Legacy: Best Of
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Legacy: Best Of is the first official 'best of' collection from Mansun
. It collects all the bands Parlophone
lead-EP tracks and selected album tracks which were compiled by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad
. It was released as a standard CD, special edition CD and DVD set featuring all the bands promo videos and digital download.
There is an unreleased track "South of the Painted Hall" that you can download for free when you sign up on their mailing list and insert the CD into your computer. The track was recorded in 2001 for the band's fourth album. When the band split, all unreleased recordings were to be released as a compilation; Kleptomania
. Unfortunately, the vocal track for "South of the Painted Hall" was lost and so the track was not included. During the compilation of Legacy, a demo CD was found in the archives containing a rough mix of the track, complete with vocals. It is this version that is available for download.
As Mansun
's albums were concept albums, each a continuous piece of music, many of the band's singles had to be re-edited or even re-recorded, especially those from their second album Six. The single version of Being a Girl, for example, was just the first two minutes of section of a track which, on the album, lasted over seven.
Mansun
Mansun were an English alternative rock band formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone. The band broke up in May 2003....
. It collects all the bands Parlophone
Parlophone
Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...
lead-EP tracks and selected album tracks which were compiled by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad
Dominic Chad
Dominic Chad is an English rock guitarist and former member of the rock band Mansun.He reportedly changed his name by deed poll to Dominic Brian Chad in 1998, due to his fixation with the now deceased Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones.Chad is an arranger and songwriter, having co-written...
. It was released as a standard CD, special edition CD and DVD set featuring all the bands promo videos and digital download.
There is an unreleased track "South of the Painted Hall" that you can download for free when you sign up on their mailing list and insert the CD into your computer. The track was recorded in 2001 for the band's fourth album. When the band split, all unreleased recordings were to be released as a compilation; Kleptomania
Kleptomania (album)
-Disc two:-Disc three:-Personnel:Disc One Credits* All songs written by Paul Draper* Produced by Richard Rainey and Paul Draper* Engineered by Cenzo Townshend, except tracks 9 and 10 engineered by Barney Chase.Disc Two Credits...
. Unfortunately, the vocal track for "South of the Painted Hall" was lost and so the track was not included. During the compilation of Legacy, a demo CD was found in the archives containing a rough mix of the track, complete with vocals. It is this version that is available for download.
As Mansun
Mansun
Mansun were an English alternative rock band formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone. The band broke up in May 2003....
's albums were concept albums, each a continuous piece of music, many of the band's singles had to be re-edited or even re-recorded, especially those from their second album Six. The single version of Being a Girl, for example, was just the first two minutes of section of a track which, on the album, lasted over seven.
CD
- A bonus track, the previously unreleased "South of the Painted Hall" (3:24), is made available for download by visiting this website with the CD inserted.
DVD
- Flourella
- Egg Shaped Fred
- Take It Easy Chicken
- Stripper Vicar
- Wide Open Space
- Wide Open Space (US version)
- She Makes My Nose Bleed
- Taxloss
- Closed for Business
- Legacy
- Being a Girl (Part One)
- Negative
- Six
- I Can Only Disappoint U
- Electric Man
- Fool
- Taxloss (Live at Brixton - 23/10/98)
- Love Remains (Super 8 montage)
- Nobody Cares When You're Gone (unseen documentary footage) A brand new documentary cut from the band's own personal footage and narrated by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad, who have given a new rare audio interview especially for the documentary (their first together since the end of the band).