When Elbow first appeared around 1999 I was captivated by their sound, especially on the 'Newborn' single which I bought straight away. 'Red' and 'The Any Day Now' EP followed, and when I bought the album on the day of release I realised that a lot of the songs on those early singles weren't on the album. This turned out to be a regular occurrence, with many, many songs being tucked away on b-sides, and most never saw the light of day until deluxe re-issues of the albums some twenty years later. Obviously I knew I couldn't wait that long, so around 2006 I collected all my singles and EPs together and complied a double CD collection of b-sides and rare session tracks. I called it 'Arse' (arse, elbow, geddit?) and I played it to death back then. Most of these songs are still extremely hard to find, so now's the time to share it.
Track listing CD1 01 One Thing That Was Bothering Me 02 Press Your Lips 03 Suffer 04 The Crow 05 Kisses 06 None One 07 About Time 08 Wurzel 09 Lucky With Disease 10 Asleep In The Back 11 Puckfair 12 Indepedent Woman 13 Stumble 14 Love Blown Down 15 Brave New Shave 16 Loss CD2 01 Something In The Air 02 Whisper Grass 03 George Lassoes The Moon 04 Live On My Mind 05 Lay Down Your Cross 06 Teardrop 07 Waving From Windows 08 My Finger 09 Strangeways To Holcombe Hill In 4:20 10 McGreggor 11 The Good Day 12 The Drunken Engineer 13 The Long War Shuffle 14 Gentle As 15 Snowball
