Hailing from Heston in West London, The Bluetones (Scott Morriss – bass, Eds Chesters – drums, Adam Devlin – guitars, and Mark Morriss – vocals) arrived on the scene in 1995 with their debut single “Are You Blue Or Are You Blind?”. They followed this up with “Bluetonic” and then “Slight Return”, which reached#2 on the UK singles chart. The debut album “Expecting To Fly” was released in February 1996, and went straight to #1. Many more hit singles followed, along with two more hit albums, “Return To The Last Chance Saloon” (# 10) and “Science And Nature” (# 7).

This first ever comprehensive box set of The Bluetones’ first period of recordings – from 1994 to 2002 – contains 93 tracks across six CDs. It includes the first three albums– “Expecting To Fly” (1996), “Return To The Last Chance Saloon” (1998) and “Science And Nature”(2000) – plus the collection of pre-fame demos “The Early Garage Years”, forty-five non-album A- and B-sides and rarities, along with three previously unreleased demos (mastered for this compilation by Nigel Clark of Dodgy).

CD 1

EXPECTING TO FLY : 1. Talking To Clarry / 2. Bluetonic / 3. Cut Some Rug / 4. Things Change / 5. The Fountainhead / 6. Carnt Be Trusted / 7. Slight Return / 8. Putting Out Fires / 9. Vampire / 10. A Parting Gesture / 11. Time & Again

CD 2

EXPECTING TO FLY: A- and B-SIDES : 1. Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? / 2. String Along / 3. Driftwood / 4. Colorado Beetle / 5. Glad To See Y’Back Again / 6. Don’t Stand Me Down / 7. Nae Hair On’t / 8. Castle Rock / 9. The Devil Behind My Smile / 10. Marblehead Johnson / 11. The Simple Things / 12. Nifkin’s Bridge

BONUS DEMOS: 13. Time & Again [4-track demo] / 14. Cut Some Rug [4-track demo] / 15. Putting Out Fires [4-track demo]

CD 3

THE EARLY GARAGE YEARS : 1. Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? [demo] / 2. Talking To Clarry [demo] / 3. Carnt Be Trusted [demo] / 4. Slight Return [limited edition UK/Japan 7" single] / 5. No. 11 (Bluetonic) [from the Fierce Panda "Return To Splendour" EP] / 6. The Fountainhead [demo] / 7. Time & Again [demo] / 8. Cut Some Rug [homemade 4-track recording] / 9. Talking To Clarry [homemade 8-track recording] / 10. Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? [homemade 8-track recording]

Track Listings: CD 4
CD 4

RETURN TO THE LAST CHANCE SALOON : 1. Tone Blooze / 2. Unpainted Arizona / 3. Solomon Bites The Worm / 4. U.T.A. / 5. 4-Day Weekend / 6. Sleazy Bed Track 7. If... / 8. The Jub-Jub Bird / 9. Sky Will Fall / 10. Ames / 11. Down At The Reservoir / 12. Heard You Were Dead / 13. Broken Starr

RETURN TO THE LAST CHANCE SALOON: B-SIDES : 14. I Was A Teenage Jesus / 15. I Walked All Night / 16. Blue Shadows / 17. The Watchman / 18. The Ballad Of Muldoon / 19. Blue / 20. Mr. Soul / 21. Pretty Ballerina / 22. Woman Done Gone Left Me

Track Listings: CD 5 - 6
CD 5

SCIENCE & NATURE : 1. Zorrro / 2. The Last Of The Great Navigators / 3. Tiger Lily / 4. Mudslide / 5. One Speed Gearbox / 6. Blood Bubble / 7. Autophilia Or "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Car" / 8. Keep The Home Fires Burning / 9. The Basement Song / 10. Slack Jaw / 11. Emily's Pine

CD 6

SCIENCE & NATURE: A- and B-SIDES etc. : 1. Armageddon (OuttaHere) / 2. The Favourite Son / 3. Be Careful What You Dream / 4. Please Stop Talking / 5. Keep The Home Fires Burning [Radio Version] / 6. Thought You’d Be Taller / 7. It’s A Boy / 8. Soup Du Jour / 9. Vostok Of Love / 10. Mudslide [Radio Edit] / 11. Keep The Home Fires Burning [US Version] / 12. Zero Tolerance / 13. FockDa Brain-Hole / 14. Mudslide [Shandy Weather Version] / 15. After Hours / 16. Groovy Roussos / / 17. Sail On Sailor / 18. Reverse Cow Girl / 19. Woman In Love / 20. Ingimarsson / 21. Freeze Dried Pop (Dumb It Up) / 22. Persuasion / 23. The Bluetones Big Score / 24. That’s Life