Downloads

Audio

• The Thaw Session - the first jam released by the band after reuniting. Made available October 22, 2007.

This from Nick McCabe: Thaw. Here's a little note on the 'Thaw Session'. What you hear is the first thing that went to tape, yes, tape- we were already playing as the machine went into record- literally twenty mins after si turned up. When we decided to make this available we started to edit and polish, get the intro a little more slick, move instruments around, etc, and then Si and myself had a think and decided to do that would be out of step with the spirit of the offering. It's not a "taster", it's not a "clue" it's not a "used up b-side", it's not a "weaker track" or "out of step with the album" or any of that shit. Keep guessing Sherlock. This is what you would have heard had you been in the room with us, and you my friends, get to hear it. Gratis. Make of that what you will. Anyway, three days off albeit with tonsilitis and a particularly onerous 'comedy pickpocketing', back to the grind. Later.

• BBC Radio 1 Podcast, October 5, 2007 - Richard Ashcroft talks about The Verve reunion.
  
• Zane Lowe, September 18, 2007 - Two Peel Sessions and a short interview with Simon Jones.
• Jo Whiley, June 26, 2007 - Whiley announces Verve's return.
• Zane Lowe, November 21, 2005 - Lowe premiers Ashcroft's single "Break The Night With Colour."
  
• Zane Lowe, May 19, 2005 - Lowe premiers "This Could Be My Moment" and describes the release of This Is Music: The Singles.

The Verve

• wallpaper 1 - photo collage over a black background.
  
• wallpaper 2 -Verve picture with the words Haigh Hall.
  
• wallpaper 3 - neon letters and a flowing stream below the hill; enlarged front cover of the singles collection.
  
• wallpaper 4 - alternate version of wallpaper 3, this one being more sleek.
  
• Bitter Sweet Symphony midi - a simple, though cheesy, midi file of the hit song.
  
• Bitter Sweet Symphony karaoke - same as the above, but with lyrics. You'll need Quicktime for this (see below).
  
• screen saver 1 - a nice saver with random Verve images.

Richard Ashcroft

• background set - three original backgrounds from Ashcroft's first official website.
  
• wallpaper 1 - high resolution; Ashcroft watching television in a busted apartment room.
  
• screen saver 1 - various images of Richard Ashcroft including: sipping tea, sitting at a table, and trying to sleep.
• avatar set - contains two avatars

Note:

• For the wallpapers, please download the file and place wherever you store images on your hard drive; right-click, and chose "set as desktop background."
• For the midi files, you will probably need quicktime.
• For the audio, any audio player will do, such as foobar or winamp.
  
• The screen savers are as easy as downloading the zip folder and clicking on the installer file.
• A file host website, such as rapidshare, is used for all the large files.