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Spandau Ballet / Everything is Now: Vol 1 – The Early Years 1978-1982

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Spandau Ballet / Every Is Now: Vol 1: The Early Years 1978-1982 9-disc box set

Spandau Ballet will release a ‘early years’ 9-disc box set in September that focuses on their first two albums.

Everything is Now: Vol 1 – The Early Years 1978-1982 will feature six CDs, one blu-ray and two vinyl records and will include a 44-page book with photos and a new commentary from the whole band.

The content breaks down as follows:

  • LP 1 – Journeys to Glory
  • LP 2 – Diamond
  • CD 1 – Journeys to Glory – singles, remixes & versions
  • CD 2 – Diamond – singles, remixes & versions
  • CD 3 – Diamond – 12-inch remixes for 1981 box set
  • CD 4 – BBC Session 1981 / BBC In Concert Bournemouth 1982
  • CD 5 – BBC In Concert Paris Theatre 1982
  • CD 6 – Demos
  • Blu-ray – Singles in Atmos, Videos, TV footage

The first two CDs offer a comprehensive roundup of remixes, while CD 3 offers further 12-inch mixes from the Diamond 4×12-inch box set that was released in 1982. That box had some unique mixes.

The 1981 BBC Session from CD 4 dates from 15 March that year, 9 days after the release of Spandau Ballet’s debut album, Journeys to Glory. Conversely, the 1982 In Concert from Bournemouth dates from 19 April ’82, around five weeks after follow-up Diamond was released. The Paris Theatre ‘In Concert’ from CD 5 was recorded 12 days earlier, an illustration of how busy the band were at the time, trying to promote their new album.

Everything Is Now – Vol 1: The Early Years 1978-1982 (click image to enlarge)

CD 6 features three Gentry demos recorded at Halligan Studios in London’s Holloway Road in “mid-1979” and four Arista demos recorded on 31 August 1980 at Pathways Studios in Islington. So only seven demos on this disc.

Steven Wilson has mixed the singles in Atmos, but not the whole albums. So six tracks: ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’, ‘The Freeze’, ‘Muscle Bound’, ‘Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)’, ‘Paint Me Down’ and ‘Instinction’. These are available on the blu-ray in Atmos, Stereo and as stereo instrumentals. As well as the music videos, the blu-ray includes rare live footage from NYC’s Underground Club (1981) and a 1982 appearance on BBC TV’s Old Grey Whistle Test.

Gary Kemp explains the title of the box: “I was having a conversation with Spandau’s manager and lifelong friend Steve Dagger. We were talking about my kids who are constantly listening to and streaming old music, making discoveries like Steely Dan or The Zombies. On TikTok and social media old tracks are getting reinvented. Our streaming is going up and up for people of all ages. Dagger said, ‘The thing is everything is now.’ I said, ‘That’s the title.’ It isn’t the past anymore. It’s in constant re-evaluation and people are discovering it.”

Everything Is Now: Vol 1 – The Early Years 1978-1982 will be released on 12 September 2025, via Parlophone

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Tracklisting

Spandau Ballet / Every Is Now: Vol 1: The Early Years 1978-1982 9-disc box set

Everything Is Now – Vol 1: The Early Years 1978-1982 Spandau Ballet / 9-disc box set

