The Waterboys - Fisherman's Box: The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions (1986-1988) (2013)

Mike Scott had been pursuing his grandiose "big music" since he founded the Waterboys, so it came as a shock when he scaled back the group's sound for the Irish and English folk of Fisherman's Blues. Although the arena-rock influences have been toned down, Scott's vision is no less sweeping or romantic, making even the simplest songs on Fisherman's Blues feel like epics. Nevertheless, the album is the Waterboys' warmest and most rewarding record, boasting a handful of fine songs ("And a Bang on the Ear," the ominous "We Will Not Be Lovers," "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?," and the title track), as well as a surprisingly successful cover of Van Morrison's breathtaking "Sweet Thing."[Fisherman's Blues was reissued in 2006 with a bonus disc containing 14 outtakes, alternate versions, and late-night studio jams. It was reissued again in 2013 as a seven-disc box set featuring 121 tracks from the album sessions, 85 of which had been previously unavailable.]

Track List:
[04:14] 01. The Waterboys - Stranger to Me
[04:22] 02. The Waterboys - Girl of the North Country (2013 Remaster)
[03:23] 03. The Waterboys - I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry
[05:23] 04. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (Piano Version)
[04:24] 05. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (2013 Remaster)
[03:23] 06. The Waterboys - Meet Me at the Station (2013 Remaster)
[03:36] 07. The Waterboys - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
[05:21] 08. The Waterboys - Born to Be Together
[03:43] 09. The Waterboys - The Wayward Wind
[03:18] 10. The Waterboys - World Party (1st Version)
[03:41] 11. The Waterboys - World Party / A Golden Age
[02:12] 12. The Waterboys - Sleek White Schooner
[05:28] 13. The Waterboys - Drunken Head Ghost of Rimbaud Blues
[07:10] 14. The Waterboys - Sweet Thing (2013 Remaster)
[02:01] 15. The Waterboys - Sweet Thing (Conclusion)
[10:46] 16. The Waterboys - Saints and Angels

[07:02] 01. The Waterboys - We Will Not Be Lovers (2013 Remaster)
[02:46] 02. The Waterboys - One Step Closer
[02:04] 03. The Waterboys - My Beautiful Baby
[02:08] 04. The Waterboys - She Could Have Had Me Step by Step
[00:56] 05. The Waterboys - When the Ship Comes In
[02:57] 06. The Waterboys - The Ladder (2013 Remaster)
[03:51] 07. The Waterboys - Will You Ever Be My Friend?
[05:07] 08. The Waterboys - Too Close to Heaven (Rolling Piano)
[01:03] 09. The Waterboys - Higherbound (Prototype)
[00:44] 10. The Waterboys - Happy Birthday B.P. Fallon
[03:27] 11. The Waterboys - The Prettiest Girl in Church
[03:55] 12. The Waterboys - You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight the War
[00:45] 13. The Waterboys - Dee Jay Way
[03:04] 14. The Waterboys - Lonesome and a Long Way from Home (2013 Remaster)
[00:48] 15. The Waterboys - Thistlewaite's Declaration
[05:07] 16. The Waterboys - Strange Boat (First Play)
[04:33] 17. The Waterboys - Lost Highway
[02:16] 18. The Waterboys - Higherbound Blues
[02:01] 19. The Waterboys - Let Us Be Drinking and Kissing the Women (Sonny Brogan's Jig)
[05:16] 20. The Waterboys - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
[05:13] 21. The Waterboys - Tenderfootin' (2013 Remaster)
[12:27] 22. The Waterboys - Too Close to Heaven (2013 Remaster)
[01:04] 23. The Waterboys - Space out There, Trevor

