A five disc set from The Primitives will be released March 20th. The Primitives: Bloom! The Full Story 1985 - 1992 collects three studio albums, along with related singles/b-sides, cover versions, demos, BBC sessions, live recordings, and four previously unreleased mixes. The material was compiled by Cherry Red Records with the full support of The Primitives -- an interview with core members Tracy Tracy and Paul Court appears as part of the liner notes for the set.
View the tracklisting for The Primitives: Bloom! The Full Story 1985 - 1992 below and head here to pre-order.
Disc One - The Lazy Years
01. Crash (Demo)
02. Across My Shoulder (Demo)
03. Spacehead (Demo)
04. Really Stupid (Demo)
05. Nothing Left (Demo)
06. Thru The Flowers
07. Across My Shoulder
08. She Don't Need You
09. Lazy
10. Really Stupid
11. We Found A Way To The Sun
12. Where The Wind Blows
13. Stop Killing Me
14. Buzz Buzz Buzz
15. Laughing Up My Sleeve
16. Ocean Blue
17. Shadow (Guitar Version)
18. Thru The Flowers (New Version)
19. Everything Shining Bright
20. Nothing Left (Sounds Version)
21. I’ll Stick With You (1987 Version)
22. Dreamwalk Baby (1987 Version)
23. Buzz Buzz Buzz (1987 Version)
24. Nothing Left (1987 Version)
25. Out Of Reach (1987 Version)
26. Carry Me Home (1987 Version)
27. Don't Want Anything To Change(1987 VERSION)
Disc Two - Lovely (plus bonus tracks)
01. Crash
02. Spacehead
03. Carry Me Home
04. Shadow
05. Thru The Flowers
06. Dreamwalk Baby
07. I’ll Stick With You
08. Nothing Left
09. Stop Killing Me
10. Out Of Reach
11. Ocean Blue
12. Run Baby Run
13. Don't Want Anything To Change
14. Buzz Buzz Buzz
15. I’ll Stick With You (Single Version)
16. Things Get In Your Way
17. Crash (live in the studio)
18. Out Of Reach (Single Version)
19. Dreamwalk Baby (live)
20. Really Stupid (live)
21. Crash (live)
22. I Wanna Be Your Dog (live)
Disc Three - Pure (plus bonus tracks)
01. Outside
02. Summer Rain
03. Sick Of It
04. Shine
05. Dizzy Heights
06. All The Way Down
07. Secrets
08. Keep Me In Mind
09. Lonely Streets
10. Can't Bring Me Down
11. Way Behind Me
12. Never Tell
13. All The Way Down (Beat Version)
14. Way Behind Me (Acoustic Version)
15. Noose
16. I'll Be Your Mirror
17. As Tears Go By
18. I Almost Touched You
19. Secrets (demo)
20. Secrets (Zeus B Held Version 12" Mix)(previously unreleased)
21. Secrets (Zeus B Held 12" Dub)(previously unreleased)
22. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)
Disc Four - Galore (plus bonus tracks)
01. You Are The Way
02. Lead Me Astray
03. Earth Thing
04. Give This World To You
05. Slip Away
06. Cold Enough To Kill
07. Hello Jesus
08. Empathise
09. See Thru The Dark
10. Kiss Mine
11. Smile
12. The Little Black Egg
13. In My Dream
14. Sunpulse
15. Flow (previously unreleased)
16. Stop Killing me (acoustic)
17. You Are The Way (September Mix)
18. You Are The Way (Re-Ravishing Mix)
19. You Are The Way (God's Own Garage Band Mix - Alt version)(previously unreleased)
20. Under My Spell
21. Haunted
Disc Five - BBC Sessions 1986-1987/Live At Bath Moles
BBC Sessions 1986 - 1987
01. Really Stupid
02. Nothing Left
03. Run Baby Run
04. I’ll Stick With You
05. Where The Wind Blows
06. Across My Shoulder
07. Spacehead
08. Crash
09. Stop Killing Me
10. Shadow
11. Buzz Buzz Buzz
12. As Tears Go By
13. Dreamwalk Baby
14. Ocean Blue
15. Everything's Shining Bright
16. She Don't Need You
Live At Bath Moles
17. All The Way Down (live)
18. Sick Of It (live)
19. Give This World To You (live)
20. Outside (live)
21. Slip Away (live)
22. You Are The Way (live)
23. Earth Thing (live)
24. See Thru The Dark (live)
25. Stop Killing Me (live)
26. Way Behind Me (live)