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Universal Music Catalogue has announced the May 17 release of a much welcomed Ronnie Lane box set that's chock full of rarities and fan favorites from across his solo career. Entitled Just For a Moment: Music, 1973-1997, the 6-CD box set boasts 118 tracks that span three decades.

Ronnie Lane was always something of a maverick, a creative tour de force who was wager to blaze his own path and break away from the pressures of the industry. He first garnered acclaim as the bassist for The Small Faces, who later became The Faces. He wrote some of those bands' most popular singles - among them "Itchycoo Park," "Ooh La La, "Glad and Sorry," "Annie," and "Debris." But he eventually got disillusioned by rock and roll excesses and elected to get back to the land, setting up shop in a country farm. From there, he formed Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, organized the circus tour The Passing Show, and built The Lane Mobile Studio.

Though he wasn't pleased with industry forces, Lane never truly left music behind. As this box set attests, he continued writing and performing in a unique style that blended his folk, R&B, and country influences, imbued with a down-home energy. Along the way, he collaborated with the likes of Ron Wood, Pete Townshend (with whom he recorded the album Rough Mix), Eric Clapton (who wrote "Wonderful Tonight" around a campfire at Lane's farm), as well as Gallagher and Lyle, Kevin Westlake, Billy Livesey. Though Lane battled with multiple sclerosis, from which he'd eventually succumb in 1997, he continued writing and performing until the end, leaving along a vast musical legacy, which Just For a Moment celebrates.

Just For a Moment: The Music, 1973-1997 collects four of Ronnie Lane's solo albums: 1974's Anymore for Anymore (along with its contemporaneous singles); Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, also from 1974; One For the Road (1976); and his 1979 effort, See Me. Also featured are tracks from his collaborative albums such as the aforementioned Rough Mix and Mahoney's Last Stand, a soundtrack album credited to Lane and Ron Wood that was recorded with Townshend in 1972 and finally released four years later. The first four discs are supplemented with bonus tracks, including singles, B-Sides, alternate takes, live recordings, rare studio sessions, and other unreleased goodies. Disc 5, meanwhile, includes live material from the German Rockpalast series from 1980, as well as session takes, demos and live recordings. Disc 6 highlights Lane's time in the U.S., including radio broadcasts from the late 1980s, along with studio sessions from 1989 and 1992, a demo for "Spiritual Babe," and live material recorded in Japan in 1990.

Complementing the musical selections, the 6-CD set features extensive liner notes that detail Ronnie's, life, art, and work with essays by Paolo Hewitt, Kris Needs, and Kent Benjamin, as well as a foreword by Pete Townshend. All the contents are presented in a hardcover book with an outer slipcase. Also included are a book of Lane's lyrics and a fold-out poster.

In addition to the box set, UMC will also release an 18-track, 1-CD (or 2-LP) distillation of the collection. All the configurations will be released on May 17 through Universal Music Catalogue. While Amazon US links have yet to go live, you can find Amazon UK links below, along with track lists for the 6-CD, 1-CD, and 2-LP editions.

Ronnie Lane, Just For a Moment: Music, 1973-1997 (UMC, 2019)

6-CD: Amazon U.S. (not yet live) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD
1-CD: Amazon U.S. (not yet live) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD
2-LP: Amazon U.S. (not yet live) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD

6-CD Edition:

Disc 1:

1. Careless Love
2. Don't You Cry For Me
3. Bye and Bye (Gonna See The King)
4. Silk Stockings
5. The Poacher
6. Roll On Babe
7. Tell Everyone
8. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
9. Anymore For Anymore
10. Only A Bird In A Gilded Cage
11. Chicken Wired
12. How Come (single version)
13. Done This One Before (single B-side)
14. From The Late to the Early
15. Just For A Moment
16. How Come (alternate studio take)
17. Ooh La La (BBC John Peel Session, December 11, 1973)
18. Debris (BBC In Concert, April 23, 1974)
19. Flags and Banners (Live at the Thames Hotel, December 11, 1973)
20. Last Orders (Live at the Thames Hotel, December 11, 1973)
21. I'll Fly Away

Disc 2:

1. Little Piece of Nothing
2. Stone
3. A Bottle of Brandy
4. Street Gang
5. Anniversary
6. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
7. I'm Just A Country Boy
8. Ain't No Lady
9. Blue Monday
10. Give Me A Penny
11. You Never Can Tell
12. Tin and Tambourine
13. Single Saddle
14. Brother Can You Spare A Dime? (Island single)
15. What Went Down (That Night With You) (Island single)
16. Lovely (single B-side)
17. Roll On, Babe (BBC Live In Concert, December 13, 1974)
18. Sweet Virginia (BBC John Peel Session, November 19, 1974)
19. Walk On By (BBC Live In Concert, February 12, 1976)
20. You're So Rude (Live, Victoria Palace, March 16, 1975)
21. From The Late To The Early (Lost) / How Come (Live, Victoria Palace, March 16, 1975)
22. What Went Down (That Night With You) (Island single, outtake)

