Debbie Gibson / Out of the Blue deluxe reissue
A remix-tastic 3CD+DVD set

Cherry Red are to reissue American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson‘s first album, Out of the Blue, as a 3CD+DVD deluxe edition.
The 1987 long-player was an enormous success, especially in America, where it peaked at number seven and spawned four top five singles, including the chart-topping ‘Foolish Beat’. The singles did well in the UK as well, with two top ten hits ‘Shake Your Love’ and ‘Foolish Beat’ and the almost top ten single ‘Only In My Dreams’ (#11 in the UK, #4 in the US).
An expanded Out of the Blue was part of Demon Music’s massive 13-disc We Could Be Together deluxe set from 2017 but this is the first opportunity to get it as a standalone product, and it looks fairly extensive. Everything Out of the Blue-related from that previous package is included on this new expanded set, except for ‘Shake Your Love [Luke Mornay Remix]’ and ‘Only In My Dreams ’98 [Club Mix]’ – but since neither of those were remixes from the original era, this is unlikely to be a problem for most.
The good news is this new 3CD+DVD package offers a lot more. There’s an enormous amount of original remixes, including dubs, bonus beats, ‘percapella’ etc. It looks pretty comprehensive, but will wait for SDE Debbie Gibson aficionados to either confirm or deny!
The DVD (NTSC, region-free) offers all five promo videos, Out Of The Blue: Live In Concert (the 1989 video release which looks like a repeat of what was on the second DVD in the Demon set) and Up Close And Personal an ‘interview special’.
More good news in that this is packaged as a digi-pak (like the Howard Jones sets) and not one of those insubstantial ‘capacity wallets’. The booklet includes a 2021 introduction written by Debbie. The label say that this is “the first in a series of Debbie Gibson reissues” so it’s looking like we can expect more like this, especially for Out of the Blue follow-up Electric Youth which was actually a bigger hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Out of the Blue 3CD+DVD deluxe edition will be released on 15 October 2021. Please rate this release at the top of the page!
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Out Of The Blue (Deluxe Edition) (3CD+DVD)
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Tracklisting

Out of the Blue Debbie Gibson / 3CD+DVD deluxe edition
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CD 1: Out of the Blue
- OUT OF THE BLUE
- STAYING TOGETHER
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS
- FOOLISH BEAT
- RED HOT
- WAKE UP TO LOVE
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE
- FALLEN ANGEL
- PLAY THE FIELD
- BETWEEN THE LINES
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Vocal)
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Dreamix)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Bad Dubb Version)
- FOOLISH BEAT (Extended Mix)
- STAYING TOGETHER (Dub Edit)
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CD 2: The Remixes Part 1
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Extended Club Mix)
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Dub)
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Percapella/Vocal)
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Heartthrob Beats)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Vocal/Club Mix)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Bonus Beats)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Vocal/Bassapella)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Shake The House Version)
- OUT OF THE BLUE (Vocal/Club Mix)
- OUT OF THE BLUE (Bonus Beats)
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CD 3: The Remixes Part 2
- OUT OF THE BLUE (Drumapella)
- OUT OF THE BLUE (Dub Version)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Live)
- FOOLISH BEAT (Instrumental)
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Dream House Mix)
- MEDLEY (Debbie Gibson Megamix)
- STAYING TOGETHER (Remix)
- STAYING TOGETHER (Dub Version)
- STAYING TOGETHER (Bonus Beats)
- STAYING TOGETHER (LP Version w/ Vocal Re-cut)
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DVD – NTSC, region-free
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Video)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Video)
- OUT OF THE BLUE (Video)
- FOOLISH BEAT (Video)
- STAYING TOGETHER (Video)
- STAYING TOGETHER (Live)
- FOOLISH BEAT (Live)
- SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Live)
- IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (Live)
- LOST IN YOUR EYES (Live)
- SHOULD’VE BEEN THE ONE (Live)
- OUT OF THE BLUE (Live)
- ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Live)
- WE COULD BE TOGETHER (Live)
- CROCODILE ROCK (Live)
- UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL (Bonus Interview Featurette)
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CD 1: Out of the Blue
Looks like Electric Youth is getting the same treatment at the end of November!
And it’s here! Same format – CD1 has the original album plus 7 bonus tracks. CD2 has 8 remixes of the title track. CD3 has 12 remixes and b-sides. The DVD has 4 promo videos and Live Around The World.
Paul, why can’t anyone get Debbie’s videos to look good? Please educate me. Edsel and now Cherry have tried but they are still a mess. I understand the videos have not been remastered, but why is that? Is it the artist or the label that decides that? Would the set cost more money if the music videos were remastered? I just don’t get it. Anyways, the audio sounds great on all 3 music discs and it is worth owning.
