On June 15, Edsel will remember the late singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl with the release of a new 4CD/1DVD box set.  Days (1988-1991) collects her Virgin Records period which yielded two albums and various singles.

MacColl's unique voice was first heard on her single for Stiff Records, the peppy "They Don't Know." Despite strong airplay, the single actually never charted on the U.K. charts, the victim of a distributor's strike keeping the single from experiencing any major sales. (In 1983, a cover by singer/actress Tracey Ullman, featuring MacColl on backing vocals, was a Top 10 hit in the U.K. and the United States.) After leaving Stiff, Kirsty cut her debut LP, 1981's Desperate Character, with the Top 20 hit "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis." Dropped by Polydor before she could release her follow-up album, MacColl signed to Stiff again, where she released singles including her biggest hit "A New England," originally recorded by Billy Bragg (and featuring new verses written for her by Bragg).

But when Stiff went bankrupt in 1986, MacColl again found herself without a label. That didn't stop her from working as a session vocalist, nor scoring another hit as featured vocalist on The Pogues' holiday chestnut "Fairytale of New York." Eventually, MacColl scored a new contract with Virgin, releasing the acclaimed albums Kite and Electric Landlady. Both records were produced by MacColl's then-husband, Steve Lillywhite, and featured a host of British rock luminaries, including David Gilmour and Johnny Marr. (MacColl covered The Smiths' "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" in 1988, and Marr co-wrote and played guitar on several tracks of hers, including U.S. rock hit "Walking Down Madison.")

Kite and Electric Landlady, last reissued back in 2012 from Salvo, in deluxe editions - are expanded once again for this box set, with each album taking up two CDs.  These 2-CD versions are similar but not identical to the Salvo reissues.  The bonus disc of Electric Landlady particularly diverges from the earlier version as it drops the live BBC tracks and replaces them with additional mixes of "Walking Down Madison" and "My Affair."  All told, a generous 33 bonus tracks (non-LP singles, extended mixes, and one-offs) are spread across the two albums.  The fifth disc in the box, a DVD, includes seven promotional videos and the EPK (electronic press kit) for Electric Landlady.

Kirsty MacColl tragically passed away in 2000 when, while diving off Cozumel, Mexico, she was struck and killed by a boat.  Still, her music endures.  Her period at Virgin Records represents some of her most beloved works.  Days (1988-1991) is presented in a book-style package, with new notes by Alan Robinson plus lyrics and credits.  Also on June 15, Edsel will reissue Kite on clear vinyl and Electric Landlady on pink vinyl.  You'll find the track listing and pre-order links for the box set just below!

Kirsty MacColl, Days (1988-1991) (Edsel (U.K.), 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc 1: Kite (released as Virgin KMLP1 (U.K.), 1989)

1. Innocence
2. Free World
3. Mother's Ruin
4. Days
5. No Victims
6. Fifteen Minutes
7. Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
8. Tread Lightly
9. What Do Pretty Girls Do?
10. Dancing In Limbo
11. The End of a Perfect Day
12. You and Me Baby

Disc 2: B-sides and Remixes

1. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
2. Closer To God?
3. La Forêt De Mimosas
4. The End of a Perfect Day (Original Demo Version)
5. Please Help Me, I'm Falling
6. Still Life
7. Happy
8. El Paso
9. Innocence (7" Remix)
10. No Victims (Guitar Heroes Mix)
11. Innocence (The Guilt Mix)
12. Clubland
13. Don't Run Away From Me Now
14. Other People's Hearts
15. Complainte Pour Ste Catherine
16. Am I Right?
17. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (Soundtrack Version)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 from Virgin 12" single KMAT 1, 1989
Disc 2, Track 3 from Virgin CD single KMACD 1, 1989
Disc 2, Track 4 from Virgin 10" single KMAN 1, 1989
Disc 2, Track 5 from Virgin CD single KMACD 2, 1989
Disc 2, Tracks 6-7 from Virgin 12" single KMAT 2, 1989
Disc 2, Track 8 from Virgin 10" single KMAN 2, 1989
Disc 2, Tracks 9 and 12 from Virgin single KMA 3, 1989
Disc 2, Tracks 10-11 from Virgin 12" single KMAT 3, 1989
Disc 2, Track 13 from Virgin 10" single KMAN 3, 1989
Disc 2, Tracks 14-15 from Virgin 12" single KMAT 4, 1990
Disc 2, Track 16 from Virgin CD single KMACD 4, 1990
Disc 2, Track 17 from She's Having a Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - I.R.S. Records 6211, 1988

Disc 3: Electric Landlady (originally released as Virgin V2663 (U.K.), 1991)

1. Walking Down Madison
2. All I Ever Wanted
3. Children of The Revolution
4. Halloween
5. My Affair
6. Lying Down
7. He Never Mentioned Love
8. We'll Never Pass This Way Again
9. The Hardest Word
10. Maybe It's Imaginary
11. My Way Home
12. The One and Only

Disc 4: B-sides and Remixes

1. Walking Down Madison (7" Mix)
2. Walking Down Madison (Urban Mix)
3. Walking Down Madison (Ye Olde Originale Mix)
4. Walking Down Madison (Extended Urban Mix)
5. Walking Down Madison (Club Mix)
6. Walking Down Madison (6 am Ambient Mix)
7. One Good Thing
8. Darling Let's Have Another Baby (with Billy Bragg)
9. The Hardest Word (Alternate Take 3)
10. My Affair (Ladbroke Groove Mix)
11. My Affair (Bass Sexy Mix)
12. My Affair (Olive Groove Mix)
13. My Affair (single edit)
14. All The Tears That I Cried
15. Don't Go Near The Water
16. All I Ever Wanted (Single Version)

Disc 4, Tracks 1 and 7 from Virgin single VS 1348, 1991
Disc 4, Tracks 2 and 8 from Virgin CD single VSCDG 1348, 1991
Disc 4, Tracks 3-4 from Charisma CD single 96342-2 (U.S.), 1991
Disc 4, Tracks 5-6 from Virgin 12" single VST 1348, 1991
Disc 2, Track 9 from deluxe edition of Electric Landlady - Salvo Music SALVOMDCD31 (U.K.), 2012
Disc 4, Tracks 10-12 from Virgin 12" single VST 1354, 1991
Disc 4, Tracks 13-14 from Virgin single VS 1354, 1991
Disc 4, Track 15 from Virgin CD single VSCDG 1354, 1991
Disc 4, Track 16 from Virgin single VS 1373, 1991

DVD

1. Free World (promo video)
2. Days (promo video)
3. Innocence (promo video)
4. Don't Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (promo video)
5. Walking Down Madison (promo video)
6. My Affair (promo video)
7. All I Ever Wanted (promo video)
8. Electric Landlady EPK