUL
3. SIMPLE BOY
4. ROUND THE BEND
5. DANCE O’ER THE BORDER
6. BROKENUPADINGDONG
7. NUMBER 15
8. SMILING
9. THE HARD ONE
10. THE COW’S WRONG

BONUS TRACKS

11. DANCE O’ER THE BORDER (LIVE AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL)
12. THE HARD ONE (MANMOUSE REMIX)

DISC 3: HOT SHOTS II

1. SQUARES
2. AL SHARP
3. HUMAN BEING
4. GONE
5. DRAGON
6. BROKE
7. QUIET
8. ALLEGED
9. LIFE
10. ECLIPSE

BONUS TRACKS

11. TO YOU ALONE
12. SEQUINSIZER
13. WON
14. UNKNOWN
15. SQUARES (BLOAH MIX)
16. QUIET (ACOUSTIC – FROM 99X ATLANTA SESSION)
17. SQUARES (ROMAN NOSE MIX)

DISC 4: HEROES TO ZEROS

1. ASSESSMENT
2. SPACE
3. LION THIEF
4. EASY
5. WONDERFUL
6. TROUBLES
7. OUT-SIDE
8. SPACE BEATLE
9. RHODODENDRON
10. LIQUID BIRD
11. SIMPLE
12. PURE FOR

BONUS TRACKS

13. OUT-SIDE (ROMAN NOSE REMIX)
14. ASSESSMENT (C SWING’S BOOTLEG MIX)
15. SHREK
16. OUT-SIDE (DEPTH CHARGE REMIX)

DISC 5: BBC LIVE

BBC RADIO 1, EVENING SESSION (10/9/97):

1. DRY THE RAIN
2. MONOLITH
3. B + A
4. SHEPHERD’S DUB

BBC RADIO 1, LAMACQ LIVE (5/7/99):

5. THE HARD ONE
6. BROKENUPADINGDONG

BBC 6 MUSIC, ROCKET SCIENCE SESSION (01/05/04)

7. DOG’S GOT A BONE
8. OUTSIDE

BBC RADIO, T IN THE PARK LIVE (10/7/04)

9. INNER MEET ME
10. OUTSIDE
11. SHE’S THE ONE
12. DRY THE RAIN
13. BROKE

DISC 6: DEMO, LIVE & SESSIONS

1997 DEMO RECORDINGS:

1. IDEA FOR HOUSE TRACK
2. LONGER IDEA FOR ABOVE
3. BED IN THE SUNLIGHT
4. B AN A

LIVE AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2002:

5. INNER MEET ME
6. LIFE
7. HUMAN BEING

XFM STUDIO SESSION 2004:

8. DOG’S GOT A BONE
9. OUTSIDE
10. SIMPLE

LIVE AT SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE 29TH NOV 2004:

11. SQUARES
12. SIMPLE
13. EASY
14. DR. BAKER
15. QUIET
16. THE HOUSE SONG

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED:

DISC 3: TRACK 7
DISC 4: TRACK 17
DISC 5: ALL TRACKS
DISC 6: TRACKS 1-10

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4 Comments

4 thoughts on “The Beta Band / The Regal Years 6CD career spanning box set”

Dan says:

September 14, 2013 at 04:01

I’d be rather surprised if it’s not remastered. In which case, the price would be worth it for “It’s Not too Beautiful” alone.

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lee says:

September 13, 2013 at 15:54

well, i seem to disagree with the comments thus far. £20 seems to be the price on amazon, which i think is good going for what’s on offer here. i will certainly be picking this one up!

if i remember the film right, they could do with ITV or the BBC showing High Fidelity, there’s a scene in it that should help sell the set!

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Chris says:

August 4, 2013 at 08:54

No word on whether the set is remastered or not?

Presence of just four demo tracks and complete lack of out-takes, genuine alternative mixes (rather than remixes) etc – which you’d have expected, especially on the dense layers of the early stuff – seems to indicate participation of the remaining 3/4 band has been pretty minimal.

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Gary says:

July 29, 2013 at 13:22

I’m a huge Beta Band fan, but there’s not all that much there to tempt me to shell out for what I imagine will be a fairly pricey set. Shame.

The PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED:

DISC 3: TRACK 7
DISC 4: TRACK 17

Doesn’t make any sense either.

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