In The Poppy Fields Collected Works

The Alarm In The Poppy Fields Collected Works [10th Anniversary Edition]


In The Poppy Fields Collected Works brings together every single recording of Mike Peters and The Alarm’s modern masterpiece into one comprehensive 5 disc collection.

Every single song of the original work has been remixed, re-focused and reappraised by Mike Peters from the ground up from the original recordings. “The original project was so intense”, says Mike Peters, “and the deadlines so tight in making 5 albums in 5 months, that I have always wanted to go back to every single recording and give them all the individual attention that they deserved. ‘In The Poppy Fields Collected Works’ is like hearing a brand new album as it brings all the work together in one complete package which is how it is best experienced. I’m very proud of each and every second of the listening experience”.

In The Poppy Fields Collected Works also comes with a double disc set of the songs as performed live at The Gathering over the course of the project’s original creation timeframe from 2000 – 2004 plus an intensely personal 8000 word essay by Mike Peters and an extensively detailed booklet with many previously unseen photographs.

The Edward Henry Street suite of 14 songs can now be seen and heard as a film which was shot and edited by Mike Peters himself along with 9 of the original ‘Fun In The Sun’ documentary recordings (that formed the beginnings of ‘Edward Henry Street’), for the first time ever.

The DVD Film disc also includes a never before seen film of The Alarm live at the San Siro Stadium, Milan from June 6th 2002. This multi camera film was the source for the original ‘Close’ promotional video but now you can witness the entire concert in glorious widescreen.

The ‘In The Poppy Fields Collected Works’ 5 disc set features some 110 performances and approximately 6 hours of viewing and listening time.

DISC 1 IN THE POPPY FIELDS COLLECTED WORKS
EVERAFTER
ALONE TOGETHER
FREE INSIDE
RESURRECTION
SAFE HOUSES
THE INNOCENT PARTY
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT
THE NORMAL RULES DO NOT APPLY
SWAN SONG
MY DEFENCES
IT HAPPENS
THE LIFE YOU SEEK DOES NOT EXIST
WHEN YOU CAN’T HAVE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS
HOW LONG AND HOW MUCH LONGER
THE SEARCH FOR THE REAL LIFE
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG [AND INNOCENT] ONCE
WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU WHO NEEDS ENEMIES
IN THE POPPY FIELDS

DISC 2 IN THE POPPY FIELDS COLLECTED WORKS
I NEVER LEFT I ONLY WENT AWAY
IN THE BEAUTY OF MY SURROUNDINGS
RAINDOWN
ALL SEEING
BE STILL
CLOSE
THE UNEXPLAINED
NEW HOME NEW LIFE
CONTENDERS
THE DRUNK AND THE DISORDERLY
45 RPM
COMING HOME
RIGHT BACK WHERE I STARTED FROM
TRUE LIFE
PEACE AGREEMENT
KALEIDOSCOPE
FEDERAL MOTOR VOTER
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT
TRAFFICKING
THE ROCK AND ROLL

DISC 3 IN THE POPPY FIELDS – LIVE AT THE GATHERING
Coming Home
Trafficking
Close
How Long and How Much longer
In The Beauty Of My Surroundings
Contenders
When Everything Was Perfect
Few and far between
The Rock And Roll
Normal Rules
Right Back Where I Started From
1959
The Crescent
Edward Henry Street
Where arewegoingandwhatarewegoingtodowhenwegetthere?
Up Downtown
In You I See The World
Bank Holiday
Merecnary Skank
It’s going to be a good year
Swansong

DISC 4 IN THE POPPY FIELDS – LIVE AT THE GATHERING
Innocent Party
True Life
Kaleidoscope
Free Inside
It Happens
Festival Of Light
In The Poppy Fields
Federal Motor Voter
The Unexplained
Resurrection
When You Can’t Have What Everybody Else Has
The Drunk And The Disorderly
In The Poppy Fields

FUN IN THE SUN DOCUMENTARY RECORDINGS
Fun In The Sun
Height Of Summer
Waiting For Summer
Seafarers Tune
Knickerboker Glory
Hit The Town
Golden Sands
A Place In The Sunshine
It’s Going To Be A Good Year

ORIGINAL IN THE  POPPY  FIELDS  DEMO  TAPES
Free Inside
Trafficking

IN THE  POPPY  FIELDS  B-SIDE
Conscientious Objector [2012 remix]

Disc 5 DVD
The Alarm Live at San Siro Stadium June 6th 2002 (44 mins.)
Dressing Room & Pre-show build up (Close instrumental)
Walk to the Stage
Breathe
Rain In The Summertime
Knife Edge
Close
Sold Me Down The River
Spirit Of 76
Rescue Me

Edward Henry Street – A personal film by Mike Peters (30 mins.)
1959
The Crescent
Edward Henry Street
The Sea
Wherearewegoingandwhatarewegonnadowhenwegetthere?
Waiting For The Summer
Land Of Hope And Glory
Bank Holiday Weekend
Mercenary Skank
Up Downtown
In You I See The World
Lazy Dayz
Where Have The Good Times Gone?
It’s Going To Be A Good Year

The Recording Of In The Poppy Fields (15 mins.)