Extraordinary Sensations: Studio & Live 1979-1986
Purple Hearts
Click here to join our rewards scheme and earn points on this purchase!
Release Date: 19/01/2024
Featuring 76 tracks over 3CDs, this box set contains both of mod band Purple Hearts' two studio albums - the brilliant Chris Parry produced debut, 'Beat That!' (1980) and belated follow-up, 'Pop-Ish Frenzy' (1986). Plus six Jimmy Pursey produced demos recorded at Polydor in 1979 including energetic, early versions of singles 'Millions Like Us', 'Frustration' and 'Jimmy' and two Paul Weller produced demos, 'Plane Crash and 'Concrete Mixer', recorded at Polydor in 1981 and intended for Weller's Respond label but unissued. In addition, a fantastic 13 song, unreleased live set recorded at prestigious London club The Hippodrome in 1986 shows the band firing on all cylinders and features a scorching cover of The Creation's Pop Art mod favourite 'Painter Man'. Also included are four songs recorded live from the Mod Aid Alldayer held in Walthamstow, East London in 1985 plus two bonus tracks from the Purple Hearts reunion at Mods Mayday 99.
Disc 1
1: Jimmy
2: Perfect World
3: Something You Can't Have
4: Beat That!
5: Nothing's Left
6: Frustration
7: If You Need Me
8: Can't Stay Here
9: Can't Help Thinking About Me
10: Slay It With Flowers
11: I've Been Away
12: Millions Like Us
13: Beat That! (Single Version)
14: Extraordinary Sensations
15: What Am I Gonna Do
16: Jimmy (1979 Demo)
17: Frustration (1979 Demo)
18: If You Need Me (1979 Demo)
19: What Am I Gonna Do (1979 Demo)
20: Can't Help Thinking About Me (1979 Demo)
21: Millions Like Us (1979 Demo)
22: My Life's a Jigsaw (Single Version)
23: Just to Please You
24: The Guy Who Made Her a Star
25: Plane Crash (1981 Demo)
26: Concrete Mixer (1981 Demo)
27: My Life's a Jigsaw (1980 Demo)
Disc 2
1: Friends Again
2: When I See You
3: Call of the Wild
4: I'll Make You Mine
5: Get Out of My Life Woman
6: Hi Baby!
7: Shell Shock
8: But On Sunday
9: I Can't Dream
10: Gun of Life
11: Plane Crash (Single Version)
12: Scooby Doo
13: Gun of Life (Single Version)
14: Let's Get a Burger Man
15: Friends Again (Single Version)
16: Head On Collision Time
17: I'll Make You Mine (1981 Demo)
18: Smashing Time (1981 Demo)
19: Hazy Darkness (1981 Demo)
20: Gun of Life (1981 Demo)
21: Another Day (1981 Demo)
22: When I See You (1981 Demo)
23: Friends Again (1982 Demo)
24: Smashing Time (1982 Demo)
25: Just Like Real Life (2 Track Demo)
Disc 3
1: Frustration (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
2: Beat That! (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
3: Concrete Mixer (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
4: Get Out of My Life Woman (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
5: Slay It With Flowers (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
6: Painter Man (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
7: My Life's a Jigsaw (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
8: I Can't Stay Here (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
9: Friends Again (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
10: Gun of Life (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
11: Extraordinary Sensations (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
12: Perfect World (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
13: Millions Like Us (Live at the Hippodrome, 9th November 1986)
14: Frustration (Live at Walthamstow Assembly Hall - Mod Aid Alldayer, 15th December 1985)
15: Beat That! (Live at Walthamstow Assembly Hall - Mod Aid Alldayer, 15th December 1985)
16: Millions Like Us (Live at Walthamstow Assembly Hall - Mod Aid Alldayer, 15th December 1985)
17: Plane Crash (Live at Walthamstow Assembly Hall - Mod Aid Alldayer, 15th December 1985)
18: Closer Than Close (2 Track Rehearsal Recordings)
19: Playing With Fire (2 Track Rehearsal Recordings)
20: Restless Dream Recurring (2 Track Rehearsal Recordings)
21: I Can't Dream (2 Track Rehearsal Recordings)
22: What a Shame (2 Track Demo)
23: I've Been Away (Live at Mods Mayday 1999, Kentish Town Forum)
24: Everybody Needs Somebody (Live at Mods Mayday 1999, Kentish Town Forum)