With The Magnificent Seven box-set though, I never had that feeling as I listening through each disc in turn, initially prior to reading any sleeve notes, and marvelling at the surprises and absolute gems from the archives that were gracing my eardrums for the first time. Often they contain so much superfluous fluff, terrible versions of songs that had remained unreleased for good reason, demos that should have remained demos and the tapes re-purposed. On occasion when a band releases such box sets, it strikes fear and trepidation into your heart.
The content of the box set spans the time of The Big Music and takes it into the Raggle Taggle territory, with plenty of stunning versions of older Waterboys anthems interspersed between he new songs of the time, cover versions, outtakes, rough versions and demos. I do believe that any fans that may have been put off by Room to Roam, will have their minds changed if they took the opportunity to listen to the superb array of musical gems on offer on this very special collection. More importantly, from a personal perspective, it spawned the song that would go on to be the first dance at our wedding, How Long Will I Love You? I frequented a pub called Brahms and Liszt in Glasgow in the late 80’s/early 90s, and during the year of Culture in 1990, there must have been a fan of the band working there, as the album was often played on repeat when the bar was open into the wee small hours. Disc five is the the remastered version of their Room to Roam album.įor some fans I knew at the time, Room to Roam was a step too far into Raggle Taggle territory, but for me the album will always have a special place in my heart. The box set is a chronological record, documenting the seven’s relatively short time together (15 months) providing, across four discs, just a snapshot of the magic created by these incredible musicians and songwriters.
For the uninitiated, the seven that the title of this box set alludes to are, of course Mike Scott himself, alongside long-time band members Steve Wickham, Anto Thistlethwaite and Trevor Hutchinson joined by Sharon Shannon, Colin Blakey and Noel Bridgeman.
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