Magazine "Maybe It's Right to Be Nervous Now" Virgin Records Ltd. MAGBOX1 2000
CD1 1 - Real Life/Secondhand Daylight Era (61:40)
Shot By Both Sides (3:59)
My Mind Ain't So Open (2:15)
Touch And Go (2:57)
Goldfinger (3:49)
Give Me Everything (4:22)
I
Love You You Big Dummy (3:54)
My Tulpa (4:50)
Definitive Gaze (live) (3:39)
Parade (live) (6:08)
The Light Pours Out Of Me (version) (3:26)
Rhythm
Of Cruelty (3:03)
TV Baby (3:46)
Back To Nature (6:41)
Permafrost (live) (4:57)
Feed The Enemy (live) (3:54)
CD2 - A Song From Under The Floorboards/Magic, Murder And The Weather Era (55:30)
A Song From Under The Floorboards (live) (4:19)
Twenty Years Ago (3:02)
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (live) (3:58)
The Book (2:18)
Upside Down (3:44)
Sweetheart Contract (3:20)
Shot By Both Sides (live) (4:36)
Because Your Frightened (live) (3:56)
I Want To Burn Again (5:16)
Model
Worker (live) (3:06)
Vigilance (alternative mix) (5:06)
In The Dark (2:41)
The Operative (2:43)
Come Alive (Alternate Version) (3:35)
The Thinking Flame ('The Garden' - Alternate Version)
(3:50)
CD3 - The Peel Sessions (56:03)
Touch And Go (14/2/78) (2:50)
The Light Pours Out Of Me (14/2/78) (4:18)
Real Life ('Definitive Gaze') (14/2/78) (4:02)
My Mind Ain't So Open (14/2/78) (2:04)
Give Me Everything (24/7/78) (4:18)
Burst (24/7/78) (4:31)
I Love You You Big Dummy (24/7/78) (3:46)
Boredom
(24/7/78) (2:57)
TV Baby (8/5/79) (3:34)
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (8/5/79) (3:53)
Permafrost (8/5/79) (5:45)
A Song From Under The Floorboards (7/1/80) (4:07)
Twenty Years Ago (7/1/80) (3:05)
Look What Fear Has Done to My Body ('Because Your Frightened')
(7/1/80) (3:59)
Model Worker (7/1/80) (2:54)
Howard Devoto assembled Magazine within months of departing the Buzzcocks in 1977. More artsy and dynamic than the punk he abandoned, Magazine's 5 piece line-up (the only constants being Devoto and a young Barry Adamson on bass) augmented vocals/guitar/bass with liberal use of piano, keyboards and saxophone and drew influence from punk, post-punk, funk, new wave and rock, as well as the literature Devoto devoured. In less than 4 years they released 5 albums and numerous singles. "Maybe It's Right.." boxes up previously unreleased goodies and the highlights of their influential legacy on 3 fifteen track cds. Disc 1 covers the Real Life/Secondhand Daylight era, including "Shot By Both Sides", "I Love You You Big Dummy", "My Tulpa", "Definitive Gaze", "The Light Pours Out of Me" and the infectiously catchy "Rhythm of Cruelty". Disc 2 is The Correct Use of Soap/Magic, Murder and the Weather era, including "A Song From Under the Floorboards", "Thank You", "Because You're Frightened", "Model Worker" and "Come Alive". Both of these discs feature alternative mixes and recordings, live songs and single A and B sides. Disc 3 is the real treat though with 4 previously unreleased, live in the studio peel sessions dating between '78 and '80. These sessions, along with the live songs from discs 1 and 2, show just how diverse, tight, edgy, explosive and cool Magazine could be with solid versions of the big 'hits'. There's a lot of really vital stuff here some 20 years on down the road. Other than the simple slip cases for the discs, the ugly turquoise and yellow fold-up box contains a 28 page insert full of archival photos but, disappointingly, no liner notes other than track credits and no mention of re-mastering. Fortunately everything sounds great and the music more than makes up for it ...
Where did I get this box set? - mail order via Amazon.