For just over two decades, Kirsty MacColl was one of England's most uniquely talented female rock singer/songwriters. This fall, nearly a quarter century after her passing, a new box set will examine her career in-depth.

See That Girl (1979-2000), coming October 27 from Universal Music Recordings in the U.K., is an 8CD set loaded with 161 singles, rarities, remixes, live cuts and duets - including 47 previously unreleased recordings. Produced in partnership with the singer's estate, the set features two gatefold sleeves of discs and a 60-page hardback book packed in a 24 cm x 24 cm slipcase. Inside the book are new notes by journalist Jude Rogers as well as contributions and remembrances from collaborators Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr, former husband Steve Lillywhite and Dave Robinson, the executive who helped kickstart her career by signing her to Stiff Records. An outtake from her unreleased album Real, "Lullaby for Ezra," is available to hear below.

MacColl's musical gifts were partly by blood: her father Ewan was a noted compiler of folk songs - his arrangement of "Scarborough Fair" inspired Simon & Garfunkel's - and wrote a few major hits as well, including Roberta Flack's timeless "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." But Kirsty's own talents were all her own; signing to Stiff in 1979, her debut single "They Don't Know" was a sugar-sweet slice of girl group-inspired pop. Bizarrely kept from the U.K. singles chart due to a record distributors' strike, a 1983 cover by actress Tracey Ullman (which featured a cameo by MacColl on that iconic "Ba-by") became a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. (Her second single for Stiff, "You Caught Me Out," received a similarly challenged release; it will be repressed as a 7" alongside the release of the new box.)

By that time, MacColl had signed to Polydor, enjoying a novelty Top 20 with "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" in 1981. Unusually, eight years elapsed between her first two studio albums, 1981's Desperate Character and 1989's Kite (released on Virgin), but MacColl hardly rested on her laurels in that time. A cover of Billy Bragg's "A New England" became her first Top 10, and in 1987 she contributed a memorable guest verse to the twisted Christmas carol "Fairytale of New York" with The Pogues, which hit No. 2 on the U.K. charts. The latter exemplified her in demand status as a backing and guest vocalist as the '80s wore on, with credits on songs by The Smiths, Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Big Country, Robert Plant and others - often collaborating with Lillywhite, to whom she was married from 1984 to 1994. (See That Girl does include the entirety of a proposed second studio album intended for release by Polydor in 1982-1983 called Real, bits of which have sputtered out across compilations in the 21st century.)

After putting a cover of The Kinks' "Days" in the Top 20 in 1989, MacColl would release two more albums in the '90s: Electric Landlady (1991) and Titanic Days (1994), the latter for the reactivated ZTT label. Both showcased her penchant for diverse rock sounds and styles, which only continued as the decade went on. MacColl cured a bout of writers' block with trips to South America, where she'd considered moving to teach English; the rhythms of Cuba and Mexico inspired a new project, the inspired Tropical Brainstorm. Unfortunately, it was released in 2000 under bittersweet circumstances: while diving with her sons on holiday in Cozumel, a boat veered into restricted waters and struck MacColl as she pushed her children out of the way. She was only 41 years old.

Though long gone, MacColl's memory is a happy one to lovers of British pop/rock - and See That Girl looks to pay tribute to her appropriately, gathering all her original single A-sides, five discs of chronological overview, a collection of recordings for the BBC and a disc of collaborative tracks with artists like her father and stepmother, Peggy Seeger; plus Bragg, Ullman, Jools Holland, David Byrne, Happy Mondays, Alison Moyet and Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

See That Girl's full track list and Amazon links are below.

See That Girl (1979-2000) (UMR, 2023) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc 1: The Singles

1. They Don't Know
2. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
3. There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
4. See That Girl
5. You Still Believe in Me
6. Terry
7. A New England
8. He's on the Beach
9. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
10. Free World (Radio Version)
11. Days
12. Innocence (Remix)
13. Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!
14. Walking Down Madison (7" Mix)
15. My Affair (Radio Edit)
16. All I Ever Wanted (Single Mix)
17. Angel (Single Edit)
18. Caroline
19. Perfect Day - Kirsty MacColl & Evan Dando
20. Mambo de la Luna (Single Edit)
21. In These Shoes?

