The Beta Band to release 6-disc retrospective boxset

Influencing everyone from Oasis to Radiohead, The Beta Band are to compile their entire back-catalogue into one neatly-compact 6-disc boxset.

The Regal Years (1997-2004) will include everything from their 1998 Three EPs compilation album, to their three studio releases, as well as live recordings and rarities.

It’ll be released on 7 October, with the full tracklisting as below. The group disbanded back in 2004.

Disc 1:
The Three E.P.s
Dry The Rain
I Know
B + A
Dogs Got A Bone
Inner Meet Me
The House Song
Monolith
She’s The One
Push It Out
It’s Over
Dr. Baker
Needles In My Eyes

Disc 2:
The Beta Band
The Beta Band Rap
It’s Not Too Beautiful
Simple Boy
Round The Bend
Dance O’er The Border
Brokenupadingdong
Number 15
Smiling
The Hard One
The Cow’s Wrong
Bonus Tracks
Dance O’er The Border (live At Glastonbury Festival)
The Hard One (manmouse Remix)

Disc 3:
Hot Shots II
Squares
Al Sharp
Human Being
Gone Dragon
Broke
Quiet
Alleged
Life
Eclipse
Bonus Tracks
To You Alone
Sequinsizer
Won
Unknown Squares (bloah Mix)
Quiet (acoustic – From 99x Atlanta Session)
Squares (roman Nose Mix)

Disc 4:
Heroes To Zeros
Assessment
Space
Lion Thief
Easy
Wonderful
Troubles
Out-side
Space Beatle
Rhododendron
Liquid Bird
Simple
Pure For
Bonus Tracks
Out-side (roman Nose Remix)
Assessment (c Swing’s Bootleg Mix)
Shrek Out-side (depth Charge Remix)

Disc 5:
BBC Live BBC Radio 1, Evening Session (10/9/97):
Dry The Rain
Monolith
B + A
Shepherd’s Dub Bbc Radio 1, Lamacq Live (5/7/99):
The Hard One
Brokenupadingdong Bbc 6 Music, Rocket Science Session (01/05/04)
Dog’s Got A Bone
Outside Bbc Radio, T In The Park Live (10/7/04)
Inner Meet Me
Outside
She’s The One
Dry The Rain
Broke

Disc 6:
Demo, Live & Sessions 1997:
Demo Recordings:
Idea For House Track
Longer Idea For Above
Bed In The Sunlight
B An A
Live At Roskilde Festival 2002:
Inner Meet Me
Life
Human Being
Xfm Studio Session 2004:
Dog’s Got A Bone
Outside
Simple
Live At Shepherds Bush Empire 29th Nov 2004:
Squares
Simple
Easy
Dr. Baker
Quiet
The House Song

[via FACT]