The Ben Folds Fifty-Five vault is an exclusive and vast collection of carefully chosen, rare and collectible tracks culled and re-mastered from Sony’s vaults and Ben’s massive personal archive of demos and live performances. This incredible collection spans the entire professional recording career of Ben Folds to date featuring over 30 previously unreleased tracks, early demos, alternate versions, rare b-sides, and live performances not found for purchase anywhere else. They are available as three separate volumes at £7.99 each from January 2nd.
This follows the release in October of “THE BEST IMITATION OF MYSELF: A RETROSPECTIVE”, the long-awaited, career-spanning anthology chronicling the musical adventures of US pop’s quintessential post-modern singer-songwriter-pianist, BEN FOLDS whilst premiering the first newly-recorded BEN FOLDS FIVE tracks in 11 years.
VAULT VOLUME 1 (1992-1997)
01. Underground (Demo 1992)
02. Evaporated (Demo 1992)
03. Silver Street (Demo 1994)
04. Protection (Demo 1992)
05. Steven’s Last Night in Town (Demo 1994)
06. Song for the Dumped (Demo 1994)
07. Smoke (Demo 1994)
08. Lonely (Demo 1996)
09. Your Cheatin’ Heart (with Ben Folds Five) (Live 1996)
10. Where’s Summer B? (Live at WNEW 1996) (with Ben Folds Five)
11. Hava Nagila (With Ben Folds Five) (Live)(b-side of ‘Battle Of Who Could Care Less’ 1997)
12. All Shook Up (with Ben Folds Five) (b-side of ‘Kate’ 1997)
13. For All The Pretty People (with Ben Folds Five) (b-side of ‘Kate’ 1997)
14. Champagne Supernova (with Ben Folds Five) (Live) (b-side of ‘Battle Of Who Could Care Less’ 1997)
15. Mitchell Lane (with Ben Folds Five 1997)
16. She Don’t Use Jelly (Lounge-A-Palooza Version) (with Ben Folds Five 1997)
17. Video Killed the Radio Star (with Ben Folds Five 1997)
VAULT VOLUME 2 (1998-2003)
01. Theme from ‘Dr. Pyser’ (with Ben Folds Five) (Studio Version 1998)
02. Air (with Ben Folds Five) (from ‘Godzilla’ soundtrack 1998)
03. In Love (Demo 1998)
04. Birds (with Ben Folds Five) (b-side of ‘Army’ 1999)
05. Narcolepsy (with Ben Folds Five) (Live in Brussels, Belgium, 1999)
06. Hospital Song (with Ben Folds Five) (Live in Philadelphia 1999)
07. Your Redneck Past (with Ben Folds Five) (Live in London 1999)
08. Prince Charming (with Ben Folds Five) (Mitch Easter Sessions 2000)
09. It’s All Right With God (with Ben Folds Five (Mitch Easter Sessions 2000)
10. Honey Don’t (with Ben Folds Five) (Alternate Take 2000)
11. I Knew That Cha Could (Demo 2000)
12. One Down (b-side of ‘Rockin’ The Suburbs’ 2001)
13. Girl (b-side of ‘Rockin’ The Suburbs’ 2001)
14. Make Me Mommy (b-side of ‘Rockin’ The Suburbs’ 2001)
15. Golden Slumbers (Live in NYC 2001)
16. The Ascent of Stan (Live in NYC 2002)
17. Bizarre Christmas Incident (7″ Vinyl Single 2002)
18. Brick (with the Bens) (Live Acoustic Version 2003)
VAULT VOLUME 3 (2004-2011)
01. In Between Days (Live 2005)
02. Jesusland (Stadium Version) (Live in London 2005)
03. Side of the Road (Alternate Cello Version 2005)
04. Radio Jingles for Inter-FM
05. Prologue (outtake from ‘Over The Hedge’ soundtrack)
06. Heist (from ‘Over The Hedge’ soundtrack 2006)
07. Lost in the Supermarket (from ‘Over The Hedge’ soundtrack 2006)
08. Family Of Me (from ‘Over The Hedge’ soundtrack 2006)
09. Rockin’ the Suburbs (’06 Remix) (outtake from ‘Over The Hedge’ soundtrack 2006)
10. Mess (with Neil Hannon) (Live in Boston 2007)
11. Cologne (Piano Orchestra Version 2008)
12. Dr. Yang (Live in Belgium 2008)
13. Free Coffee (Live in Germany 2008)
14. Say Yes (Live at The A.V. Club 2010)
15. Wild Mountain Thyme (Alternate Take 2010)
16. Bitch Went Nutz (Live in Amsterdam 2011)
17. Hiro’s Song (Shaker Version) (Live in Melbourne 2011
18. Jesusland (Live in Jakarta 2011)
19. Adelaide (Live in Adelaide 2011)
20. You To Thank (Live in Adelaide 2011)
21. House (with Ben Folds Five) (Original Mix 2011)
