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01. The Soul's Electric
02. Where The World Divides
03. Spirit of Dust
04. Uncommercial Song
05. Black Waterside
06. Street of Dreams
07. Walking Down The Road with You
08. Love will Tear Us Apart
09. Dancing As Fast As You Can
10. Here Comes The Floor
11. A Clown's Heart
12. Rise Above
13. A River Runs
14. On The Edge
15. Bright Morning Star
16. I Built This House
17. Ways of Holding On
18. Jail Song Two
19. Never Left
20. Hangman Cry
21. And As For You
22. The Sailor's Bonnet
23. Mississippi Summer
24. Scattergun
25. Bold Riley
26. I Once Loved A Lass
27. She's Moved On
28. Long Dark Street
29. The Cornish Farewell Shanty

'This House Will Stand : The Best of Oysterband 1998 – 2015' is a 2-CD, 29 track collection comprising 15 tracks chosen by the band from their last 6 studio albums (including 'Ragged Kingdom', their multi-award-winning reunion collaboration with June Tabor) and 14 unreleased tracks, rare B-sides, live cuts, demos and alternative versions of other Oysterband songs.

Oysterband has been one of the most consistently creative folk and rock bands of the past 38 years. Since their origins in 1977-1978 as the Oyster Ceilidh Band and their subsequent growth and constant development over the decades (sometimes wearing a more rock music mantle, sometimes a more folk/trad one), their musical vision has always burned bright. Following the critical and commercial success of 'Ragged Kingdom' (2011) and 'Diamonds On The Water' (2014), the band has been working on other projects including John Jones 'Never Stop Moving', story-telling tours by founder members Jones, Ian Telfer (fiddle) and Alan Prosser (guitar) as Oysters3, and the rebirth of their annual Big Session Festival in Buxton. This core membership of the band has been instrumental in the continuity of the Oysterband sound throughout these permutations and changes.

This new collection of recordings is drawn from one of the band's most creative and successful periods to date and offers not only key recordings but demos and alternative takes that offer a further, and essential, insight into the work of one of the folk scene's most vital forces.

 

May 2016

Oysterband - This House Will Stand - The Best of Oysterband 1998-2015 (2 CD)

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