The Riot Squad: I Take It That We're Through Anthology 1965-1967, 3CD Edition
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21st August 2026
• 3CD Anthology of 1960s mod beat group who featured music legends Mitch Mitchell and David Bowie in their ranks at different times.
• Includes the A & B sides of their seven singles (four produced by Joe Meek), alongside 54 tracks from Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes, two tracks from a newly discovered acetate, four demos from the period when David Bowie was a member, and the 1967 acetate album 'Making Up For Lost Time' issued on CD for the first time.
• Features 41 unreleased tracks including previously unissued songs, some featuring female singer Flip, and another 14 tracks that have never been issued on CD before.
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• 3CD Anthology of 1960s mod beat group who featured music legends Mitch Mitchell and David Bowie in their ranks at different times.
• Includes the A & B sides of their seven singles (four produced by Joe Meek), alongside 54 tracks from Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes, two tracks from a newly discovered acetate, four demos from the period when David Bowie was a member, and the 1967 acetate album 'Making Up For Lost Time' issued on CD for the first time.
• Features 41 unreleased tracks including previously unissued songs, some featuring female singer Flip, and another 14 tracks that have never been issued on CD before.
The original Riot Squad played the kind of jazzy R&B and soul favoured by the 1960s mods on singles such as ‘Anytime’ and ‘I Wanna Talk About My Baby’ before a new line-up signed with producer Joe Meek and broadened their musical horizons to take in beat pop on ‘Cry, Cry, Cry’, Eastern-tinged freakbeat on the classic ‘I Take It That We’re Through’ and from the Tea Chest Tapes, folk rock on an early arrangement of ‘It’s Never Too Late To Forgive’ and even proto-flower power on the wonderful ‘Walking On Ice’.
Sessions for a planned album pairing singer Glenda Collins with The Riot Squad, 'It’s A Riot!', are featured - the album was never finished due to Meek’s death. The group then came under the influence of David Bowie who recorded demos with them in 1967 including a cover of The Velvet Underground’s ‘I’m Waiting For My Man’.
Everything on the 3CD set has been newly mastered by Alec Palao. Several performances only existing in the Tea Chest Tapes as discrete twin-track recordings are represented by a "stereo balance”, with the vocals in the centre of the sound picture.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
THE SINGLES
1. Anytime
2. Jump
3. I Wanna Talk About My Baby
4. Gonna Make You Mine
5. Nevertheless (I Love You)
6. Not A Great Talker
7. Cry, Cry, Cry
8. How It Is Done
9. I Take It That We’re Through
10. Working Man
11. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive
12. Try To Realise
13. Gotta Be A First Time
14. Bitter Sweet Love
1965 ACETATE
15. The Monkey Time (Acetate)
16. Monkeying Around (Acetate)
JOE MEEK TEA CHEST TAPES SESSIONS
17. Who’s Fooling Who
18. I Beg To Heaven (John Drysdale & The Riot Squad)
19. Walking On Ice (Take 1)
20. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive (Folk Rock Version) (Take 6)
21. Cry, Cry, Cry (Original Speed) (Take 10)
22. Cry, Cry, Cry (Original Speed With Vocal Overdub) (Take 2)
23. Try To Realise (Early Version) (Take 2)
24. Try To Realise (Take 9)
25. If I Didn’t Love Her So (Take 7)
26. Who’s Fooling Who (Take 3) (Stereo Balance)
27. Gotta Be A First Time (Early Version) (Stereo Balance)
28. That’s Tough (Stereo Balance)
29. Gotta Be A First Time (Early Version Take 4)
DISC TWO
JOE MEEK TEA CHEST TAPES SESSIONS (continued)
1. If I Didn’t Love Her So *
2. Gotta Be A First Time (Stereo Overdub)
3. Bitter Sweet Love (Overdub Session, Take 3) *
4. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive (Folk Rock Version, Take 10) *
5. Walking On Ice (Take 4) *
6. Walking On Ice (Take 8) *
7. Wanna Lover (Take 3) *
8. How It Is Done (Take 2) *
9. How It Is Done (Take 7) *
10. Working Man (Take 1) *
11. Working Man (Take 3) *
12. I Beg To Heaven (Take 10) *
13. I Take It That We’re Through (Alternative Early Version) Take 3
14. I Take It That We’re Through (Alternative Early Version) Take 5
15. Rhythm (Underdub) Take 8
16. Comin’ Home Baby Take 8
17. Outrage Take 7
18. Gotta Be A First Time (Vocal Take 9, Final Lyrics)
19. Try To Realise (Flute Version)
20. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive (Alternative Overdub) Take 18
21. I Take It That We’re Through (Early Version)
22. I Take It That We’re Through (Overdub) Take 5
23. I Take It That We’re Through (Overdub) Take 25
24. I Think I’m Falling In Love Take 6 (Flip & The Riot Squad)
25. Hush-A-Bye (Take 3) (Flip & The Riot Squad)
26. Try To Realise (Backing Track Without Flute) Take 8
