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The Aeroplane Flies High

Album / Compilation


Format DOR Label ID Origin    
5CD (when sold in UK) 1996-11-26 Virgin Records SPBOX2 US [1]  
5CD 1996-11-26 Virgin Records 7243 8 38564 2 8 US [1] buy [amazon.com]
6CD DVD Deluxe Re-Issue 2013-07-23 EMI US [2] buy [amazon.com]
5LP 2013-07-23 EMI US [3] buy [amazon.com]
(digital) Standard Edition 2013-07-23 EMI US [4]  
(digital) Deluxe Edition 2013-07-23 EMI US [5]  
 
Tracks

CD1: Bullet with Butterfly Wings
1. Bullet with Butterfly Wings   4:21   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
2. ...Said Sadly   3:13   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
3. You're All I've Got Tonight [Cars]   3:11   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
4. Clones (We're All) [Cooper]   2:45   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
5. A Night Like This [Cure]   3:39   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
6. Destination Unknown [Missing Persons]   4:17   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
7. Dreaming [Blondie]   5:14   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
8. Movers and Shakirs   2:40   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
9. Germans in Leather Pants   2:58   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
10. Millieu   1:37   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
11. Jackboot   5:08   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
12. A/Ab/E/B/F#   2:47   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
13. Rings   4:00   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
14. Ugly   3:06   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
15. Blaster Caster   1:07   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
16. Little Ditty   0:45   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
17. Verily I Say   0:51   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
18. New Waver   2:56   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
19. The Groover   5:17   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
20. Ravi Revi Roo   3:23   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
21. On the Loose   1:27   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
22. Slurry   4:40   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
total:69:22
 
CD2: 1979
1. 1979   4:28   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
2. Ugly   2:53   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
3. Believe   3:05   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
4. Cherry   4:03   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
5. The Boy   3:17   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
6. Set the Ray to Jerry   4:12   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
7. Tonight, Tonight (acoustic version/instrumental rough)   4:15   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
8. Jupiter's Lament (Billy solo)   2:50   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
9. Zero (8trk demo)   3:18   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
10. Marquis in Spades (8trk demo)   2:55   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
11. Have Love Will Travel (8trk demo)   4:19   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
12. Infinite Sadness (Siamese outtake)   3:48   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
13. 1979 (acoustic)   4:15   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
14. The Aeroplane Flies High (acoustic snippet)   1:03   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
15. Take Me Down (instrumental)   2:50   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
16. Star Song (DAT mix/vocal rough)   5:42   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
total:57:13
 
CD3: Zero
1. Zero   2:40   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
2. God   3:09   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
3. Mouths of Babes   3:46   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
4. Tribute to Johnny   2:33   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
5. Marquis in Spades   3:17   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
6. Pennies   2:29   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
7. Pastichio Medley (vinyl reissue only: "with fades")   23:00   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
8. By Starlight (Double Door 1995-02-27)   4:04   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
9. Set the Ray to Jerry (Double Door 1995-02-27)   4:17   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
10. Mouths of Babes (Double Door 1995-02-27)   3:25   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
11. Cupid de Locke (Double Door 1995-02-27)   2:59   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
12. Galapogos (Double Door 1995-02-27)   4:36   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
13. To Forgive (Double Door 1995-02-27)   4:00   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
14. Lily (My One and Only) (Double Door 1995-02-27)   3:21   [1]   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
15. Here Is No Why (Double Door 1995-02-27)   3:49   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
total:71:25
 
CD4: Tonight, Tonight
1. Tonight, Tonight   4:17   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
2. Meladori Magpie   2:44   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
3. Rotten Apples   3:04   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
4. Medellia of the Gray Skies   2:32   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
5. Jupiter's Lament   3:11   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
6. Blank   2:55   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
7. Tonite Reprise   2:45   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
8. Stumbleine (Double Door 1995-02-21)   3:07   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
9. Ugly (Double Door 1995-02-27)   2:47   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
10. Meladori Magpie (Double Door 1995-02-28)   2:53   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
11. God (Double Door 1995-02-21)   3:10   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
12. Love (Double Door 1995-02-28)   3:53   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
13. Pissant (Double Door 1995-02-27)   3:31   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
14. Hello Kitty Kat (Double Door 1995-02-27)   5:01   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
15. Special Winner's Song (Double Door 1995-02-28)   4:28   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
16. I Just Wanna Make Love to You [Dixon] (Double Door 1995-02-28)   4:33   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
total:54:51
 
