Cutting Crew: All For You – The Virgin Years 1986-1992, 3CD Box Set

• Featuring 52 tracks over 3CDs, this box set contains the three studio albums Cutting Crew recorded between 1986 and 1992, the Grammy nominated debut, ‘Broadcast’ (1986), acclaimed follow up, ‘The Scattering’ (1989), and the ripe for rediscovery, ‘Compus Mentus’ (1992), plus B sides, remixes and demos.

It’s been Cutting Crew’s fate to be primarily remembered for their enormous, multi- million selling international hit, ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms’, and that’s here in two versions, but this box set shows that there’s much more to the band, whose driving pop- rock is defined by strong song writing, Nick Van Eede’s soulful vocals and Kevin MacMichael’s lead guitar.

The USA took Cutting Crew to their hearts and ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms’ topped the Billboard chart, ‘I’ve Been In Love Before’ reached #9 and the album ‘Broadcast’ peaked at #16, going gold. In the UK ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms’ was a #4 smash hit.

All four singles from ‘Broadcast’ are also presented as extended remixes originally issued on 12” singles including the much loved 12” mix of ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms’ and Arthur Baker’s remix and dub of ‘Any Colour’.

Cutting Crew frontman Nick Van Eede has opened his archives to contribute five demos to the set, including two previously unreleased – ‘Open Up Your Window’ and a cover of Simon Dupree And The Big Sound’s ‘Kites’.

Van Eede, who still leads Cutting Crew today, has been newly interviewed for the box set booklet.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

Broadcast (1986)
1 Any Colour
2 One For The Mockingbird
3 I’ve Been In Love Before
4 Life In A Dangerous Time
5 Fear Of Falling
6 (I Just) Died In Your Arms
7 Don’t Look Back
8 Sahara
9 It Shouldn’t Take Too Long
10 The Broadcast
B-SideS & Remixes
11 For The Longest Time
12 I Just Died In Your Arms (12” Remix)
13 I’ve Been In Love Before (Extended)
14 One For The Mockingbird (Extended Remix)
15 Any Colour (Arthur Baker Remix)

DISC TWO

The Scattering (1989)
1 Year In The Wilderness
2 The Scattering
3 Big Noise
4 Everything But My Pride
5 Handcuffs For Houdini
6 (Between A) Rock And A Hard Place
7 Tip Of Your Tongue
8 Reach For The Sky
9 The Last Thing
10 Feel The Wedge
11 Binkies Return (Instrumental)
12 Brag
B-Sides & Demos
13 Christians
14 Card House (Live)
15 Contact High
16 More Than A Dream (Demo)
17 Into The Night (Demo)
18 No Secrets (Demo)

DISC THREE

Compus Mentus (1992)
1 No Bad Thing
2 (Another One Of My) Big Ideas
3 Frigid As England
4 Julie Don’t Dance
5 If That’s The Way You Want It
6 Need Someone
7 Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
8 Ricochet
9 Sweet Auburn
10 Crooked Mile
11 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
12 All The Way In
B-Sides, Remixes & Demos
13 Been In Luv (92)
14 Everything But My Pride (92 Remix)
15 Open Up Your Window (Demo)
16 Mirror And A Blade (Live)
17 One For The Mockingbird (Shelly Yakus US Remix)
18 Any Colour (Dub)
19 Kites (Demo)