Track 1 from Stiff single BUY 47, 1979
Track 2 from Polydor U.K. single POSP 225, 1981
Tracks 3-4 from Desperate Character - Polydor POLS 1035, 1981
Track 5 from Polydor U.K. single POSP 368, 1981
Track 6 from Stiff single BUY 190, 1983
Track 7 from Stiff single BUY 216, 1984
Track 8 from Stiff single BUY 225, 1985
Track 9 from If I Should Fall from Grace with God - Stiff/Pogue Mahone TC-NYR-1, 1988
Original versions of Tracks 10-13 from Kite - Virgin KMLP 1, 1989

• Track 10 from Virgin U.K. single KMA 1, 1989
• Track 12 from Virgin U.K. single KMA 3, 1989

Original versions of Tracks 14-16 from Electric Landlady - Virgin V-2663, 1991

• Track 14 from Virgin U.K. single VS-1348, 1991
• Track 15 from Virgin U.K. single VS-1373, 1991
• Track 16 from Virgin U.K. single VS-1354, 1991

Track 17 from ZTT single ZANG48, 1993. Original version from Titanic Days - ZTT 4509-94711-2, 1994
Tracks 18-19 from Galore (The Best Of) - Virgin CDV-2763, 1995
Original versions of Tracks 20-21 from Tropical Brainstorm - V2 VVR1009872, 2000

• Track 20 from V2 single VVR5010973, 1999

Disc 2: 1979-1983

1. Turn My Motor On
2. I Don't Need You
3. There's a Guy Works Down the Truck Stop Swears He's Elvis
4. Nothing to Do (The Clock Goes Round Demo) *
5. Falling for Faces (Demo) *
6. The Real Ripper (Demo) *
7. Teenager in Love
8. Mexican Sofa
9. Until the Night
10. Over You
11. Queen of the High Teas
12. Bad Dreams *
13. Time *
14. Sticked and Stoned
15. Annie
16. Camel Crossing
17. Berlin
18. Man with No Name *
19. Lullaby for Ezra *
20. Up the Grey Stairs *
21. Roman Gardens

Track 1 from B-side to "They Don't Know" - Stiff BUY 47, 1979
Track 2 from B-side to "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" - Polydor POSP 225, 1981
Tracks 3 and 7-9 from Desperate Character - Polydor POLS 1035, 1981
Track 10 from B-side to "Over You" - Polydor POSP 326, 1981
Track 11 from B-side to "You Still Believe in Me" - Polydor POSP 368, 1981
Track 14, 17 and 21 from Kirsty MacColl - Polydor SPELP 95, 1985
Track 16 from From Croydon to Cuba...An Anthology - Virgin/EMI KMBOX1, 2005

Disc 3: 1983-1989

1. Terry (Extended Version)
2. Quietly Alone
3. One Little Lie (Demo) *
4. A New England (Extended Version)
5. Patrick
6. I'm Going Out with An Eighty Year Old Millionaire
7. Trouble with People (Demo) *
8. Man of Steel (Demo) *
9. He's on the Beach (Extended Version)
10. Please, Go to Sleep
11. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (She's Having a Baby Version)
12. Closer to God
13. The End of a Perfect Day (Original Demo Version)
14. La Forêt De Mimosa
15. Fifteen Minutes
16. What Do Pretty Girls Do?
17. Dancing in Limbo
18. You and Me Baby
19. Happy
20. El Paso
21. Still Life

Track 1 from "Terry" 12" - Stiff SBUY 190, 1983
Track 2 from B-side to "Terry" - Stiff BUY 190, 1983
Tracks 4 and 6 from "A New England" 12" - Stiff BUYIT 216, 1984
Track 5 from B-side to "A New England" - Stiff BUY 216, 1984
Track 9 from "He's on the Beach" 12" - Stiff BUYIT 225, 1985
Track 10 from B-side to "He's on the Beach" - Stiff BUY 225, 1985
Track 11 from She's Having a Baby (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - I.R.S. Records 6211, 1988
Track 12 from B-side to "Free World" - Virgin KMA 1, 1989
Track 13 from "Free World" 10" - Virgin KMAN 1, 1989
Track 14 from "Free World" CD single - Virgin KMACD 1, 1989
Tracks 15-18 from Kite - Virgin KMLP 1, 1989
Track 19 from B-side to "Days" - Virgin KMA 2, 1989
Track 20 from "Days" 12" - Virgin KMAT 2, 1989
Track 21 from "Days" 10" - Virgin KMAN 2, 1989