[00:32] 01. The Waterboys - Steve and Anto's Overture
[03:18] 02. The Waterboys - Ain't Leavin, I'm Gone
[02:45] 03. The Waterboys - When Will We Be Married (1st Version)
[04:30] 04. The Waterboys - When I First Said I Loved Only You, Maggie
[00:27] 05. The Waterboys - Love Is Letting Go
[04:46] 06. The Waterboys - On My Way to Heaven (1st Version)
[03:59] 07. The Waterboys - You in the Sky (1st Version)
[01:56] 08. The Waterboys - The Secret Place of the Most High
[04:13] 09. The Waterboys - Too Hot for Cleanhead
[01:54] 10. The Waterboys - Wickham's Proclamation
[05:41] 11. The Waterboys - Blues for Your Baby (2013 Remaster)
[08:16] 12. The Waterboys - Lonesome Old Wind (2013 Remaster)
[01:13] 13. The Waterboys - If Jimi Was Here
[25:57] 14. The Waterboys - Soon as I Get Home
[03:00] 15. The Waterboys - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[02:23] 01. The Waterboys - Billy the Kid
[02:21] 02. The Waterboys - Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
[07:21] 03. The Waterboys - Come Live with Me
[04:41] 04. The Waterboys - I Miss the Road
[03:37] 05. The Waterboys - Higher in Time (Two Pianos)
[02:20] 06. The Waterboys - Too Hot for Cleanhead (Fast Version)
[02:25] 07. The Waterboys - Higher in Time (Scottish Version)
[01:56] 08. The Waterboys - Higherbound (3rd Tune)
[04:04] 09. The Waterboys - A Golden Age
[05:46] 10. The Waterboys - You in the Sky (2013 Remaster)
[03:26] 11. The Waterboys - I Will Meet You in Heaven Again
[03:03] 12. The Waterboys - Nobody 'Cept You (2013 Remaster)
[02:36] 13. The Waterboys - (He Hasn't Been the Same Since) Jimmy Shand
[02:38] 14. The Waterboys - Rattle My Bones and Shiver My Soul (2013 Remaster)
[00:56] 15. The Waterboys - The Scotsman's Delight
[04:44] 16. The Waterboys - Killing My Heart
[02:01] 17. The Waterboys - Industrial Mr Brown
[05:31] 18. The Waterboys - Custer's Blues
[02:59] 19. The Waterboys - Shall We Gather by the River
[10:49] 20. The Waterboys - Higher in Time Symphony

[05:18] 01. The Waterboys - Higherbound (3rd Version)
[02:15] 02. The Waterboys - The Grief of Pan
[05:27] 03. The Waterboys - World Party (2013 Remaster)
[03:25] 04. The Waterboys - Working on a Building
[03:30] 05. The Waterboys - If I Can't Have You (2013 Remaster)
[04:30] 06. The Waterboys - Killing My Heart (2nd Version)
[01:21] 07. The Waterboys - Trunk Call
[01:22] 08. The Waterboys - Headphone Mix Song
[05:26] 09. The Waterboys - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
[02:38] 10. The Waterboys - When Will We Be Married (2nd Version)
[06:43] 11. The Waterboys - Bp's Bathtub Boogie
[02:10] 12. The Waterboys - We Will Not Be Lovers (Sax Solo)
[02:06] 13. The Waterboys - Heading Down the Highway
[05:37] 14. The Waterboys - Strange Boat
[05:48] 15. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (2nd Version)
[03:31] 16. The Waterboys - Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? (Bridgeman Version)
[03:41] 17. The Waterboys - On My Way to Heaven
[06:09] 18. The Waterboys - Let Me Feel Holy Again (2013 Remaster)
[02:44] 19. The Waterboys - A Home in the Meadow
[03:40] 20. The Waterboys - Strange Boat / The Good Ship Sirius (3rd Version)
[01:41] 21. The Waterboys - The Stolen Child (Prototype)

[05:03] 01. The Waterboys - On My Way to Tara
[04:19] 02. The Waterboys - Twa Recruitin' Sergeants
[04:05] 03. The Waterboys - Incident at Puck Fair
[09:13] 04. The Waterboys - And a Bang on the Ear (2013 Remaster)
[02:49] 05. The Waterboys - Mr Customs Man
[02:33] 06. The Waterboys - Strange Boat (Acoustic)
[01:17] 07. The Waterboys - Spring Comes to Spiddal
[03:35] 08. The Waterboys - In Search of a Rose (Band)
[01:03] 09. The Waterboys - The Stolen Child (Piano Demo)
[02:57] 10. The Waterboys - When Will We Be Married (2013 Remaster)
[01:37] 11. The Waterboys - In Search of a Rose
[02:42] 12. The Waterboys - The Good Ship Sirius
[04:26] 13. The Waterboys - This Land Is Your Land
[02:04] 14. The Waterboys - Jimmy Hickey's Waltz (2013 Remaster)
[01:00] 15. The Waterboys - Live Aid and After
[02:48] 16. The Waterboys - Carolan's Welcome (2013 Remaster)
[03:41] 17. The Waterboys - When Ye Go Away (2013 Remaster)
[00:48] 18. The Waterboys - When Ye Go Away (Frankie's Fiddle)
[03:16] 19. The Waterboys - Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? (2013 Remaster)
[00:51] 20. The Waterboys - The Stolen Child (Vocal Demo)
[01:02] 21. The Waterboys - Dunford's Fancy (2013 Remaster)
[06:49] 22. The Waterboys - The Stolen Child (2013 Remaster)
[01:02] 23. The Waterboys - Pictish National Anthem (Comati)
[01:38] 24. The Waterboys - Bo Diddley Was a Caveman
[04:41] 25. The Waterboys - The Last Jam
[04:01] 26. The Waterboys - Buckets of Rain