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The Connells / Ring deluxe edition

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Anyone who watched MTV in the early 90s would not have missed the heavy rotation of The Connells‘ single ’74-’75. The popular song was a top 10 hit across Europe and reached No 14 in the UK.

As it turns out, the North Carolina alt-rock band had a history that went back to 1985 and Ring, the 1993 album that features 74-’75, was actually their fifth long-player and Mitch Easter had produced 1987’s Boylan Heights.

The band built a following in the US and had a string of college radio hits, but ultimately while Ring received critival praise, it was only a modest commercial success and the follow-up single (the ‘New Boy’ EP) couldn’t repeat the ’74-’75 climb to the higher reachers of the charts. Therefore it’s hard to deny that, in most territories, The Connells are regarded as a bit of a one-hit wonder, however, that hasn’t stopped Craft Recordings from opting to give this record an impressive-looking deluxe reissue.

The album has been newly remastered (by Brent Lambert) for its 30th anniversary and the new 2CD deluxe edition include 21 bonus tracks, including rare B-sides and 12 previously unreleased demos. This comes with new sleeve notes from David Menconi with new interviews from the band.

A black vinyl version of the album will also be released (no bonus tracks) and a yellow vinyl edition is available via the band’s official store (US only).

Ring will be reissued on 11 August 2023 via Craft Recordings.

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Ring The Connells / 30th anniversary edition

    • CD 1
      1. Slackjawed
      2. Carry My Picture
      3. ’74-’75
      4. Doin’ You
      5. Find Out
      6. Eyes On The Ground
      7. Spiral
      8. Hey You
      9. New Boy
      10. Disappointed
      11. Burden
      12. Any Day Now
      13. Running Mary
      14. ’74-’75 (Radio Edit)
      15. Slackjawed (Radio Edit)
      16. Logan Street
      17. Wonder Why
      18. Living In The Past
    • CD 2
      1. ’74-’75 (Demo)*
      2. Carry My Picture (Demo)*
      3. Disappointed (Demo)*
      4. Doin’ You (Demo)*
      5. Eyes On The Ground (Demo)*
      6. Hey You (Demo)*
      7. Logan Street (Demo)*
      8. New Boy (Demo)*
      9. Running Mary (Demo)*
      10. Slackjawed (Demo)*
      11. Spiral (Demo)*
      12. Wonder Why (Demo)*
      13. New Boy (Live Acoustic Version)
      14. Doin’ You (Live Acoustic Version)
      15. Running Mary (Live Acoustic Version)
      16. ’74-’75 (Live Acoustic Version)
      *Previously Unreleased

David Sylvian / samadhisound 2003-2014: Do You Know Me Now?

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A new David Sylvian 10CD box set that focuses on his post-Virgin output will be released in August. samadhisound 2003–2014 Do You Know Me Now? contains all of David Sylvian’s solo albums issued between 2003 and 2014, plus the albums recorded with Nine Horses, Jan Bang & Erik Honoré and Franz Wright & Christian Fennesz. The set also contains an exclusive compilation CD, Do You Know Me Now? featuring non-album tracks recorded with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Nine Horses.

This new archival release is presented as a 10-inch deluxe set (think Lennon or Bobbie Gentry) and comes with a stunning 100-page hardcover book, art directed by Sylvian and with design and calligraphy by Chris Bigg. Photography is by Ruud Van Empel. The 10 discs are spread across three separate CD folio/folders and artist/musician Lance Austin Olsen has handled the design for these.

The box set comprises a 10-inch slipcase, 100-page book and three disc folios (click image to enlarge)

The book offers previously unseen artwork and contextual essays by David Sylvian and renowned graphic designer and author Adrian Shaughnessy on the visual aesthetic of the samadhisound label

Speaking of his time releasing music via samadhisound, Sylvian says “Although I personally maintain samadhisound is the home of my best work it was produced during a very turbulent period that precipitated some devastating changes in my life. I can’t gloss over this fact as it’s incorporated into, and informs the material in many ways. Maybe that’s why, after all this time, outside of any possible musical innovation, it remains so important to me.”

samadhisound 2003–2014 Do You Know Me Now? will be released on 4 August 2023 via UMR/samadhisound and is a D2C (direct to consumer) only, so it can’t be found via normal channels (Rough Trade, HMV, Amazon, JPC etc.). It’s available via David Sylvian’s web shop.

David Sylvian / Samadhisound 10CD box set
Stunning photography and art direction (slipcase on the left, book on the right) ). Click image to enlarge.
Sample spread from the 100-page books (click image to enlarge)
David Sylvian / Samadhisound 10CD box set
Another spread from the 100-page books (click image to enlarge)

Tracklisting

David Sylvian / Samadhisound 10CD box set

Samadhisound 2003-2014 David Sylvian / 10CD box set

    • CD 1: Blemish – David Sylvian
      1. Blemish (13:42)
      2. The Good Son (5:25)
      3. The Only Daughter (5:28)
      4. The Heart Knows Better (7:51)
      5. She Is Not (0:45)
      6. Late Night Shopping (2:54)
      7. How Little We Need To Be Happy (3:22)
      8. A Fire In The Forest (4:14)
    • CD 2: The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter – The Blemish Remixes – David Sylvian
      1. The Only Daughter: Remixed by Ryoji Ikeda (5:49)
      2. Blemish: Remixed by Burnt Friedman (4:50)
      3. The Heart Knows Better: Remixed by Sweet Billy Pilgrim (5:29)
      4. A Fire In The Forest: Remixed by Readymade FC (5:05)
      5. The Good Son: Remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno (4:33)
      6. Late Night Shopping: Remixed by Burnt Friedman (2:51)
      7. How Little We Need To Be Happy: Remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano (4:35)
      8. The Only Daughter: Remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré (5:28)
      9. Blemish: Remixed by Akira Rabelais (10:10)
    • CD 3 Snow Borne Sorrow – Nine Horses
      1. Wonderful World (6:02)
      2. Darkest Birds (5:03)
      3. The Banality of Evil (7:59)
      4. Atom and Cell (7:06)
      5. A History of Holes (8:02)
      6. Snow Borne Sorrow (6:23)
      7. The Day The Earth Stole Heaven (3:19)
      8. Serotonin (5:54)
      9. The Librarian (9:01)
    • CD 4: Do You Know Me Now? – David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto / Nine Horses
      1. World Citizen -Short Version (6:46)
      2. World Citizen – I Won’t Be Disappointed (6:06)
      3. World Citizen – Ryoji Ikeda remix (4:59)
      4. Money For All (4:08)
      5. Get The Hell Out (5:36)
      6. The Banality of Evil – Burnt Friedman remix (6:48)
      7. Wonderful World– Burnt Friedman remix (7:04)
      8. Birds Sing For Their Lives (7:02)
      9. Serotonin – Burnt Friedman remix (4:51)
      10. Money For All – Version (4:00)
      11. Get The Hell Out – Burnt Friedman remix (5:02)
      12. When Monday Comes Around (5:58)
      13. Do You Know Me Now? (4:20)
      14. Where’s Your Gravity? (5:37)
    • CD 5: When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima – David Sylvian
      1. When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima (70:00)
    • CD 6: Manafon – David Sylvian
      1. Small Metal Gods (5:48)
      2. The Rabbit Skinner (4:41)
      3. Random Acts of Senseless Violence (7:06)
      4. The Greatest Living Englishman (10:54)
      5. 125 Spheres (0:29)
      6. Snow White in Appalachia (6:35)
      7. Emily Dickinson (6:25)
      8. The Department of Dead Letters (2:25)
      9. Manafon (5:22)
    • CD 7: Died In The Wool – Manafon Variations – David Sylvian
      1. Small Metal Gods – Died In The Wool – Version (5:09)
      2. Died In The Wool (6:03)
      3. I Should Not Dare ( for N.O) (3:24)
      4. Random Acts of Senseless Violence – Died In The Wool version(6:24)
      5. A Certain Slant of Light ( for M.K.) (3:28)
      6. Anomaly at Taw Head (5:06)
      7. Snow White in Appalachia – Died In The Wool version (5:59)
      8. Emily Dickinson – Died In The Wool Version (3:35)
      9. The Greatest Living Englishman – Coda (3:06)
      10. Anomaly at Taw Head ( A Haunting) (3:12)
      11. Manafon – Died In The Wool version (4:05)
      12. The Last Days of December (6:16)
    • CD 8: When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us – David Sylvian
      1. When We Return You Won’t Recognise Us (18:15)
    • CD 9: Uncommon Deities – Jan Bang & Erik Honoré with David Sylvian / Sidsel Endresen / Arve Henriksen
      1. The God of Single Cell Organisms (3:37)
      2. The God of Sleeplessness (4:29)
      3. The God of Silence (4:19)
      4. The God of Smaller Gods (4:04)
      5. The God of Small Caresses (5:51)
      6. The God of Black Holes (3:57)
      7. The God of Adverbs (4:20)
      8. The Ruminative Gap (3:18)
      9.  The God of Crossroads (3:19)
      10. The God of Tiny Island (5:06)
      11. The God of Gradual Abduction (5:27)
      12. I Swallowed Earth for This (3:18)
    • CD 10: There’s A Light That Enters Houses With No Other House In Sight – David Sylvian / Franz Wright / Christian Fennesz
      1. There’s A Light That Enters Houses With No Other House In Sight (64:24)

Billy Idol / Self-titled debut reissued

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Billy Idol’s self-titled debut album has been remastered and expanded for a new reissue.

