Exclusive songs from collections
Many Nik Kershaw collections were released.
Most of them feature songs that can also be found on Nik Kershaw album or single records.
1991 The Collection
1993 The Best Of NK
1994 Wouldn't It Be Good
1995 Anthology
1997 Wouldn't It Be Good
1998 Greatest Hits
2000 The Essential
2001 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
2022 Essential Nik Kershaw
2022 Extended Versions (Digital album only)
2022 B-Sides Versions (Digital album only)
2023 Collected
Yet, some collections have exclusive songs that had never been released before.
These collections are 2005 "Then & Now" and 2010 "No Frills".
All these exclusives songs are listed hereafter.
Lyrics
here :
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 5277986X
ISWC: T-011.549.666-6
ICE work key: 10355204
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: August 30th 2005
Collection version (4:40)
"Time Like These" was the first of the four exclusive tracks on the 2005 "Then & Now" collection.
Alternate version (4:47)
Around 2005, a six-track CDr was sold on e-bay.
It was entitled "Nik Kershaw - Work in Progress" and had three tracks from the 2005 Then & Now collection and three tracks from the 2006 You've Got To Laugh Album.
An alternate version of "Time Like These" can be found on that CD.
It sounds exactly the same mix as that on that 2005 Then & Now collection, in a lesser quality, with a fade out that starts a few seconds later than on the regular collection version.
Edit version (4:04)
This version was shared amongst fans on the Internet. It has a shorter intro and a fades out that starts a lot earlier than on the regular collection version.
The fade out sounds a little uneven.
No official release mention this edit version which could easily be fan-made.
Another mystery to be solved.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 5278045J
ISWC: T-011.549.678-0
ICE work key: 10355671
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: August 30th 2005
Collection version (4:07)
The second of the four exclusive tracks on the 2005 "Then & Now" collection.
Alternate version (4:10)
Around 2005, a six-track CDr was sold on e-bay.
It was entitled "Nik Kershaw - Work in Progress" and had three tracks from the 2005 Then & Now collection and three tracks from the 2006 You've Got To Laugh Album.
An alternate version of "Dangerous Eyes" can be found on that CD.
It sounds exactly the same mix as that on that 2005 Then & Now collection, in a lesser quality, with a fade out that starts a few seconds later than on the regular collection version.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 5278043E
ISWC: T-011.549.677-9
ICE work key: 10355650
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: August 30th 2005
Collection version (4:42)
The third of the four exclusive tracks on the 2005 "Then & Now" collection.
Alternate version (4:58)
Around 2005, a six-track CDr was sold on e-bay.
It was entitled "Nik Kershaw - Work in Progress" and had three tracks from the 2005 Then & Now collection and three tracks from the 2006 You've Got To Laugh Album.
An alternate version of "Cloud Nine" can be found on that CD.
It sounds exactly the same mix as that on that 2005 Then & Now collection, in a lesser quality, with a fade out that starts a lot later than on the regular collection version.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Tunecode: 5253073K
ISWC: T-011.013.979-1
ICE work key: 10115136
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: August 11th 2005
Collection version (3:34)
The fourth of the four exclusive tracks on the 2005 "Then & Now" collection.
Co-written by Nik Kershaw and Chesney Lee Hawkes
Tunecode: 3297181Y
ISWC: T-912.660.274-2
ICE work key: 7196530
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: June 8th 2001
Acoustic version (3:22)
This song was the first of the two exclusive tracks on the 2010 "No Frills" collection.
Also released as track 3 on the D side (second vinyl record) of the 2023 "Collected" vinyl collection.
Chesney Hawkes - Sunset Sessions (2:57)
Another acoustic version was released as track 2 on Chesney Hawkes' 2021 "Sunset Sessions" four-track-digital EP.
This version is in fact a duet by Nik Kershaw (guitar and vocals) and Chesney Hawkes (piano and vocals).
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
[Listen to it HERE]
Co-written by Nik Kershaw, Jon Willy Rydningen and Nicholas "Nick" Ian Hammond
Tunecode: 8568541Y // 192583HU // 149235FS // 564393ER
ISWC: T-904.871.555-5
ICE work key: 13947299 // 27882942 // 23546193 // 65075411
PRS/MCPS - Work registered: January 7th 2008 // March 9th 2010 // August 4th 2018 // June 13th 2023
Acoustic version (4:41)
This song was the second of the two exclusive tracks on the 2010 "No Frills" collection.
Here after, the covers of all Nik Kershaw collections that do not have exclusive tracks:
