News 17 Jul 2024

Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent 40th anniversary reissue with SDE-exclusive blu-ray

4CD+DVD deluxe also available

By Paul Sinclair

Bronski Beat / The Age Of Consent 40th anniversary SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

The Age Of Consent + Bonus Tracks all in Atmos • Quick Pre-order

London Records are reissuing Bronski Beat’s classic 1984 debut The Age of Consent for its 40th anniversary and formats will include an SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio with the album and plenty of bonus material, all in mixed in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround and available in instrumental form. This will be #26 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series.

Other anniversary editions include a 4CD+DVD deluxe that offers 22 previously unreleased tracks and video content along with 2CD and 2LP variants.

Bronski Beat were Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville and this album (the only proper studio album to feature Jimmy) was released in October 1984, hitting the top 10 across Europe as well as in Canada and New Zealand. Three of its four singles made the UK 10, including ‘Why?‘ and the enduring classic ‘Smalltown Boy’.

The SDE exclusive blu-ray of *The Age of Consent* (click image to enlarge)

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio features the following content

The Age of Consent
Bonus remixes from 2024
Hundreds & Thousands (The Age of Consent remix album from 1985)
Bonus rarities from 1984-5

That’s 26 tracks in total and all of them will be available in the following seven audio streams, with David Wrench handling the Atmos Mixes (along with the new stereo and 5.1 mixes):

Dolby Atmos [48/24]
5.1 Surround [48/24]
2024 Stereo Mix [96/24]
Original 1984 Stereo Mix [96/24]
Dolby Atmos Instrumental [48/24]
5.1 Surround Instrumental [48/24]
2024 Stereo Instrumental [96/24]

The 4CD+DVD deluxe edition comes in 7″ style casebound book packaging and features both The Age of Consent, Hundreds and Thousands and 41 bonus tracks including original 12-inch mixes, B-sides and 22 previously unreleased rarities including Capital Radio sessions, early versions, an original US Club Remix of ‘Smalltown Boy’ and a Hundreds & Thousands version of ‘Love and Money’. The DVD includes restored promo videos, Top of the Pops performances (SDE fact: I was actually in the TOTP studio audience for the Oct 84 performance of ‘Why’!) and even some original TV ads!

The 40th anniversary 4CD+DVD deluxe edition of *The Age of Consent* (click to enlarge)

The blu-ray audio will ship with a free and collectible SDE slipcase and is exclusively available via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

If you purchase the blu-ray + 4CD+DVD bundle from the SDE shop you will receive a limited edition ‘I Feel Love’ CD single for free, while stocks last. This features six tracks, four that are not in the deluxe and two which are previously unreleased (see tracklisting below).

The blu-ray audio is a limited edition. The pre-order window will close in 10 days on 27 July 2024.

The Age of Consent will be reissued on 18 October 2024, via London Records.

