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FIRE - FATHER'S NANE IS DAD - THE COMPLETE FIRE, 2021

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This is a 3CD compilation, produced by Cherry Red, of all the Fire tracks known to exist, which was released 21 Aug 2021. Assembled with the aid of chief Fireman Lambert, the 3-CD set features many rare delights, such as all four tracks (including the previously unreleased ‘It’s Not Easy Falling Out Of Love’ and ‘Boys And Girls Together’) that the band recorded in mid-1967 at the RG Jones studio under their original name of Friday’s Chyld, plus two tracks (‘Live To Love’ and ‘Back There Again’) that were recorded in late 1970 by a revised line-up, and which have never previously appeared on a Fire package.

Disc One rounds up their 1967-‘68 work (including both Decca-issued versions of the title track single).

Disc Two contains the album ‘The Magic Shoemaker’ plus sundry out-takes and alternative versions from the same period.

Disc Three is the original trio’s triumphant staging of an extended, revamped live ‘The Magic Shoemaker’ over two nights in 2007.

The booklet includes a full band history, rare photos and new quotes, ‘Father’s Name Is Dad: The Complete Fire’ is the final word on one of the most fascinating bands working on the late ‘60s British pop scene.

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Tracks

*previously unreleased

DISC ONE: UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD (SINGLES + DEMOS)

Father’s Name Is Dad (Original Single Version)
Treacle Toffee World
Happy Sound
Spare A Copper
Will I Find Love?
Man In The Teapot
It’s Just Love
I’ve Still Got Time
I Know You Inside Out
Alison Wonderland
It’s Not Easy Falling Out Of Love (Friday’s Chyld)*
Boys And Girls Together (Friday’s Chyld)*
I Just Can’t Wait (Friday’s Chyld)
I Didn’t Know You (Friday’s Chyld)
Can’t Be So Bad
Green-Legged Auntie Sally
Oh Johnny
Round The Gum Tree
Toothy Ruthie
Father’s Name Is Dad (Remixed Single Version

DISC TWO: THE MAGIC SHOEMAKER (1970 ALBUM + DEMOS)

Children Of Imagination
Tell You A Story
Magic Shoes
Reason For Everything
Only A Dream
Flies Like A Bird
Like To Help You If I Can
I Can See The Sky
Shoemaker
Happy Man Am I
Children Of Imagination (Reprise)

Bonus Tracks

Only A Dream (Demo Version)
Magic Shoes (Demo Version)
Reason For Everything (Demo Version)
Mama When Will I Understand (Studio Version)
Live To Love
Back There Again

DISC THREE: THE MAGIC SHOEMAKER (2007 LIVE CONCERT)

Overture (To A Shoemaker)
Children Of Imagination
Tell You A Story
Magic Shoes
Reason For Everything
Treacle Toffee World
Only A Dream
Flies Like A Bird
It Wouldn’t Have Happened In My Day
War
Like To Help You If I Can
I Can See The Sky
Father’s Name Is Dad
It’s Just Love
Shoemaker
Happy Man Am I
Mama When Will I Understand (Live Version)

Versions

Vinyl, cassette, 8-track

Not released on vinyl, cassette, 8-track

CD

UK 3CD release

3CD: (CRSEG099T, Grapefruit, 2021). Attractive packaging, with an outer slip case and individual sleeves for the 3CDs. 20pp booklet, with sleeve notes by David Wells and lots of pictures.

Slipcase

CD1 sleeve

CD2 sleeve

CD3 sleeve

Booklet

CDs