Tears For Fears Release Previously Unreleased “Woman in Chains” From Townhouse Live Jam Session

WOMAN IN CHAINS (TOWNHOUSE LIVE JAM SESSIONS) is the latest digital single to be taken from the forthcoming 4CD/1Blu-Ray Super Deluxe Edition of Tears For Fears Seeds Of Love.

This previously unreleased version of the classic single was recorded in 1988 during jam sessions which took place at London’s Townhouse studio. The Super Deluxe box set contains half an hour of unadulterated live-in-the-studio performances, reproduced exactly as it was performed at the time, complete with chatter, laughter and no overdubs.

Roland Orzabal recalls the sessions that produced this seven-minute version of Woman In Chains “We got Oleta in and we had Manu Katche on drums and Pino Palladino on bass and started playing live. That was really when the album kicked off, it was really getting Oleta involved. It’s almost like every album needs a key person and one to unlock it. It was incredible; those live sessions were magical.”

Of the song itself Curt Smith says, “I’ve always loved the song without question. It’s a great sounding record and Oleta was fantastic on it.”

Oleta Adams “To this day that is a classic record. Absolutely classic and it was a very personal song Roland had written, inspired by the memory of his mother and things that she had gone through. Not only that, but women in general who are mistreated and held back by male figures and a very strong personality. I guess it could have been therapeutic for him. As we say over here ‘he put his foot in it’ – a lot of heart and soul in that music.”

The Seeds Of Love super deluxe box set consists of four CDs and one Blu-Ray, fully tells the story of how this extraordinary album came to be with 22 unreleased tracks from demo sessions, live jams, studio sessions along with a definitive set of b-sides, and rare mixes. Highlights include the Townhouse Jam Sessions, demos of Advice For The Young At Heart with Roland Orzabal singing lead vocal and the recently released demo of Rhythm of Life. The Blu-ray also features a stunning 5.1 mix of the album by Grammy nominated artist Steven Wilson.

Coming off the back of the ten million selling ‘Songs From The Big Chair’ The first writing sessions for ‘The Seeds Of Love’ started when the band were touring in 1985 making use of soundchecks to sketch the outlines of new songs. Over the next four years, Roland and Curt would work with several producers, engineers and many musicians before finally deciding to produce the album themselves with assistance from their ‘Songs From The Big Chair’ engineer Dave Bascombe.

THE SEEDS OF LOVE SUPER DELUXE EDITION TRACKLISTING

CD 1 – ORIGINAL ALBUM
NEW REMASTER BY ANDREW WALTER AT ABBEY ROAD

1. Woman In Chains: 6:31
2. Badman’s Song: 8:32
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19
4. Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:50
5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33 􏰁
6. Swords And Knives: 6:12
7. Year Of The Knife: 7:08
8. Famous Last Words: 4:26

CD 2 – THE SUN
45’s AND B-SIDES

1. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – 7″ Version: 5:43 􏰁
2. Tears Roll Down: 3:16
3. Woman In Chains – 7” Version: 5:28 􏰁
4. Always In The Past: 4:38
5. My Life In The Suicide Ranks: 4:32
6. Woman In Chains – Instrumental: 6:30 􏰁
7. Advice For The Young At Heart – 7” Version: 4:49 􏰁
8. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Instrumental: 4:18
9. Music For Tables: 3:32
10. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Mix One: 6:22
11. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Mix Two: 5:55
12. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – US Radio Edit: 4:04
13. Woman In Chains – US Radio Edit 1: 4:42
    􏰁14. Advice For The Young At Heart – Italian Radio Edit: 3:40
    􏰁15. Year Of The Knife – Canadian Single Version: 5:40
14. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams: 4:17

