Three CDs. Issued by underground imprint RCA Neon in mid-1971, the Shape of the Rain album Riley Riley Wood & Waggett sold poorly at the time despite glowing reviews from the British music weeklies. A surging collision of Beatlesesque writing and harmonies and Byrds-like jingle-jangle guitars, sadly it would take another couple of decades before the LP was finally disinterred by a new generation of record collectors. Half-a-century after it's original release, that lost jewel of an album finally gets the attention it deserves as the cornerstone of Grapefruit's definitive new anthology of a criminally neglected late '60s/early '70s British band. In addition to that 1971 album, our release features a post-LP single, a clutch of studio demos, taped rehearsals and alternative versions as well as more than a dozen previously-unissued demos of material for an aborted second album. Recorded in 1972 by band leader and chief vocalist/songwriter Keith Riley, these songs are a staggering new find, occupying similar musical territory to newly-solo McCartney, Badfinger man Pete Ham's home demos and Chris Bell's post-Big Star work. Our release also features some incendiary Shape of the Rain live recordings, including a 50-minute show from May 1970 that stands as a rare and enthralling document of a West Coast-influenced English psychedelic band captured in full and glorious flow at the turn of the decade. Boasting a 24-page booklet that includes numerous rare photos as well as a new history of the band, this expanded, four-hour edition of Riley Riley Wood & Waggett features approximately two hours of previously unreleased music.
01 Woman 02 Patterns 03 Castles 04 Wasting My Time 05 Rockfield Roll 06 Yes 07 Dusty Road 08 Willowing Trees 09 I'll Be There 10 Broken Man A) Every One A Gem B) After Collapsing At Kingsley's 11 Bonus Tracks 12 My Friend John
13 The Very First Clown 14 What You Gonna Do Now? 15 You're The One 16 From Me And From You 17 No Use Cryin' Again 18 Watercolour Sunshine 19 Nothin' You Could Do 20 We Can Put It Right 21 Lady Of My Dreams 22 It All Depends On You 23 Listen To Your Heart 24 Now's The Time To Start 25 Don't You Know 26 Second Time Around
Disc 2
01 Broken Man [demo Version] 02 I Don't Need Nobody 03 I'll Be There [demo Version] 04 We're Not Their Boys 05 Hallelujah 06 Hello 503 07 I Doubt If I Ever Will 08 Willowing Trees [demo Version] 09 Canyons 10 Spring 11 Words 12 Look Around 13 Advertising Man 14 Go Around And See It 15 It's So Good Here 16 Big Black Bird 17 Everyone The Fool 18 You Just Call 19 It's My Life 20 Bonus Tracks 21 Dusty Road [demo Version] 22 Too Many Lies 23 Yes [demo Version]
Disc 3
01 Willowing Trees 02 Passing Of Time 03 Imagination 04 I've Been Wrong 05 Spring 06 Everyone The Fool 07 Vanishing Cottage 08 Ceiling 09 Big Black Bird 10 Go Around And See It 11 Say It's Goodbye 12 Woman 13 We're Not Their Boys 14 Hello 503