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Between his Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort years and decades of acclaimed solo releases, this esteemed UK singer-songwriter has walked his own path—from folk-rock and country-rock to new wave and pop and back to his rootsy beginnings again. This 4-CD set rounds up the best from Iain’s long-deleted rarities series and adds a new collection of more recent unreleased tracks, bringing the whole project up to date. No one but Iain himself could have annotated this sprawling set as meticulously as it is here; Viv Stanshall, Richard Thompson, Andy Roberts and more of Iain’s favorite collaborators are heard across the radio sessions "Any Day Woman," "Seeds and Stems," "Hearts," "Home," the Matthews Southern Comfort 1970 tracks "Belle," "Later On," "Yankee Lady," 1981 demos of "S.O.S.," "Better Not Stay," the ’90s outtakes "Something Mighty," "Your Own Way of Forgetting"…69 tracks spanning 1970–99! Cherry Red.