A Head Full Of Ideas

Limited 3LP : Indies only Opaque Colour Vinyl

Very Limited 5LP Box Set : SIGNED Exclusive Poster,  Bonus 7" single, 12 Page Fan Booklet, Limited Transparent Blue Vinyl

CD / Deluxe 2CD / 2LP

THE CHARLATANS proudly announce their (Covid) delayed release of their 30th Anniversary tour and a 6 vinyl LP Box Set. Released on Then Recordings through Republic Of Music, ‘A Head Full Of Ideas’ is a five album, and exclusive 7”, career-spanning box set that sums up their remarkable progress from 1990 Manchester scene hopefuls to one of the UK’s most enduring and best-loved bands. The accompanying tour begins at Belfast, Limelight 22/11/21 and finishes in Aberdeen on 20/12/21.

The band have notched up 13 Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 hit singles, four of them top 10. The rollercoaster highs have been accompanied by some shattering lows, any which one of them could have felled a less resilient band, from nervous breakdowns to near bankruptcy and the deaths of two founder members

Somehow, they have not just carried on but adapted and transformed. The classic Charlatans sound - driving Hammond organ, Northern Soul and house-influenced rhythms, swaggering guitars and Tim Burgess’s sunny yet somehow yearning vocal - is instantly recognisable. And in spite of everything they have been through their music is now more relevant than ever, The Guardian described their last album, Different Days as “one of their best ever”.

This limited box set, is a diverse collection portrayed over five Transparent blue vinyl LP’s, spanning their hits, classic live performances, unheard demo’s and rarities and remixes. Within the box will also be an exclusive Original Demo’s 7” featuring ‘Indian Rope’/’The Only One I Know’, as well as a signed print of a tour poster from the early 90’s, a booklet featuring unseen photographs and sleeve notes by friend and journalist Dave Simpson. There will also be triple vinyl LP version and 2CD deluxe of the box set featuring the hits albums plus the live album, and finally a cd or vinyl of just the hits albums.

Their iconic and hugely adored live track One To Another (circa 1997) provides the titles for the individual vinyl collection within the box set. Each piece of vinyl is named after a lyric from the song.

Limited 3LP
A1) The Only One I Know
A2) Weirdo
A3) Can’t Get out of Bed
A4) Jesus Hairdo
A5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
A6) North Country Boy

B1) Tellin’ Stories
B2) One to Another
B3) How High
B4) Forever
B5) Impossible

C1) Love is the Key
C2) A Man Needs to be Told
C3) Up at The Lake
C4) Blackened Blue Eyes
C5) Oh Vanity

D1) My Foolish Pride
D2) Come Home Baby
D3) Let the Good Times be Never Ending
D4) Plastic Machinery
D5) Totally Eclipsing

E1) Polar Bear (Blackburn, King Georges Hall. November 1990 - BBC Radio 1)
E2) Indian Rope (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
E3) Can’t Even Be Bothered (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
E4) Can’t Get Out of Bed (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
E5) I Never Want an Easy Life (If Me and Him Were Ever to Get There) (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)

F1) Then (Glastonbury Festival 1995 - BBC Radio 1)
F2) Here Comes a Soul Saver (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997)
F3) My Beautiful Friend (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
F4) The Blind Stagger (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
F5) Sproston Green (Reading Festival 1999 - BBC Radio 1)

2LP
A1) The Only One I Know  
A2) Weirdo  
A3) Can’t Get out of Bed  
A4) Jesus Hairdo  
A5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over  
A6) North Country Boy 

B1) Tellin’ Stories  
B2) One to Another  
B3) How High  
B4) Forever  
B5) Impossible 

C1) Love is the Key  
C2) A Man Needs to be Told  
C3) Up at The Lake  
C4) Blackened Blue Eyes  
C5) Oh Vanity 

D1) My Foolish Pride  
D2) Come Home Baby  
D3) Let the Good Times be Never Ending  
D4) Plastic Machinery  
D5) Totally Eclipsing 

CD
1) The Only One I Know
2) Weirdo
3) Can’t Get out of Bed
4) Jesus Hairdo
5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
6) North Country Boy
7) Tellin’ Stories
8) One to Another
9) How High
10) Forever (Edit)
11) Impossible (Edit)
12) Love is the Key
13) A Man Needs to be Told
14) Up at The Lake
15) Blackened Blue Eyes
16) Oh Vanity
17) My Foolish Pride
18) Come Home Baby
19) Let the Good Times be Never Ending (Edit)
20) Plastic Machinery
21) Totally Eclipsing