Currently listening to this on apple music; assuming it is identical to what is included on the physical set. The extended version of “Only in My Dreams” is the “new” extended version included on the “Greatest Hits” album from the mid-90’s. The original 12″ version is not included (at least not on the streaming version). So if you have the “We Could Be Together” box set, you might want to hang on to it, depending upon how important this track is to you. Listening for needledrops; Cherry Red is getting better at hiding them (or using mint copies for transfer); but to my ears some of the tracks here have distortion as if sourced from vinyl. The “Dream House” mix of “Only in My Dreams” almost sounds like it has tape hiss; ripped from the cassette maxi single?- but for the most part sounds good. Was disappointed that it was not included on the box set; I could argue this new set is worth the price just for this mix alone. The “Dub Version” of “Out of the Blue” sounds like a needle drop. Worst of all, the extended mix of “Shake Your Love” fades at the end, so it does not segue directly into the “Bonus Beats” (although you can hear the start of the “Bonus Beats” in the extended version’s fadeout). Overall varying quality from mix to mix, even between tracks that were included in the same 12″ single. Disappointed in what I am hearing so far, which is too bad, because this is a great tracklist; and I know many of us (myself included) were waiting for all of 12-inch singles to be made available digitally. Hate to be a Debbie Downer on this (see what I did there?) but the things I was worried about in my previous comment are all present here.
On the physical edition, it does include the original 12″ extended club mix of “Only In My Dreams.” Per the liner notes, masters couldn’t be found for “Out Of The Blue (Bonus Beats)” and “Out Of The Blue (Dub Version)” and sealed vinyls were used to source those tracks. And on the physical edition, the “Shake Your Love (Vocal/Club Mix)” doesn’t fade. It segues seamlessly into “Shake Your Love (Bonus Beats)”. Not sure why the streaming version is serving lesser quality.
Not sure either. Maybe a licensing issue? Either way, this is good news to me (I don’t have my physical copy yet).
Just the best one she’s made and all the extras and then some for an acceptable price tag. No discussion, just order it !!
Yep…this is how you re-issue a pop album! Remixes, b-sides and videos.
It’s a lesson the Spice Girls need to learn – I’ve had a look at the forthcoming ‘Spice 25’ tracklisting and it’s incredibly underwhelming. Nowhere near what I want, what I really, really want and it’s so short that the 2 (CDs could) Become 1.
I really wish the Radio Edit of Out of the Blue was included. Probably my most wanted track in CD quality from this albums era. Will still pick it up, though.
Does the video to the song not use the radio/single mix? You could probably rip it from the DVD, if you were so inclined.
The only tracks missing that I can think of are the “radio edit” from the US promo 12″ of “Out of the Blue” (it was a shortened version of the “Vocal/Club Mix”) and the b-side “Edited Dub/Dub Edit” of “Out of the Blue” from the US 7.” It was more of a straight-up instrumental version than an actual dub. Two very small omissions, definitely not enough to deter me from getting this!
Hopefully the “Vocal/Club Mix” and “Bonus Beats” of “Shake Your Love” will remain segued together as they are on the original 12″. Because everybody needs a 13-minute version of “Shake Your Love!”
Very excited for this. Let’s all cross our fingers that there are no needle drops.
S.D.E. readers please givenew album The Body Remembers a careful listen, it’s a delight.
My only interest in Ms. Gibson was that she was pretty damn cute.
A couple of readers below questioned the need for multiple mixes of the singles. Well, no one “needs” a deluxe edition for that matter. I feel I can speak for the majority of this site’s audience: Labels, if you release a deluxe edition of a catalogue title, include all the B sides, single edits, remixes, everything issued in connection with the album. Simple concept, really.
The dvd is still missing some videos from the big box set. It doesn’t include the 2 bonus videos of the 12 inch versions
I am happy that this includes almost everything but as an owner of the big box set as well I am also happy not everything was included
CherryRed has taken a lot of criticism over the past years but I have to admit, they are getting better. Their 80’s reissues often include all available bonus material, like this Debbie Gibson reissue. Looking at the recent Stones and REM reissues, sadly that’s not always a given. This Debbie Gibson release is a sure buy for me. It includes all the remixes and then some. Absolutely love it. Well done!
Outstanding release!
Now here’s a lesson for the record labels: this is what all reissues should be like: a bonus CD (or two) with all the remixes and a DVD concert to boot!
Did I already say “Outstanding release?“
Looks very comprehensive on the remix front. I would not get too excited about the up close and personal interview as i’m assuming it will be the same interview footage from the singles VHS that was listed as up close and personal.
I hope they do all the Atlantic albums at least. BMS would be great to get all the original songs that were scrapped even in Demo form.
We can still dream of TWYH, Deborah and MYOB too. Even though there won’t be many remixes to include there are lots of Demos in the archive.
Have to agree with other comments here, the new album The Body Remembers is excellent
Only made no.26 in album charts originally but a 3CD and DVD set for £21 + small P+P fee it’s worth getting direct from Cherry Red Site if you want a copy.
LOOKS AMAZBALLS! But why not on coloured vinyl?! Hope it sells well.
I was in shock when this was announced. I pre-ordered immediately, but I figured there wouldn’t be anything after the huge box. This is tied with Body Mind and Soul as my favorite Deb album, so I hope the re-issue campaign at least goes up to that album (though I know it’s unlikely to stretch past Anything is Possible). I’m REALLY glad we’re getting all the remixes. I would rather have all of them and then skip around or only rip certain ones for my car than to have mixes missing. With the exception of mixing formats (don’t shove vinyl at me with my CDs), I’d rather have “too much” in a box set than have it missing the things I’m really looking for, like with the Raw Like Sushi set, which managed to have all those remixes, but didn’t have “Buffalo Blues.”
