Mull Historical Society - Archaeology: Complete Recordings 2000-2004 (2023)

When Colin MacIntyre's debut Mull Historical Society single Barcode Bypass (Rough Trade) was named NME's Debut Single of the Year in 2000, and it then received it's first daytime airplay (all 7 minutes of it) on Radio 1 - Jo Whiley's show, it was clear a truly original song-writing talent had emerged as if fully formed - and from the unlikely Atlantic outpost of the isle of Mull, in the Scottish Hebrides (population of 2,500 people, 28,234 sheep). Named after a genuine society dedicated to the preservation of tradition on the bands home island; Mull sit somewhere in the valley between the Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals and Beta Band. This 4 CD media book looks back at the early period of Mull's career, gathering together all of their studio recordings from the period between 2000 to 2004. Discs 1 and 2 are dedicated to the gold-selling albums Loss and Us and include some of Mull's most popular singles Watching Xanadu, The Final Arrears, Animal Cannabus and Live Like The Automatics. Mull's third studio album (released on Unique Records) This Is Hope can be found on disc 3, whilst disc 4 is filled to the brim with B-sides, rarities, live tracks, demos and unreleased material.

Tracklist
Disc 1: Loss
1-1 Public Service Announcer
1-2 Watching Xanadu
1-3 Instead
1-4 I Tried
1-5 This Is Not Who We Were
1-6 Barcode Bypass
1-7 Only I
1-8 Animal Cannabus
1-9 Strangeways Inside
1-10 Mull Historical Society
1-11 Paper Houses
1-12 Loss
1-13 Some You Win, Some You Lose (Taken From 'I Tried' Single - 2000|)
1-14 Ugly Buildings Are Beautiful (Taken From 'Animal Cannabus' Single - 2001)
1-15 Industrial Hangers (Taken From "Animal Cannabus Single - 2001)
1-16 Pigeon Fancier (By Correspondence) (Taken From 'Watching Xanadu' Single - 2001)
1-17 You And Me Ground Zero
1-18 Mull Ferry Announcer

Disc 2: Us
2-1 The Final Arrears
2-2 Am I Wrong
2-3 Oh Mother
2-4 Asylum
2-5 Live Like The Automatics
2-6 Don't Take Your Love Away From Me
2-7 Minister For Genetics & Insurance M. P.
2-8 5 More Minutes
2-9 Gravity
2-10 Can
2-11 The Supermarket Strikes Back
2-12 Clones
2-13 Her Is You
2-14 Us
2-15 Narrow Escape At 2000 Feet (Taken From 'Am I Wrong' Single - 2003)
2-16 Can't Do It (Taken From US Version of 'Us' - 2003)
2-17 You Asked Her To Marry You (Taken From US Version of 'Us' - 2003)
2-18 When I'm Awake (Cavum) (Taken From US Version of 'Us' - 2003)
2-19 MHS Lady (Taken From US Version of 'Us' - 2003)
2-20 Citizen Fame (Taken From 'Final Arrears' Single - 2003)

Disc 3: This Is Hope
3-1 "I Am Hope" Intro Track
3-2 Peculiar
3-3 How 'Bout I Love You More
3-4 Treescavengers
3-5 This Is The Hebridies
3-6 Tobermory Zoo
3-7 Death O£ A Scientist (A Vision Of Man Over Machine 2004)
3-8 Your Love, My Gain
3-9 Casanova At The Weekend
3-10 My Friend The Addict
3-11 Len
3-12 In The Next Life (A Requiem)
3-13 This Is Hope (The Birth Of Prometea)
3-14 Return To Grass Paint
3-15 Motion Picture Soundtrack (Radiohead Cover)
3-16 UK PLC (Taken From 'How 'Bout I Love You More' Single)
3-17 Rescue Me
3-18 How 'Bout I love You More (Live At Reading Festival 2004)

Disc 4: Archaeology: B-Sides / Rarities / Unreleased / Covers / Live
4-1 Naked Ambition At The E.P.A.
4-2 Dry Me Out
4-3 Instead Of Breaking Us (Break Me)
4-4 It Seems
4-5 Don't Suffer
4-6 Style Becomes Fad
4-7 When Losers Become Friends
4-8 Calgary Bay
4-9 10 Days Of Sun
4-10 Sad Old Day To Be Down
4-11 It Takes More (Ms Dynamite Cover)
4-12 With You Not In The World
4-13 When I'm Weakened
4-14 Pigeon Lovesong
4-15 International Ego
4-16 Stay Something
4-17 Sorry (Leaving)
4-18 I Knew You Well
4-19 She Colours The Grey
4-20 Last Nite (Strokes Cover)
4-21 Something Didn't Happen
4-22 Tony Benn Poem for 'Pay Attention To The Human'
4-23 The Whiting Of People