Nik Kershaw – The MCA Years 10CD+DVD Box set

Nik Kershaw – The MCA Years

• The first complete retrospective of Nik Kershaw’s early career and has been done in conjunction with Nik who has overseen the project.

• A 10CD box set featuring all of the MCA albums as well as four discs of B-Sides, Remixes and Extended Mixes, some of which have never appeared on CD before as well as a live show from Hammersmith released for the first time in its entirety.

• The DVD features promo videos and the Hammersmith show from 1984 pulled together for the first time.

• The extensive booklet contains new notes by Paul Sinclair who interviewed Nik about the history and his recollections behind these albums and his life in the 80s.

• Newly mastered audio overseen by Nik Kershaw with Tony Dixon.

Nik Kershaw exploded onto the UK pop scene in 1984 as a solo artist. A string of global hit singles – including ‘Wouldn’t it Be Good,’ ‘The Riddle’ and his biggest hit, ‘I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’ – helped to propel him to 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart through 1984 and 1985.

Nik appeared at the Live Aid show in 1985 and has also penned hits for other artists, including a UK No. 1 single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, ‘The One and Only’.

Tracklist:
Human Racing
CD1-1 Dancing Girls
CD1-2 Wouldn't It Be Good
CD1-3 Drum Talk
CD1-4 Bogart
CD1-5 Gone To Pieces
CD1-6 Shame On You
CD1-7 Cloak And Dagger
CD1-8 Faces
CD1-9 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
CD1-10 Human Racing

The Riddle
CD2-1 Don Quixote
CD2-2 Know How
CD2-3 You Might
CD2-4 Wild Horses
CD2-5 Easy
CD2-6 The Riddle
CD2-7 City Of Angels
CD2-8 Roses
CD2-9 Wide Boy
CD2-10 Save The Whale

Radio Musicola
CD3-1 Radio Musicola
CD3-2 Nobody Knows
CD3-3 L.A.B.A.T.Y.D.
CD3-4 What The Papers Say
CD3-5 Life Goes On
CD3-6 Running Scared
CD3-7 James Cagney
CD3-8 Don't Let Me Out Of My Cage
CD3-9 When A Heart Beats
CD3-10 Violet To Blue

The Works
CD4-1 One Step Ahead
CD4-2 Elisabeth's Eyes
CD4-3 Take My Place
CD4-4 Wounded Knee
CD4-5 Cowboys And Indians
CD4-6 One World
CD4-7 Don't Ask Me
CD4-8 Burning At Both Ends
CD4-9 Lady On The Phone
CD4-10 Walkabout

B-Sides
CD5-1 Dark Glasses
CD5-2 She Cries
CD5-3 Monkey Business
CD5-4 So Quiet
CD5-5 Don't Lie
CD5-6 One Of Our Fruit Machines Is Missing
CD5-7 When I Grow Up
CD5-8 My Friend John

Extended Mixes And Remixes
CD6-1 Wouldn't It Be Good (Special Extended Mix)
CD6-2 Dancng Girls (Special Extended Version)
CD6-3 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Extended Remix)
CD6-4 Human Racing (Remix)
CD6-5 Drum Talk (Special Extended Version)
CD6-6 Faces (Remix)
CD6-7 Bogart (Extended 12" Remix)
CD6-8 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Extended Dance Mix)
CD6-9 The Riddle (Extended 12" Remix)

Extended Mixes
CD7-1 Wide Boy (Special Extended Mix)
CD7-2 Don Quixote (Extra Special Long Mix)
CD7-3 Wild Horses (Extended Mix)
CD7-4 When A Heart Beats (Extended Mix)
CD7-5 Radio Musicola (Extended Version)
CD7-6 Nobody Knows (Extended Mix)
CD7-7 James Cagney (Extended Mix)
CD7-8 One Step Ahead (Industrial Mix)
CD7-9 Elisabeth's Eyes (Extended Version)

Remixes
CD8-1 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (7" Remix)
CD8-2 Wide Boy (7" Remix)
CD8-3 James Cagney (Edited Version)
CD8-4 Dancing Girls (Remixed Version)
CD8-5 Dancing Girls (Special Hi-Energy Remix)
CD8-6 Drum Talk (Special Hi-Engery Remix)
CD8-7 Wouldn't It Be Good (Remix)
CD8-8 Elisabeth's Eyes (Club Dub)
CD8-9 Shame On You (Additional Brass Mix)
CD8-10 Nobody Knows (Phil Harding Promo Remix)
CD8-11 Dancing Girls (DJ Edit)
CD8-12 Don Quixote (Single Edit)
CD8-13 Radio Musicola (Single Edit)
CD8-14 Radio Musicola (Acetate Floor Remix)

Live At Hammersmith Odeon December 1984 - 1
CD9-1 Roses
CD9-2 Know How
CD9-3 Dancing Girls
CD9-4 Bogart
CD9-5 City Of Angels
CD9-6 Cloak And Dagger
CD9-7 Wild Horses
CD9-8 Gone To Pieces
CD9-9 Save The Whale
CD9-10 The Riddle

Live At Hammersmith Odeon December 1984 - 2
CD10-1 Shame On You
CD10-2 Wide Boy
CD10-3 Human Racing
CD10-4 Drum Talk
CD10-5 Wouldn't It Be Good
CD10-6 Faces
CD10-7 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down
CD10-8 Don Quixote
CD10-9 You Might
CD10-10 Progress (Recorded April 1984)

Promotional Videos
DVD-1 Wouldn't It Be Good 4:52
DVD-2 Dancing Girls 3:38
DVD-3 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 3:17
DVD-4 Human Racing 4:26
DVD-5 The Riddle 4:12
DVD-6 Wide Boy 5:54
DVD-7 Don Quixote 5:54
DVD-8 When A Heart Beats 4:22
DVD-9 Radio Musicola 4:09
DVD-10 Nobody Knows 4:21
DVD-11 Elisabeth's Eyes 4:09
Live At Hammersmith Odeon December 1984
DVD-12 Roses 5:22
DVD-13 Know How 4:52
DVD-14 Dancing Girls 3:37
DVD-15 Bogart 5:30
DVD-16 City Of Angels 4:13
DVD-17 Cloak & Dagger 5:09
DVD-18 Wild Horses 4:01
DVD-19 Gone To Pieces 4:30
DVD-20 Save The Whale 6:00
DVD-21 The Riddle 4:42
DVD-22 Shame On You 4:23
DVD-23 Wide Boy 3:22
DVD-24 Human Racing 3:49
DVD-25 Drum Talk 4:31
DVD-26 Wouldn't It Be Good 6:12
DVD-27 Faces 4:24
DVD-28 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down 5:40

Label: Cherry Pop
Released: 2025