Universal Music Recordings are proud to present a new eight disc boxset celebrating the career of British singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl.

It brings together 161 tracks recorded between 1979 and 2000, features 47 previously unreleased recordings, and includes her second album ‘Real’, recorded in 1983 but never released, it is presented here complete and sequenced for the first time.

Alongside all of Kirsty’s singles, this collection includes album favourites, extended versions, B-Sides and bonus tracks, previously unreleased demo recordings, live sets form the Glastonbury Festival in 1992, and the Jazz Café, London in 1999, plus studio sessions and live performances originally recorded for BBC radio and television.

The final disc is a selection of collaborations with other artists, as either singer or songwriter, and further illustrates how in-demand and versatile Kirsty’s extraordinary talents were.

The eight discs are packaged in two gatefold sleeves, together with a 60-page hardback full colour book with new sleeve notes from respected author and journalist Jude Rogers, plus rare and previously unseen photos. The whole package is contained in a 24cm x 24cm slipcase.

This collection was compiled with the full support of Kirsty’s estate, and with generous input from her family, friends and fellow musicians, who contributed to the sleeve notes, and made archive recordings available for the very first time.

Tracklisting

Disc 1: The Singles
They Don't Know
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
See That Girl
You Still Believe In Me
Terry
A New England
He's On The Beach
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl)
Free World (Radio Version)
Days
Innocence (Remix)
Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
Walking Down Madison (7" Mix)
My Affair (Radio Edit)
All I Ever Wanted (Single Mix)
Angel (Single Edit)
Caroline
Perfect Day (Kirsty MacColl & Evan Dando)
Mambo De La Luna (Single Edit)
In These Shoes?

Disc 2: 1979 - 1983 - *Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.
Turn My Motor On
I Don't Need You
There's A Guy Works Down The Truck Stop Swears He's Elvis
Nothing To Do (The Clock Goes Round Demo)*
Falling For Faces (Demo)*
The Real Ripper (Demo)*
Teenager In Love
Mexican Sofa
Until The Night
Over You
Queen Of The High Teas
Bad Dreams*
Time*
Sticked and Stoned
Annie
Camel Crossing
Berlin
Man With No Name*
Lullaby for Ezra*
Up the Grey Stairs*
Roman Gardens

Disc 3: 1983 - 1989 - *Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.
Terry (Extended Version)
Quietly Alone
One Little Lie (Demo)*
A New England (Extended Version)
Patrick
I'm Going Out With An Eighty Year Old Millionaire
Trouble With People (Demo)*
Man Of Steel (Demo)*
He's On The Beach (Extended Version)
Please, Go To Sleep
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (She's Having A Baby Version)
Closer To God
The End Of A Perfect Day (Original Demo Version)
La Forêt De Mimosa
Fifteen Minutes
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
Dancing In Limbo
You And Me Baby
Happy
El Paso
Still Life

Disc 4: 1989 - 1992 - *Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.
Innocence (The Guilt Mix)
No Victims (Guitar Heroes Mix)
Clubland
Other People's Hearts
One Good Thing
He Never Mentioned Love
The Hardest Word
My Way Home
My Affair (Olive Groove Mix)
All The Tears That I Cried
A New England (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
Innocence (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
Fifteen Minutes / Don't Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
Happy (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
Tread Lightly (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
Train In Vain / Walking Down Madison (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
Free World (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*
There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)*

Disc 5: 1993 - 1996 - *Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.
Soho Square
Last Day Of Summer
Can't Stop Killing You
Titanic Days
Big Boy On A Saturday Night
Angel (Stuart Crichton Piano Edit)
King Kong (Demo)
Dear John (Demo)
Fabulous Garden
Touch Me
Free World (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, California 01/12/93)
Miss Otis Regrets (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, California 01/12/93)
Irish Cousin
The Butcher Boy
As Long As You Hold Me (Electric Version)*
Eu So Quero Un Xodó*
In These Shoes? (Demo)*
Things Happen (Demo)
Treachery (Demo) (a.k.a. Stalking A Fan)*
Siempre Tu Rosa (Always Your Rose)*

Disc 6: 1999-2000 - *Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.
Mambo De La Luna (Mint Royale Mix)
In These Shoes? (UR Crazy Remix)
Good For Me
Autumngirlsoup
Us Amazonians
Nao Esperando
Wrong Again
I Believe In Love*
Sun On The Water (Demo)
Here Comes That Man Again (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
Head (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
Celestine (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
England 2 Colombia 0 (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
Designer Life (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
Days (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
Walking Down Madison (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
How Insensitive (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*
My Affair (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)*

Disc 7: BBC recordings 1981 - 2000 - *Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.
I Don't Wanna Play House (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)*
Queen Of The High Teas (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)*
You Can Have My Husband (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)*
Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89)
What Do Pretty Girls Do? (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89)
Don't Run Away From Me Now (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89
Still Life (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89
There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26/06/91)
Walk Right Back (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991)
Darling, Let's Have Another Baby (with Billy Bragg) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991)
Angel (Later… BBC TV 19 November 1992)*
Can't Stop Killing You (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)*
Soho Square (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)*
Bad (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)*
My Affair (BBC Radio 1 Session for Simon Mayo, 07/03/94)
Miss Otis Regrets (with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards) (Later… BBC TV 31 December 1994)*
Caroline (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 16 February 1995)*
Free World (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 16 February 1995)*
A New England (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 20/02/95)
He's On The Beach (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 20/02/95)
Tread Lightly (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park 10/06/95)
I Wanna Be Sedated (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park 10 June 1995)
In These Shoes? (Later… BBC TV 15/04/00)*

Disc 8: Other People's Songs (Guest Appearances & Collaborations)
Peggy Seeger - Darling Annie
Jane Aire & The Belvederes - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
Jools Holland & Kirsty MacColl - Shutting The Doors
Tracey Ullman - You Broke My Heart in 17 Places
Billy Bragg With Johnny Marr & Kirsty MacColl - Greetings To The New Brunette
David Byrne - Make Believe Mambo (Orisa)
Ewan MacColl - The Manchester Rambler
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)
Mary Coughlan - Invisible To You
Alison Moyet - Wishing You Were Here
Holly Johnson - Boyfriend '65
Kirsty MacColl & Billy Bragg - Darling Let's Have Another Baby
The Wonder Stuff - Welcome To The Cheap Seats (Naked Mix)
Engine Alley - Song For Someone
Anthony Thistlethwaite - Red Jeans
Sharon Shannon & Kirsty MacColl - Libertango
Chucho Merchán, Kirsty MacColl and Phil Manzanera - People Uniting
Ghostland & Kirsty MacColl - Sail Away