30 years after the release of Kaught at the Kampus, this 40 track, 2 CD compilation album features tracks from that first release right through to current and future releases. All 20 tracks on CD1 are available on CD for the first time including two ‘lost tracks’ from Microdisney, which were recorded in Windmill Lane studios in 1981 but unreleased at the time, and two unreleased tracks from Paul Cleary/The Blades. Tthe album also features the classic Blades single, the original version of Downmarket.
Among the other tracks from the early days are gems from Belfast’s Big Self, and the original Aslan recording of their classic hit This Is. Known as the ‘demo’ version, this was released in May ’86 and is said to be the longest playlisted single on Irish radio; Aslan subsequently went on to sign with EMI and re-record This Is for that label, though to the afficiandos the original Reekus version has a greater warmth and feel than the later versions. Please Don’t Stop the b-side to the original 7” vinyl version of This Is, is also included, as is the b-side from the original 12” version Been So Long. Also included on CD1 are tracks from Some Kind Of Wonderful, Montage, Nigel Rolfe, Barry Warner, The Camino Organisation and Nun Attax.
CD2 features tracks from 2000 onwards a including Paul Cleary, Sweet Jane, The Radio, Perry Blake, and Saville, Deetrich, Saccade and Keith Moss.
‘Too Late To Stop Now’ is scheduled for its official release on Friday 02 March 2012. Pre-release copies are available for purchase online from the Reekus website and at Tower Records in Dublin.
