1985 – How The Waterboys Made This Is The Sea And Saw The Whole Of The Moon

‘1985’ is a newly curated limited edition deluxe box set by The Waterboys’ leader Mike Scott telling the story of the making of their landmark album This Is The Sea and the timeless single, The Whole of The Moon.

The Music takes the listener through 95t racks over Six CDs, including 64 previously unreleased recordings of home recordings, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings, and tv/radio sessions covering the recording process of the album along with the remastered version of the This Is The Sea album.

The book is a 220-page hard cover containing a first-hand account of the creation of the album with deep recording details, background, cultural context, photographs (many previously unseen), songwriting pages, lyrics and previously unseen writings. Text by Waterboys’ singer and songwriter Mike Scot with additional sections by Anthony Thistlethwaite and Max Edie.