Back to the Story


Back to the Story is a 2-CD compilation set by Sixties/Seventies band The Idle Race released in 1996 on EMI's short-lived Premier series. It contains all three official studio albums, non-album singles and B-sides. The original edition's second CD included the earliest known tracks featuring Jeff Lynne in The Nightriders. In 2007, the set was re-released on EMI's newly reconstituted Zonophone label minus the Nightriders tracks. In 2013 the compilation was again re-released, this time on Warner Music Group's Parlophone label, also without the Nightriders tracks.

Tracks

  • CD One
  1. The Skeleton And The Roundabout
  2. Happy Birthday
  3. The Birthday
  4. I Like My Toys
  5. Morning Sunshine
  6. Follow Me Follow
  7. Sitting In My Tree
  8. On With The Show
  9. Lucky Man
  10. Mrs. Ward
  11. Pie In The Sky
  12. The Lady who Said She Could Fly
  13. End Of The Road
  14. Come With Me
  15. Sea Of Dreams
  16. Going Home
  17. Reminds Me Of You
  18. Mr. Crow and Sir Norman
  19. Please No More Sad Songs
  20. Girl At The Window
  21. Big Chief Woolley Bosher
  22. Someone Knocking
  23. A Better Life
  24. Hurry Up John
Alternative Versions
  1. Lucky Man
  2. Follow Me Follow
  3. Days Of Broken Arrows
  • CD Two
  1. The Lemon Tree
  2. My Father's Son
  3. Imposters Of Life's Magazine
  4. Knocking Nails Into My House
  5. Days Of The Broken Arrows
  6. Worn Red Carpet
  7. In The Summertime
  8. Told You Twice
  9. Neanderthal Man
  10. Victim Of Circumstance
  11. Dancing Flower
  12. Sad O'Sad
  13. The Clock
  14. I Will See You
  15. By The Sun
  16. Alcatraz
  17. And The Rain
  18. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
  19. Bitter Green
  20. We Want It All
  • 21. It's Only the Dog
  • 22. Your Friend
  • These last two tracks by The Nightriders appear only on the original 1996 release