
HOUSE OF LOVE, THE - THE HOUSE OF LOVE DELUXE VINYL BOX SET 5LP
50 Tracks over 5 discs Pressed on 180gram black vinyl Housed in individual outer sleeves Presented in casewrapped foil printed box With 20pp 12” colour booklet
THE HOUSE OF LOVE were one of the most successful and critically acclaimed bands to grace Creation Records back in the late 1980s. Their eponymous debut album was cited as one of the best albums of 1988 by music magazines and Indie fans alike.
This deluxe edition of THE HOUSE OF LOVE that replicates the tracklisting of the Cherry Red CD version and offers the band’s complete Creation recordings from 1987-1988, together with a raft of previously unissued bonus material. The package boasts all their Creation Records singles, from the original version of ‘Shine On’, ‘Real Animal’ and the US favourite ‘Christine’ (which reached #8 in the Modern Rock chart there) to their final single for the label, ‘Destroy The Heart’. along with nineteen previously unavailable HOUSE OF LOVE demos, including two exclusive Guy Chadwick songs ‘Hold On Me’ and ‘Modern World’, which were never released! Also making their debut on LP is the rare 7” album freebie (two demos) and the ‘Flexidisc’ version of ‘Shine On’, together with Guy’s original demo of this song which eventually gave them a sizeable hit.
Tracklisting
LP 1
Christine
Hope
Road
Sulphur
Man To Child
Salome
Love In A Car
Happy
Fisherman’s Tale
Touch Me
LP 2
Shine On
Love
Flow
Real Animal
Plastic
Nothing To Me
The Hill
Loneliness Is A Gun
The Hedonist
Welt
Destroy The Heart
Blind
Mr. Jo
LP 3
Shine On (Demo - Bonus 7”)
Christine (Demo - Bonus 7”)
Destroy The Heart (Demo)
I Don’t Know Why I Love You But I Do (Live - Previously Unissued)
Love In A Car (Live - Previously Unissued)
Destroy The Heart (Live - Previously Unissued)
I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live - Previously Unissued)
Shine On (Fuck Version)
LP 4
Shine On (Guy Chadwick Solo Demo)
Touch Me (Demo )
Real Animal (Demo)
Happy (Demo )
Hold On Me (16 Track Demo)
Christine (16 Track Demo)
Modern World (Demo)
Salome (Alternative Version)
Man To Child (Alternative Version)
Hope (Alternative Version)
LP 5
Love In A Car (Alternative Version)
Touch Me (Alternative Version)
Road (Alternative Version)
Fisherman’s Tale (Alternative Version)
Happy (Alternative Version)
Sulphur (Altervative Version)
Real Animal (16 Track Demo)
Little Girl (alias Mr Jo)
Shine On (Band Demo)