Sananda Maitreya / Juvenilia: The Columbia Years

As mentioned on last week’s Saturday Deluxe, Sananda Maitreya (the artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby) is releasing a box set of the four albums he issued with Sony in the late ’80s and early-to-mid ’90s.

This has now been officially announced and SDE can confirm that it’s a 6LP coloured vinyl box set called Juvenilia: The Columbia Years with all four albums remastered and pressed on 180g coloured vinyl. The albums in question are Introducing The Hardline (1987), Neither Fish Nor Flesh (1989), Symphony Or Damn (1993, 2LP) and Vibrator (1995, 2LP).

Each boast ‘restored artwork’ and a “faithfully recreated sleeve” (not that faithful, since the name is different!) and each has “newly written liner notes and visual material from Sananda’s personal archive”. Neither Fish Nor Flesh originally had a very lavish 12-page booklet –  complete with overprinted transparent leaves – so it remains to be seen if that is properly recreated.

Incidentally, Symphony Or Damn was originally issued as a LP+7″ package, with the last four tracks on the album (including the semi-classic ‘Let Her Down Easy’) relegated to the seven-inch single! A rather odd thing to do, so it’s good to see this reissued as a proper 2LP set.

There are no bonus tracks and Juvenilia is also not available on CD. Make of that what you will. Sananda says: “These albums represent the journey of a young artist finding his voice: bold, vulnerable, and unafraid to challenge the form. It feels beautiful to finally present them together, in the spirit they were born”.

Juvenilia: The Columbia Years will be released on 13 March 2026 (was 6 February 2026). It is available to pre-order now from the official Sandanda shop with a signed print.

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Tracklisting

Juvenilia: The Columbia Years Sananda Maitreya / 6LP vinyl

• • LP 1: Introducing The Hardline (translucent green vinyl)

    SIDE A

    1. IF YOU ALL GET TO HEAVEN
    2. IF YOU LET ME STAY
    3. WISHING WELL
    4. I’LL NEVER TURN MY BACK ON YOU (FATHER’S WORDS)
    5. DANCE LITTLE SISTER
    6. SEVEN MORE DAYS

    SIDE B

    1. LET’S GO FORWARD
    2. RAIN
    3. SIGN YOUR NAME
    4. AS YET UNTITLED
    5. WHO’S LOVING YOU
  • LP 2: Neither Fish Nor Flesh (red vinyl)

    SIDE A

    1. DECLARATION: NEITHER FISH NOR FLESH
    2. I HAVE FATE IN THESE DESOLATE TIMES
    3. IT FEELS GOOD TO LOVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
    4. TO KNOW SOMEONE DEEPLY IS TO KNOW SOMEONE SOFTLY
    5. I’LL BE ALRIGHT
    6. BILLY DON’T FALL

    SIDE B

    1. THIS SIDE OF LOVE
    2. ATTRACTED TO YOU
    3. ROLY POLY
    4. YOU WILL PAY TOMORROW
    5. I DON’T WANT TO BRING YOUR GODS DOWN
    6.  …AND I NEED TO BE WITH SOMEONE TONIGHT

    SIDE B
    1. THIS SIDE OF LOVE
    2. ATTRACTED TO YOU
    3. ROLY POLY
    4. YOU WILL PAY TOMORROW
    5. I DON’T WANT TO BRING YOUR GODS DOWN
    6. …AND I NEED TO BE WITH SOMEONE TONIGHT

  • LP 3 & 4: Symphony Or Damn (gold vinyl)

    SIDE A

    1. WELCOME TO MY MONASTERYO
    2. SHE KISSED ME
    3. DO YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY?
    4. BABY LET ME SHARE MY LOVE
    5. DELICATE

    SIDE B

    1. NEON MESSIAH
    2. PENELOPE PLEASE
    3. WET YOUR LIPS
    4. TURN THE PAGE

    SIDE C

    1. CASTILIAN BLUE
    2. T.I.T.S./F&J
    3. ARE YOU HAPPY?

    SIDE D

    1. SUCCUMB TO ME
    2. I STILL LOVE YOU
    3. SEASONS
    4. LET HER DOWN EASY
  • LP 5 & 6: Vibrator (blue vinyl)

    SIDE A

    1. VIBRATOR
    2. SUPERMODEL SANDWICH
    3. HOLDING ON TO YOU

    SIDE B

    1. READ MY LIPS (I DIG YOUR SCENE)
    2. UNDENIABLY
    3. WE DON’T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME TOGETHER

    SIDE C

    1. C.Y.F.M.L.A.Y?
    2. IF YOU GO BEFORE ME
    3. SURRENDER
    4. TTD’S RECURRING DREAM

    SIDE D

    1. SUPERMODEL SANDWICH W/CHEESE
    2. RESSURECTION
    3. IT’S BEEN SAID