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BRUCE WOOLLEY & THE CAMERA CLUB | Definitive Anthology 3CD out now!

BRUCE WOOLLEY & THE CAMERA CLUB | Definitive Anthology 3CD out now!

BRUCE WOOLLEY & THE CAMERA CLUB | Definitive Anthology 3CD out now!


  • A comprehensive 69-track 3CD anthology covering the recordings of Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club between 1978-1981.
  • Includes 41 previously unreleased tracks taken from their unreleased second album plus two live concerts.
  • Featuring an expanded version of the ‘English Garden’ album including the original versions of the Ivor Novello Award-nominated ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ and ‘Clean Clean’, both of which Bruce co-wrote with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes and went on to become hit singles for The Buggles.
  • Packaged in a deluxe clamshell box with a fully illustrated 28-page booklet containing rare and previously unseen images and a brand new annotation featuring quotes from band members Bruce Woolley, Dave Birch and Thomas Dolby.

Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club were founded in 1979 with Bruce Woolley on vocals, Dave Birch on guitar, Thomas Dolby on keyboards, Matthew Seligman on bass and Rod Johnson on drums. They released their debut album ‘English Garden’ in 1979 and supported its release by touring in England, USA and Canada. Unfortunately, they disbanded after two years largely spent on the road following on from CBS Records’ refusal to release their second album.

DISC ONE

English Garden - Expanded Version

1. English Garden

2.   Video Killed The Radio Star

3.   Dancing With The Sporting Boys

4.   Johnny

5.   No Surrender

6.   Flying Man

7.   You Got Class

8.   WW9

9.   Clean Clean

10.    Get Away William

11.    Goodbye To Yesterday

12.    Goodbye To Yesterday (Reprise)

13.    You're The Circus (I'm The Clown)

14.    News (Eden Studios)*

15.    The Killers - No Surrender

16.    The Killers - Killer On The Dancefloor

17.    Clean Clean (US Version)

18.    Video Killed the Radio Star (US Version)

19.    Goodbye to Yesterday (US Version)

20.    Bruce Woolley - Bobby Bad

21.    Bruce Woolley - You're The Circus (I'm The Clown) (B-side)

22.    Bruce Woolley - You Got Class (Soundsuite Studios)*

23.    Bruce Woolley - Going To The City*

24.    Bruce Woolley - Needletime*

25.    Bruce Woolley - Sugar Daddy (8 Track Demo)*

* Previous Unreleased

DISC TWO

Polaroid – Snapshots Of Sound

1.  I Set Fire To You*

2.  Bruce Woolley - Ghost Train

3.  Killer On The Dancefloor (Olympic Studios)*

4.  Trouble Is

5.  Only Babies Can Fly

6.  All Real Americans*

7.  Morning Shadows*

8.  Ghost Train (Olympic Studios)*

9.  All At Once

10.  Warning Shadows*

11.  Bruce Woolley - Blue Blue Victoria

12.  Bruce Woolley - 1000 MPH

13.  Bruce Woolley - The Black Girls Understand*

14.  Bruce Woolley - Ghost Train (Club Mix)

15.  How Do You Say Goodbye?*

16.  Too Late For Tears (Demo Version)*

17.  Bruce Woolley - Blue Blue Victoria (Demo Version)*

18.  Bruce Woolley - You Got Class (Revox Demo)*

19.  News (Olympic Studios)*

20.  House Of Wax

21.  Radio Pictures (Bye Bye Love)*

* Previous Unreleased

DISC THREE

In Concert

Live at High Wycombe Town Hall 6th May 1979

1.  You're The Circus (I'm The Clown)

2.  You Got Class

3.  Too Late For Tears

4.  Clean Clean

5.  The Problem

6.  Goodbye To Yesterday

7.  Johnny

8.  Video Killed The Radio Star

9.  No Surrender

10.  Dancing With The Sporting Boys

11.  News

12.  Flying Man

Live at My Father's Place, Long Island, USA 25th March 1980

13.  You're The Circus (I'm The Clown)

14.  News

15.  You Got Class

16.  Trouble Is

17.  Johnny

18.  Get Away William

19.  Dancing With The Sporting Boys

20.  I Set Fire To You

21.  No Surrender

22.  English Garden

23.  Video Killed The Radio Star

All tracks previously unreleased.