Disc 3:

1. Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind
2. 32nd Street
3. Snake
4. Burnin' Summer
5. One for the Road
6. Steppin' an' Reelin' (The Wedding)
7. Harvest Home
8. Nobody's Listening
9. G'Morning
10. April Fool
11. Annie
12. Nowhere to Run
13. Silly Little Man
14. Catmelody
15. Last Orders (Well Well Hello, Slow Version)
16. Lonely
17. Under My Nose
18. Feeling Like A Lion
19. Going West

Disc 4:

1. One Step
2. Good Ol' Boys Boogie
3. Lad's Got Money
4. She's Leaving
5. Barcelona
6. Kuschty Rye
7. Don't Tell Me Now
8. You're So Right
9. Only You
10. Winning With Women
11. Way Up Yonder
12. Three Cool Cats (See Me outtake)
13. The Wanderer (The R 'n' B Sessions)
14. Rocket '69 (The R 'n' B Sessions)
15. The Joint Is Jumpin' (The R 'n' B Sessions)
16. Annie Had A Baby (The R 'n' B Sessions)
17. Pisshead Blues (Fishpool sessions)
18. Barcelona (demo)
19. Three Cool Cats (demo)

Disc 5:

1. Rats Tales (Catmelody) (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
2. Flags and Banners (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
3. Annie Had A Baby (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
4. How Come (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
5. You're So Rude (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
6. Lad's Got Money (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
7. Kuschty Rye (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
8. Man Smart, Women Smarter (Live at Rockpalast, March 3, 1980)
9. Debris (Ronnie Lane's Big Dipper) (Live on Capital Radio, May 29, 1981
10. Around The World (Grow Too Old) (Fishpool sessions, 1977)
11. Last Night (Fishpool sessions, 1977)
12. All or Nothing (BBC John Peel Session, January 15, 1976
13. Bombers Moon (The Merton Sessions, early 1981)
14. Last Tango In Nato (The Merton Sessions, early 1981)
15. Silly Little Man (Fishpool sessions)
16. She's Leaving (I Can Hear Her Singing) (demo)
17. Lovely (outtake)
18. Rats Tales (Catmelody) (Fishpool session)

Disc 6:

1. Ooh La La (live in Texas, 1988)
2. Rio Grande (Bombers Moon) (live in Texas, 1988)
3. Nowhere To Run (live on KLBJ, December 1989)
4. Annie, (live on KLBJ, February 14, 1989)
5. Buddy Can You Spare A Dime? (live on KLBJ, December 22, 1987)
6. You're So Rude (live at KUT, 1988)
7. Dirty Rice (featuring The Tremors with Bobby Keys) (live at The Back Room, Austin, TX, May 12, 1987)
8. Winning With Women (live at KUT, 1988)
9. Ooh La La (Live in Texas, 1987)
10. Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind (live in Japan)
11. Glad And Sorry (live in Japan)
12. Just For A Moment (live in Japan)
13. Spiritual Babe (demo, Houston)
14. King of the Lazy World (studio session, 1992)
15. Peaches (Arlyn studio session, January 1989)
16. Sally Anne (Arlyn studio session, January 1989)
17. Spiritual Babe (Arlyn studio session, January 1989)
18. Hearts of Oak (Arlyn studio session, January 1989)
19. Strongbear's Daughter (Arlyn studio session, January 1989)

1-CD Edition

1. Just for a Moment
2. The Poacher
3. Anymore for Anymore
4. How Come
5. Tell Everyone
6. Roll on Babe
7. Little Piece of Nothing
8. Anniversary
9. Brother Can You Spare a Dime
10. Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind
11. One For the Road
12. Annie
13. April Fool
14. Kuschty Rye
15. Barcelona
16. One Step
17. Spiritual Babe (Demo Version)
18. Strongbear's Daughter

2-LP Edition

Side 1:

1. The Poacher
2. Anymore for Anymore
3. How Come
4. Tell Everyone
5. Roll on Babe

Side 2:

1. Little Piece of Nothing
2. Anniversary
3. Brother Can You Spare a Dime
4. Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind
5. One For the Road

Side 3:

1. Annie
2. April Fool
3. Kuschty Rye
4. Barcelona

Side 4:

1. One Step
2. Spiritual Babe (Demo Version)
3. Strongbear's Daughter
4. Just for a Moment