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Ian Hunter

From the Knees of My Heart: The Chrysalis Years (1979-1981)

From the Knees of My Heart: The Chrysalis Years (1979-1981)

UPC: 5060516091256

Format: CD (4 disc)

Release Date: Feb 22, 2019

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Ian Hunter's short time at Chrysalis marked one of his great periods so it's little wonder that it's been heavily anthologized over the years. Nevertheless, the 2012 four-disc box From the Knees of My Heart: The Chrysalis Years (1979-1981) is one of the best of the bunch, capturing his three albums for the label -- 1979's You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, 1980's live set Welcome to the Club, the very new wave 1981 platter Short Back N Sides -- and adding a bunch of rarities, including a live disc that was included as a bonus on an expanded double-disc reissue of You're Never Alone in 2009. Welcome to the Club and Short Back N Sides have also seen expanded reissues over the years and most, but not all, of the bonus cuts are here, along with a few other songs that haven't showed up elsewhere, plus a live set at Pepsi Fest on the fourth disc that hasn't shown up on disc, but has been on home video before. Some of these details are little more than list-keeping for trainspotters because the essential fact is this: the three years Ian Hunter spent at Chrysalis are among his strongest, with him producing two excellent LPs (You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic may be his greatest solo album) and fronting a hell of a band, heard here in their full glory twice. This is the easiest, best way to get all of the major recordings from this brilliant era at once. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Just Another Night
2 - Wild East
3 - Cleveland Rocks
4 - Ships
5 - When the Daylight Comes
6 - Life After Death
7 - Standin' in My Light
8 - Bastard
9 - Outsider
10 - Don't Let Go (Demo)
11 - Other Side of Life
12 - Ships [Early Version]
13 - When the Daylight Comes [Early Version]
14 - Just Another Night [Ronsonesque Version]
15 - Outsider [Early Version]
16 - Alibi
Disc 2:
1 - F.B.I. [Live]
2 - Once Bitten Twice Shy [Live]
3 - Angeline [Live]
4 - Laugh at Me [Live]
5 - All the Way From Memphis [Live]
6 - I Wish I Was Your Mother [Live]
7 - Irene Wilde [Live]
8 - Just Another Night [Live]
9 - Cleveland Rocks [Live]
10 - Standin' in My Light [Live]
11 - Bastard [Live]
12 - Walking With a Mountain/Rock 'n' Roll Queen [Live]
13 - All the Young Dudes [Live]
14 - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Live]
15 - One of the Boys [Live]
16 - Golden Age of Rock and Roll [Live]
Disc 3:
1 - Central Park 'n' West
2 - Lisa Likes Rock 'n' Roll
3 - I Need Your Love
4 - Old Records Never Die
5 - Noises
6 - Rain
7 - Gun Control
8 - Theatre of the Absurd
9 - Leave Me Alone
10 - Keep On Burning
11 - Na Na Na
12 - I Believe in You
13 - Listen to the Eight Track
14 - You Stepped Into My Dreams
15 - Venus in the Bathtub
16 - Detroit [Take 1]
17 - China [Rough Mix]
Disc 4:
1 - Once Bitten Twice Shy [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
2 - Gun Control [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
3 - Central Park N' West [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
4 - All the Way From Memphis/Honky Tonk Women [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
5 - I Need Your Love [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
6 - Noises [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
7 - Just Another Night [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
8 - Cleveland Rocks [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
9 - Irene Wilde [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
10 - Medley: All the Young Dudes [Live at the Dr Pepper Festival, New York City]
11 - Sons and Daughters [Live/Alternate Version]
12 - We Gotta Get Out of Here [Alternate Version]
13 - Silver Needles [Live]
14 - Man O' War [Live]