Cranes – EP Collection Volumes 1 & 2

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Label:	Dedicated – DEDCD 035
Format:	2 x CD, Compilation
Country:	UK & Europe
Released:	1997
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Tracklist

	EP Collection Volume One
1-1	Beach Mover	2:50
1-2	Heaven Or Bliss	4:14
1-3	Inescapable	2:48
1-4	Give	3:07
1-5	Dada 331	3:16
1-6	I Hope	3:59
1-7	E.G. Shining	3:47
1-8	Cha Cha Escueta	3:06
1-9	Brighter	2:59
1-10	Tomorrow's Tears	3:59
1-11	Casa Blanca	2:44
1-12	Dreamless	3:43
1-13	Underwater	3:13
	EP Collection Volume Two
2-1	Shining Road	3:57
2-2	September	4:31
2-3	Jewel	3:08
2-4	Adoration	5:27
2-5	Beautiful Friend	3:18
2-6	Paris And Rome (Flood Mix) Remix – Flood	5:15
2-7	Lilies (Flood Mix) Remix – Flood	3:55
2-8	Angel Bell	5:29
2-9	Adrift	4:48
2-10	Tangled Up	3:35
2-11	Breeze	3:49
2-12	In The Temple	4:49
2-13.1	Dance Of The Furies	3:41
2-13.2	Slide	2:49
2-13.3	Starblood (Remix)	3:35

Companies, etc.

Licensed To – PIAS France – 096.0035.23
Licensed To – PIAS Benelux – 096.0035.23
Licensed To – PIAS Germany – 375.7035.2
Distributed By – Vital (2)
Published By – Copyright Control
Glass Mastered At – DOCdata

Credits

Artwork [Original] – Blue Source, Mark Francombe, Robert Colman
Design [Sleeve Design] – Mark Francombe
Producer – Cranes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-8 to 2-7, 2-12, 2-13.1), Mark Freegard (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11), Ray Shulman (tracks: 1-6 to 1-8)
Written-By – A. Shaw*, J. Shaw*

Notes

Distributed by Vital in the UK.
Released under license by PIAS France, Benelux and Germany.
Made in EC
℗ This compilation 1997 Dedicated ©1997 Dedicated
Distributed by Vital in the UK. Released under licence by PIAS France, Benelux and Germany.
The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Dedicated.

All tracks A. Shaw / J. Shaw (copyright control)

This compilation covers the period 1989-97 (for details, check scans #2 and 3).

Track 2-12 & 2-13 have French titles on their original release: "Au Temple" and "Danse Des Érinnyes" respectively.
Tracks 2-13.2 and 2-13.3 are not mentioned in the tracklisting. Track 2-13.2 starts at the 8:48 point of physical track 2-13 and track 2-13.3 starts at the 11:45 point. Physical track 2-13 is in total 15:22 long.

1-1 & 1-2 Self non self LP 1989
1-3 to 1-5 Inescapable EP 1990
1-6 to 1-8 Espero EP 1990
1-9 & 2-4 Adoration EP 1991
1-10 to 1-12 Tomorrow's Tears EP 1991
1-13 Adrift EP 1993
2-1, 2-2 & 2-7 Shining Road EP 1994
2-3 Jewel EP 1993
2-5 to 2-7 Loved LP 1994
2-9 Forever LP 1993
2-8, 2-10 & 2-11 Population Four LP 1997
2-12 & 2-13.1 Orestes & Electre LP 1996
1-10 & 2-4 also on Wings of Joy LP 1991

Inlcudes an 8-page fold-out inser twith titles, credits & artwork.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 43215 23092 2
Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
SPARS Code: AAD
Distribution Code: 410 PS
Distribution Code: PC 45
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Mirrored): DEDCD035-1 · MASTERED BY DOCDATA
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Mirrored): DEDCD035-2 : MASTERED BY DOCDATA

