The Sound of McAlmont & Butler reissue

David McAlmont and Bernard Butler’s collaborative 1995 album The Sound of McAlmont & Butler will be reissued in September in vinyl and CD anniversary editions.

The album will now be available as a 2LP set with a view to offering enhanced audio with mastering handled by Bernard Butler’s longtime studio partner, George Shilling. The double is actually a blue/green coloured vinyl offering and 1000 units are available signed across various retailers.

A 2CD expanded edition is also available (with the remastered album) and it includes a bonus disc of demos, single versions and sessions, including multiple versions of the singles ‘Yes’ and ‘You Do’. This is also available as a limited signed edition (500-only).

The bonus disc on the 2026 double CD is identical to the bonus CD in the out-of-print 20th anniversary 2LP+2CD+DVD set from 2015 except for the fact that the new disc is missing the two BBC Radio 1 Simon Mayo Sessions (‘You Do’ and ‘Walk On’). However this new 2CD set is very well priced.

The Sound of McAlmont & Butler is reissued on 18 September 2026 via Demon Music.

SIGNED EDITIONS

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The Sound of McAlmont and Butler - Signed 2CD deluxe edition

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The Sound of McAlmont and Butler - Signed coloured 2LP vinyl

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STANDARD EDITIONS

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The Sound of McAlmont and Butler 2CD set

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Tracklisting

The Sound of McAlmont & Butler McAlmont & Butler /

• 2LP vinyl
  • LP 1

    Side A

    1. Yes (Full Version)
    2. What’s The Excuse This Time?
    3. The Right Thing

    Side B

    1. Although
    2. Don’t Call It Soul
    3. Disappointment / Interval
  • LP 2

    Side C

    1. The Debitor
    2. How About You?
    3. Tonight

    Side D

    1. You’ll Lose A Good Thing
    2. You Do (Full Length)
• 2CD deluxe
  • CD 1: The Album
    1. Yes (Full Version]
    2. What’s The Excuse This Time?
    3. The Right Thing
    4. Although
    5. Don’t Call It Soul
    6. Disappointment / Interval
    7. The Debitor
    8. How About You?
    9. Tonight
    10. You’ll Lose A Good Thing
    11. You Do (Full-Length Version)
  • CD 2: The Bonus Tracks
    1. Yes (Demo)
    2. Yes (Four Track Demo]
    3. Yes [Instrumental)
    4. You Do (Demo)
    5. You Do (Mix 1)
    6. Don’t Call It Soul (Demo)
    7. Don’t Call It Soul (Original Single Version)
    8. How About You? (Original Single Version)
    9. Tonight (Oompah Demo)
    10. Tonight (Overnight)
    11. What’s The Excuse This Time? (355)
    12. Yes (BB & Nigel Godrich 1995 Remix)
    13. The Argument (Outtake From The “Tonight” Session)