artwork [original artwork] Robert Coleman compiled by Cranes compiled by John Reed design [this boxset] Chris Bigg photography by [band portraits] Michael Lavine photography by [band portraits] Phil Nicholls photography by [band portraits] Valerie Phillips project manager Richard Anderson sleeve notes Frank Deserto tracks 1-1 to 5-16 songwriter [songs written by] Alison Shaw tracks 6-1 to 6-7 songwriter [songs written by] Alison Shaw tracks 6-1 to 6-7 songwriter [songs written by] Jean-Paul Sartre tracks 1-1 to 5-16 songwriter [songs written by] Jim Shaw tracks 6-1 to 6-7 songwriter [songs written by] Jim Shaw Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited Phonographic Copyright (p) Dedicated Copyright (c) Cherry Red Records (2) Licensed From Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited Published By Mute Song Ltd. Recorded At Protocol Studios Recorded At Paradiso Amsterdam Recorded At Garage, Portsmouth Recorded At Stanbridge Farm Studios Recorded At Piercing Sound Studios Issued in a clamshell box housing a 36 page booklet and the CDs in cardboard picture sleeves.
Hype sticker on shrinkwrap reads: Collected Works Volume 1 1989-1997 Cranes 6CD Box Set featuring albums, singles, remixes and rarities
Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 originally released on the Self-Non-Self mini-album. Track 1-7 recorded live at Amsterdam Paradiso, February 22nd, 1991, originally released on the Self-Non-Self reissue CD. Track 1-8 originally released on the [m=2938966] compilation, [l34387]. Tracks 1-9, 2-16 and 2-17 originally released on the [m=20867] EP. Tracks 1-10 and 2-21 originally released on a bonus 12 issued with some copies of 'Wings Of Joy'. Tracks 2-1 to 2-11 originally released on the [m=20865] album. Tracks 2-12 to 2-15 originally released on the [m=20869] EP. Track 2-18 originally released on the [m=32390] single. Tracks 2-19 and 2-20 originally released on the [m=20874] single. Tracks 3-1 to 3-10 originally released on the [m=32401] album. Track 3-11 originally released on the [m=20877] EP. Tracks 3-12, 3-15 and 3-16 originally released on the various [m=32406] singles. Tracks 3-13, 3-14 and 5-15 originally released on a bonus 12/CD with original pressings of [m=32401]. Tracks 3-17 and 3-18 originally released on the [m=1485776] EP. Tracks 4-1 to 4-11 originally released on the [m=32411] album. Tracks 4-12 to 4-18 originally released on various formats of the [m=32414] single. Tracks 5-1 to 5-11 originally released on the [m=32423] album. Track 5-12 originally released on the limited edition CD version of Population Four. Tracks 5-13 to 5-16 originally released on the Can't Get Free EP. (5-15 having originally been included on a bonus 12/CD with original pressings of [m=32401]). Tracks 6-1 to 6-7 originally released on the La Tragédie D'Oreste Et Électre album.
Prepared for disc by Simon Murphy. Original artwork for 'Self-Non-Self', 'Wings Of Joy', 'Espero' and 'Adoration' by Robert Coleman.
All albums recorded at Protocol Studios, London except for 'Self-Non-Self', recorded at the Garage, Portsmouth with huge thanks to Ian and Norma Shaw 'Population Four' recorded at Stanbridge Farm, Sussex, May -June 1996 with thanks to Mark Freegard. Track 5-6 recorded at Piercing Sound, Burbank, CA 1995.
Disc 1: All tracks ℗ 1989-1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited, except tracks 1-9 and 1-10 1990-1991 Dedicated Disc 2: All tracks ℗ 1990-1991 Dedicated. Disc 3: All tracks ℗ 1993 Dedicated. Disc 4: All tracks ℗ 1994 Dedicated. Disc 5: All tracks ℗ 1996-1997 Dedicated, except for track 5-15 ℗ 1993 Dedicated. Disc 6: All tracks ℗ 1996 Dedicated.
Track durations are not listed on the release. Barcode: 5 013929 117099 (Text)