Most comprehensive retrospective of King and Paul King's recording career. Includes the hit albums 'Steps In Time', 'Bitter Sweet' and 'Joy' in full plus numerous bonus tracks, 12" mixes, B-sides, unreleased demos, and live recordings. 35 previously unreleased tracks. With sleeve notes written by Paul King, all housed in a deluxe 5CD clamshell box with individual card wallets. Step back into the electric colour and emotional pulse of the mid-80s with 'Soul On My Boots - The Collection', the definitive 5CD celebration of British pop-funk romantics King. This long-overdue anthology captures the band's recorded legacy across two hit-studded studio albums, a previously unreleased live set, a vault-clearing rarities collection, and Paul King's solo album 'Joy' - complete with related 12" mixes and long-lost cuts. Fronted by the charismatic, quiffed presence of Paul King, the Coventry quartet stormed the charts in 1985 with 'Love & Pride', followed by 'Won't You Hold My Hand Now' and 'Alone Without You', before crafting a more complex and introspective follow-up album, 'Bitter Sweet'. Both albums are presented here in full, bolstered by a generous run of extended mixes, alternative versions, and hard-to-find single remixes. CD3 unveils for the first time King's complete 1985 live performance at Strathclyde University-a thrilling reminder of the band's onstage energy, combining polished pop hooks with raw emotional charge. CD4 digs even deeper with 21 unreleased tracks, including demos, previously unheard songs, and an aborted single ('Baby Raven Mane'), offering a rare insight into the evolution of a band poised between pop stardom and deeper creative experimentation. The final disc gathers Paul King's 1987 solo album 'Joy', produced by Dan Hartman (James Brown, Tina Turner), now joined by a wealth of era-defining 12" mixes and B-sides. Tracks like 'I Know', 'Follow My Heart', and 'Love - Pride And Brutality' reflected a bold new sound, fusing late-80s dancefloor sensibilities with Paul's singular vocal style. This collection prioritises completeness and authenticity, with many tracks making their CD debut or emerging from the vaults for the very first time. The 5-disc set comes housed in an attractive clamshell box with individual wallets and features a booklet containing a newly penned memoir-style essay by Paul King himself-bringing personal context to this definitive document of King's creative journey.

Track List

1. Fish
2. Love And Pride
3. And As For Myself
4. Trouble
5. Won’t You Hold My Hand Now
6. Unity Song
7. Cherry
8. Soul On My Boots
9. I Kissed The Spikey Fridge
10. Fish (Reprise)
11. Love ; Pride (Extended Mix) (Bonus Track)
12. Won’t You Hold My Hand Now (Alternative 7” Version) (Bonus Track)
13. Soul On My Boots (Rub A Dub Mix) (Bonus Track)
14. Won’t You Hold My Hand Now (The Magnificent 12” Mix) (Bonus Track)
15. Love ; Pride (Dub Mix) (Bonus Track)
16. Won’t You Hold My Hand Now (85 Reasons To Hold Hands Mix)(Bonus Track)
17. Alone Without You
18. Platform One
19. I Cringed I Died I Felt Hot
20. (Kfad) Wait For No-One
21. 2 M.B.
22. These Things
23. The Taste Of Your Tears
24. Torture
25. Sugar Candy Mountain Buddhas
26. Mind Yer Toes
27. Torture (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
28. Alone Without You (Club Mix) (Bonus Track)
29. The Taste Of Your Tears (Breaker Heart Mix) (Bonus Track)
30. Torture (P.F. Extended Mix) (Bonus Track)
31. Alone Without You (Street Mix) (Bonus Track)
32. Alone Without You
33. Trouble
34. Kings For A Day
35. Torture
36. And As For Myself
37. Soul On My Boots
38. Won’t You Hold My Hand Now
39. Sugar Candy Mountain Buddhas
40. I Kissed The Spikey Fridge
41. Unity Song
42. Crazy Party
43. Love ; Pride
44. Fish (Reprise)
45. Don’t Stop
46. Won’t You Hold My Hand Now (Encore)
47. Love ; Pride (Encore)
48. Baby Raven Mane (Unreleased Single)
49. Something To Believe In (Unreleased B- Side)
50. Baby Raven Mane (Demo)
51. Something To Believe In (Demo)
52. If I Had You (Demo)
53. Love Has Let You Down (Demo)
54. Ten (Demo)
55. Man For All Seasons (Demo)
56. Can’t Help Yourself (Demo)
57. Play That Song Again (Demo)
58. Hollow Talk (Demo)
59. At The End Of The Day (Demo)
60. Let’s Find A Home (Demo)
61. Rock Trash Go (Demo)
62. Some Risks Are Worth Taking (Demo)
63. Glory’s Goal (Demo)
64. Someday (Demo)
65. Building (Demo)
66. The First Loves Kiss (Demo) (Short Version)
67. Take A Chance On Me (Demo)
68. In The Heat Of The Morning (Demo)
69. Follow My Heart
70. When You Smile
71. I Know
72. Pass On By
73. So Brutual
74. Star
75. It’s Up To You
76. One Too Many Heartaches
77. Slow Motion
78. Some Risks
79. Glory’s Goal
80. Follow My Heart (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
81. I Know (Fresh Mix) (Bonus Track)
82. I Know (Instant Magic Mix) (Bonus Track)
83. Follow My Heart (12” Heartbeat Mix) (Bonus Track)
84. Love – Pride And Brutality (12”) (Bonus Track)
85. Brutality (Bonus Track)

UPC > 5013929449312

Format > New CD

Label > Cherry Pop

Release Date > Release Date: 11.21.25

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