If I Can't Have You

Recorded during the extended Fisherman's Blues sessions held between 1986 and 1988 in Dublin and Spiddal. Mike Scott wrote and sang the track with musicians from the Waterboys' acoustic-era lineup. The song remained unreleased during the original Fisherman's Blues campaign and later appeared as an archival outtake. Its direct blues form revealed another side of the prolific sessions that reshaped the band's sound. The recording became part of the expanded archival history surrounding Fisherman's Blues. It documents the breadth of material created during the Waterboys' transition toward folk, country and blues-based arrangements.