The 1982 album feature the singles ‘Hot In The City’ and ‘White Wedding’ which were top 30 and top 40 singles in America respectively (White Wedding was reissued in the UK in 1985 and was a top 10 hit).

This reissue presents the remastered album on both vinyl and CD. The 2CD edition offers an unreleased concert from the Roxy in Hollywood in 1982 and a “recently unearthed” and previously unreleased 12-minute Clubland Extended Remix of ‘White Wedding’.

The expanded 2CD set offers 1982 live concert and an unreleased remix (click image to enlarge)

Bafflingly, what we do not get are any 12-inch remixes of the singles, including the familiar – but immense – ‘Shotgun’ remix of ‘White Wedding (Part 1 and 2)’ which was expertly created by Gary Langan (of Art of Noise fame). ‘Dancing With Myself’ is also absent, and while it was rather tacked on the 1983 reissue of this record, it would have been a valid bonus track. These omissions, coupled with the jewel case presentation suggest ‘perfunctory’ rather than ‘passion’ when it comes to this project. There is a new Atmos Mix however, although it’s streaming only.

This Billy Idol reissue will be released on 28 July 2023 via UMe/Capitol. Amazon has an exclusive vinyl edition that comes with a litho print of alternative album artwork.

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Billy Idol / Self-titled album reissued

Billy Idol Billy Idol /

    • CD 1
      1. Come On, Come On
      2. White Wedding (Part 1)
      3. Hot In The City
      4. Dead On Arrival
      5. Nobody’s Business
      6. Love Calling
      7. Hole In The Wall
      8. Shooting Stars
      9. It’s So Cruel
      10. Congo Man
      11. White Wedding (Clubland Extended Remix) (Previously Unreleased)
    • CD 2: Live at the Roxy, 1982
      1. Baby Talk
      2. Untouchables
      3. Come On, Come On
      4. Hot In the City
      5. Dead On Arrival
      6. Heavens Inside
      7. Ready Steady Go
      8. Hole In The Wall
      9. Shooting Stars
      10. Kiss Me Deadly
      11. White Wedding
      12. Nobody’s Business
      13. Dancing With Myself
      14. Mony Mony
      15. Triumph

Belinda Carlisle / Decades Volume 1: The Studio Albums

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Belinda Carlisle’s first four albums are gathered together in a new deluxe set, Decades Volume One: The Studio Albums.

The albums in question are: Belinda (1986), Heaven On Earth (1987), Runaway Horses (1989) and Live Your Life Be Free (1991). Between them, these albums feature 16 hits, including ‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’, ‘I Get Weak’, ‘Circle In the Sand’, ‘Leave A Light On’, ‘Summer Rain’, ‘(We Want) The Same Thing’, and ‘Live Your Life Be Free’.

Decades Volume One: The Studio Albums is a new 4CD deluxe set (click image to enlarge)

The albums are presented in a DVD-sized ‘media book’ (aka casebound book) with 36 pages of lyrics, credits, annotations and photos. This is, apparently, the first in a series of deluxe sets of Belinda’s recordings.

Decades Volume One: The Studio Albums will be released on 1 September 2023 via Edsel.

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Decades Volume One: The Studio Recordings Belinda Carlisle /

    • CD 1: Belinda
      1. Mad About You
      2. I Need a Disguise
      3. Since You’ve Gone
      4. I Feel the Magic
      5. I Never Wanted a Rich Man
      6. Band of Gold
      7. Gotta Get to You
      8. From the Heart
      9. Shot in the Dark
      10. Stuff and Nonsense
    • CD 2: Heaven On Earth
      1. Heaven Is a Place On Earth
      2. Circle in the Sand
      3. I Feel Free
      4. Should I Let You In
      5. World Without You
      6. I Get Weak
      7. We Can Change
      8. Fool for Love
      9. Nobody Owns Me
      10. Love Never Dies
    • CD 3: Runaway Horses
      1. Leave a Light On
      2. Runaway Horses
      3. Vision of You
      4. Summer Rain
      5. La Luna
      6. The Same Thing (We Want)
      7. Deep Deep Ocean
      8. Valentine
      9. Whatever It Takes
      10. Shades of Michaelangelo
    • CD 4: Life Your Life Be Free
      1. Live Your Life Be Free
      2. Do You Feel Like I Feel?
      3. Half the World
      4. You Came Out of Nowhere
      5. You’re Nothing Without Me
      6. I Plead Insanity
      7. Emotional Highway
      8. Little Black Book
      9. Love Revolution
      10. World of Love
      11. Loneliness Game

Blur’s new album is being released on blu-ray audio

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A Dolby Atmos Mix of The Ballad of Darren, Blur’s first album in over eight years, is being released on blu-ray audio and you have an early opportunity to secure your copy via the SDE shop.

Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the band’s ninth studio album, their first since the chart-topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr. 

The blu-ray audio (no video content) will feature the immersive Dolby Atmos Mix and a 96/24 hi-res stereo version of The Ballad of Darren. Neither are available physically anywhere else. Both mixes are the 10-track version of the album, which features the first single The Narcissist.

To enjoy the spatial audio aspect, you’ll need a blu-ray player connected to an Atmos-compatible soundbar, or a Cinema-style amplifier/receiver with Atmos or 5.1 capability, rigged up to a multi-speaker set-up. If you currently have a 5.1 set-up, the Atmos Mix will ‘fold down’ to 5.1.

The Ballad of Darren has so far been made available to pre-order on a number of different formats (CD, deluxe CD, different coloured vinyl editions, zoetrope vinyl and cassette), so this blu-ray adds to the tally. Of course, with the Dolby Atmos Mix in particular, you are actually getting something different in terms of the audio. The mix was created by David Wrench.

The Ballad of Darren will be released on 21 July 2023 via Parlophone. At the time of writing, the blu-ray can be pre-ordered exclusively via the SDE shop using this link or the button below. We ship internationally. You can peruse all blu-rays on the SDE shop, here.

TECHNICAL NOTES: This blu-ray audio requires a blu-ray player. Decoding the Dolby Atmos mix requires a Dolby Atmos-certified soundbar or a Dolby Atmos-compatible AV Receiver/Amp. The Dolby Atmos mix will ‘fold down’ to 5.1 or stereo if a Dolby Atmos decoder is not detected.
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Blur / The Ballad of Darren blu-ray audio

The Ballad of Darren Blur /

    • Dolby Atmos and 96/24 hi-res stereo mix
      1. The Ballad
      2. St. Charles Square
      3. Barbaric
      4. Russian Strings
      5. The Everglades (For Leonard)
      6. The Narcissist
      7. Goodbye Albert
      8. Far Away Island
      9. Avalon
      10. The Heights

SDE looks at Demon Music’s 2CD deluxe sets in seven-inch packaging

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Demon Music are choosing to reissue some albums as 2CD deluxe sets in special seven-inch packaging. Recent examples include Donna Summer, the forthcoming Suede 30th anniversary release as well as The Kiki Dee Band and T. Rex. SDE examines this new packaging with a look at the last two artists in that list…

T. Rex’s The Slider is out now and The Kiki Dee Band’s I’ve Got The Music In Me is released on 30 June 2023.

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I Got The Music In Me - 2CD deluxe in seven-inch packaging

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The Slider T. Rex / 2CD

    • CD 1
      1. Metal Guru
      2. Mystic Lady
      3. Rock on
      4. The Slider
      5. Baby Boomerang
      6. Spaceball Ricochet
      7. Buick MacKane
      8. Telegram Sam
      9. Rabbit Fighter
      10. Baby Strange
      11. Ballrooms of Mars
      12. Chariot Choogle
      13. Main Man
      14. Cadilac
      15. Thunderwing
      16. Lady
    • CD 2: The Alternate Slider: Rabbit Fighter

      1 Metal Guru
      2 Mystic Lady
      3 Rock on
      4 The Slider
      5 Thunderwing
      6 Spaceball Ricochet
      7 Buick MacKane
      8 Telegram Sam
      9 Rabbit Fighter
      10 Baby Strange
      11 Ballrooms of Mars
      12 Cadilac
      13 Main Man
      14 Lady
      15 Sunken Rags

