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 Me02 Press Your Lips03 Suffer04 The Crow05 Kisses06 None One07 About Time08 Wurzel09 Lucky With Disease10 Asleep In The Back11 Puckfair12 Indepedent Woman13 Stumble14 Love Blown Down15 Brave New Shave16 Loss
CD2
01 Something In The Air02 Whisper Grass03 George Lassoes The Moon04 Live On My Mind05 Lay Down Your Cross06 Teardrop07 Waving From Windows08 My Finger09 Strangeways To Holcombe Hill In 4:2010 McGreggor11 The Good Day12 The Drunken Engineer13 The Long War Shuffle14 Gentle As15 Snowball