Other Versions (4)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	EP Collection Volumes 1 & 2 (2×CD, Compilation)	Dedicated	61702-44019-2	US	1997
New Submission	EP Collection Volumes 1 & 2 (2×CD, Compilation)	Dedicated	74321 52591 2	Europe	1997
New Submission	EP Collection Volumes 1 & 2 (2×CD, Compilation)	Dedicated	61702-44019-2	US	1997
New Submission	EP Collection Volumes 1 & 2 (LP, Blue, 180 Gram, LP, Silver, 180 Gram, LP, Gold, 180 Gram, All Media, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue)	Music On Vinyl	MOVLP2762	Europe	2021

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Reviews

DeadMouse Oct 14, 2010
(Taken and reedited from my own original Amazon review)

This is an odd compilation with an inappropriate and misleading title. While this is called the EP Collection Volumes 1 & 2, this is sadly not the case at all. In fact, this collection is missing quite a few songs from their actual respective EP Ereleases and instead replaces them with common album tracks instead leaving this far from a complete EP collection at all.

I have recently compiled every single and EP from their initial Escapable EP to the Shining Road Double Single onto CD-R's and still had a little room to spare on the first disc. The following is what I compiled in complete and chronological order and what should have been released if this were to have been a real EP Collection. Songs with the asterisk are the songs that are missing from their EP Collection.

My Compilation:
Disc 1
01. Inescapable
02. Give
03. Dada 331
*04. Inescapable II (Inescapable EP)
*05. Untitled (Gigantic 2 compilation)
06. I Hope
07. E.G. Shining
08. Cha Cha Escueta
09. Adoration
10. Brigher
11. Tomorrow's Tears
12. Casa Blanca
*13. Sixth Of May (Wings Of Joy CD)
14. Dreamless
15. Starblood Remix (hidden on the official release)
*16. Fuse (Self-Non-Self CD)
*17. Self-Non-Self (Wings Of Joy Bonus 12")

Disc 2
01. Adrift
*02. Everywhere (common track on Forever)
03. Underwater
*04. The Puppet (Forever UK Bonus CD)
*05. Shine Like Stars (Forever German/UK Bonus CD)
*06. At Sea (Forever German Bonus CD)
07. Slide (hidden on the official release)
*08. Wings Of Joy (Forever German Bonus CD)
*09. Trumpet Song (Forever German Bonus CD)
*10. Jewel (Robert Smith Remix)(Jewel CD-Single)
*11. Leave Her To Heaven I (Jewel German CD-Single)
*12. Leave Her To Heaven II (Jewel German CD-Single)
*13. Clear (Ring Tailed Snorter Mix) (Jewel CD-Single)
*14. Cloudless (Thais Mix) (Jewel CD-Single)
15. Shining Road
16. Lilies
17. September
*18. Green Song 7 (Shining Road CD-Single)
*19. Shining Road (Brauer Mix)(Shining Road CD-Single)
20. Lilies (Flood Mix)
*21. Don't Close Your Eyes (Shining Road CD-Single)
*22. Organ Song (Shining Road CD-Single)

Now looking at that, you are missing 5 songs from disc 1 and a whopping 15 songs from disc 2. And that's considering that I was including album songs that were originally on the EPs/singles which could have been removed to make room for more of the senseless Forever Remixes that add nothing to the songs anyways. In fact, some of the best songs like Leave Her To Heaven I & II and the awesome Robert Smith remix of Jewel were completely ignored. Granted, some of the missing songs probably should be left missing, but my aim was to have a complete EP/singles collection unlike the one offered to us. Oddly enough, there are two hidden tracks tacked on to the last song on disc 2 of the official release which contains the songs Slide and Starblood(Remix). Unfortunately you have to wade through 5 minutes of silence before you get to them. I've never understood nor cared for this "hidden" track gimmick.

All in all, this isn't a bad way to get a lot of hard to find and expensive EP/singles tracks and to also get a good best of collection of Cranes songs. Unfortunately, some of the missing songs are extremely hard/rare to find and often times very expensive if found. I just wish they would have put together something that was more in line with what they were claiming to offer.