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The Slider T. Rex / 2CD

    • CD 1: The Slider
      1. Metal Guru
      2. Mystic Lady
      3. Rock on
      4. The Slider
      5. Baby Boomerang
      6. Spaceball Ricochet
      7. Buick MacKane
      8. Telegram Sam
      9. Rabbit Fighter
      10. Baby Strange
      11. Ballrooms of Mars
      12. Chariot Choogle
      13. Main Man
      14. Cadilac
      15. Thunderwing
      16. Lady
    • CD 2: The Alternate Slider: Rabbit Fighter
      1. Metal Guru
      2. Mystic Lady
      3. Rock on
      4. The Slider
      5. Thunderwing
      6. Spaceball Ricochet
      7. Buick MacKane
      8. Telegram Sam
      9. Rabbit Fighter
      10. Baby Strange
      11. Ballrooms of Mars
      12. Cadilac
      13. Main Man
      14. Lady
      15. Sunken Rags

Out This Week / on 23 June 2023

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Eric Clapton / The Definitive 24 Nights CD, Vinyl, Box Set, Blu-ray, DVD

Eric Clapton’s reputation has taken a bit of a battering in recent years, but back in 1991 he could do little wrong as this groundbreaking run of 24 concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall demonstrates. Each night featured him performing a career-spanning set with one of three lineups – a rock band, a blues band, or an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. This reissue offers EIGHT physical formats including 8LP vinyl and 6CD box sets both of which come with three blu-rays.

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Prince / Vinyl albums reissued

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Warner Music are repressing a series of Prince albums on vinyl for release in July and September.

The titles span a 16-year period and start with Prince’s 1978 debut For You, which marked the arrival of such a prodigious talent. The then 18-year old musician and wrote, performed, arranged and produced the entire album (with the exception of a co-write on single ‘Soft And Wet’).

Chronologically, the next vinyl reissue is 1988’s Lovesexy, Prince’s follow-up to Sign O’ The Times. Arguably, this features the last single from the purple one’s imperial phase, ‘Alphabet Street’.

‘Thieves in the Temple’ from Graffiti Bridge

Prince’s Batman album followed next from which ‘Batdance’ became Prince’s highest charting UK single since ‘Little Red Corvette’ five years earlier. Follow-up ‘Partyman’ reached No 14 and when issued in Japan, ‘Scandalous’ became The Scandalous Sex Suite, a 9-track mini-album.

The 1990 Graffiti Bridge film (directed by Prince) wasn’t well-received but the double album was his third chart-topper in a row in the UK and ‘Thieves in the Temple’ was a top 10 single. This is the only 2LP set in this reissue campaign.

The last album in the sequence of vinyl reissues is 1994’s Come. A classic ‘contractual obligation’ album, Prince cobbled this together and did zero promotion. ‘Letitgo’ deserved better as the single stalled at No 30 in the UK (not helped by a limp CD single with just one single edit of the song, while the USA got eight remixes on their disc!

These vinyl reissues are all released on 28 July 2023 except for Batman and Graffiti Bridge which follow on 8 September.

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For You Prince / vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. For You (01:06)
      2. In Love (03:38)
      3. Soft And Wet (03:01)
      4. Crazy You (02:17)
      5. Just As Long As We’re Together (06:24)
      Side B
      1. Baby (03:09)
      2. My Love Is Forever (04:09)
      3. So Blue (04:26)
      4. I’m Yours (05:01)

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Lovesexy Prince / vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. Eye No (05:46)
      2. Alphabet Street (05:39)
      3. Glam Slam (05:08)
      4. Anna Stesia (04:58)
      Side B
      1. Dance On (03:44)
      2. Lovesexy (05:51)
      3. When 2 R In Love (03:58)
      4. I Wish U Heaven (02:47)
      5. Positivity (07:13)

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Batman Prince / vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. The Future (04:07)
      2. Electric Chair (04:07)
      3. The Arms of Orion (05:02)
      4. Partyman (03:11)
      5. Vicki Waiting (04:51)
      Side B
      1. Trust (04:23)
      2. Lemon Crush (04:15)
      3. Scandalous (06:14)
      4. Batdance (06:13)

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Graffiti Bridge Prince / vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got (4:24)
      2. New Power Generation (3:39)
      3. Release It (3:54)
      4. The Question Of U (3:59)
      Side B
      1. Elephants & Flowers (3:54)
      2. Round And Round (3:55)
      3. We Can Funk (5:28)
      4. Joy In Repetition (4:53)
      Side C
      1. Love Machine (3:34)
      2. Tick, Tick, Bang (3:31)
      3. Shake! (4:01)
      4. Thieves In The Temple (3:19)
      Side D
      1. The Latest Fashion (4:02)
      2. Melody Cool (3:39)
      3. Still Would Stand All Time (5:23)
      4. Graffiti Bridge (3:51)
      5. New Power Generation (Pt. II) (2:57)

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Come Prince / vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. Come (11:13)
      2. Space (04:28)
      3. Pheromone (05:08)
      4. Loose! (03:27)
      Side B
      1. Papa (02:48)
      2. Race (04:28)
      3. Dark (06:10)
      4. Solo (03:48)
      5. Letitgo (05:33)
      6. Orgasm (01:39)

The Complete Fun Boy Three deluxe set

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Fun Boy Three enjoyed two years of success in the early 1980s and this output is now brought together in one deluxe edition called The Complete Fun Boy Three.

The band formed in the summer of 1981 when Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staples broke away from The Specials. They went on to enjoy seven UK top 20 hit singles (two with Bananarama) and released two albums (The Fun Boy Three (1982) and Waiting (1983), the latter produced by David Byrne. The group disbanded in 1983.

The Complete Fun Boy Three box set 5CD+DVD
The Complete Fun Boy Three (click image to enlarge)

The Complete Fun Boy Three includes 69 audio tracks (across five CDs) which brings together all the official recordings (albums/singles/b-sides/remixes/live and previously unreleased outtakes). The 27 track DVD (region 0 /NTSC) includes all their promo videos, Top of The Pops performances and a live concert from 1983.

This is packaged in a DVD-sized casebound book, with newly written sleeves notes by SDE contributor John Earls with contributions from the band and photographs.

Both albums are also reissued on vinyl (like the CD set newly remastered) and are pressed on red and blue vinyl respectively. A newly remastered version of their classic 1984 ‘best of’ is also available on 180g green vinyl.

The Complete Fun Boy Three 5CD+DVD deluxe set and the vinyl reissues are released on 4 August 2023 via Chrysalis.

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The Complete Fun Boy Three box set 5CD+DVD

The Complete Fun Boy Three Fun Boy Three /

    • CD 1: The Fun Boy Three (album)
      1. Sanctuary
      2. Way On Down
      3. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
      4. Life In General (Lewe In Algemeen)
      5. Faith, Hope And Charity
      6. Funrama 2
      7. Best of Luck Mate
      8. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)
      9. The Telephone Always Rings
      10. I Don’t Believe
      11. Alone
    • CD 2: Waiting (album)
      1. Murder She Said
      2. The More I See (The Less I Believe)
      3. Going Home
      4. We’re Having All The Fun
      5. The Farmyard Connection
      6. The Tunnel of Love
      7. Our Lips Are Sealed
      8. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)
      9. Things We Do
      10. Well Fancy That!
    • CD 3: Singles, B-sides & Outtakes
      1. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [Single Version]
      2. The Funrama Theme [B-side Version]
      3. Really Saying Something
      4. The Telephone Always Rings [Single Version]
      5. The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes)
      6. Summertime
      7. Summer of ’82
      8. The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes) [NME Version]
      9. The Lunacy Legacy
      10. Our Lips Are Sealed [Single Version]
      11. Our Lips Are Sealed [Urdu Version]
      12. Tell Me Why [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
      13. 96 Tears [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
      14. Tunnel of Love [rough Mix [Previously Unreleased]
      15. Our Lips Are Sealed [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
      16. The Things We Do [Rough Mix] [Previously Unreleased]
      17. If Dogs Run Free [Outtake] [Previously Unreleased]
      18. The Pressure of Life (Take Weight off The Body) [U.S. Single Version] [Previously Unreleased]
    • CD 4: Versions
      1. Tell Me Why [Dub Mix [Previously Unreleased]
      2. T’Aint What You Do…/Just Do It [Extended Version]
      3. The Funrama Theme [Extended Version]
      4. Really Saying Something [Extended Version]
      5. The Telephone Always Rings [Extended Version]
      6. The Alibi (The Station’s Full of Pipes) [Extended Version]
      7. Summertime [Extended Version]
      8. The More I See (The Less I Believe) [Parts 1 & 2]
      9. Our Lips Are Sealed [Special Remix Version]
      10. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body) [US Club Remix] [Previously Unreleased]
      11. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body) [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
      12. The Tunnel of Love [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
      13. Going Home [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
      14. Well Fancy That! [David Jensen Session 16/1/83]
    • CD 5: Live at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin (6 April 1983)
      1. The More I See (The Less I Believe)
      2. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body)
      3. The Farm Yard Connection [Previously Unreleased]
      4. Going Home
      5. Things We Do
      6. Well Fancy That! [Previously Unreleased]
      7. Summertime
      8. The Alibi
      9. Our Lips Are Sealed
      10. The Tunnel of Love
      11. We’re Having All The Fun
      12. Gangsters
      13. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)
      14. The Telephone Always Rings [Previously Unreleased]
      15. The Tunnel of Love [Previously Unreleased]
    • DVD: Promo Videos and At The BBC
      1. The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum [Promo Clip]
      2. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [Single Version] [Promo Clip]
      3. The Telephone Always Rings [Single Version] [Promo Clip]
      4. Really Saying Something [Promo Clip]
      5. Summertime [Promo Clip]
      6. The More I See (The Less I Believe) [Promo Clip]
      7. The Tunnel of Love [Promo Clip]
      8. Our Lips Are Sealed [Promo Clip]
      9. The Lunatics Have (Taken Over The Asylum) [BBC Top of The Pops]
      10. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [BBC Top of The Pops]
      11. The Telephone Always Rings [BBC Top of The Pops]
      12. Summertime [BBC Top of The Pops]
      13. The Tunnel of Love [BBC Top of The Pops]
      14. Our Lips Are Sealed [BBC Top of The Pops]
      15. The Telephone Always Rings [Something Else]
      16. The Alibi [Something Else]
      17. Intro/Murder She Said/Interview
      18. The More I See (The Less I Believe) [Live]
      19. The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight off The Body) [Live]
      20. Going Home [Live]
      21. Things We Do [Live]
      22. Summertime [Live]
      23. The Alibi [Live]
      24. Our Lips Are Sealed [Live]
      25. The Tunnel of Love [Live]
      26. We’re Having All The Fun [Live]
      27. Gangsters [Live]
      28. T’Aint What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) [Live].

