Life’s Hard and Then You Die (deluxe edition)
~ Release by It’s Immaterial (see all versions of this release, 5 available)
Annotation
Comes in gatefold cardboard sleeve with 15 page booklet and CD sleeves.
A limited run of Driving Away From Home T-shirts with a hand stamped tag (first 100 signed by band) was available when buying CD from Superdeluxedition.com
Track 1-11 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner original 7". This version is different to the version included as a bonus track on the original cd issue of Life's Hard And Then You Die. Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 1-12 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner 2 x 7". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 1-13 taken from the Ed's Funky Diner 7". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 1-14 taken from the B-side of the Driving Away From Home (Wicked Weather for Walking) 12". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 1-15 taken from the Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) 7". This track did make an appearance in 1989 two-cd French compilation Les Inrockuptibles Un Printemps 89, but hasn't been issued on cd before, outside France.
Track 1-16 taken from the B-side of the Space 7". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 1-17 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner 2 x 7". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 1-18 taken from the Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) 7".
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4 recorded on 12 April 1985 at BBC Maida Vale Studios and first broadcast on 6 May 1985. Previously unreleased.
Tracks 2-5 and 2-6 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner 12" and also included as bonus tracks on the original cd issue of Life's Hard And Then You Die, but track 2-6 not labelled as the longer remix.
Track 2-7 taken from the Driving Away From Home (Wicked Weather for Walking) 12".
Track 2-8 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner reissue 12".
Track 2-9 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner 12". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 2-10 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner 12", various US 12" singles and featured as a bonus trackon the original cd issue of Life's Hard And Then You Die.
Track 2-11 taken from the Space, He Called From The Kitchen.... 12". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 2-12 taken from the Rope 12". The track also appeared on the Spanish Meto2 de baile, vol. 2 compilation, but is previously unreleased on cd, outside Spain.
Tracks 2-13 and 2-14 taken from the Space 2 x 7". Previously unreleased on cd.
Track 2-15 taken from the Ed’s Funky Diner reissue 2 x 7".
Made in the EU.
Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Tracklist
| || CD 1: Original Album Remastered, Plus B‐sides & Single Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)
| 4:13 | |
| 2 | Happy Talk
| 5:30 | |
| 3 | Rope
| 3:36 | |
| 4 | The Better Idea
| 5:41 | |
| 5 | Space
| 4:00 | |
| 6 | The Sweet Life
| 4:38 | |
| 7 | Festival Time
| 3:53 | |
| 8 | Ed’s Funky Diner
| 3:06 | |
| 9 | Hang on Sleepy Town
| 4:21 | |
| 10 | Lullaby
| 6:27 | |
| 11 | Washing the Air (single version)
| 3:25 | |
| 12 | We’ll Turn Things Upside Down (The Enthusiast’s Song)
| 4:32 | |
| 13 | Only the Lonely
| 3:48 | |
| 14 | A Crooked Tune
| 3:42 | |
| 15 | Trains, Boats, Planes
| 3:51 | |
| 16 | Hereby Hangs a Tale
| 4:09 | |
| 17 | Kissing With Lord Herbert
| 3:01 | |
| 18 | Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune) (single version)
| 3:53 | |
| 19 | Space (single version)
| 4:04 | |
Credits
Release
| art direction and design: | It’s Immaterial Red Ranch (design) |
|---|---|
| photography: | Keystone Photo (Swiss photo agency founded in 1953, emerged from Keystone View Company, USA. Subsidiaries include: Keystone-France Gamma-Keystone (together with Gamma)) (task: cover photograph of charlie rivel supplied by) The Photosource Ltd (task: cover photograph of charlie rivel supplied by) Tansy Spinks (task: special photographic treatment by (clown)) Alastair Thain (photographer) (task: band) |
| liner notes: | David Bascombe John Campbell (of It's Immaterial & Yachts) Ross Stapleton Jarvis Whitehead |
| engineer: | Felix Kendall (UK recording engineer) |
| mastering: | Nick Watson (masterer) |
| performer: | The Christians Brenda Kenny (Brenda Ray) Merran Laginestra (Multi-disciplined musician and sound artist. Born in Sidney, Australia) Roddy Lorimer Gillian Miller (Keyboard player and vocalist from Scotland) Henry Priestman Tarrant Bailey Junior Steve Wickham |
| artwork: | Cürt Evans (graphic artist) (task: reissue) |
| publisher: | EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
|---|---|
| copyrighted (©) by: | Caroline International |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Caroline International |
| licensed from: | Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) |
| recorded at: | Maida Vale Studios in Paddington, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| mastered at: | Fluid Mastering in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/8732579 [info] |
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| ASIN: | UK: B01G806FM2 [info] DE: B01G806FM2 [info] IT: B01G806FM2 [info] |
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Driving Away From Home Ed’s Funky Diner |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/96670 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q104870547 [info] |
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