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Be Bop Deluxe / Futurama super deluxe

3CD+DVD box set • New 5.1 surround & stereo mixes • BBC ‘In Concert’


English prog rock band Be Bop Deluxe‘s 1975 album Futurama is being reissued by Esoteric as a 4-disc expanded box set in April.

Recorded in early ’75, largely at Rockfield studios, Futurama was the band’s second album the first to feature the line-up of Bill Nelson (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Charlie Tumahai (bass, vocals) and Simon Fox (drums). It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.

This expanded reissue features content across three CDs and a DVD, including newly re-mastered audio (from the original master tapes), new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes (by Stephen W. Tayler), a previously issued BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ performance, a John Peel session, a couple of unissued alternate versions of Futurama album tracks and more.

The box set comes with a ‘lavishly illustrated’ 68-page book with many previously unseen photographs and an essay of recollections by Bill Nelson. You also get a facsimile record store poster for Futurama, replica track sheets, and postcards.

This Futurama 3CD+DVD box set is released on 31 May 2019 [was 26 April]



CD1: Futurama – The Original Album Remastered
1. Stage Whispers
2. Love With The Madman
3. Maid In Heaven
4. Sister Seagull
5. Sound Track
6. Music In Dreamland
7. Jean Cocteau
8. Between The Worlds
9. Swan Song
Bonus Tracks:
10. Between The Worlds (Single Version)
11. Lights

CD2: Futurama – The New Stereo Mix
1. Stage Whispers
2. Love With The Madman
3. Maid In Heaven
4. Sister Seagull
5. Sound Track
6. Music In Dreamland
7. Jean Cocteau
8. Between The Worlds
9. Swan Song
Bonus Tracks:
10. Between The Worlds (Single Version)
11. Lights
12. Music In Dreamland (Phonogram Studios Version) (Previously Unreleased)
13. Between The Worlds (Alternate Single Version) (Previously Unreleased)

CD3
BBC Radio One “John Peel Show” Session 11th March 1975:
1. Stage Whispers
2. Sister Seagull
3. Maid In Heaven
4. Lights
BBC Radio One “In Concert” 23rd May 1975 (Previously Unreleased):
5. Stage Whispers
6. Third Floor Heaven
7. Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape
8. Sister Seagull
9. Piece Of Mine
10. Maid In Heaven
11. Axe Victim

DVD: Futurama – The New 5.1 Surround Sound Mix, New 96 Khz / 24-Bit Stereo Mix And 96 Khz / 24-Bit Original Stereo Mix
1. Stage Whispers
2. Love With The Madman
3. Maid In Heaven
4. Sister Seagull
5. Sound Track
6. Music In Dreamland
7. Jean Cocteau
8. Between The Worlds
9. Swan Song
Bonus Audio Material:
10. Between The Worlds (Single Version)
11. Lights
12. Music In Dreamland (Phonogram Studios Version)
Bonus Video Material:
13. Maid In Heaven (BBC TV “Old Grey Whistle Test” Session 19th July 1975)
14. Sister Seagull (BBC TV “Old Grey Whistle Test” Session 19th July 1975)
15. Maid In Heaven (1975 Harvest Records Promotional Video)

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