27. Unknown Backing Track With Flute Take 4
* Stereo Balance
DISC THREE
GLENDA, NERO & THE RIOTS – 'IT’S A RIOT!' SESSIONS (FROM THE JOE MEEK TEA CHEST TAPES)
1. You’ve Been Cheatin’ Take 2*
2. I (Who Have Nothing Take 2*+
3. Can I Get A Witness Take 2 *+
4. Everybody Loves A Good Time Take 3
5. You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You Take 2 *+
6. Magic Star *+
7. One Way Love Take 2 + Edit Piece) *
8. Dancing In The Street Take 2*+
9. Mockingbird Take 5 *+
10. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um Take 6 *
11. In The Midnight Hour
12. Lover Come Back To Me Take 3 *+
DEMOS FEATURING DAVID BOWIE
13. Toy Soldier
14. I’m Waiting For My Man
15. Silly Boy Blue
16. Silver Tree Top School For Boys
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
17. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
18. Say You Don’t Mind
19. Hours And Hours
20. The Vicar’s Daughter
21. Old Black Car
22. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
23. Making Time
24. Morning Dew
25. Little Tin Soldier
26. Like A Rolling Stone
27. Freaking Out (Steppin’ Out)
* Stereo Balance
+ Glenda Collins & The Riot Squad
Additional Information
| Pre Order Date | 2026-08-21 00:00:00 |
|---|---|
| Release Date | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Pre order | 21/08/2026 |
| Artist | Riot Squad (The) |
| Barcode | 5013929436237 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Label | Strawberry |
| Format | Box Set |
Tracklist
DISC ONE
THE SINGLES
1. Anytime
2. Jump
3. I Wanna Talk About My Baby
4. Gonna Make You Mine
5. Nevertheless (I Love You)
6. Not A Great Talker
7. Cry, Cry, Cry
8. How It Is Done
9. I Take It That We’re Through
10. Working Man
11. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive
12. Try To Realise
13. Gotta Be A First Time
14. Bitter Sweet Love
1965 ACETATE
15. The Monkey Time (Acetate)
16. Monkeying Around (Acetate)
JOE MEEK TEA CHEST TAPES SESSIONS
17. Who’s Fooling Who
18. I Beg To Heaven (John Drysdale & The Riot Squad)
19. Walking On Ice (Take 1)
20. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive (Folk Rock Version) (Take 6)
21. Cry, Cry, Cry (Original Speed) (Take 10)
22. Cry, Cry, Cry (Original Speed With Vocal Overdub) (Take 2)
23. Try To Realise (Early Version) (Take 2)
24. Try To Realise (Take 9)
25. If I Didn’t Love Her So (Take 7)
26. Who’s Fooling Who (Take 3) (Stereo Balance)
27. Gotta Be A First Time (Early Version) (Stereo Balance)
28. That’s Tough (Stereo Balance)
29. Gotta Be A First Time (Early Version Take 4)
DISC TWO
JOE MEEK TEA CHEST TAPES SESSIONS (continued)
1. If I Didn’t Love Her So *
2. Gotta Be A First Time (Stereo Overdub)
3. Bitter Sweet Love (Overdub Session, Take 3) *
4. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive (Folk Rock Version, Take 10) *
5. Walking On Ice (Take 4) *
6. Walking On Ice (Take 8) *
7. Wanna Lover (Take 3) *
8. How It Is Done (Take 2) *
9. How It Is Done (Take 7) *
10. Working Man (Take 1) *
11. Working Man (Take 3) *
12. I Beg To Heaven (Take 10) *
13. I Take It That We’re Through (Alternative Early Version) Take 3
14. I Take It That We’re Through (Alternative Early Version) Take 5
15. Rhythm (Underdub) Take 8
16. Comin’ Home Baby Take 8
17. Outrage Take 7
18. Gotta Be A First Time (Vocal Take 9, Final Lyrics)
19. Try To Realise (Flute Version)
20. It’s Never Too Late To Forgive (Alternative Overdub) Take 18
21. I Take It That We’re Through (Early Version)
22. I Take It That We’re Through (Overdub) Take 5
23. I Take It That We’re Through (Overdub) Take 25
24. I Think I’m Falling In Love Take 6 (Flip & The Riot Squad)
25. Hush-A-Bye (Take 3) (Flip & The Riot Squad)
26. Try To Realise (Backing Track Without Flute) Take 8
27. Unknown Backing Track With Flute Take 4
* Stereo Balance
DISC THREE
GLENDA, NERO & THE RIOTS – 'IT’S A RIOT!' SESSIONS (FROM THE JOE MEEK TEA CHEST TAPES)
1. You’ve Been Cheatin’ Take 2*
2. I (Who Have Nothing Take 2*+
3. Can I Get A Witness Take 2 *+
4. Everybody Loves A Good Time Take 3
5. You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You Take 2 *+
6. Magic Star *+
7. One Way Love Take 2 + Edit Piece) *
8. Dancing In The Street Take 2*+
9. Mockingbird Take 5 *+
10. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um Take 6 *
11. In The Midnight Hour
12. Lover Come Back To Me Take 3 *+
DEMOS FEATURING DAVID BOWIE
13. Toy Soldier
14. I’m Waiting For My Man
15. Silly Boy Blue
16. Silver Tree Top School For Boys
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
17. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
18. Say You Don’t Mind
19. Hours And Hours
20. The Vicar’s Daughter
21. Old Black Car
22. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
23. Making Time
24. Morning Dew
25. Little Tin Soldier
26. Like A Rolling Stone
27. Freaking Out (Steppin’ Out)
* Stereo Balance
+ Glenda Collins & The Riot Squad
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