The Waterboys - Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings
The Waterboys' 'Fisherman's Blues' album sessions have been revisited for a new set featuring previously unreleased recordings.
Almost 400 multi-track tape reels, totalling 150 hours of music, were recorded during the Waterboys' famous Fisherman's Blues sessions of 1986-88. Among these were 80 tapes with no song titles, just rough notes like "jam" or "unknown." In 2024 band leader Mike Scott went through most of these, listening to them for the first time since they were recorded, and discovering in the process dozens of tracks the band had forgotten about; lost recordings, some improvised on the spot, others painstakingly worked on, that in many cases equal the quality of those on the original classic 1988 album.
Scott has compiled these into a triple disc collection. This fascinating release comes with a book containing 15,000 words of Scott's own sleeve notes plus lyrics and unseen photos.
Released 17th July 2026
Track List:
- Too Close To Heaven (Soul Version)
- Come Back To Galway
- The Man With The Wind At His Heels
- And Then The Gods
- Light Shine On Me
- Endless Store
- This Land Is Your Land (Studio Version)
- Saints And Angels (1988 Version)
- I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
- Knockin' On Heavens Door
- Honky Tonkin'
- No Expectations
- When Doves Cry
- Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
- Killing My Heart
- Bob And Anto's Soundcheck
- We Will Not Be Lovers (Live Take)
- Lost Highway (Double Version)
- The Good Ship Sirius
- The Ship In Full Sail
- Mister Saxman
- The Waves
- The Last Jam
- Night Falls On Windmill Lane
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