CD 3 – THE MOON
RADIO EDITS AND EARLY MIXES

1. Year Of The Knife – Overture: 1:47 􏰁
2. Year Of The Knife – Early Mix – Instrumental: 8:50 􏰁
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – Alternate Mix: 7:22 􏰁
4. Tears Roll Down – Alternate Mix: 4:07 􏰁
5. Year Of The Knife – Steve Chase 7″ Remix: 4.29
6. Badman’s Song – Early Mix: 7:56 􏰁
7. Advice For The Young At Heart – Instrumental: 4:56
8. Year Of The Knife – The Mix: 06:55 􏰁
9. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams – Mix One Edit: 3:43
10. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – Early Mix – Instrumental: 6:40
11. Woman In Chains – US Radio Edit 2: 4:19 􏰁
12. Year Of The Knife – Canadian Single Version – Instrumental: 5:40
13. Famous Last Words – French Radio Edit: 3:07 􏰁
14. Woman In Chains – Reprise: 6:39 􏰁

CD 4 – THE WIND
DEMOS, DIVERSIONS AND JAMS

1. Rhythm Of Life – Demo: 5:12
2. Advice For The Young At Heart – Demo: 4:52 􏰁
3. Swords And Knives – Demo: 3:51 􏰁
4. Famous Last Words – Demo: 4:12 􏰁
5. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – Demo – Instrumental: 6:06
6. Badman’s Song – Langer / Winstanley Version – Instrumental: 7:30 􏰁
7. Woman In Chains – Townhouse Jam: 7:06
8. Broken – Townhouse Jam: 1:37 Tears For Fears
9. Rhythm Of Life – Townhouse Jam: 3:09 􏰁
10. Badman’s Song – Townhouse Jam: 8:17 􏰁
11. Badman’s Song – Reprise – Townhouse Jam: 2:50 􏰁
12. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World – Townhouse Jam: 9:09

BLU RAY – THE RAIN
ORIGINAL ALBUM MIX, NEW REMASTER & STEVEN WILSON 5.1 MIX

1. Woman In Chains: 6:31 (Original album master)
2. Badman’s Song: 8:32 (Original album master)
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19 􏰁(Original album master)
4. Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:50 􏰁 (Original album master)
5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33 (Original album master)
   􏰁06. Swords And Knives: 6:12 (Original album master)
6. Year Of The Knife: 7:08 (Original album master)
7. Famous Last Words: 4:26 (Original album master)
8. Woman In Chains: 6:30 􏰁(New remaster)
9. Badman’s Song: 8:32 (New remaster) 􏰁
10. Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19 􏰁 (New remaster) 􏰁
11. Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:55 (New remaster) 􏰁
12. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33 (New remaster) 􏰁
13. Swords And Knives: 6:20􏰁 (New remaster) 􏰁
14. Year Of The Knife: 6:55 􏰁 (New remaster) 􏰁
15. Famous Last Words: 4:11 􏰁(New remaster) 􏰁

STEVEN WILSON 5.1 MIX

1. Woman In Chains: 6:30
2. Badman’s Song: 8:32
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19 􏰁
4. Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:55 􏰁
5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33 􏰁
6. Swords And Knives: 6:20
   􏰁07. Year Of The Knife: 6:55
7. Famous Last Words: 4:11

THE SEEDS OF LOVE DELUXE 2CD TRACKLISTING

CD 1 – ORIGINAL ALBUM
NEW REMASTER BY ANDREW WALTER AT ABBEY ROAD

1. Woman In Chains: 6:31
2. Badman’s Song: 8:32
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19
4. Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:50
5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33 􏰁
6. Swords And Knives: 6:12
7. Year Of The Knife: 7:08
8. Famous Last Words: 4:26

CD 2 – THE SUN
45’s AND B-SIDES

1. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – 7″ Version: 5:43 􏰁
2. Tears Roll Down: 3:16
3. Woman In Chains – 7” Version: 5:28 􏰁
4. Always In The Past: 4:38
5. My Life In The Suicide Ranks: 4:32
6. Woman In Chains – Instrumental: 6:30 􏰁
7. Advice For The Young At Heart – 7” Version: 4:49 􏰁
8. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Instrumental: 4:18
9. Music For Tables: 3:32
10. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Mix One: 6:22
11. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams Mix Two: 5:55
12. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – US Radio Edit: 4:04
13. Woman In Chains – US Radio Edit 1: 4:42
    􏰁14. Advice For The Young At Heart – Italian Radio Edit: 3:40
    􏰁15. Year Of The Knife – Canadian Single Version: 5:40
14. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams: 4:17