Tell Everyone: Ronnie Lane Rarities and Fan Favorites Collected on "Just For A Moment: Music, 1973-1997," Due in May

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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:

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

Disc 2:

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

Disc 3:

Don't Try 'n' Change My Mind
32nd Street
Snake
Burnin' Summer
One for the Road
Steppin' an' Reelin' (The Wedding)
Harvest Home
Nobody's Listening
G'Morning
April Fool
Annie
Nowhere to Run
Silly Little Man
Catmelody
Last Orders (Well Well Hello, Slow Version)
Lonely
Under My Nose
Feeling Like A Lion
Going West

Disc 4:

One Step
Good Ol' Boys Boogie
Lad's Got Money
She's Leaving
Barcelona
Kuschty Rye
Don't Tell Me Now
You're So Right
Only You
Winning With Women
Way Up Yonder
Three Cool Cats (See Me outtake)
The Wanderer (The R 'n' B Sessions)
Rocket '69 (The R 'n' B Sessions)
The Joint Is Jumpin' (The R 'n' B Sessions)
Annie Had A Baby (The R 'n' B Sessions)
Pisshead Blues (Fishpool sessions)
Barcelona (demo)
Three Cool Cats (demo)

Disc 5:

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

Disc 6:

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