NOW 12″ 80s: 1980

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The Now That’s What I Call Music team is to release NOW 12″ 80s: 1980 a new 4CD set of 12-inch mixes which will be the first instalment in a brand new series.

The NOW team’s intention is clearly to work through the decade and there’s only one place to start and that’s at the beginning in 1980 when the 12” single was an increasingly essential part of the release schedule and would become even more so as the decade progressed. These extended versions, remixes, re-inventions – call them what you will – gave the dancefloor a longer version and the home listener an alternative take on a song.

NOW 12″ 80s: 1980

This new 4CD set (there’s no vinyl edition) offers 45 tracks with Disco still very much the dominant genre when it came to remixes. This new compilation includes tracks from Lipps Inc., Change, Odyssey, Donna Summer, Kook & The Gang, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge and more. Of course, 1980 sees the beginning of the New Romantic era and that can be seen via extended versions of songs from Spandau Ballet and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (even if the OMD track was issued on 10-inch at the time). As ever, scroll down for the full tracklisting.

NOW 12″ 80s: 1980 will be released on 14 July 2023. It’s packaged in an eight-panel card wallet (as opposed to the casebound books of the Yearbooks).

Tracklisting

NOW 12″ 80: 1980 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. Blondie – Call Me (Theme From “American Gigolo”) (Original 12” Version)
      2. Lipps Inc. – Funkytown (12″ Version)
      3. Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer (Full Length Version)
      4. Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out (Full Length Version)
      5. Kool & The Gang – Celebration (12″ Edit)
      6. The Gap Band – Oops Up Side Your Head (12″ Single Version)
      7. Change – Searching (12” Version)
      8. Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved YA (12” Version)
      9. Aretha Franklin – What A Fool Believes – 12″ Version
      10. Crown Heights Affair – You Gave Me Love (12” Mix)
      11. Donna Summer – Walk Away (12″ Version)
    • CD 2
      1. Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short (12″ Version)
      2. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages (10” Single Version)
      3. Sparks – When I’m With You (Full Length Version)
      4. Toyah – Ieya (Full Length Version)
      5. UB40 – The Earth Dies Screaming (12” Version)
      6. Linx – You’re Lying (Long Version)
      7. Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica (Remix)
      8. Jermaine Jackson – Let’s Get Serious (12” Version)
      9. Leon Haywood – Don’t Push It Don’t Force It (12” Version)
      10. Bobby Thurston – Check Out The Groove (Full Length Version)
      11. Teena Marie – Behind The Groove (12” Version)
      12. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Taste Of Bitter Love (12” Version)
    • CD 3
      1. Ottawan – D.I.S.C.O (12” English Version)
      2. Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out (12″ Single Edit)
      3. Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy (12” Mix)
      4. Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love (12” Version)
      5. Village People – Can’t Stop The Music (12” Version)
      6. Grace Jones – Love Is The Drug (Long Version)
      7. Amii Stewart – The Letter (Long Version)
      8. Boney M. – My Friend Jack (Long Version)
      9. Stacy Lattisaw – Jump To The Beat (12” Version)
      10. Teddy Pendergrass – Love T.K.O. (Full Length Version)
      11. UB40 – Dream A Lie (12” Version)
    • CD 4
      1. Donna Summer – On The Radio (12” Version)
      2. Change – Glow Of Love (Long Version)
      3. The Spinners – Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me Girl (12” Version)
      4. Gibson Brothers – Cuba (12” Version)
      5. Viola Wills – If You Could Read My Mind (Extended Version)
      6. Stephanie Mills – Never Knew Love Like This Before (12” Mix)
      7. Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation (A Tom Moulton Mix)
      8. The S.O.S Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Long Version)
      9. Shalamar – I Owe You One (12” Version)
      10. Sister Sledge – Got To Love Somebody (Extended Version)
      11. The Whispers – And The Beat Goes On (Extended Version)

Jimmy Somerville / Read My Lips reissue

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Jimmy Somerville’s debut solo album, Read My Lips, is being reissued in September.

The 1989 album featured three top 30 UK singles, including ‘Comment Te dire Adieu’ (with June Miles Kingston) and Jimmy’s version of Sylvester’s ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ (which reached No 5).

Previously reissued as a 2CD set by Demon in 2012, this reissue from London Records is available as a single LP (the original 10 track album on blue vinyl) and as a deluxe double LP on transparent vinyl with remixes from William Orbit, AMYL and B-sides and rarities such as ‘From This Moment On’ (from Red, Hot + Blue) and ‘I Believe In Love’ (with Arthur Baker and The Beat Disciples).

A new double CD version contains further remixes from Gerd Janson and Arpeggius; as well as unreleased demos, B-Sides and rarities. The reissue includes new sleeve notes by Paul Burston.

If you buy a bundle from the official Jimmy Somerville shop, it comes with a free 6-track CD single of ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ with what looks like all new remixes.

Read My Lips is reissued on 1 September 2023 via London Records.

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Read My Lips Jimmy Somerville / reissue

    • CD 1
      1. Comment Te Dire Adieu
      2. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
      3. Perfect Day
      4. Heaven Here On Earth (With Your Love)
      5. Don’t Know What To Do (Without You)
      6. Adieu! (Madame Tata Mix)
      7. Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)
      8. My Heart Is In Your Hands
      9. Control
      10. And You Never Thought This Could Happen To You
      11. Rain
      Bonus tracks
      1. Not So God Almighty
      2. From This Moment On
      3. I Believe in Love
      4. Tell The World
      5. Stranger
    • CD 2
      1. Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)(AMYL Remix)
      2. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Gerd Janson Remix)
      3. Comment Te Dire Adieu (Commercial Mix)
      4. Rain (Pascal Gabriel Mix)
      5. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Arpeggius Club Vocal)
      6. Run From Love (ft. Claudia Brücken) (12” Remix)
      7. Until I Get Over You (Demo)
      8. I Won’t Let You See Me Cry (Demo)
      9. And You Never Thought This Could Happen To You (Demo)
      10. Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough) (Demo)
      11. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (William Orbit Remix)

Stevie Nicks / Complete Studio Albums & Rarities

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Complete Studio Albums & Rarities is a new 10CD box set featuring the solo output of Stevie Nicks. The singer-songwriter has released eight solo records since her 1981, and was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, first as a member of Fleetwood Mac and then as a solo artist in 2019.

The box set features the following eight albums, with half of them newly remastered (from the analogue tapes):

  • Bella Donna (1981)
  • The Wild Heart (1983)
  • Rock a Little (1985)
  • The Other Side of the Mirror (1989)
  • Street Angel (1994)
  • Trouble in Shangri-La (2001)
  • In Your Dreams (2011)
  • 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (2014)

Additionally this box set features two CDs of Rarities; 23 hard-to-find recordings, including non-album tracks such as contributions to film and television and B-sides. These have also been remastered.

