The Decca Years 1974 to 1977

Compilation by Michael Chapman

Released 2021

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Deal Gone Down - 1974
  • 1
    The Rock’n’ Roll Jigley
    1:43
  • 2
    Party Pieces
    4:52
  • 3
    Another Season Song
    3:27
  • 4
    Stranger Passing By
    3:29
  • 5
    Used to Be
    1:47
  • 6
    Deal Gone Down
    4:02
  • 7
    The Banjo Song
    3:32
  • 8
    Theme From the Movie of the Same Name
    2:15
  • 9
    Goodbye Sunny Sky
    3:19
  • 10
    Journeyman
    5:12
  • 11
    Dumplings (instrumental from The Deal Gone Down session - B side to The Banjo Song single)
    1:35
  • 12
    Stranger Passing By (demo)
    4:36
  • 13
    Theme From the Movie of the Same Name (demo)
    2:49
  • 14
    Goodbye Sunny Sky (demo)
    2:52
  • 15
    Untitled Rag (demo)
    1:51
  • 16
    Journeyman (demo)
    3:11
  • 17
    Another Season Song (demo, previously unissued)
    3:28
  • 18
    Deal Gone Down (demo, previously unissued)
    2:03
  • 19
    Party Pieces (demo, previously unissued)
    3:14
  • 20
    Used to Be (demo, previously unissued)
    2:11
  • CD 2: Savage Amusement - 1976
  • 1
    Shuffleboat River Farewell
    4:39
  • 2
    Secret of the Locks
    3:58
  • 3
    Crocky Hill Disaster
    4:41
  • 4
    Lovin’ Dove
    3:33
  • 5
    Hobo’s Lament
    3:16
  • 6
    Stranger
    7:39
  • 7
    How Can a Poor Man
    2:41
  • 8
    It Didn’t Work Out
    5:26
  • 9
    Devastation Hotel
    5:20
  • 10
    Lovin’ Dove (demo)
    2:45
  • 11
    Just to Keep You (demo)
    3:07
  • 12
    Devastation Hotel & Crocky Hill Disaster Idea (demo)
    2:54
  • 13
    Waiting for a Train (All Around the Water Tank) (demo)
    3:23
  • 14
    Devastation Hotel (demo, previously unissued)
    1:52
  • 15
    Hobo’s Lament (demo, previously unissued)
    2:04
  • 16
    Lost Ragtime Piece (demo, previously unissued)
    1:51
  • 17
    Lovin’ Dove (demo, previously unissued)
    0:59
  • CD 3: The Man Who Hated Mornings - 1977
  • 1
    Northern Lights
    7:23
  • 2
    I’m Sober Now
    3:45
  • 3
    The Man Who Hated Mornings
    4:07
  • 4
    Ballad in Plain D
    4:43
  • 5
    Steel Bonnets
    2:58
  • 6
    Dogs Got More Sense
    4:04
  • 7
    Falling Apart
    3:35
  • 8
    While Dancing the Pride of Erin
    2:55
  • 9
    Dreams Are Dangerous Things
    4:47
  • 10
    Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls?
    2:51
  • 11
    Dogs Got More Sense (early version recorded for proposed single)
    3:47
  • 12
    Expressway in the Rain (demo, previously unissued) (Millstone Grit album)
    2:38
  • 13
    Steel Bonnets (instrumental)
    2:04

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