Disc 4: 1989-1992

1. Innocence (The Guilt Mix)
2. No Victims (Guitar Heroes Mix)
3. Clubland
4. Other People's Hearts
5. One Good Thing
6. He Never Mentioned Love
7. The Hardest Word
8. My Way Home
9. My Affair (Olive Groove Mix)
10. All The Tears That I Cried
11. A New England (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
12. Innocence (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
13. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
14. Fifteen Minutes/Don't Come the Cowboy with Me, Sonny Jim! (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
15. Happy (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
16. Tread Lightly (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
17. Train in Vain/Walking Down Madison (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
18. Free World (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *
19. There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (Live At Glastonbury 6/26/1992) *

Tracks 1-2 from "Innocence" 12" - Virgin KMAT 3, 1991
Track 3 from B-side to "Innocence" - Virgin KMA 3, 1991
Track 4 from B-side to "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!" - Virgin KMA 4, 1990
Track 5 from B-side to "Walking Down Madison" - Virgin VS-1348, 1991
Tracks 6-8 from Electric Landlady - Virgin V-2663, 1991
Track 9 from "My Affair" 12" - Virgin VST-1354, 1991
Track 10 from B-side to "My Affair" - Virgin VS-1354, 1991

Disc 5: 1993-1996

1. Soho Square
2. Last Day of Summer
3. Can't Stop Killing You
4. Titanic Days
5. Big Boy on a Saturday Night
6. Angel (Stuart Crichton Piano Edit)
7. King Kong (Demo)
8. Dear John (Demo)
9. Fabulous Garden
10. Touch Me
11. Free World (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA - 12/1/1993)
12. Miss Otis Regrets (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA - 12/1/1993)
13. Irish Cousin
14. The Butcher Boy
15. As Long As You Hold Me (Electric Version) *
16. Eu So Quero Un Xodó *
17. In These Shoes? (Demo) *
18. Things Happen (Demo)
19. Treachery (Demo) (a.k.a. Stalking a Fan) *
20. Siempre Tu Rosa (Always Your Rose) *

Tracks 1-5 from Titanic Days - ZTT 4509-94711-2, 1994
Track 6 and 11-12 from "Titanic Days" U.S. CD single - I.R.S. Records 72438 58161 2 3, 1993
Tracks 7-8 from Titanic Days (Artefact Series) - ZTT 197CD, 2005
Tracks 9-10 from "Can't Stop Killing You" Australian CD single - Liberation D11587, 1993
Tracks 13-14 from "Caroline" CD single - Virgin VSCDT1517, 1995
Track 18 from "Mambo de la Luna" CD single - V2 VVR5010973, 1999

Disc 6: 1999-2000

1. Mambo de la Luna (Mint Royale Mix)
2. In These Shoes? (UR Crazy Remix)
3. Good for Me
4. Autumngirlsoup
5. Us Amazonians
6. Nao Esperando
7. Wrong Again
8. I Believe in Love *
9. Sun on the Water (Demo)
10. Here Comes That Man Again (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
11. Head (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
12. Celestine (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
13. England 2 Colombia 0 (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
14. Designer Life (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
15. Days (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
16. Walking Down Madison (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
17. How Insensitive (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *
18. My Affair (Live at The Jazz Café, London - 10/12/1999) *

Track 1 from "Mambo de la Luna" CD single - V2 VVR5010978, 1999
Track 2 from "In These Shoes?" maxi CD single - V2 VVR5014183, 2000
Track 3 from "In These Shoes?" CD single - V2 VVR5012183, 2000
Tracks 4-7 from Tropical Brainstorm - V2 VVR1009872, 2000
Track 9 from From Croydon to Cuba...An Anthology - Virgin/EMI KMBOX1, 2005

