Ocean Colour Scene celebrate 21 years with a box set. Great,but here we have with so many unreleased tracks,alternate takes,live sets, etc. a set of quite exceptional quality throughout. The running order is of the very best over four discs a history and ongoing success of one of our most popular live bands, who just also happen to make some of the best albums around. They should be as big as the Beatles because as songwriters they are masters of top material ,as a band they gel like very few other bands.Not many bands are as consistent or entertaining as OCS are.
Here we get 86 tracks,and as they say all the favourites,the best album tracks,b sides 21 tracks unheard before (amazing as they are so consistently good).Radio sessions. As an extra pop it into your PC and lo and behold you get a full gig from Southampton uilshall as a fabulous extra.The songs include the popular 'Mechanical Wonder','Hundred Mile High City','Up On The Downside''This Day Shgould Last Forever' and so on. Wonderful Stuff.Plus two popular covers of old Small Faces hits that go down so well at live gigs 'All Or Nothing' and'Son Of A Baker' which many fans have been hoping for so long would come out after hearing it live.Add a few guests along the way such as Paul Weller and Jools Holland,P P Arnold,.
I could write so much more about this band but take my word for it,if there was an award for the best box set of the year this would take it hands down.I would go as far as saying it's one of the best box set's ever such is the quality throughout all of it's tracks. So get your party gpoing buy this fabulous set for yourself or get on that Christmas list,this is popular music of the very highest and most consistent quality by a band that really 21 years on are still as creative as ever. Their 'Saturday' one of my favourite Cd's of 2010.
THIS BOX SET IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS GREAT MUSIC BY AN INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT BAND...FIVE STARS PLUS. the accompanying booklet is also well put together to add even more quality to an already release out of the very top drawer.