Iain Matthews - Thro' My Eyes: The Vertigo Years 1970-1974 [5CD] (CD Box Set)

An original member of the folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band Matthews Southern Comfort and topping the UK charts in 1970 with Joni Mitchell's Woodstock, Iain Matthews can rightly be described as a music legend. In the 1970s, as well as recording solo albums for Vertigo, Elektra and CBS/ Columbia, he was also a founder member of Plainsong, whose 6CD box set Following Amelia can also be found on Cherry Red Records. Still making albums and playing live to this day, his career in the music business is a classic example of talent married to longevity.

This new box set, Thro' My Eyes: The Vertigo Years 1970-1974, features the three original albums from his album deal with Vertigo - If You Saw Thro' My Eyes, Tigers Will Survive and Journeys From Gospel Oak - alongside a wealth of previously unissued material from Iain's archives, including for the first time on CD material recorded during his 1971 residency at the Bitter End in New York with future Plainsong members Andy Roberts and Bobby Ronga and former Fairport bandmate Richard Thompson. Also included in this comprehensive collection are Vertigo era tracks recorded live in Paris, a live version of his first solo album recorded during an 18-date tour of The Netherlands in 2003, and tracks from the now long out-of-print Notebook Series.

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Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Desert Inn
2. Hearts
3. Never Ending
4. Reno Nevada
5. Little Known
6. Hinge {Part One}
7. Hinge {Part Two}
8. Southern Wind
9. It Came Without Warning
10. You Couldn't Lose
11. Morgan the Pirate
12. Thro'My Eyes
13. Never Ending (Live at the Bitter End)
14. Hope You Know (Live at the Bitter End)
15. Please Be My Friend (Live at the Bitter End)
16. Genesis Hall (Live at the Bitter End)
17. Souling Song (Live at the Bitter End)
18. Woodstock (Live at the Bitter End)
19. Right Before My Eyes (Live at the Bitter End)
20. Reno Nevada (Live at the Bitter End)
21. Close the Door Lightly When You Go (Live at the Bitter End)
22. Road to Ronderlin (Live at the Bitter End)

CD 2:
1. Never Again
2. Close the Door Lightly When You Go
3. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
4. Morning Song
5. The Only Dancer
6. Tigers Will Survive
7. Midnight on the Water
8. Right Before My Eyes
9. Da Doo Ron Ron
10. Hope You Know
11. Please Be My Friend
12. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Iain Matthews Radio Session, April 1971)
13. Not Much at All (Iain Matthews Radio Session, April 1971)
14. Hearts (Iain Matthews Radio Session, April 1971)
15. Baby Ruth (Iain Matthews Radio Session, April 1971)
16. Home (Iain Matthews Radio Session, April 1971)
17. There's a Woody Guthrie Song (Iain Matthews Radio Session, May 1971)
18. Thro' My Eyes (Iain Matthews Radio Session, May 1971)
19. Never Ending (Iain Matthews Radio Session, May 1971)
20. Desert Inn (Iain Matthews Radio Session, May 1971)
21. Close the Door Lightly When You Go (Iain Matthews Radio Session, May 1971)

CD 3:
1. Knowing the Game
2. Polly
3. Things You Gave Me
4. Mobile Blue
5. Tribute to Hank Williams
6. Met Her on a Plane
7. Bride 1945
8. Franklin Avenue
9. Do Right Woman
10. Sing Me Back Home
11. Devil in Disguise (Album Outtake)
12. Met Her on a Plane (7" Strings Version)
13. Knowing the Game (2006 Re-Recording)
14. Polly (2006 Re-Recording)
15. Franklin Avenue (2006 Re- Recording)
16. Tribute to Hank Williams (2006 Re-Recording)
17. Devil in Disguise (2006 Re- Recording)
18. Knowing the Game (Acoustic in Paris - Live at la Pomme D'Eve)
19. Franklin Avenue (Acoustic in Paris - Live at la Pomme D'Eve)
20. Tribute to Hank Williams (Acoustic in Paris - Live at la Pomme D'Eve)

CD 4:
1. Desert Inn
2. Hearts
3. Never Ending
4. Reno Nevada
5. Little Known
6. Hinge {Part One}
7. Hinge {Part Two}
8. Southern Wind
9. It Came Without Warning
10. You Couldn't Lose
11. Morgan the Pirate
12. Thro' My Eyes
13. Reno Nevada (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
14. Thro' My Eyes (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
15. Desert Inn (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
16. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
17. Tribute to Hank Williams (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
18. Midnight on the Water (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
19. Knowing the Game (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)
20. Reno Nevada (Excerpts From the Notebook Series)

CD 5:
1. Close the Door Lightly When You Go (Live)
2. Desert Inn (Live)
3. Hope You Know (Live)
4. Please Be My Friend (Live)
5. Midnight on the Water (Live)
6. Tigers Will Survive (Live)
7. Tigers Will Survive (Live)
8. Thro' My Eyes (Live)
9. Bride 1945 (Live)
10. Knowing the Game (Live)
11. Tribute to Hank Williams (Live)
12. Never Ending (Live)
13. You Couldn't Lose (Live)
14. Thro' My Eyes (Live)
15. Reno Nevada (Live)
16. Thro' My Eyes (Live)
17. Reno Nevada (Live)
18. Franklin Avenue (Live)
19. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream (Live)