In 1986, Pop Will Eat Itself burst onto the UK and European independent scene with a flurry of energetic, punk infused singles, including their self pressed and distributed debut, "Poppies Say GRRrrr!" and others released by Chapter 22.During that year they became mainstays of the UK music press and blazed a trail towards the hip-hop tinged direction they would take with their second album, "Box Frenzy". This set charts this first year of the band's career, including seven previously unheard demos and live cuts from the band's own archives and a number of later b-sides.Including a previously unreleased song ("Summer Girl"), early incarnations of tracks re-recorded and released in later years and demos of the impossible to find debut EP by Wild And Wandering (the name the band operated under before becoming PWEI), this really is a treasure trove for fans and collectors. Produced with full co-operation and support from the band members, and including both an essay and sleeve-notes from keyboardist / guitarist Adam Mole, as well as never before seen archive shots and press clippings, this package is the first in a series of Cherry Red Pop Will Eat Itself reissues which will take in the band's entire catalogue, tell their story and see the release of dozens of unreleased, rare and never before on CD tracks.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I'm Sniffin' With You Hoo
2. Sick Little Girl
3. Mesmerized
4. Theresapsychopathin My Soup
5. Candydiosis
6. Black Country Chainstore Massacre
7. Monogamy
8. Oh Grebo, I Think I Love You
9. Titanic Clown
10. B-b-b-breakdown
11. Sweet Sweet Pie
12. The Devil Inside
13. Runaround
14. Love Missile F1-11
15. Orgone Accumulator
16. Everything That Rises
17. Like An Angel
18. Dust Me Down (Wild And Wandering Demo)
19. Johnny Ray (Wild And Wandering Demo)
20. Apple Tree (Wild And Wandering Demo)
21. Summer Girl (Live At Birmingham Uni, 1986)
22. Inside You (Pre-beat Box Demo)
23. Picnic In The Sky (Pre-beat Box Demo)
24. Theresapsychopathinmy Soup (Early Version)
25. Everything That Rises (New Version)
26. Oh Grebo, I Think I Love You (New Version)
27. Bubbles
28. Ugly