5CD + DVD Deluxe Set - packaged in a DVD-sized casebound book, with newly written sleeves notes by SDE contributor John Earls with contributions from the band and photographs.
Fun Boy Three formed in the summer of 1981 when Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staples broke away from The Specials. The band quickly hit the UK top 40 charts with their debut single, 'The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum). This was followed in early '82 by two UK Top 10 singles with Bananarama, 'T'Aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)' and 'Really Saying Something'. A further 7 singles (Summertime, The Tunnel of Love, Our Lips Are Sealed etc.) and two albums, The Fun Boy Three (1982) and Waiting (1983), the later produced by Talking Heads front man, David Byrne, were released before calling it a day in the Summer of 1983.
The Complete Fun Boy Three includes 69 audio tracks (across five CDs) which brings together all the official recordings (albums/singles/b-sides/remixes/live and previously unreleased outtakes). The 27 track DVD (region 0 /NTSC) includes all their promo videos, Top of The Pops performances and a live concert from 1983.
This is packaged in a DVD-sized casebound book, with newly written sleeves notes by SDE contributor John Earls with contributions from the band and photographs.
Both albums are also reissued on vinyl (like the CD set newly remastered) and are pressed on red and blue vinyl respectively. A newly remastered version of their classic 1984 ‘best of’ is also available on 180g green vinyl.
The Complete Fun Boy Three 5CD+DVD deluxe set and the vinyl reissues are released on 4 August 2023 via Chrysalis.
Tracklist:
CD 1: The Fun Boy Three (album)
1. Sanctuary
2. Way On Down
3. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
4. Life In General (Lewe In Algemeen)
5. Faith, Hope And Charity
6. Funrama 2
7. Best of Luck Mate
8. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)
9. The Telephone Always Rings
10. I Don’t Believe
11. Alone
CD 2: Waiting (album)
1. Murder She Said
2. The More I See (The Less I Believe)
3. Going Home
4. We’re Having All The Fun
5. The Farmyard Connection
6. The Tunnel of Love
7. Our Lips Are Sealed
8. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)
9. Things We Do
10. Well Fancy That!
CD 3: Singles, B-sides & Outtakes
1. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [Single Version]
2. The Funrama Theme [B-side Version]
3. Really Saying Something
4. The Telephone Always Rings [Single Version]
5. The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes)
6. Summertime
7. Summer of ’82
8. The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes) [NME Version]
9. The Lunacy Legacy
10. Our Lips Are Sealed [Single Version]
11. Our Lips Are Sealed [Urdu Version]
12. Tell Me Why [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
13. 96 Tears [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
14. Tunnel of Love [rough Mix [Previously Unreleased]
15. Our Lips Are Sealed [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
16. The Things We Do [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
17. If Dogs Run Free [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
18. The Pressure of Life (Take Weight off The Body) [U.S. Single Version] [Previously Unreleased]
CD 4: Versions
1. Tell Me Why [Dub Mix [Previously Unreleased]
2. T’Aint What You Do…/Just Do It [Extended Version]
3. The Funrama Theme [Extended Version]
4. Really Saying Something [Extended Version]
5. The Telephone Always Rings [Extended Version]
6. The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes) [Extended Version]
7. Summertime [Extended Version]
8. The More I See (The Less I Believe) [Parts 1 & 2]
9. Our Lips Are Sealed [Special Remix Version]
10. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body) [US Club Remix] [Previously Unreleased]
11. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body) [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
12. The Tunnel of Love [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
13. Going Home [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
14. Well Fancy That! [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
CD 5: Live at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin (6 April 1983)
1. The More I See (The Less I Believe)
2. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)
3. The Farm Yard Connection [Previously Unreleased]
4. Going Home
5. Things We Do
6. Well Fancy That! [Previously Unreleased]
7. Summertime
8. The Alibi
9. Our Lips Are Sealed
10. The Tunnel of Love
11. We’re Having All The Fun
12. Gangsters
13. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)
14. The Telephone Always Rings [Previously Unreleased]
15. The Tunnel of Love [Previously Unreleased]
DVD: Promo Videos and At The BBC
(* The DVD is Region 0 /NTSC coded)
1. The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum [Promo Clip]
2. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [Single Version] [Promo Clip]
3. The Telephone Always Rings [Single Version] [Promo Clip]
4. Really Saying Something [Promo Clip]
5. Summertime [Promo Clip]
6. The More I See (The Less I Believe) [Promo Clip]
7. The Tunnel of Love [Promo Clip]
8. Our Lips Are Sealed [Promo Clip]
9. The Lunatics Have (Taken Over The Asylum) [BBC Top of The Pops]
10. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [BBC Top of The Pops]
11. The Telephone Always Rings [BBC Top of The Pops]
12. Summertime [BBC Top of The Pops]
13. The Tunnel of Love [BBC Top of The Pops]
14. Our Lips Are Sealed [BBC Top of The Pops]
15. The Telephone Always Rings [Something Else]
16. The Alibi [Something Else]
17. Intro/Murder She Said/Interview
18. The More I See (The Less I Believe) [Live]
19. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body) [Live]
20. Going Home [Live]
21. Things We Do [Live]
22. Summertime [Live]
23. The Alibi [Live]
24. Our Lips Are Sealed [Live]
25. The Tunnel of Love [Live]
26. We’re Having All The Fun [Live]
27. Gangsters [Live]
28. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [Live].