Return to Eden, Vol. 1: The Early Recordings (though as yet there has been no volume two) is a compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by All About Eve

All About Eve (band)

All About Eve were a British rock/pop band. The creative core consisted of the Coventry born Julianne Regan , and the Huddersfield born Andy Cousin , with other members changing over the years...

 put out in early 2002 on their own JamTart label and widely sold at gigs at that time, though also it was (and still is) available to buy in shops and online. It was the fourth album released since the band's reformation in 1999.

As the title suggests, this compilation concerns itself with the songs which the band produced under its own Eden label prior to being signed by Mercury

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

 in 1987. As well as some unreleased demos, it includes all the A-sides and B-sides of their Eden label 7" and 12" singles, and the track "Suppertime": prior to the release of Return to Eden, this last track had only ever been released on a 'various artists' compilation entitled Gunfire And Pianos, put out in 1985 by ZigZag magazine

ZigZag (magazine)

ZigZag was a British rock music magazine. It was started by Pete Frame and the first edition rolled off the printing presses on 16 April 1969...

 and the record label Situation Two

Situation Two

Situation Two, aka Situation 2, was a record label created in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the larger Beggars Banquet label. At the time, Beggars Banquet records were distributed by WEA Records; so, to appeal to the indie audience and to get releases into the indie charts, the Situation Two...

. As such, Return to Eden is of huge significance to All About Eve fans as it is the only place where all of these early (1985-87) works may be found, short of finding then buying each single individually (a vastly expensive undertaking as they are all collectors' items today). Most of the tracks had never before been released on CD.

Track listing

1. "D for Desire" - 4:16
2. "Don't Follow Me (March Hare)" - 4:05
3. "Suppertime" - 3:10
4. "End of the Day" - 3:59
5. "Love Leads Nowhere" - 3:50
6. "In the Clouds" - 3:11
7. "Apple Tree Man" (demo version) - 4:04
8. "Shelter from the Rain" - 5:18
9. "Every Angel" (demo version) - 3:37
10. "In the Meadow" (demo version) - 4:32
11. "Our Summer" - 3:23
12. "Lady Moonlight" - 4:28
13. "Our Summer" (extended) - 4:28
14. "Flowers In Our Hair" - 4:07
15. "Paradise" - 3:52
16. "Devil Woman" - 2:58
17. "Flowers In Our Hair" (extended) - 5:12