    • LP 1: Journeys to Glory (1981)
      Side One
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short [3:20]
      2. Reformation [4:54]
      3. Mandolin [4:07]
      4. Muscle Bound [5:06]
      Side Two
      1. Age Of Blows [4:09]
      2. The Freeze [4:35]
      3. Confused [4:38]
      4. Toys [5:48]
    • LP 2: Diamond (1982)
      Side One
      1. Chant No 1 [4:05]
      2. Instinction [4:48]
      3. Paint Me Down [3:44]
      4. Coffee Club [5:30]
      Side Two
      1. She Loved Like Diamond [2:55]
      2. Pharaoh [6:35]
      3. Innocence And Science [4:15]
      4. Missionary [7:15]
    • CD 1: JOURNEYS TO GLORY ERA SINGLES, REMIXES & VERSIONS
      7 inch A-Sides
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short (7” A-side) [3:22]
      2. The Freeze (7″ Version A-side) [3:32]
      3. Muscle Bound (7″ Version A-side) [3:58]
      4. Glow (7″ Version AA-side) [3:49]
      7 inch B-Sides
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short (Version) [3:22]
      2. The Freeze (Version 7” B-side) [4:23]
      12 inch A-Sides & B-Sides
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1 A-side) [6:32]
      2. To Cut A Long Story Short (Version) (Mix 2) [3.59]
      3. The Freeze (12” A-side) [4:36]
      4. The Freeze (Special Mix 12” B-side) [6:33]
      5. Glow (12″ Version) [8:11]
      6. Muscle Bound (12” B-side) [4.51]
    • CD 2: DIAMOND ERA SINGLES, REMIXES & VERSIONS
      7 inch A-Sides
      1. Chant No 1 (7” A-side) [4:07]
      2. Paint Me Down (7” A-side) [3:13]
      3. She Love Like Diamond (7” A-side) [2:52]
      4. Instinction (7” Trevor Horn Version) [3:34]
      7 inch B-Sides
      1. Feel The Chant (Short – 7” B-side) [4:04]
      2. Man With Guitar (B-Side of Paint Me Down) [2:52]
      3. Gently (B-Side of Intinction) [4:00]
      4. She Loved Like Diamond (Instrumental B-side) [2:56]
      12 inch A-Sides & B-Sides
      1. Chant No.1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix – 12” A-side) [5:52]
      2. Feel The Chant (Long – 12” B-side) [5:49]
      3. Paint Me Down (12″ A-side) [7:05]
      4. Re Paint (12” B-side) [6:53]
    • CD 3: DIAMOND – 12” REMIX SINGLES BOX SET
      1. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Remix) [8:04]
      2. Instinction (Remix) [6:59]
      3. Paint Me Down (Remix) [6:25]
      4. Coffee Club (Remix) [6:49]
      5. She Loved Like Diamond (Remix) [3:41]
      6. Pharaoh (Remix) [6:37]
      7. Innocence And Science (Remix) [4:28]
      8. Missionary (Remix) [7:02]
    • CD 4: BBC SESSION 1981 / BBC IN CONCERT BOURNEMOUTH 1982
      BBC Session – Studio B15, March 15, 1981
      1. The Freeze [4:41]
      2. Mandolin [4:07]
      3. Muscle Bound [4:52]
      4. Glow [4:14]
      BBC In Concert Bournemouth, April 19, 1982
      1. The Freeze [5:13]
      2. She Loved Like Diamond [3:10]
      3. To Cut A Long Story Short [3:52]
      4. Glow [5:13]
      5. Paint Me Down [4:45]
      6. Instinction / Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) [6:10]
      7. (Medley: Instinction [5:46] / Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) [1:24]  
    • CD 5: BBC IN CONCERT PARIS THEATRE, LONDON 1982
      Produced by Jeff Griffin
      1. Instinction (Version 1) [5:28]
      2. The Freeze [5:11]
      3. She Loved Like Diamond [2:59]
      4. To Cut A Long Story Short [3:46]
      5. Pharoah [6:07]
      6. Glow [5:11]
      7. Muscle Bound [4:56]
      8. Confused [4:07]
      9. Paint Me Down [4:56]
      10. Coffee Club [6:38]
      11. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) [6:56]
      12. Instinction (Version 2) [4:28]
      13. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Reprise) [1:22]
    • CD 6: DEMOS
      1. Toys (Gentry Demo) [4:20]
      2. Age Of Blows (Gentry Demo) [3:47]
      3. Eyes (Gentry Demo) [5:27]
      4. To Cut A Long Story Short (Arista Demo) [3:42]
      5. The Freeze (Arista Demo) [4:56]
      6. Confused (Arista Demo) [4:10]
      7. Reformation (Arista Demo) [4:59]
    • Blu-ray
      DOLBY ATMOS, STEREO & INSTRUMENTAL REMIXES BY STEVEN WILSON
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short
      2. The Freeze
      3. Muscle Bound
      4. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
      5. Paint Me Down
      6. Instinction
      MUSIC VIDEOS
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short
      2. The Freeze
      3. Muscle Bound
      4. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
      5. Paint Me Down
      6. She Loved Like Diamond
      7. Instinction
      OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST, BBC TV 1982
      1. She Loved Like Diamond
      2. Coffee Club
      LIVE AT THE UNDERGROUND CLUB, NYC, USA MAY 6, 1981 – DURATION: 56mins 25secs
      1. Intro by Jim Fouratt
      2. The Freeze
      3. Mandolin
      4. Reformation
      5. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
      6. Toys
      7. Age Of Blows
      8. Muscle Bound
      9. Confused
      10. To Cut A Long Story Short
      11. Glow
      EXTRAS
      1. HMS Belfast footage

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