Absolutely! I also despise it when the labels offer us a CD release mixed with vinyl media in one package!
Had this on order with Cherry Red since it was first announced.
As a side note, Debbie’s new album, ‘The Body Remembers’ is great – a real return to form.
Debbie Gibson was one of the few artists from the 80s I didn’t get into, however, this looks like an impressive Super Deluxe Edition album.
Nice to see some versions seeing CD release for the first time. This is what I buy reissues for. :)
Kind of interesting to consider how some artists can’t be bothered to put even a single remix on a “deluxe” reissue (looking at you, Peter Gabriel) and others give us everything we could ever possibly want.
For those who would say “Yeah, but who needs every acapella and instrumental mix?” consider that having these song pieces means that now people can actually remix their own versions, which while non-essential is a really cool thing to have access to. Not to mention for anyone that is trying to replace a huge vinyl collection of 12″ singles like me, it’s really nice when you know you’ll never need to pull out the 40 year old vinyl just for that one version you didn’t get.
I am all for the “if it was on a twelve inch, put it on there!” philosophy of deluxe reissues and I hope more artists follow suit.
Original Deb Head here. Great to see the original 12″ mixes for each single released (I just checked my vinyl and they are all represented). We could all complain about something, but adding some demos or some of the songs that did not make the album (see her “Memory Lane” sets) would have been a nice touch. We all know that some songs that did not make an album are actually better than the ones that did. With regards to the music videos, the videos are absolutely horrible from the “We Could Be Together” box set. This gives us Deb fans a second chance and hopefully Cherry Red have cleaned them up properly. Debbie’s songs really don’t need remastering. They were well recorded and still sound great. Even if the 12″ mixes are ripped from vinyl, that is fine for me. Having the original remixes on vinyl and now on cd is great. For me, the live versions were really not necessary on this set. I would rather have a bigger booklet with remarks from everyone involved with making the album. Again, demos and songs held back would have been great. Already looking forward to the “Electric Youth” deluxe edition. Thanks Cherry Red and they will look great sitting in my Deb collection. Thanks Paul for listing it on here!
Thanks for confirming the completeness of the collection. I’d been interested in branching out to collect DG in this era after finding a Japanese collection of extended remixes, but getting everything released will be a bonus and a time-saver. Thanks again.
I like foolish beat and shake your love, but overall I find this album horribly cheesy. However, after reading comments here I am listening to her latest, and that’s so much better. On par with the best contemporary Kylie tracks. And really great production.
This appears to cover everything (and more?) that was released at the time – so that’s a plus.
On the downside, the sequence of the bonus tracks is baffling – I can’t imagine ever wanting to play those bonus discs other than to decide which tracks should go on my iPod.
Shame they didn’t at least emulate the track listing of the first disc from the mega box a few years back – the full album, plus the core 12” remix for each of the singles. That worked.
Still, I might spring for this if the reviews are good – my worry would be some of the bonus tracks might be ripped from vinyl. We shall see.
Would welcome a vinyl release if it means we also get the later albums done as vinyl – Anything Is Possible only ever got a 12 track cutdown of the full 16 track album, and Body Mind Soul is also hard to get hold of on the black stuff (or whatever colour they decide to press it on).
You’re incorrect on the Anything Is Possible not being available as a full 16 track LP, I have the Canada ONLY CRC pressing of the 16 track LP
£20.99 on CR site so that amazon preorder price will drop.
A bargain if you ask me.
Loved Debbie back in the day, my pal had all the 12″ and I had the CDs ….. they got lost over the years so this one is a no brainer for me :-)
Agree the new album is great.
Question is do I need so many mixes of the same songs and will they ever be played more than once. I have the box set so I am more on the no side at the moment for purchase as to much other stuff around at present which would be replayed.
Question is why every label in the world released multiple versions and mixes of most singles they issued. So maybe Alan C you need to ask yourself the question, do you even need this reissue? Just buy the old version of the album and all those unnecessary same songs over and over won’t be a problem?
You know very well that there are millions of people who love mixes and remixes and these collections aim to put together all those releases. You just know it, why do you have to complain?
Another great 80’s re-issue from Cherry Red. Pre-ordered already with Eartha Kitt “I’m Still Here” 3CD. By the way the new album from Debbie “The Body Remembers” is pretty good too.
Can we expect a (deluxe/reissued) vinyl at any point though?
great news. i don’ t care much about multiple versions of the same track, and i don’ t like adding extras on the main album disc but other than that it s as good as it might be. Lets hope for a vinyl repress . Actually she has a brand new album The Body Remembers witch is quite good.
Debbie’s new album is fantastic. I was blown away at how consistent it is.
There is an easy solution for you, go on discogs and buy the old version, it’s on CD and vinyl. No extra tracks that will bother you and the sound will probably better as Cherry Pop is infamous for their “volume-stering”.