As well as the 10CD box, there will be a limited-edition, 16LP version, but that will be exclusive to Rhino.com (in the UK and USA). Street Angel, Trouble in Shangri-La, and In Your Dreams will all receive their vinyl debut as part of this set. The rarities package will be a 3LP set in what is a clear vinyl box set.

Complete Studio Albums & Rarities will be released on 28 July 2023, via Rhino

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Stevie Nicks / Complete Studio Albums & Rarities box set

Complete Studio Albums & Rarities Stevie Nicks /

    • CD 1: Bella Donna
      1. Bella Donna (2016 Remaster)
      2. Kind of Woman (2016 Remaster)
      3. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) [2016 Remaster]
      4. Think About It (2016 Remaster)
      5. After the Glitter Fades (2016 Remaster)
      6. Edge of Seventeen (2016 Remaster)
      7. How Still My Love (2016 Remaster)
      8. Leather and Lace (2016 Remaster) [Remastered] – By Stevie Nicks & Don Henley
      9. Outside the Rain (2016 Remaster)
      10. The Highwayman (2016 Remaster)
    • CD 2: The Wild Heart
      1. Wild Heart (2016 Remaster)
      2. If Anyone Falls (2016 Remaster)
      3. Gate and Garden (2016 Remaster)
      4. Enchanted (2016 Remaster)
      5. Nightbird (2016 Remaster)
      6. Stand Back (2016 Remaster)
      7. I Will Run to You (2016 Remaster) – By Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
      8. Nothing Ever Changes (2016 Remaster)
      9. Sable on Blond (2016 Remaster)
      10. Beauty and the Beast (2016 Remaster)
    • CD 3: Rock a Little
      1. I Can’t Wait (2023 Remaster)
      2. Rock a Little (Go Ahead Lily)
      3. Sister Honey (2023 Remaster)
      4. I Sing for the Things (2023 Remaster)
      5. Imperial Hotel (2023 Remaster)
      6. Some Become Strangers (2023 Remaster)
      7. Talk to Me (2023 Remaster)
      8. The Nightmare (2023 Remaster)
      9. If I Were You (2023 Remaster)
      10. No Spoken Word (2023 Remaster)
      11. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You (2023 Remaster)
    • CD 4: The Other Side of the Mirror
      1. Rooms on Fire (2023 Remaster)
      2. Long Way to Go (2023 Remaster)
      3. Two Kinds of Love (2023 Remaster) – By Stevie Nicks & Bruce Hornsby
      4. Ooh My Love (2023 Remaster)
      5. Ghosts (2023 Remaster)
      6. Whole Lotta Trouble (2023 Remaster)
      7. Fire Burning (2023 Remaster)
      8. Cry Wolf (2023 Remaster)
      9. Alice (2023 Remaster)
      10. Juliet (2023 Remaster)
      11. Doing the Best That I Can (Escape from Berlin) [2023 Remaster]
      12. I Still Miss Someone (Blue Eyes) [2023 Remaster]
    • CD 5: Street Angel
      1. Blue Denim (2023 Remaster)
      2. Greta (2023 Remaster)
      3. Street Angel (2023 Remaster)
      4. Docklands (2023 Remaster)
      5. Listen to the Rain (2023 Remaster)
      6. Destiny (2023 Remaster)
      7. Unconditional Love (2023 Remaster)
      8. Love is Like a River (2023 Remaster)
      9. Rose Garden (2023 Remaster)
      10. Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind (2023 Remaster)
      11. Just Like a Woman (2023 Remaster)
      12. Kick It (2023 Remaster)
      13. Jane (2023 Remaster)
    • CD 6: Trouble in Shangri-La
      1. Trouble in Shangri-La (2023 Remaster)
      2. Candlebright (2023 Remaster)
      3. Sorcerer (2023 Remaster)
      4. Planets of the Universe (2023 Remaster)
      5. Every Day (2023 Remaster)
      6. Too Far from Texas (2023 Remaster)
      7. That Made Me Stronger (2023 Remaster)
      8. It’s Only Love (2023 Remaster)
      9. Love Changes (2023 Remaster)
      10. I Miss You (2023 Remaster)
      11. Bombay Sapphires (2023 Remaster)
      12. Fall from Grace (2023 Remaster)
      13. Love Is (2023 Remaster)
    • CD 7: In Your Dreams
      1. Secret Love
      2. For What It’s Worth
      3. In Your Dreams
      4. Wide Sargasso Sea
      5. New Orleans
      6. Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)
      7. Annabel Lee
      8. Soldier’s Angel
      9. Everybody Loves You
      10. Ghosts Are Gone
      11. You May Be the One
      12. Italian Summer
      13. Cheaper Than Free (feat. Dave Stewart)
    • CD 8: 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault
      1. Starshine
      2. If You Were My Love
      3. Mabel Normand
      4. Twisted
      5. 24 Karat Gold
      6. Belle Fleur
      7. All the Beautiful Worlds
      8. Lady
      9. I Don’t Care
      10. Watch Chain
      11. Hard Advice
      12. Carousel
      13. Blue Water
      14. Cathouse Blues
      15. The Dealer
      16. She Loves Him Still
    • CD 9: Rarities
      1. Blue Lamp (2023 Remaster)
      2. Sleeping Angel (2023 Remaster)
      3. Garbo (2023 Remaster)
      4. Violet and Blue (2023 Remaster)
      5. One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star (2023 Remaster)
      6. Battle of the Dragon (2023 Remaster)
      7. Real Tears (2023 Remaster)
      8. Sometimes It’s a Bitch (2023 Remaster)
      9. Love’s a Hard Game to Play (2023 Remaster)
      10. Desert Angel (2023 Remaster)
      11. Mirror, Mirror (2023 Remaster)
      12. Inspiration (2023 Remaster)
    • CD 10: Rarities
      1. Thousand Days (2023 Remaster)
      2. God’s Garden (2023 Remaster)
      3. Somebody Stand By Me (2023 Remaster)
      4. Free Fallin’ (2023 Remaster)
      5. Reconsider Me (with Don Henley) [2023 Remaster]
      6. If You Ever Did Believe (2023 Remaster)
      7. Crystal (2023 Remaster)
      8. Touched by an Angel (2023 Remaster)
      9. Not Fade Away (2023 Remaster)
      10. My Heart (2023 Remaster)
      11. For What It’s Worth

Depeche Mode / Sounds of the Universe: The 12″ Singles

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Depeche Mode continue their 12″ Singles box sets with a seven-record package devoted to their 2009 album Sounds of the Universe.

As with some of the more recent boxes, some of these 12-inch records – three of them to be precise – are newly compiled from CD singles of the day and feature B-sides and various mixes. The singles from this album were ‘Wrong’, ‘Peace’, the double A-side ‘Fragile Tension’ / ‘Hole To Feed’.

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Sounds of the Universe: The 12″ Singles will be released on 4 August via Sony Music. At the time of writing the Amazon France price of £120 (or €144) looks appealing.

Tracklisting

Depeche Mode / Sounds of the Universe: The 12" Singles

The Sounds of the Universe: The 12″ Singles Depeche Mode /

    • Record 1: Wrong (12BONG 40)
      Side 1
      1. Wrong (Album Version)
      2. Wrong (Thin White Duke Remix)
      Side B
      1. 1 Wrong (Trentemøller Club Remix)
        2 Wrong (Caspa Remix)
    • Record 2: Wrong (L12BONG 40) – newly compiled
      Side A
      1. Wrong (Magda’s Scallop Funk Mix)
      2. Wrong (D.I.M. vs Boys Noize Remix)
      Side B
      1. Wrong (Trentemøller Club Remix Dub)
      2. Oh Well (Black Light Odyssey Remix)
    • Record 3: Peace (12BONG 41)
      Side A
      1. Peace (Single Version)
      2. Peace (SixToes Remix)
      3. Come Back (Jonsi Remix)
      Side B
      1. Peace (Ben Klock Remix)
      2. Peace (The Japanese Popstars Remix)
    • Record 4: Peace (L12BONG41) – newly compiled
      Side A
      1. Peace (Sid LeRock Remix)
      2. Peace (Justus Köhncke Extended Disco Club Vocal
        Remix)
      Side B
      1. Peace (The Exploding Plastic Inevitable JK Disco
        Dub)
      2. Peace (Pan/Tone Remix)
    • Record 5 & 6: Fragile Tension/Hole To Feed (12BONG42)

      Side A

      1. Fragile Tension (Stephan Bodzin Remix)
      2. Fragile Tension (Kris Menace’s Love On LaserDisc Remix)
      Side B
      1. Hole To Feed (Popof Vocal Mix)
      2. Hole To Feed (Paul Woolford’s Easyfun Ethereal Disco Mix)
      Side C
      1. Perfect (Roger Sanchez Club Mix)
      2. Perfect (Ralphi Rosario Dub)
      Side D
      1. Peace (Hervé’s ‘Warehouse Frequencies’ Remix)
      2. Peace (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
    • Record Seven: Fragile Tension/Hole To Feed (L12BONG42) – newly compiled
      Side A
      1. Fragile Tension (Radio Mix)
      2. Hole To Feed (Radio Mix)
      3. Come Back (SixToes Remix)
      4. Fragile Tension (Laidback Luke Remix)
      Side B
      1. Fragile Tension (Peter Bjorn And John Remix)
      2. Hole To Feed (Joebot Remix)
      3. Perfect (Ralphi & Craig Club Mix)
      4. Fragile Tension (Solo Loves Panorama Remix)

Paul Hardcastle / Nineteen and Beyond: 1984-1988

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Albums, remixes and rarities

Paul Hardcastle’s tenure at Chrysalis Records is celebrated with a new 4CD box set called Nineteen And Beyond: 1984-1988.

