Varèse Sarabande
Varèse SarabandeThe Zombies, who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later this month, recently released a five-LP vinyl box set titled The Complete Studio Recordings that features 62 tracks from the band’s 1960s heyday.
The remastered collection includes the only two U.S. studio albums released by the British Invasion band’s original lineup, 1965’s She’s Not There/Tell Her No and 1968’s Odessey & Oracle, as well as two compilations — the newly created R.I.P. and 1965’s I Love You, which only was issued in the U.K. and Japan. Rounding out the box set is Oddities & Extras, a collection of rare singles and U.K.-only album cuts.
Oddities & Extras boasts new notes written by acclaimed archival producer/engineer Andrew Sandoval. The five discs are pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl.
Meanwhile, founding Zombies bassist Chris White will release a compilation of previously unreleased tracks called The Chris White Experience (Volume One) on March 29, the very day the group is inducted into the Rock Hall. The 13-track album features recordings spanning from 1977 to 2015, and includes demos, studio collaborations and other unheard gems.
Various well-known musicians contributed to the tracks, including White’s Zombies band mates Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent and Hugh Grundy; ex-Procol Harum keyboardist Matthew Fisher; Argent members Jim Rodford, Bob Henrit, Russ Ballard and John Verity; former Humble Pie guitarist Clem Clempson; and Styx drummer Todd Sucherman.
In addition to playing bass for The Zombies, White co-produced and wrote most of the songs on the group’s classic album Odessey & Oracle. After the band’s 1967 split, he went on to co-produce all of the band Argent‘s albums and co-wrote most of that group’s songs.
Here’s the track list of The Zombies’ The Complete Studio Recordings box set:
Disc 1: She’s Not There/Tell Her No
Side One
“She’s Not There”
“Summertime”
“It’s Alright with Me”
“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”/”Bring It On Home to Me”
“Sometimes”
“Woman”
Side Two
“Tell Her No”
“I Don’t Want to Know”
“Work ‘n’ Play”
“Can’t Nobody Love You”
“What More Can I Do”
“Got My Mojo Working”
Disc 2: I Love You
Side One
“The Way I Feel Inside”
“How We Were Before”
“Is This the Dream”
“Whenever You’re Ready”
“Woman”
“You Make Me Feel Good”
Side Two
“Gotta Get a Hold of Myself”
“Indication”
“Don’t Go Away”
“I Love You”
“Leave Me Be”
“She’s Not There”
Disc 3: Odessey & Oracle
Side One
“Care of Cell 44”
“A Rose for Emily”
“Maybe After He’s Gone”
“Beechwood Park”
“Brief Candles”
“Hung Up on a Dream”
Side Two
“Changes”
“I Want Her She Wants Me”
“This Will Be Our Year”
“Butcher’s Tale (Western Front 1914)”
“Friends of Mine”
“Time of the Season”
Disc 4: R.I.P.
Side One
“She Loves the Way They Love Her”
“Imagine the Swan”
“Smokey Day”
“Girl Help Me”
“I Could Spend the Day”
“Conversation off Floral Street”
Side Two
“If It Don’t Work Out”
“I’ll Call You Mine”
“I’ll Keep Trying”
“I Know She Will”
“Don’t Cry for Me”
“Walking in the Sun”
Disc 5: Oddities & Extras
Side One
“Kind of Girl”
“She’s Coming Home”
“I Must Move”
“I Want You Back Again”
“I Can’t Make Up My Mind”
“I Remember When I Loved Her”
“I’m Going Home”
Side Two
“Remember You”
“Just Out of Reach”
“Nothing’s Changed”
“Goin’ Out of My Head”
“She Does Everything for Me”
“A Love That Never Was”
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