G Stands For Go-Betweens Vol.1 ［4LP+4CD］

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Though the Go-Betweens' time ended tragically with Grant McLennan's death in 2006, the band's legend and influence has only grown since then as more and more young bands and artists discover them. Despite their august status, the group's albums had sadly fallen out of print in the U.S. and U.K. by 2015. With the help of band co-founder Robert Forster, Domino began to remedy that with G Stands for Go-Betweens, Vol. 1, a giant set that contains vinyl editions of the band's first three albums (1982's Send Me a Lullaby, 1983's Before Hollywood, and 1984's Spring Hill Fair), a collection of their first five singles, four CDs of rarities, and a really nice selection of written materials. The three albums chart the coming of age of the band, moving from the angular, well-read art punks of the early singles (helpfully collected on one album here) and albums to the more sophisticated, emotionally powerful pop band they had become by the time they recorded the heartbreakingly lovely song "Cattle and Cane" and the near-brilliant Spring Hill Fair. The rarities are organized chronologically, beginning with a bracing bunch of early demos from the late '70s. A rambunctious live set from 1982 is also included, as are many demos that show some avenues not taken, early versions of some classic songs ("Bachelor Kisses," most interestingly), a great Peel session from 1984, and at least one, maybe two, handfuls of songs that had never seen the light of day previously. While many of the rarities had indeed been released in one form or another over the years, and most fans of the band will already have the albums and singles in question, it's still nice, and revelatory, to have everything from the era collected in one place. Especially useful is the First Five Singles album, which shows that the band started off right away crafting super hooky and powerful songs. It may be the part of the set listeners will keep going back to over and over, especially when they need a quick blast of post-punk pop genius like "Lee Remick" or "Don't Let Him Come Back." Along with the music, the supplemental materials also make the set worth getting for the hardcore devoted, with Forster writing a typically trenchant essay and even some of McLennan's poems included. G Stands for Go-Betweens is a labor of love, carefully put together by Forster with obvious affection, and essential for any fan of the band, especially those who treasure their tumultuous formative years over their more full-formed, yet still quite tumultuous, later period. ~ Tim Sendra
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The Go-Betweens - G Stands For Go-Betweens Volume One
Full Tracklist

LP #1 The First Five Singles
side A:
Lee Remick
People Say
I Need Two Heads
Your Turn, My Turn
Hammer The Hammer

side B:
Karen
Don't Let Him Come Back
Stop Before You Say It
World Weary
By Chance

LP #2 Send Me A Lullaby
side A:
Your Turn, My Turn
One Thing Can Hold Us
People Know
The Girls Have Moved
Midnight To Neon
Eight Pictures

side B:
Careless
All About Strength
Ride
Hold Your Horses
Arrow In A Bow
It Could Be Anyone

LP #3 Before Hollywood
side A:
A Bad Debt Follows You
Two Steps Step Out
Before Hollywood
Dusty In Here
Ask

side B:
Cattle And Cane
By Chance
As Long As That
On My Block
That Way

LP #4 Spring Hill Fair
side A:
Bachelor Kisses
Five Words
The Old Way Out
You've Never Lived
Part Company

side B:
Slow Slow Music
Draining The Pool For You
River Of Money
Unkind And Unwise
Man O'Sand To Girl O'Sea

CD #1 Life As Sweet As Lemonade
Rarities Volume One: 1978-79

I Want To Be Today
The Sound Of Rain
People Say
Don't Let Him Come Back
Long Lonely Day
Day For Night
Love Wasn't Made For You And Me
Just Hang On
Summer's Melting My Mind
Obsession With You
The Night
Rare Victory
Big Sleeping City
Beachcomber
The Missing One
I Am An Architect
8 Pictures
The Green Light Don't Mean Go
Cold Flame (It Burns)
Help Or Something
Only Sinners Care
Lies

CD #2 Skeletons That Cry
Rarities Volume Two: 1980-81
Don't Let Him Back
The Clowns Are In Town
Serenade Sound
Sunday Night
Hope
It Took You A Week
Day After Tomorrow
I Know Why
Circle You
I Need Two Heads
All About Strength
One Word
Red Epaulettes


CD #3 Live 82
Rarities Volume Three: Live at The Mosman Hotel April 23, 1982
Metal And Shells
Your Turn, My Turn
Careless
Distant Hands
Hammer The Hammer
People Know
I Need Two Heads
One Thing Can Hold Us
Near The Chimney
Undo What You Did
By Chance
It Could Be Anyone

CD #4 A Suicide Note To Satan
Rarities Volume Four: 1982-84
A Peaceful Wreck
Heaven Says
On My Block
Cattle And Cane
Hammer The Hammer
Man O'Sand To Girl O'Sea
Newton Told Me
Man O'Sand To Girl O'Sea
This Girl, Black Girl
Emperor's Courtesan
Attraction
Marco Polo Jr.
Sweet Tasting Hours
Part Company
Bachelor Kisses
The Old Way Out
Unkind And Unwise
Just A King In Mirrors
Rare Breed
Secondhand Furniture
The Power That I Now Have
Five Words
For Him