During this time, Paul had four top 20 UK singles including the international chart-topping smash, 19. The box set includes remastered editions of Hardcastle’s two albums (Paul Hardcastle and No Winners) and two discs of rare mixes and B-sides.

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Additionally, the SDE shop is exclusively offering a separate bonus CD called 19: The International EP with every purchase of Nineteen and Beyond! This contains six rare foreign-language versions of 19, including French, Japanese, Spanish and German versions and is the first official release on CD. This bonus disc is limited to 500 units. UPDATE: This has now sold out.

The clamshall box includes a 24-page booklet with notes by Paul Sexton which features an interview with Paul Hardcastle.

Nineteen and Beyond: 1984-1988 will be released on 28 July 2023, via Chrysalis.

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Paul Hardcastle / 19 and Beyond: 1984-1988 4CD box set

19 and Beyond: 1984-1988 Paul Hardcastle /

    • CD1 : Paul Hardcastle
      1. In The Beginning
      2. 19
      3. King Tut
      4. Don’t Waste My Time
      5. Central Park
      6. Just For Money
      7. Moonhopper
      8. Better
      9. Strollin’
      10. Rainforest
      11. Eat Your Heart Out (7″ Edit)
      12. 19 (7″ Edit)
      13. Just For Money (7″ Edit)
      14. Back In Time
      15. Fly By Night
      16. Dolores
      17. The Asylum (It’z Weird)
    • CD 2: The Mixes 1
      1. Eat Your Heart Out (Special Remix)
      2. Eat Your Heart Out (Instrumental)
      3. Eat Your Heart Out (Dub)
      4. Eat Your Heart Out (German Remix)
      5. Rain Forest (Remix)
      6. Just For Money (Breakers Version)
      7. Just For Money (Make or Break Version)
      8. 19 (The Destruction Mix)
      9. 19 (Extended Version)
      10. 19 (The Final Story)
      11. 19 (Instrumental Version 1)
      12. 19 (Instrumental Version 2)
      13. King Tut (U.S. Remix)
      14. The Wizard (Part 1)
      15. Foolin’ Yourself (7″ Edit)
    • CD 3: The Mixes 2
      1. Don’t Waste My Time (7" Edit)
      2. Loitering With Intent
      3. The Wizard (Part 1 Extended Version)
      4. The Wizard (Part 2 Extended Version)
      5. The Wizard (The Hitman Remix)
      6. Foolin’ Yourself (12" Extended Mix)
      7. Foolin’ Yourself (The Frank Mix – Special Remix)
      8. Don’t Waste My Time (New Extended Version)
      9. Don’t Waste My Time (Essential Well Hard, Crucial Mix)
      10. Don’t Waste My Time (Breakers Mix Part 1)
      11. Don’t Waste My Time (Breakers Mix Part 2)
      12. Dub Waste My Time
      13. 40 Years (Extended Version)
      14. Just Passin’ Thru
      15. Star Wars (B-side Version)
      16. Movin’ Sound (Extended Version)
    • CD 4: No Winners
      1. The Earth From Space
      2. Ground Zero
      3. No Winners
      4. 40 Years
      5. August 6 th 1945
      6. Silo Killers
      7. Lucky So Far
      8. Star Wars
      9. Now
      10. Walk In The Night
      11. On The Run
      12. The Last Jam
      13. The Wizard (Jazz Mix)
      14. Lost Summer
      15. Voices Of The World
    • SDE-exclusive bonus CD: 19: The International EP
      1. 19 – French version
      2. 19 – Japanese version
      3. 19 – Spanish version
      4. 19 – German version
      5. 19 – Japanese extended mix
      6. 19 – Spanish extended mix

Elvis Presley / Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite

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Elvis Presley’s 1973 Honolulu concert was broadcast by satellite around the world and the resulting live album was called Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite.

This was reissued as 2CD set back in 2013 for its 40th anniversary, but a decade later Sony are expanding it even more and are offering a 3CD+blu-ray box set edition.

The new 3CD+blu-ray box set of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (click image to enlarge)

Previously, the concert was remastered, but this time around the audio (on CD 1) has been newly remixed. The second disc features the rehearsal show (from two days earlier, 12 January 1973) which presumably is the same remixed version from 2013. The third audio disc offers a complete after-show bonus song performance while the blu-ray delivers the TV concert, plus rehearsal concert and bonus songs (it’s not clear if the rehearsal/bonus songs are just audio).

A 2LP gatefold vinyl edition will also be available which contains highlights from the CD box set

Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite will be reissued on 11 August 2023 via Sony’s Legacy Recordings. The CD box is less than £27 via Amazon UK which seems decent value.

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Elvis Presley / Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite

Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite Elvis Presley / 50th anniversary edition

    • CD 1: Live from Hawaii via Satellite (newly mixed)
      Recorded live at the Honolulu International Center Arena January 14, 1973, 12:30 AM
      1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
      2. See See Rider
      3. Burning Love
      4. Something
      5. You Gave Me A Mountain
      6. Steamroller Blues
      7. My Way
      8. Love Me
      9. Johnny B. Goode
      10. It’s Over
      11. Blue Suede Shoes
      12. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
      13. I Can’t Stop Loving You
      14. Hound Dog
      15. What Now My Love
      16. Fever
      17. Welcome To My World
      18. Suspicious Minds
      19. Introductions by Elvis
      20. I’ll Remember You
      21. Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
      22. An American Trilogy
      23. A Big Hunk O’ Love
      24. Can’t Help Falling In Love
      25. Closing Vamp
    • CD 2: Rehearsals
      Recorded live at the Honolulu International Center Arena, January 12, 1973, 9:00 PM
      1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
      2. See See Rider
      3. Burning Love
      4. Something
      5. You Gave Me A Mountain
      6. Steamroller Blues
      7. My Way
      8. Love Me
      9. It’s Over
      10. Blue Suede Shoes
      11. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
      12. Hound Dog
      13. What Now My Love
      14. Fever
      15. Welcome To My World
      16. Suspicious Minds
      17. Introductions by Elvis
      18. I’ll Remember You
      19. An American Trilogy
      20. A Big Hunk O’ Love
      21. Can’t Help Falling In Love
      22. Closing Vamp
    • CD 3: Bonus performances
      Recorded without an audience at the Honolulu International Center Arena, January 14, 1973, 3:00 AM, as special bonus songs for the U.S. version of ALOHA FROM HAWAII.
      1. Blue Hawaii -rehearsal, takes 1-2
      2. Ku-U-I-Po – rehearsal
      3. Ku-U-I-Po – take 1
      4. Ku-U-I-Po – take 2 (incomplete)
      5. Ku-U-I-Po – take 3 (incomplete)
      6. Ku-U-I-Po – take 4
      7. No More – take 1
      8. No More – take 2
      9. No More – take 3
      10. No More – take 4
      11. Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 1
      12. Hawaiian Wedding Song – rehearsal
      13. Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 2
      14. Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 3
      15. Early Morning Rain – take 1
      16. Early Morning Rain – take 2
    • Blu-ray
      TV broadcast of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite plus rehearsals and bonus songs

Out This Week / on 16 June 2023

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Pet Shop Boys / Smash: The Singles 1985-2020 CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

New Pet Shop Boys ‘best of’ that includes new 2023 remasters and 55 singles. 3CD+2 x blu-ray is the pick of the formats. Disappointing artwork from the normally reliable combo of Farrow and PSBs.

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Elton John / Vinyl reissues

Elton John’s 1988 album Reg Strikes Back (which features the hit single ‘I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That’) is one of five albums reissued on vinyl this week. The others are 21 at 33 (1980), Jump Up! (1982), Ice On Fire (1985) and Leather Jackets (1986). These are all remastered and faithful to the original track listing, packaging and cut at Abbey Road Studios.

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Yusuf / Cat Stevens: King of a Land (new album)

This new 12-track album by Yusuf / Cat Stevens is described (by the record label) as “an epic body of work” which has been “more than a decade in the making”.

