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Compilations

     
John Birch created the famous Rollmo Fanzine as printed magazines from issues #1 to # 15. The issues # 16 and # 17 had a combination of fanzines plus a bonus cd, but from that on, there were only cd releases. 

Most part of the information comes from Bedford's Prefab Page. From his data I have expanded this page with more data and with corrections by John Birch himself.

01. CD Compilation # 1 - Chrysalis Cognosci
02. CD Compilation # 2 - Knights In Armour
03. CD Compilation # 3 - Snowy Rents A Dog
04. CD Compilation # 4 - God in the Breeze
05. CD Compilation # 5 - Heaven can Wait
06. BBC 'In Concert' Live at Reading University
07. Interview Collection "Five Of The Best" with Paddy McAloon
08. Concert live at "Camelot," Bari, Italy in February 1986
09. Live at Portsmouth Guildhall in May 199
10. Live at London's Savoy Theatre, February 1984, and
"The Great Escape" promotional interview with Emma Welles from 1984
 

Chrysalis Cognosci
Cover from Chrysalis Cognosci,
Compilation CD # 1
Fanzine Rollmo # 16


CD Compilation  #1 -- "Chrysalis Cognosci"
Features the covers and collaborations of Paddy.
Tracks:
01 - Cowboy Dreams - Jimmy Nail
02 - Love Breaks Down - The Zombies
03 - I'm a Troubled Man - Jimmy Nail
04 - Crocodile Cryer - The Daintees
05 - Dragons - Jimmy Nail
06 - The Highwayman - Jimmy Webb & Paddy McAloon
07 - Blue Roses - Jimmy Nail
08 - Constant Blue (1983 demo) - Prefab Sprout
09 - Ravivar Fiore - Thomas Dolby
10 - Love will find someone for you - Jimmy Nail
11 - The Gunman - Cher
12 - He'll have to go - Prefab Sprout
13 - Where the Heart is - Prefab Sprout
14 - Wichita Lineman (US Session) - Paddy McAloon
15 - Donna Summer (live 1980) - Paddy McAloon
16 - Real Life (Just Around the Corner) - Prefab Sprout

Fanzine #1 - Chrysalis Cognosci

For a transcription of the first 2 pages of this fanzine go to Rollmo16, with comments on the tracks included in the CD.

   
CD Compilation #2 -- "Knights In Armour"
Features on Paddy's 'home town' in song and theories relating to a missing album. Tracks:
Girl I'm Here
Never Trust A Spell
Dragons
Just Because I Can
The End Of The Affair
The Sound Of Crying (edit)
Nero The Zero
Bearpark (4 track)
Hey, Manhattan! (JFK version)
I Never Play Basketball Now (demo)
No Hallelujahs (demo)
The Devil Has All The Best Tunes (demo)
Tin Can Pot (live 1980)
Cherry Tree

Fanzine #2 - Knights in Armour

   
CD Compilation #3 -- "Snowy Rents A Dog"
A mix of old demos, sessions, live bits and B-sides. Tracks:
Lions In My Own Garden (7" release)
The Glass Slipper (demo)
Talking Scarlet (Version 2)
Life Of Surprises (24 track)
If You Don't Love Me (String Driven Thing)
Golden Calf (Long Version)
Rebel Land (session)
Vendetta
Piano Medley (1988)
Faron Young (Truckin' Mix)
Walk On (demo)
Looking For Atlantis (Extended Version)
Bonny (demo)
Spinning Belinda (1980 live)
If You Don't Love Me (Kylie Minogue cover)

Fanzine #3 - Snowy Rents a Dog

   
CD Compilation #4 -- "God In The Breeze"
B-sides, demos, collaborations etc. Tracks:
If You Don't Love Me (Deep Field Mix)
The King Of Rock 'N' Roll (16 Track)
The Guest Who Stayed Forever
Silhouettes (Full Version)
Donna Summer
Walk On
Diana (fast version)
Tin Can Pot
Faron Young (live 1980)
Green Isaac (demo 1984)
Radio Love
Wigs
Dublin (pre-M. H. Brauer re-mix)
Bonny (Live At Acapulco Rolf's)
If You Don't Love Me (Stateside Mix)
God Watch Over You (Frances Ruffelle version)

Fanzine #4 - God in the Breeze

   
CD Compilation #5 -- "Heaven Can Wait"
B-sides, demos, collaborations etc. 
Tracks:
Cars And Girls (raw demo 1985)
I Couldn't Bear To Be Special (demo 1984)
Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) 1983 demo
Carnival 2000 (M. H. Brauer mix)
God Watch Over You (Wendy Matthew's version)
Ride (Wendy Matthew's version)
The Devil Has All The Best Tunes
Spinning Belinda
The Yearning Loins
Silhouettes (Edit)
Heaven Can Wait
Oh, The Swiss!
Pearly Gates (pre-M. H. Brauer re-mix)
Real Life (Just Around The Corner) Full Version
Old Spoonface Is Back
Dandy Of The Danube
Tornado
Nightingales (Long Version)
If You Don't Love Me (No Strings Attached)

Fanzine #5 - Heaven Can Wait

   
CD #6 -- "BBC 'In Concert' Live at Reading University," 11 January 1986
Tracks:
Introduction to radio show
Moving The River
Cars And Girls
Bonny
Faron Young
Hallelujah!
Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
Wicked Things
Goodbye Lucille #1
Tiffanys
When Love Breaks Down
When The Angels
Appetite
Don't Sing
Cruel
Fanzine #6 - Reading University
   
CD #7 -- 2xCD Interview Collection "Five Of The Best" with Paddy McAloon
Includes:
Greenwich Sound (London UK regional radio station) Jan 1984
KCRW Santa Monica (USA) July 1988
Metro Radio (North East UK radio station) March 1988
Jordan: The Interview sponsored by Columbia Records (UK) 1990
Radio One (UK) August 1992
 
   
CD # 8 -- 2xCD concert live at "Camelot," Bari, Italy in February 1986
Audience recording, includes:
Moving The River
Cars And Girls
Green Isaac
Bonny
Faron Young
Hallelujah!
Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
Appetite
Dublin
Wicked Things
Goodbye Lucille #1
Don't Sing
Tiffanys
When Love Breaks Down
When The Angels
Cruel
He'll Have To Go
Faron
Horsin' Around
Ghost Town Blues
Fanzine #8 - Concierto in Bari, Italia
   
CD #9 -- Live at Portsmouth Guildhall in May 1990
Audience recording, includes:
Appetite
I Remember That
Moving The River
Machine Gun Ibiza
We Let The Stars Go
Bonny
Faron Young
Nightingales
Hey, Manhattan!
Carnival 2000
One Of The Broken
Wild Horses
Jordan: The Comeback
Cruel
Cars And Girls
When Love Breaks Down
Doo Wop In Harlem
 
   
CD #10 -- Live at London's Savoy Theatre, February 1984, and "The Great Escape" promotional interview with Emma Welles from 1984
Concert is an audience recording. Drummer: David Ruffy. Includes:
Diana
I Never Play Basketball Now
Cherry Tree
Green Isaac
Couldn't Bear To Be Special
Ghost Town Blues
Technique
Hallelujah!
Don't Sing
Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)
Couldn't Bear To Be Special
The Devil Has All The Best Tunes
 
   

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