Deluxe 2CD
CD1 
A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS (BEST OF) 
1) The Only One I Know  
2) Weirdo  
3) Can’t Get out of Bed  
4) Jesus Hairdo  
5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over  
6) North Country Boy 
7) Tellin’ Stories  
8) One to Another  
9) How High  
10) Forever (Edit)  
11) Impossible (Edit) 
12) Love is the Key 
13) A Man Needs to be Told  
14) Up at The Lake  
15) Blackened Blue Eyes  
16) Oh Vanity 
17) My Foolish Pride  
18) Come Home Baby  
19) Let the Good Times be Never Ending (Edit)  
20) Plastic Machinery  
21) Totally Eclipsing 

CD2 
TRUST IS FOR BELIEVERS (LIVE) 
1) Polar Bear (Blackburn, King Georges Hall. November 1990 - BBC Radio 1)  
2) Indian Rope (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)  
3) Can’t Even Be Bothered (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)  
4) Can’t Get Out of Bed (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)  
5) I Never Want an Easy Life (If Me and Him Were Ever to Get There) (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)  
6) Then (Glastonbury Festival 1995 - BBC Radio 1)
7) Tootache (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997). ***Exclusive to 2CD Deluxe***  
8) Here Comes a Soul Saver (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997)  
9) Just Lookin’ (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997) ***Exclsuive to 2CD Deluxe*** 
10) My Beautiful Friend (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)  
11) The Blind Stagger (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)  
12) Trouble Understanding (The Church Studios, London) ***Exclusive to 2CD Deluxe***  
13) Sproston Green (Reading Festival 1999 - BBC Radio 1) 

A1) The Only One I Know  
A2) Weirdo  
A3) Can’t Get out of Bed  
A4) Jesus Hairdo  
A5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over  
A6) North Country Boy 
B1) Tellin’ Stories  
B2) One to Another  
B3) How High  
B4) Impossible  
B5) Forever 
C1) Love is the Key  
C2) A Man Needs to be Told  
C3) Up at The Lake  
C4) Blackened Blue Eyes  
C5) Oh Vanity 
D1) My Foolish Pride  
D2) Come Home Baby  
D3) Let the Good Times be Never Ending  
D4) Plastic Machinery  
D5) Totally Eclipsing 
 

TRUST IS FOR BELIEVERS (LIVE) 

A1) Polar Bear (Blackburn, King Georges Hall. November 1990 - BBC Radio 1) 
A2) Indian Rope (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1) 
A3) Can’t Even Be Bothered (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1) 
A4) Can’t Get Out of Bed (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC
Radio1) 
A5) I Never Want an Easy Life (If Me and Him Were Ever to Get There)
(Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1) 
B1) Then (Glastonbury Festival 1995 - BBC Radio 1) 
B2) Here Comes a Soul Saver (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997) 
B3) My Beautiful Friend (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007) 
B4) The Blind Stagger (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007) 
B5) Sproston Green (Reading Festival 1999 - BBC Radio 1) 
 

PLEASED TO MEET YOU (DEMOS) (***EXCLUSIVE TO BOX SET***) 

A1) C’mon C’Mon (Demo Version) 
A2) Sleepy Little Sunshine Boy (Desk Mix Version) 
A3) Dardanella (Demo Version) 
A4) So Oh (Demo Version) 
A5) Always on my Mind (Demo Version) 
B1) Everybody Ha Ha (Demo Version) 
B2) Commuter Computer (Demo Version) 
B3) Crystal Eyes (Demo Version) 
B4) Polar Bear (Demo Version) 
B5) I Need You To Know (Demo Version) 

ONE TO ANOTHER (REMIXES) (***EXCLUSIVE TO BOX SET***) 

A1) Plastic Machinery (Sleaford Mods Remix) 
A2) Nine Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers Remix) 
A3) So Oh (Brian Jonestown Massacre Remix) 
A4) Tellin’ Stories (The Go! Team Remix) **unreleased** 
B1) Trouble Understanding (Norman Cook Remix) 
B2) My Beautiful Friend (Jagz Kooner Remix) 
B3) Hey Sunrise (The Orb Remix) **unreleased** 
B4) You’re So Pretty, We’re So Pretty (Lo Fidelity Allstars Remix) 
 

BONUS DEMOS 7” (***EXCLUSIVE TO BOX SET***) 

A1) Indian Rope (Demo) 
AA1) The Only One I Know (Demo)