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• First-ever box set dedicated to genre-bending folk-rock trio The Roches!

• Bringing together newly-mastered editions of The Roches’ beloved albums for the Warner Bros. and Rykodisc labels plus two rare bonus tracks.

• Featuring albums produced by Robert Fripp (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) and Roy Halee (Simon and Garfunkel, Laura Nyro).

The world first heard the voices of Maggie and Terre Roche on Paul Simon's 'There Goes Rhymin' Simon'.  With youngest sister Suzzy, The Roches soon carved out a remarkable career of their own. Between 1979 and 2007, Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy pushed the boundaries of socalled ‘folk music’.  The songs of The Roches were personal, funny, heartbreaking, vulnerable, witty, sad, joyful, and utterly original as the sisters bared their hearts and souls in striking harmony.   

This 3CD collection brings together their debut ‘The Roches’ (1979) produced by Robert Fripp; ‘Nurds’ (1980) produced by Roy Halee; ‘Keep On Doing’, also with Fripp (1982); ‘Another World’ (1985) with productions by Richard Gottehrer, Ed Kalehoff, and others; and ‘Can We Go Home Now’ (1995), helmed by the group and Stewart Lerman.  The Roches' albums remain timeless, moving, and surprising.

Key tracks include ‘Hammond Song,’ ‘Mr. Sellack,’ ‘The Married Men,’ ‘This Feminine Position,’ 'Runs in the Family,' The Roches’ stunning arrangement of ‘The Hallelujah Chorus,’ and their delightful cover of The Fleetwoods’ ‘Come Softly To Me’ as heard in the film Crossing Delancey.  The set also includes two rare bonus tracks; the never-before-on-CD Robert Fripp-produced non-LP single ‘Second Family’ and a radio performance of ‘My Winter Coat’.

Nick Robbins has remastered the audio. The deluxe booklet contains rare and previously unpublished photos plus unique, community-based track-by-track sleevenotes contributed by The Roches’ fans and friends (including Linda Ronstadt, Christopher Guest, Robert Fripp, and Linda Thompson) as well as Terre Roche herself.

Tracklist

DISC ONE
The Roches/Nurds
1. We 
2. Hammond Song 
3. Mr. Sellack 
4. Damned Old Dog 
5. The Troubles 
6. The Train
7. The Married Men 
8. Runs In The Family
9. Quitting Time
10. Pretty And High
11. Nurds 
12. It’s Bad For Me 
13. Louis 
14. Bobby’s Song 
15. The Boat Family 
16. My Sick Mind 
17. The Death Of Suzzy Roche 
18. Factory Girl 
19. One Season 
20. This Feminine Position
 
DISC TWO
Keep on Doing/Another World
1. The Hallelujah Chorus 
2. Losing True 
3. Steady With The Maestro 
4. The Largest Elizabeth In The World 
5. On The Road To Fairfax County 
6. I Fell In Love 
7. The Scorpion Lament 
8. Want Not Want Not 
9. Timothy Tim 
10. Keep on Doing What You’re Doing/Jerks on the Loose
11. Love Radiates Around 
12. Another World 
13. Come Softly To Me 
14. Missing 
15. Face Down At Folk City
16. The Angry Angry Man 
17. Weeded Out 
18. Older Girls 
19. Love to See You 
20. Gimme a Slice 
 
DISC THREE
Can We Go Home Now (Expanded Edition)
1. The Great Gaels 
2. Move 
3. You (Make My Life Come True) 
4. Christlike 
5. Home Away From Home
6. Can We Go Home Now 
7. When You’re Ready 
8. I’m Someone Who Loves You 
9. So 
10. Holidays 
11. My Winter Coat 
12. Second Family 
13. My Winter Coat (Live on KRCW)