Jude Rogers, who wrote the liner notes for the ‘See That Girl’ box set, has written a great piece about Kirsty for The Quietus.

https://thequietus.com/articles/33538-kirsty-maccoll-see-that-girl-box?fbclid=IwAR3iDOIZ0ZZ7uP9L-B4d3tj15LEgJLwAnxPXW5pzORE-guXTl2z2wgiNKlw

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Official remastered HD video for ‘All I Ever Wanted’

Demon Records will be releasing a 2LP (140g yellow vinyl) compilation called ‘Free World: The Best Of Kirsty MacColl 1979-2000’ on 19th January 2024.

Tracklisting:

A1. A New England
A2. Innocence (Single Remix)
A3. They Don’t Know
A4. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis
A5. Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim!
A6. Can’t Stop Killing You

B1. England 2 Colombia 0
B2. Walking Down Madison (7″ Mix)
B3. Free World (Radio Edit)
B4. Terry
B5. You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby (From “She’s Having A Baby”)
B6. Mother’s Ruin

C1. Mambo De La Luna (Single Edit)
C2. Angel (Single Edit)
C3. In These Shoes?
C4. My Affair (Single Edit)
C5. Treachery
C6. Caroline
C7. Days

D1. He’s On The Beach (Single Version)
D2. Soho Square
D3. Darling, Let’s Have Another Baby
D4. All I Ever Wanted (Single Version)
D5. Perfect Day
D6. Fairytale Of New York

The colour of the vinyl goes very well with the cover photo of Kirsty in front of the yellow flowers. They come in two inner sleeves – The first is a black and white shot by Charles Dickins and the other shows artwork of Kirsty’s albums and singles.

If you want to pre-order a copy, you can click the link below,

https://kirsty.lnk.to/FreeWorld

Also at Horizons Music here

Our dedicated webpage for this release is here.

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On Kirsty’s birthday this week, Shy Charles uploaded a video of himself performing the ‘Tropical Brainstorm’ classic with Nicky Harris on piano for one of his ‘Dive Lounge’ sessions with Montez Press Radio.

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Demon Music Group have restored and upscaled some videos to HD that will soon be going live on their YouTube channel, first up is “Days”.  More from Demon in the coming weeks.

Happy 64th Heavenly Birthday Kirsty! Here she is performing ‘Soho Square’ along with ‘Angel’ on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ in 1992.

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Kirsty would have turned 64 on 10th October 2023.

Friends, family and fans will meet and gather around Kirsty’s bench in Soho Square at 12pm on Sunday 8th October for a few songs. We will go to The Spice Of Life afterwards for more celebrations that include singing, music, a quiz, food, drinks and lots of fun!

There will also be an auction this year. Kirsty’s friend and artist, Philip Hardaker has designed 5 medallions in memory of her. They come in two small boxes – 2 in one and 3 in the other. To accompany the items, there will be a copy of a piece Kirsty herself wrote about Philip in 1997. The proceeds from the sale will go to The Music Fund For Cuba.

If you want to find out more on Philip and his artwork, you can check out his website below.

https://philiphardaker.co.uk/

Places downstairs at The Spice Of Life are limited to 100 people. There is also a bar upstairs.

We will look forward to seeing you all!

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(Press release)

We have our final single coming out from the Kirsty MacCol box set  is now available for streaming – England 2, Colombia 0 (Live At The Jazz Café, London / UK / 12th October 1999).

https://kirstymaccoll.lnk.to/streaming

A favourite from Kirsty’s final album ‘Tropical Brainstorm’, ‘England  2, Colombia 0’ is typical of her well-crafted songwriting, with witty, perceptive lyrics. In the extensive sleeve notes for Universal Music Recordings new 8CD box set ‘See That Girl’ (released 27 October 2023), Kirsty’s friend, drummer and songwriting partner Dave Ruffy tells author Jude Rogers how this song was inspired by a disastrous first date. Recorded at the Jazz Café in London, this live version of ‘England 2, Colombia 0’ is one of more than 40 previously unreleased recordings included on ‘See That Girl’ along with demos, live and session tracks, plus all of Kirsty’s singles, and favourite album tracks.

We hope you’ve loved these 4 singles, and can’t wait to hear what you think of the full collection!

Kirsty’s brother, Hamish has recently recorded a song he composed called ‘He’s A H.I.H.O.M. (A Hero In His Own Mind)’. It’s a fun piece and has his vocals on it.

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Matt Dix has made another mix, this time it’s ‘One Little Lie’.  Kirsty’s original recording is edited to be at the same speed of Frida’s version with a little overlay of Frida’s in some places.

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