Grace Jones / “Nightclubbing”: 2CD deluxe, blu-ray audio and 2LP

Grace Jones‘ 1981 album Nightclubbing will be issued as a two-CD deluxe edition in April 2014.

The album was the second in Jones’ so-called Compass Point Trilogy, produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin at Blackwell’s Bahamas recording studio.

Widely regarded as her best studio work, the record spawned many singles including Pull Up To The Bumper, Demolition Man and I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango). This deluxe reissue sees Nightclubbing remastered for the first time with the bonus CD bringing together a large number of remixes, as well as offering two previously unreleased tracks (including a cover of the Gary Numan/Tubeway Army track Me! I Disconnect From You.

No fewer than six versions of Pull Up To The Bumper can be found in this new double disc set including the 1985 remix, the rare 1981 ‘Party Version’, and Peanut Butter, an instrumental version of the song. Sadly, their is no place for the ‘Musclemix’ – a megamix which starts and ends with Pull Up To The Bumper and in between takes in some of Jones’ greatest hits, including three tracks from Nightclubbing.

A two-LP gatefold heavyweight vinyl record will also be issued, with the second LP including six remixes (as well as the two unreleased tracks).

The good news is that Universal appear to have ticked all the boxes with this release. The double LP comes with a digital download, and there will be a physical hi-res option with a Pure Audio blu-ray audio edition that contains all 22 tracks found on the two-CD deluxe version.

Nightclubbing is reissued on 28 April 2014.

2CD Deluxe

• • UK Pre-order: Nightclubbing

2LP Vinyl

• • UK Pre-order: Nightclubbing [VINYL]

Pure Audio Blu-ray Audio

• • Pre-orders coming soon

Track listings

2CD deluxe and hi-res Pure Audio track listing

Disc 1

• 1 Walking In The Rain 4.18
• 2 Pull Up To The Bumper 4.41
• 3 Use Me 5.04
• 4 Nightclubbing 5.06
• 5 Art Groupie 2.39
• 6 I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) 4.30
• 7 Feel Up 4.03
• 8 Demolition Man 4.03
• 9 I’ve Done It Again 3.51

Disc 2

1 Demolition Man (12” Version) 4.58
Issued as A-side of 12” single 12 WIP 6673, Feb 1981.

2 Pull Up To The Bumper (Long Version) 5.45
Issued as A-side of 12” single 12 WIP 6696, June 1981.

3 I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) (12” Version) 5.32
Issued as A-side of Dutch 12” single 600.366, July 1981.

4 Walking In The Rain (12” Version) 7.25
Issued as A-side of 12” single 12 WIP 6739, Oct 1981.

5 Pull Up To The Bumper (Remixed Version) 7.15
Issued as B-side of 12” single 12 WIP 6739, Oct 1981.

6 Use Me (Long Version) 6.10
First issued in 1998 on the compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions.

7 Pull Up To The Bumper (US Party Version) 5.00
Issued as A-side of US promotional 12” single PRO-A-936.

8 Feel Up (Long Version) 6.15
Issued as B-side of 12” single 12 WIP 6696, June 1981. Also issued as A-side of US promotional 12” single PRO-A-985.

9 Pull Up To The Bumper (1985 Remix) 6.24
Issued as A-side of cassette single CIS 240.

10 Peanut Butter (Pull Up To The Bumper Instrumental) 5.10
Issued as B-side of cassette single CIS 240.

11 If You Wanna Be My Lover (previously unreleased) 6.40

12 Me! I Disconnect From You (previously unreleased) 5.23

13 Esta Cara Me Es Conocida (I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)) 4.32
Issued as A-side of Spanish 7” single B-102.587

2LP Version

LP 1-Standard Album

LP 2

1 Demolition Man (12” Version) 4.58
Issued as A-side of 12” single 12 WIP 6673, Feb 1981.

2 I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) (12” Version) 5.32
Issued as A-side of Dutch 12” single // 600.366, July 1981

3 Walking In The Rain (12” Version) 7.25
Issued as A-side of 12” single 12 // WIP 6739, Oct 1981

4 Use Me (Long Version) 6.10
First issued on Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions

5 Pull Up To The Bumper (US Party Version) 5.00
Issued as A-side of US promotional 12” single // PRO-A-936

6 Feel Up (Extended Version) 6.15
Issued as A-side of US promotional 12” single // PRO-A-985

7 If You Wanna Be My Lover (previously unreleased) 8.00 approx

8 Me! I Disconnect From You (previously unreleased) 5.30 approx