Pre-release
Clip 1: YOUR WAY
Recorded at The Sentrum Scene, Oslo, January 2002 but not included on the resultant album Strings Attached. Ian notes "Andy York and I were not too keen on the performance at the time. A year or two later it sounded really good to us, we were looking at each other and saying 'Why did we dislike it'?"
Clip 2: SAN DIEGO FREEWAY
Taken from our Experiments CD which is wholly made up of previously unreleased outtakes and demos from the personal archive of Ian Hunter. Gold dust ! Ian Hunter "Songs just come to me. This was just fun. Get in line!"
Clip 3: WHERE DO YOU ALL COME FROM
Recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, England in 2008, Ian had not played this song live since 1973 ! It of course being the original B-side of Roll Away the Stone.
In his song, "Seein' Red, Ian Hunter refers to Gary_Webb who was an investigative reporter. Webb examined the origins of the crack cocaine trade in Los Angeles and claimed that members of the anti-government Contra rebels in Nicaragua had played a major role in creating the trade, using cocaine profits to support their struggle. It also suggested that the Contras may have acted with the knowledge and protection of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Under unusual circumstances Webb's death was ruled a suicide.
Preview
We have gone to great lengths to obtain rare footage of Ian in various settings throughout the years and have come up trumps with rare rehearsal footage, record company promotional videos, European TV clips, full concerts and much more.
We are providing you with over 5 hours of prime Ian Hunter and here are a few clips to whet your appetites, a studio rehearsal film from 1975, a rare as hens teeth clip from Dutch TV in 1979 and a taster from the Ryerson Theatre, Toronto concert also from 1979.
The career of the British rock great and Mott the Hoople icon Ian Hunter is celebrated with this 30-disc Anthology box set, Stranded in Reality, containing a swathe of rare and previously unreleased recordings and film. Compiled and curated by Ian and recognised Hunter-Mott biographer Campbell Devine, the project is the ultimate celebration of the artist?s hugely influential and sparkling solo work. Covering the years 1975 to 2015, Stranded in Reality comprises 17 original albums on 19 CDs, 9 ?new? discs of intriguing rare and unreleased tracks plus 2DVDs. All of Ian?s classic solo albums are contained in the box set including expanded Anniversary Editions of Ian Hunter, All-American Alien Boy, You?re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic and Welcome to the Club, plus special unique bonus track discs of Short Back n? Sides, All of The Good Ones Are Taken, The Artful Dodger, Strings Attached, Shrunken Heads and When I?m President. The new albums are titled Tilting the Mirror (Rarities 2CD), If You Wait Long Enough for Anything, You Can Get it on Sale (Live 1979-81 2CD), Bag of Tricks (Live Volumes 1, 2 and 3), Acoustic Shadows and Experiments. The box presents many unheard and ?lost? songs from Ian?s archive including ?San Diego Freeway?, ?Nobody?s Perfect? and ?Salvation? as well as rarely performed live versions of ?Wild East?, ?While You Were Looking At Me?, ?The Outsider? and a 2008 acoustic concert. A visual 2 disc set, It Never Happened, features promo, live and archive material, and most of the footage has not been issued commercially on DVD until now. The project includes a complete 1979 Hunter Ronson concert from London?s Hammersmith Odeon and a TV film from the same tour, live in Toronto. Collectively, the albums and DVD?s offer music fans a rock ?n? roll jackpot of over 400 tracks! Lavishly presented in an LP-size deluxe box with custom Escher-style cover, the collection also contains an 88-page hardback book with comprehensive essay, rare memorabilia and Ian Hunter ?Track by Track? for every song, a stunning facsimile Shades newspaper featuring classic historic press features, an Alien Boy lithograph personally signed by Ian and original and brand new album artwork in replica card sleeves.
Track listing:
http://www.propermusic.com/product-details/Ian-Hunter-Stranded-In-Reality-Ltd-Edition-Box-Set-235832
Ian Hunter’s new studio album, Fingers Crossed promises ten new songs including ‘Ghosts’, ‘That’s When the Trouble Starts’, ‘Bow Street Runners’ and Ian’s much-anticipated homage to David Bowie ‘Dandy’. Recorded at HOBO Studios in New Jersey, and co-produced by Hunter and Andy York, the record features his magnificent Rant Band and will be released later this year on Proper Records.
Info from Proper Records flyers at the Copper Rooms last night:
Ian Hunter - Stranded in Reality, the ultimate box set.
Ian's solo catalogue 1975-2015, 17 original albums on 19 CDs & 2 DVDs & 9 cds of rare, live & unreleased material.
New discs Tilting the Mirror, Experiments, Acoustic Shadows, bag of Tricks, It Never Happened & If Wait Long Enough for Anything, You Can get it On sale.
Set also includes an 88 page book with Ian Hunter 'track by track' for all songs & 'Shades' replica music paper & signed Alien Boy lithograph.
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The flyer also showed the art work for four of the new albums
The career of the British rock great and Mott the Hoople icon Ian Hunter is celebrated with this 30-disc Anthology box set, Stranded in Reality, containing a swathe of rare and previously unreleased recordings and film. Compiled and curated by Ian and recognised Hunter-Mott biographer Campbell Devine, the project is the ultimate celebration of the artist?s hugely influential and sparkling solo work. Covering the years 1975 to 2015, Stranded in Reality comprises 17 original albums on 19 CDs, 9 ?new? discs of intriguing rare and unreleased tracks plus 2DVDs.
All of Ian?s classic solo albums are contained in the box set including expanded Anniversary Editions of Ian Hunter, All-American Alien Boy, You?re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic and Welcome to the Club, plus special unique bonus track discs of Short Back n? Sides, All of The Good Ones Are Taken, The Artful Dodger, Strings Attached, Shrunken Heads and When I?m President.
The new albums are titled Tilting the Mirror (Rarities 2CD), If You Wait Long Enough for Anything, You Can Get it on Sale (Live 1979-81 2CD), Bag of Tricks (Live Volumes 1, 2 and 3), Acoustic Shadows and Experiments. The box presents many unheard and ?lost? songs from Ian?s archive including ?San Diego Freeway?, ?Nobody?s Perfect? and ?Salvation? as well as rarely performed live versions of ?Wild East?, ?While You Were Looking At Me?, ?The Outsider? and a 2008 acoustic concert.
A visual 2 disc set, It Never Happened, features promo, live and archive material, and most of the footage has not been issued commercially on DVD until now. The project includes a complete 1979 Hunter Ronson concert from London?s Hammersmith Odeon and a TV film from the same tour, live in Toronto. Collectively, the albums and DVD?s offer music fans a rock ?n? roll jackpot of over 400 tracks!
Lavishly presented in an LP-size deluxe box with custom Escher-style cover, the collection also contains an 88-page hardback book with comprehensive essay, rare memorabilia and Ian Hunter ?Track by Track? for every song, a stunning facsimile Shades newspaper featuring classic historic press features, an Alien Boy lithograph personally signed by Ian and original and brand new album artwork in replica card sleeves.