CD5: Thirty-three
1. Thirty-three   4:13   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
2. The Last Song   3:55   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
3. The Aeroplane Flies High   8:35   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
4. Transformer   3:25   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
5. The Bells   2:19   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
6. My Blue Heaven [Whiting/Donaldson]   3:27   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]  
7. Silverfuck (live 1996-07-10)   34:46   -   [2]   [3]   -   [5]  
total:60:40
 
Live Inside the Dark Globe
1. Where Boys Fear to Tread (Cleveland, Ohio 1996-07-03)   4:41   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
2. Zero (San Francisco, California 1996-02-07)   2:42   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
3. Fuck You (Stockholm, Sweden 1996-04-10)   4:23   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
4. X.Y.U. (Los Angeles, California 1996-02-03)   8:28   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
5. To Forgive (Washington, D.C. 1996-01-06)   4:05   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
6. Thirty-three (New York City, New York 1996-01-11)   4:04   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
7. Tonight, Tonight (New York City, New York 1996-01-11)   4:27   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
8. Lily (My One and Only) (Washington, D.C. 1996-01-05)   3:31   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
9. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans / Beautiful / Rocket medley (Cleveland, Ohio 1996-07-03)   12:33   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
10. Jellybelly (Gent, Belgium 1996-04-06)   3:50   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
11. Bullet with Butterfly Wings (Los Angeles, California 1996-02-03)   4:16   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
12. By Starlight (Buffalo, New York 1996-07-02)   5:11   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
13. Bodies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1996-07-05)   3:58   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
14. Silverfuck (Copenhagen, Denmark 1996-04-09)   13:54   -   [2]   -   -   [5]  
total:80:03
 
Deluxe Edition Concert DVD: Malsaucy Lake, Belfort, France, July 4, 1997
1. Glimpses [Yardbirds]   4:53   -   [2]   -   -   -  
2. Where Boys Fear to Tread   3:41   -   [2]   -   -   -  
3. Eye   4:49   -   [2]   -   -   -  
4. Tonight, Tonight   4:11   -   [2]   -   -   -  
5. Transformer   4:08   -   [2]   -   -   -  
6. Thru the Eyes of Ruby   7:57   -   [2]   -   -   -  
7. The End Is the Beginning Is the End   5:21   -   [2]   -   -   -  
8. By Starlight   4:05   -   [2]   -   -   -  
9. Bullet with Butterfly Wings   5:21   -   [2]   -   -   -  
10. Muzzle   4:01   -   [2]   -   -   -  
11. 1979   4:34   -   [2]   -   -   -  
12. X.Y.U.   10:11   -   [2]   -   -   -  
13. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans   12:14   -   [2]   -   -   -  
14. The Aeroplane Flies High   10:31   -   [2]   -   -   -  
total:85:57


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Notes

  • This box is comprised of the 5 singles from MCIS, with 3 of them being the extended European versions. BWBW, originally a 2-tracker, now contains an additional 5 cover songs exclusive to this box:

    "You're All I've Got Tonight" (The Cars)
    "Clones (We're All)" (Alice Cooper)
    "A Night Like This" (The Cure)
    "Destination Unknown" (Missing Persons)
    "Dreaming" (Blondie)

    It comes packaged in a black-and-white "retro-45 RPM carrying case", and contains a 44-page booklet with pictures and a very basic discography.

  • The wrong font is used for the last letter of the "Destination Unknown" track listing on the back of the BWBW single.

    Deluxe Re-Issue bonus track info:
  • Disc 1 tracks 8-22 recorded at Gravity Studios, Chicago, IL March 15-16, 1994. Tracks appearing on Billy's Gravity Demos I are the same, albeit higher quality. "Little Ditty" contains a short tease of "Spiteface".
  • Disc 2 tracks 7-16, misc. studio demos & outtakes. The TAFH "acoustic snippet" is the source of the very end of the normal recording. "Have Love Will Travel" is the last track from MCIS Demos II, whose title was previously unknown.
  • Disc 3 tracks 8-15 recorded Live at the Double Door, Chicago, IL February 27, 1995
  • Disc 4 tracks 8-16 recorded Live at the Double Door, Chicago, IL February 21, 27 & 28, 1995
  • Disc 5 track 7 recorded Live at USAir Arena, Landover, MD July 10, 1996
  • Disc 6 all tracks recorded live 1996 (dates listed above). Track 9 mislabeled as "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans/Beautiful/Drown medley".
  • DVD footage recorded at Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France July 4, 1997. "Heartbreaker" tease and "Zero" are not included.

Pressing Info
  1. 1st pressing: 200,000 worldwide
    2nd pressing: 250,000 worldwide
  2. Deluxe Re-Issue: unknown qty
  3. Vinyl Re-Issue: unknown qty
  4. digital release, N/A
  5. digital release, N/A


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