International Rescue

Swell Maps: Nikki Sudden (vocals, guitar); David Barrington, Richard Earl (guitar, bass, background vocals); John Cockrill (guitar, background vocals); Jowe Head (violin, bass, background vocals); Epic Soundtracks (piano, drums, background vocals).Principally recorded at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts in September 1977. Includes liner notes by Paul Morley and Dave McCullough.All tracks have been digitally remastered.You'll have to be a pretty major Swell Maps fan to make heads or tails, at a glance, out of which songs on this 19-track compilation you may already have. It's all over the Swell map, including four songs that have never been on CD [including "Dresden Style (City Boys)," which was on a single]; three that have never been released anywhere; three "unreleased mixes"; and a few songs that appeared on U.K. singles ("Let's Build a Car," "Real Shocks," "Read About Seymour"). It doesn't really succeed as either a representative overview compilation or a rarities disc.