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NOW Yearbook ’92

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NOW Yearbooks enter the 1990s

The Now That’s What I Call Music Team are continuing the Yearbook series not by continuing on into the late 1980s nor by delving deeper into the 1970s, but via an excursion into the 1990s!

NOW Yearbook ’92 is a 4CD or 3LP set that steps clear of the Eighties and captures the early part of that decade where, when we look back, we can spot the embryonic beginnings of Britpop (Suede, Manics) and recall the brilliant rumblings of what became a superb solo career for Paul Weller (‘Uh-Huh Oh Yeh!’). Crowded House finally crack the UK top 10 with ‘Weather With You’ and the single remix of Tori Amos’s ‘Crucify’ (Tears For Fears fans should note that this song is co-produced by Ian Stanley and features Chris Hughes on drums!) is at that point in time her biggest hit to date.

1992 is the year that Simply Red’s Stars outsold every other album in the UK for the second year running and the touching ‘For Your Babies’ is included from that long-player along with the live version of ‘Lady Godiva’s Room’ (an excellent B-side from 1987), one of four tracks included on ‘The Montreux EP’.

‘Uh-Huh Oh Yeh!’ was from Paul Weller’s self-title solo debut album

1992 offers some brilliant one hit wonders like Tasmin Archer’s ‘Sleeping Satellite’, Charles & Eddie’s ‘Would I Lie To You’ and much of CD 3 highlights some superb dance tunes such as SNAP!’s ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’, Utah Saint’s Kate Bush-aided ‘Something Good’, CeCe Peniston’s ‘Finally’, and “Dr” Alban’s ‘It’s My Life’.

U2 had successfully reinvented themselves with 1991’s Achtung Baby and the ‘Perfecto Mix’ version of fourth single ‘Even Better Than The Real Thing’ features on a strong CD 1 which also includes The KLF (‘America: What Time Is Love?’), George Michael (‘Too Funky’), Sade (‘No Ordinary Love’), Electronic (‘Disappointed’) and Annie Lennox (‘Why’).

Some big hitters from across the Atlantic make a showing on the second CD including an E-Street Band-free Bruce Springsteen (‘Human Touch’), Bon Jovi (‘Keep The Faith’), and ZZ Top (‘Viva Las Vegas’). The same disc includes Mr Big’s international hit ‘To Be With You’, Richard Marx’s ‘Hazard’ and Sophie B Hawkins’ exclamatory ‘Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover’.

The various formats of NOW Yearbook ’92

With the benefit of hindsight we can see that 1992 is a great big pop intersection where 80s pop stars are wondering what they need do to stay relevant, new pop/rock acts are establishing themselves and the dance scene is still thriving. For example, Kylie Minogue (‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ is on the first disc) will soon ditch Stock Aitken Waterman, the Pet Shop Boys don’t release any singles under their own name, but do help Boy George who has his last UK top 30 hit with ‘The Crying Game’ (CD 1, track 16) and Duran Duran are nowhere to be seen because they’re holed up recording what will become ‘The ‘Wedding Album’. Meanwhile, The Cure’s ‘Friday I’m In Love’ (CD 3, track 16) is the last single of theirs anyone who’s not a fan can really remember.

Talking of acts who were big in the 1980s, one disappointment with NOW Yearbook ’92 is that it doesn’t include any of the singles issued in from INXS’s Welcome to Wherever You Are, arguably their best album and a record that was a real highlight of 1992 for this author, although presumably that’s down to the usual pesky licensing restrictions. Prince also had two top 10 UK hits in ’92 (‘Sexy MF and ‘My Name Is Prince’), while Madonna had three (‘This Used To Be My Playground’, ‘Erotica’ and ‘Deeper and Deeper’) but their absence is less surprising. Licensing issues can work for you occasionally, presuming that’s what has prevented Red Said Fred’s ‘Deeply Dippy’ being included on this compilation. Small mercies. That was one of only 13 chart-toppers in Britain in 1992 and a creditable nine are included in Yearbook ’92. The other absentees are Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (George Michael gets the ‘coveted’ CD 1, track 1 position), Erasure’s ‘ABBA-esque’ and Boyz II Men’s ‘End of the Road’.

The usual formats apply: 4CD deluxe version in hardcover book with track annotations and quiz, 3LP coloured (green) vinyl and the cheaper 4CD in card sleeve. As with the 70s Yearbooks, ’92 has a new design for a new decade.

NOW Yearbook ’92 will be released on 7 July 2023.

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NOW Yearbook ’92 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. George Michael – Too Funky
      2. Shakespears Sister – Stay
      3. The KLF – America: What Time Is Love?
      4. U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix)
      5. Jimmy Nail – Ain’t No Doubt
      6. Take That – Could It Be Magic (Rapino Radio Mix)
      7. Kylie Minogue – Give Me Just A Little More Time
      8. Charles & Eddie – Would I Lie To You?
      9. Shanice – I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Remix)
      10. En Vogue – My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)
      11. Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
      12. Tori Amos – Crucify (Remix)
      13. Annie Lennox – Why
      14. Sade – No Ordinary Love
      15. Marc Almond – The Days Of Pearly Spencer
      16. Boy George – The Crying Game
      17. Electronic – Disappointed
      18. Heaven 17 – Temptation (Brothers In Rhythm Remix)
      19. Tears For Fears – Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
    • CD 2
      1. Bruce Springsteen – Human Touch
      2. Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
      3. Iron Maiden – Be Quick Or Be Dead
      4. Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You
      5. ZZ Top – Viva Las Vegas
      6. Roy Orbison – I Drove All Night
      7. Richard Marx – Hazard
      8. Patty Smyth & Don Henley – Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough
      9. Mr Big – To Be With You
      10. Chris Rea – Nothing To Fear
      11. Elton John – The One
      12. Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
      13. Texas – Tired Of Being Alone (Remix)
      14. Tina Turner – I Want You Near Me
      15. Des’ree – Feel So High
      16. Erma Franklin – Piece Of My Heart
      17. Simply Red – Lady Godiva’s Room
      18. Julia Fordham – (Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways
      19. Lisa Stansfield – All Woman
    • CD 3
      1. SNAP! – Rhythm Is A Dancer
      2. The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode
      3. Utah Saints – Something Good
      4. 2 Unlimited – Twilight Zone
      5. Gloria Estefan – Miami Hit Mix
      6. Dr. Alban – It’s My Life
      7. K.W.S. – Please Don’t Go
      8. Undercover – Baker Street
      9. CeCe Peniston – Finally
      10. Kym Sims – Too Blind To See It
      11. Dina Carroll – Ain’t No Man
      12. Paula Abdul – Vibeology
      13. Opus III – It’s A Fine Day
      14. Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up
      15. Deacon Blue – Your Town
      16. The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
      17. Suede – Metal Mickey
      18. Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
      19. Paul Weller – Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!)
      20. Simple Minds – Love Song
    • CD 4
      1. Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
      2. Vanessa Williams – Save The Best For Last
      3. Lionel Richie – My Destiny
      4. Kylie Minogue – Celebration
      5. Take That – It Only Takes A Minute
      6. East 17 – House Of Love
      7. Kris Kross – Jump
      8. MC Hammer – Addams Groove
      9. Jon Secada – Just Another Day
      10. Annie Lennox – Walking On Broken Glass
      11. Bananarama – Movin’ On
      12. Belinda Carlisle – Little Black Book
      13. Kim Wilde – Love Is Holy
      14. Roxette – How Do You Do!
      15. Go West – Faithful
      16. Crowded House – Weather With You
      17. Ten Sharp – You
      18. Simply Red – For Your Babies
      19. Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl
      20. Shakespears Sister – Hello (Turn Your Radio On)

Never Stop: The Best of The Brand New Heavies

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The Brand New Heavies celebrate 35 years since the release of their debut single with Never Stop… The Best Of, a new compilation bringing together 21 tracks.

The band was formed in 1985 by guitarist Simon Bartholomew, bassist /keyboardist Andrew Levy, and drummer/vocalist Jason Kincaid, and worked with a number of lead vocalists over the years including N’Dea Davenport, Siedah Garrett and Carleen Anderson. Pioneers of London’s burgeoning Acid Jazz scene the band enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1990s, chalking up an impressive 15 top 40 UK singles.

This new ‘best of’ is available as a 2CD set with hits on CD 1 and remixes by Masters at Work, Dimitri from Paris, Roger Sanchez on CD 2 (including a new remix of ‘Stay This Way’ by Bob Sinclair). The 2LP black vinyl edition features the hits from the first disc of the 2CD set.

Exclusive to the official Brand New Heavies shop is Non Stop – the Essential Mix a bonus CD that features a 60-minute non-stop musical journey of the band by DJ Ross Allen that takes in deep cuts, remixes, single and more. This is free with all bundles.