Disc 7: BBC recordings 1981-2000

1. I Don't Wanna Play House (Something Else, BBC TV 10/23/1981) *
2. Queen of the High Teas (Something Else, BBC TV 10/23/1981) *
3. You Can Have My Husband (Something Else, BBC TV 10/23/1981) *
4. Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim! (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 11/8/1989)
5. What Do Pretty Girls Do? (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 11/8/1989)
6. Don't Run Away from Me Now (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 11/8/1989)
7. Still Life (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 11/8/1989)
8. There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 6/26/1991)
9. Walk Right Back (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 6/26/1991)
10. Darling, Let's Have Another Baby (with Billy Bragg) (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 6/26/1991)
11. Angel (Later...with Jools Holland, BBC TV 11/19/1992) *
12. Can't Stop Killing You (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 3/7/1994) *
13. Soho Square (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 3/7/1994) *
14. Bad (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 3/7/1994) *
15. My Affair (BBC Radio 1 Session for Simon Mayo, 3/7/1994)
16. Miss Otis Regrets (with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards) (Later...with Jools Holland, BBC TV 12/31/1994) *
17. Caroline (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 2/16/1995) *
18. Free World (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 2/16/1995) *
19. A New England (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 2/20/1995)
20. He's on the Beach (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 2/20/1995)
21. Tread Lightly (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park - 6/10/1995)
22. I Wanna Be Sedated (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park - 6/10/1995)
23. In These Shoes? (Later...with Jools Holland, BBC TV - 4/15/2000) *

Tracks 4-10, 15 and 19-20 from What Do Pretty Girls Do? - Hux Records 001, 1998
Tracks 21-22 from TItanic Days (Deluxe Edition) - ZTT/Salvo SALVOMDCD32, 2012

Disc 8: Other People's Songs (Guest Appearances & Collaborations)

1. Darling Annie - Peggy Seeger
2. Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache - Jane Aire & The Belvederes
3. Shutting the Doors - Jools Holland & Kirsty MacColl
4. You Broke My Heart in 17 Places - Tracey Ullman
5. Greetings to the New Brunette - Billy Bragg with Johnny Marr & Kirsty MacColl
6. Make Believe Mambo (Orisa) - David Byrne
7. The Manchester Rambler - Ewan MacColl
8. Hallelujah (MacColl Mix) - Happy Mondays
9. Invisible to You - Mary Coughlan
10. Wishing You Were Here - Alison Moyet
11. Boyfriend '65 - Holly Johnson
12. Darling Let's Have Another Baby - Kirsty MacColl & Billy Bragg
13. Welcome to the Cheap Seats (Naked Mix) - The Wonder Stuff
14. Song for Someone - Engine Alley
15. Red Jeans - Anthony Thistlethwaite
16. Libertango - Sharon Shannon & Kirsty MacColl
17. People Uniting - Chucho Merchán, Kirsty MacColl and Phil Manzanera
18. Sail Away - Ghostland & Kirsty MacColl

Track 1 from Penelope Isn't Waiting Anymore - Blackthorne BR 1050, 1976
Track 2 from Jane Aire & The Belvederes - Virgin V-2134, 1979
Track 3 from Jack O' the Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3 - Radar 001CD, 2003
Track 4 from You Broke My Heart in 17 Places - Stiff SEEZ 51, 1983
Track 5 from Talking with the Taxman About Poetry - Go! Discs AGOLP 6, 1986
Track 6 from Rei Momo - Luaka Bop/Sire 25990, 1989
Track 7 from Black and White - The Definitive Ewan MacColl Collection - Cooking Vinyl COOK 038, 1990
Track 8 from Hallelujah - Factory FACT 260, 1989
Track 9 from Uncertain Pleasures - EastWest WX 333, 1990
Track 10 from Hoodoo - Columbia 468272 2, 1991
Track 11 from Dreams That Money Can't Buy - MCA Records MCAD-10278, 1991
Track 12 from "Walking Down Madison" CD single - Virgin VSCDG 1348, 1991
Track 13 from "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" CD single - Polydor GONCC 14, 1992
Track 14 from A Sonic Holiday - Mother Records MUMCD 9211, 1992
Track 15 from Cartwheels - Rolling Acres 002CD, 1994
Track 16 from Each Little Thing - Grapevine GRACD226, 1997
Track 17 from Ocean Songs - self-released OSCD01, 1998
Track 18 from From Croydon to Cuba...An Anthology - Virgin/EMI KMBOX1, 2005