Les Années Vertes

The CD issue has a different tracklisting and 8 additional tracks than the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Les-Ann%C3%A9es-Vertes/release/557462]original LP[/url] from 1988. Included a 6 panel fold-out poster insert sleeve with a detailed family tree of the band printed on the back side. Track 11 is two live songs played without pause in between, together running 9:49 long. Mastered at The Exchange. A Twelve O'Clock Production © 1991 Midnight Music (Records) Ltd. Printed in England [CD] All titles published by Midnight Music Ltd. ℗ 1991 Midnight Music (Records) Ltd. Made in Austria Durations are not listed on the release. ____________________ [Tracks 1 and 2] Demos recorded at Pet Sounds in early 1981. Electronically 'tweaked' 1984. Originally released on [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-In-The-Breeze/release/659110]"In The Breeze"[/url]. [Tracks 3 and 4] Outtakes from the "Colourless Dream" sessions at Surrey Sound, Summer 1981. "Landslide" had already been released on the group's first single, [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-And-Giants-Cl%C3%A9/release/1228663]"Clé"[/url], and "Echoplay" was re-recorded for [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-And-Giants-Epic-Garden-Music/master/28461]"Epic Garden Music"[/url]. These versions were mixed in Alaska, Summer 1984. [Tracks 5 to 8] BBC Radio One John Peel Session, late 1981. [Studio - Maida Vale 4, 25/11/1981, first transmision on 03/12/1981] "Sex Without Gravity" was never performed elsewhere and "There Was no Time" was soon replaced by new material. "Clint" and "Alice" were subsequently recorded for [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-And-Giants-Epic-Garden-Music/master/28461]"Epic Garden Music"[/url], although another version of "Clint" had already appeared on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Thing-From-The-Crypt/release/1631662]"Thing From The Crypt"[/url] compilation. These tracks are released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd. [Tracks 9 and 10) Recorded live at 'Pacha', Valencia, Spain, June 1987. This version of "Things We Never Did" was originally released on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Cow-Boys/release/1078839]"Cow Boys"[/url] 12-inch and this version of "Cuckooland" was originally released on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/727599]"Diamonds In Darkness"[/url] compilation. Another live version of "Things..." can be found on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Total-Sound/release/660430]"Total Sound"[/url] LP. The studio version of "Cuckooland" can be found on [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-The-Mirror-Test-Redux/master/28486]"The Mirror Test"[/url] and the studio recording of "Things..." is on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Epic-Garden-Music/release/656626]"Epic Garden Music"[/url] CD. [Tracks 11.1 and 11.2] Recorded live at 'Het Bolwerk', Sneek, Holland, April 1987. These two songs are often run together live. The original studio versions are on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Epic-Garden-Music/release/656626]"Epic Garden Music"[/url] CD and there is a more recent recording of "Imagination" on [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-In-The-Breeze/release/659110]"in The Breeze"[/url] and the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-And-Giants-Feeding-The-Flame/release/656627]"Feeding The Flame"[/url] CD. Another live version of "Imagination" is on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Total-Sound/release/660430]"Total Sound"[/url] LP. [Track 12] The forerunner of "House Of Clouds" and an outtake from "The Mirror Test". This was originally released on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-Giants-Cow-Boys/release/1078839]"Cow Boys"[/url] 12-inch. [Track 13] Re-recorded using the original drum track in August 1988 for a special 12-inch to coincide with a tour of France and Switzerland. [Tracks 14 to 17] Live favourites re-recorded as warm-ups for the "Headland"/"Treehouse Poetry" sessions. Originally released on the [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sad-Lovers-And-Giants-Clocks-Go-Backwards/release/1358589]"Clocks Go Backwards"[/url] 12-inch.