Eyeless In Gaza - Original Albums Collection '2014

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 Four CD set. Originally signed to Cherry Red in 1981, Eyeless in Gaza moved
very quickly through four albums of skewed free-pop explorations to become the
intriguing, uncomfortable cousin of the brash new wave sound finding its way
into the mainstream at the time. Picture a place where scratchy guitars,
synthesizers, primitive rhythms, found sounds, technical experimentation and
neo-noise come together to provide a bed for the poetic, exploratory lyrics of
Martyn Bates. Oblique, anxious, difficult in places and beautifully detached,
their sound captured perfectly the beauty to be found if one cared to rummage
through the rubble of a Britain in the midst of industrial collapse. Produced
with the approval and involvement of the band, and spread across four CDs
presented in a hard clamshell case, this set captures Eyeless In Gazas first
four albums, along with a band compiled set of non-album essentials and oddities
and a sleeve note by Martyn Bates. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc 1 - Photographs As Memories
1. Seven Years (02:23)
2. Fixation (03:21)
3. Looking Daggers (01:53)
4. From A To B (02:21)
5. Clear Cut Apparently (01:28)
6. Speech Rapid Fire (02:57)
7. John Of Patmos (04:19)
8. Knives Replace Air (06:45)
9. Faceless (02:15)
10. In Your Painting (03:43)
11. A Keepsake (02:22)
12. Whitewash (03:25)
13. No Noise (02:52)

Disc 2 - Caught In Flux / The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers EP 
1. Sixth Sense (03:33)
2. Point You (02:33)
3. Voice From The Tracks (04:03)
4. Scale Amiss (03:02)
5. The Decoration (02:45)
6. Continual (02:17)
7. Soul On Thin Ice (02:43)
8. Rose Petal Knot (02:12)
9. Skeletal Framework (03:32)
10. See Red (02:46)
11. Half-Light (03:20)
12. Every Which Way (05:04)
13. The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers (05:17)
14. Still Air (03:38)
15. Out From The Day-To-Day (02:57)
16. True Colour (04:14)
17. Keynote Inertia (02:33)

Disc 3 - Drumming The Beating Heart 
1. Transience Blues (04:33)
2. Ill Wind Blows (03:12)
3. One By One (03:28)
4. Picture The Day (01:45)
5. Dreaming At Rain (06:46)
6. Two (02:27)
7. Veil Like Calm (01:53)
8. Throw A Shadow (02:02)
9. Pencil Sketch (02:24)
10. At Arms Length (02:02)
11. Lights Of April (02:20)
12. Before You Go (02:26)

Pale Hands I Loved So Well 
13. Tall And White Nettles (01:54)
14. Warm Breath, Soft And Slow (03:32)
15. Blue Distance (03:52)
16. Sheer Cliffs (02:20)
17. Falling Leaf / Fading Flower; Goodbye To Summer (05:10)
18. Lies Of Love (03:03)
19. To Ellen (01:22)
20. Pale Saints (05:18)
21. Letters To She (06:24)
22. Light Sliding (03:53)
23. Big Clipper Ship (03:22)

Disc 4 - Recollections / Rarities 
1. Scent On Evening Air (04:56)
2. Drumming The Beating Heart (02:15)
3. You Frighten (06:29)
4. Through Eastfields (04:01)
5. Three Kittens (04:45)
6. Jane, Dancing (01:05)
7. Invisibility (02:45)
8. The Feeling´s Mutual (02:44)
9. Everpresent (01:58)
10. Dusky Ruth (01:53)
11. Others (02:55)
12. China Blue Vision (02:53)
13. Kodak Ghosts Run Amok (02:28)
14. Plague Of Years (01:43)
15. Taking Steps (02:05)
16. Avenue With Trees (03:22)

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