Tracklisting

- ALL tracks in the following audio streams:
  1. Dolby Atmos [48/24]
  2. 5.1 Surround [48/24]
  3. 2024 Stereo Mix [96/24]
  4. Original Stereo Mix [96/24]
  5. Dolby Atmos Instrumental [48/24]
  6. 5.1 Surround Instrumental [48/24]
  7. 2024 Stereo Instrumental [96/24]
  The Age Of Consent
  1. Why?
  2. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  3. Screaming
  4. No More War
  5. Love & Money
  6. Smalltown Boy
  7. Heatwave
  8. Junk
  9. Need A Man Blues
  10. I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me
  Bonus 2024 Remixes
  1. Smalltown Boy (Absolute. Rework)
  2. Smalltown Boy (Planningtorock’s ‘The Love That You Need’ Rework)
  3. Why? (Superchumbo Mix ft Neil Tennant)
  4. Smalltown Boy (Dave Audé vs Tall Paul Remix)
  5. Smalltown Boy (The Knocks & Bronski Beat ft Perfume Genius)
  Hundreds & Thousands (original remix album from 1985)
  1. Heatwave (Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  2. Why? (Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  3. Run From Love (Dominic Maita Remix)
  4. Hard Rain (Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  5. Smalltown Boy (Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  6. Junk (Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  Bonus Tracks
  1. Love And Money (Hundreds & Thousands Remix)
  2. Infatuation / Memories
  3. Close To The Edge
  4. I Feel Love (Medley)
  5. Cadillac Car
- CD 1: The Age of Consent Plus
  1. Why?
  2. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  3. Screaming
  4. No More Way
  5. Love & Money
  6. Smalltown Boy
  7. Heatwave
  8. Junk
  9. Need a Man Blues
  10. I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me
  Bonus tracks
  1. Smalltown Boy (DJ 7” edit)
  2. Why? (Remix)
  3. It Ain’t Necessarily So (7” version)
  4. I Feel Love (7” version) with Marc Almond
  5. Run From Love (radio version)
  6. Hard Rain (NME 7” version)
- CD 2: Hundreds & Thousands: The Remix Album Plus
  1. Heatwave (Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  2. WHY(Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  3. Run From Love (Dominic Maita Remix)
  4. Hard Rain(Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  5. Smalltown Boy(Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  6. Junk(Harvey Goldberg Remix)
  Bonus tracks
  1. Love and Money (Hundreds & Thousands Remix)*
  2. Infatuation / Memories
  3. Close to the Edge
  4. I Feel Love (Cake Mix) with Marc Almond
  5. Cadillac Car (Extended)
  * Previously unreleased
- CD 3: Consent Extended: The 12″ Mixes Plus
  1. Smalltown Boy (12” Version)
  2. Why? (12” version)
  3. It Ain’t Necessarily So (12” version)
  4. I Feel Love (12” version) with Marc Almond
  5. Run From Love (US Club Remix ‘85)*
  6. Smalltown Boy (US Club Remix ‘84)*
  7. Red Dance
  8. The Potato Field
  9. Puit D’Amour
  10. Signs (and Wonders)
  11. I Feel Love (Fruit Mix)
  * Previously unreleased
- CD 4: Ignore at Your Peril: The Rarities Plus
  1. Smalltown Boy (Capital Radio Session, May ‘84)*
  2. Heatwave (Capital Radio Session, MAY ‘84)*
  3. Hard Rain(Capital Radio Session, MAY ‘84 )*
  4. Why?(Early version, March ’84)*
  5. Crazy Maraquitta (Studio Session)*
  6. It Ain’t Necessarily So (Early Version)*
  7. Upside Down (Studio Session)*
  8. Screaming (Early Version, March ‘84)*
  9. The Power of the Gold (Studio Session)*
  10. Love and Money (Early Version)*
  11. First Church (Feel Love) (Studio Session)*
  12. Junk (Early Version 2)*
  13. Walking(Studio Session)*
  14. No More War (Early Version)*
  15. Go (You & Me) (Studio Session)*
  16. Close to the Edge (Early Alternate Extended)*
  17. Heatwave (Early Version)*
  18. The Other Side of the Tracks (Studio Session)*
  19. Smalltown Boy (Early Version, March ‘84)*
  * Previously unreleased
- DVD: The First Chapter: The Videos Plus
  Restored Promos
  1. Smalltown Boy (Restored Promo)
  2. Why?(Restored Promo))
  3. It Ain’t Necessarily So(Restored Promo)
  4. I Feel Love with Marc Almond (Restored Promo)
  Top of the Pops Performances
  1. Smalltown Boy (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, June ‘84)
  2. Why? (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, September ‘84)
  3. It Aint’ Necessarily So (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, December ‘84)
  4. I Feel Love with Marc Almond (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, APRIL ‘85)
  Original TV Adverts
  1. The Age of Consent – TV Advert #1 (December ‘84) *
  2. The Age of Consent – TV Advert #2 (January ‘85) *
  * Previously unreleased
- I Feel Love CD single
  1. I Feel Love (Cake Mix) Bronski Beat with Marc Almond 8’25”
  2. I Feel Love (Fruit Mix) Bronski Beat 8’16″
  3. I Feel Love (Early Version, March ’84) 6’17” * Bronski Beat
  4. I Feel Love (DJ Edit) 4’33” * Bronski Beat with Marc Almond
  5. I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me (Rough Edit) 5’49” Bronski Beat
  6. Puit D’Amour 1’37” Bronski Beat
  * Previously unreleased

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

11 Suede

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

19 Wham! / Fantastic

20 Wham! / Make It Big

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

24 Ultravox / Lament

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

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Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent 40th anniversary reissue with SDE-exclusive blu-ray

4CD+DVD deluxe also available

The Age Of Consent + Bonus Tracks all in Atmos • Quick Pre-order

Tracklisting

The Age of Consent Bronski Beat / 40th anniversary

ALL tracks in the following audio streams:

The Age Of Consent

Bonus 2024 Remixes

Hundreds & Thousands (original remix album from 1985)

Bonus Tracks

Bonus tracks

Bonus tracks

* Previously unreleased

* Previously unreleased

* Previously unreleased

Restored Promos

Top of the Pops Performances

Original TV Adverts

* Previously unreleased

* Previously unreleased

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The Age Of Consent + Bonus Tracks all in Atmos • Quick Pre-order

Tracklisting

The Age of Consent Bronski Beat / 40th anniversary

ALL tracks in the following audio streams:

The Age Of Consent

Bonus 2024 Remixes

Hundreds & Thousands (original remix album from 1985)

Bonus Tracks

Bonus tracks

Bonus tracks

* Previously unreleased

* Previously unreleased

* Previously unreleased

Restored Promos

Top of the Pops Performances

Original TV Adverts

* Previously unreleased

* Previously unreleased

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