Notes come courtesy of ‘superfan’ Mark Ronson: ““The Brand New Heavies and their pitch perfect jazz-funk revival were my musical coming out party. They were my introduction to all the incredible music I would spend the next 30 years of my life DJ’ing in clubs as well as triggering my desire to think outside of the basic-ass chords I knew on the guitar and piano.” 

Never Stop… The Best of The Brand New Heavies will be released on 29 September 2023, via London Records.

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Never Stop: The Best of the Brand New Heavies

Never Stop: The Best Of The Brand New Heavies Brand New Heavies /

    • CD 1
      1. Never Stop
      2. Dream Come True
      3. Got to Give
      4. Don’t Let It Go to Your Head
      5. Stay This Way
      6. Dream on Dreamer
      7. Back to Love
      8. Midnight at the Oasis
      9. Spend Some Time
      10. Close to You
      11. Sometimes
      12. You Are the Universe
      13. You’ve Got a Friend
      14. Shelter
      15. Saturday Nite
      16. Apparently Nothing
      17. People Get Ready
      18. Bonafied Funk
      19. Brother Sister
      20. Mind Trips
      21. You Can Do It
    • CD 2
      1. Stay This Way (Bob Sinclar Remix)
      2. Dream Come True (Heavies Mix)
      3. Never Stop (Heavies Mix)
      4. Back to Love (GP Club Mix)
      5. Midnight at the Oasis (Roger S Underground Network Mix)
      6. Spend Some Time (Brothers In Rhythm Club Mix)
      7. Close to You (Masters At Work Remix)
      8. Sometimes (Monsieur D’s Underground Behaviour Mix)
      9. You Are the Universe (Tuff Jam’s 2 in 1 Remix)
      10. Saturday Nite (Full Intention Club Mix)

The Teardrop Explodes / Culture Bunker 1978-82 – unboxed!

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SDEtv explores both the 6CD and 7LP editions of the recently released The Teardrop Explodes box set called Culture Bunker 1978-82.

Culture Bunker is out now and can be ordered from The Sound of Vinyl.

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Culture Bunker 1978-82 The Teardrop Explodes /

    • CD 1: IT’S SO ETHEREAL – THE SINGLES
      1. Sleeping Gas – Zoo Single
      2. Camera Camera – Single B-Side
      3. Kirby Workers Dream Fades – Single B-Side
      4. Bouncing Babies – Zoo Single
      5. All I Am Is Loving You – Single B-Side
      6. Treason – Zoo Single
      7. Read It in Books – Single B-Side
      8. When I Dream – First Mercury Single
      9. Kilimanjaro – B-Side
      10. Reward – Single
      11. Strange House in the Snow – B-Side
      12. Treason (It’s Just a Story) (Remixed Version) – Single
      13. Use Me – B-Side
      14. Traison (C’est Juste Une Histoire) – B-Side
      15. Ha Ha I’m Drowning – Single
      16. Poppies In the Field – B-Side
    • CD 2: CHRIST VERSUS WARHOL – THE SINGLES
      1. Passionate Friend – Single
      2. Christ Versus Warhol – B-Side
      3. Colours Fly Away – Single
      4. East of the Equator – B-Side
      5. Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns – B-Side
      6. Tiny Children – Single
      7. Rachel Built a Steamboat – B-Side
      8. You Disappear from View – Single
      9. Suffocate – No Strings from US LP of version of Kilimanjaro
      10. Ouch Monkeys – B-Side
      11. Soft Enough for You – B-Side
      12. The In-Psychlopedia – B-Side
    • CD 3: FROM DRUG PURITAN TO ACID KING
      1.  Camera Camera – Granada TV, February 1979
      2. Band on The Wall – Live, Manchester, 05 March 1979
      3. Instro
      4. Sleeping Gas
      5. Seeing Through You
      6. Straight Rain
      7. All I Am is Loving You
      8. Read It In Books
      9. Jury Service
      10. Take A Chance
      11. The Tunnel
      12. Camera Camera
      13. Outstro
      14. Sleeping Gas (Encore)
      15. Beauty Come Second – Live Bristol 06 October 1979, unrecorded song
      16. Take A Chance – Cargo Demos / To the Shores of Lake Placid Version
      17. Poppies In the Field – Cargo Demos
      18. Brave Boys Keep Promises – Cargo Demos
      19. Bouncing Babies – Cargo Demos, all November 1979
      20. Ha Ha I’m Drowning – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
      21. Second Head – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
      22. Went Crazy – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
      23. Thief of Bagdad – Live at Studio Y 30/05/1980
      24. Save Me – Live Y Club – London 30/05/1980
      25. When I Dream – To the Shores of Lake Placid Version, Rockfield, 1980
    • CD 4: THE GREAT DOMINIONS
      1. Dialogue Between (Window Shopping for a New Crown of Thorns) – Rockfield, 1980
      2. For Years aka Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere – Zoology Version, 1980
      3. Suffocate (With Strings) – Baroque Version, Rockfield, Spring 1982
      4. Bent Out of Shape – Skinner Session – 17 August 1981
      5. Colours Fly Away – Club Zoo – 25 November 1981
      6. Pure Joy – Club Zoo – 25 November 1981
      7. Falling Down Around Me – Bearshank Lodge, April 1981
      8. Passionate Friend – also Bearshank Lodge
      9. Tiny Children – Zoology / Air Rough Mixes, Summer 1981
      10. …And The Fighting Takes Over – Zoology, 1981
      11. The Culture Bunker – Club Zoo – 25 November 1981
      12. The Great Dominions – Soundboard Tape Guildford June 1981
      13. Butchers Tale – Air Studios Rough Mixes, summer 1981; credited on the original Wilder inners but not included on the LP. Cover from the Zombies Odyssey and Oracle
      14. Screaming Secrets – from Copes Notes: TheTeardrtop Explodes , 1981
      15. Not My Only Friend – also Bearshank Lodge
      16. I’m Not the Loving Kind – Zoology Version, 1981, John Cale cover from Slow Dazzle
      17. World Shut Your Mouth – Instrumental Demo #1 – Liverpool Feb 1981 / Portastudio
    • CD 5: CLUB ZOO
      Club Zoo – December 22 1981
      1. Log Cabin
      2. Tiny Children
      3. Passionate Friend
      4. Bouncing Babies
      5. You Disappear from View
      6. Ha Ha I’m Drowning
      7. Reward
      8. Culture Bunker
      9. Sleeping Gas  – also b-side Tiny Children
      Bonus tracks from Club Zoo, 25 November 1981 
      1. Like Leila Khaled Said
      2. Treason
      3. Bouncing Babies
      4. Vox Clemantis in Deserto
      5. Sleeping Gas
    • CD 6: DEATH RATTLE
      1. Whopper Kwalo Koblinsky’s Lullaby – from To the Shores of Lake Placid, January 1981
      2. You Disappear from View – from Zoology. Demo, Producers Workshop, 1982
      3. Log Cabin – from Zoology, 1982
      4. Serious Danger – Julian Cope And Dave Balfe Cassette – demos, May 1982  (Take 2 of 3)
      5. Count To Ten and Run for Cover – JC And DB Cassette
      6. Ouch Monkeys – JC And DB Cassette
      7. Icarus #1 – JC And DB Cassette
      8. Terrorist – JC And DB Cassette
      9. Pussyface – Instrumental backing track, Spring 1982
      10. Flipped Out on LSD – Excerpt, 1982, featuring rare Dave Balfe vocal
      11. Your Big Lies – Julian Cope home demo, Tamworth May 1982
      12. Camera Camera – With World Shut Your Mouth producer Steve Lovell, 1984

Steely Dan / Pretzel Logic vinyl reissue

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The recent Steely Dan vinyl reissue series continues with the band’s 1974 album, Pretzel Logic.

The album features ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’, which was a top 5 hit in the US singles chart. This resulted in Pretzel Logic being, commercially, a very successful album, peaking at number eight in the American album charts, the second highest peak from the original era (Aja reached number six).

Rikki is of course the best known song, but Pretzel Logic is a truly wonderful album, one of their best, and is full of brilliant songs like the moving ‘Charlie Freak’, the groove-laden ‘Night by Night’ and the warm pop of ‘Any Major Dude Will Tell You’.

As before, this vinyl reissue has been mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes with lacquers cut by Alex Abrash at his AA Mastering studio from high-resolution digital files of Grundman’s new masters.

Pretzel Logic will be reissued on vinyl on 28 July 2023.

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Pretzel Logic Steely Dan / Vinyl reissue

    • Side A
      1. Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
      2. Night By Night
      3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
      4. Barrytown
      5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
    • Side B
      1. Parker’s Band
      2. Through With Buzz
      3. Pretzel Logic
      4. With a Gun
      5. Charlie Freak
      6. Monkey In Your Soul