Virgin axe hi-res DVDs from Roxy Music Studio Recordings box set

The much-delayed Roxy Music The Complete Studio Recordings box has been given a new release date of 6 August 2012.

However, crucially, what was an eight-CD box set with four DVDs featuring hi-res audio versions of all the albums, appears to have mysteriously changed into a Ten-CD box with no sign of the DVDs.

The original press release read:

“Each album will be represented on DVD format as high-resolution audio, transferred digitally from the original analogue masters, making this release an absolute ‘must have’ for Roxy Music fans and collectors.”

By this logic without the DVDs this is no longer a ‘must have’ box set. Audiophiles and Roxy Music enthusiasts are likely to be very disappointed with this. We understand the hi-res audio was going to be 96/24 LPCM stereo transfers from original analogue master tapes.

Another change is that the bonus tracks which were appended to each album are now collected separately across two bonus CDs, hence ten CDs rather than the eight mentioned in the original press release. An extra track – More Than This (7” Version) – has also been added to the bonus material making a total of 32 singles, B-Sides and alternative mixes rather than 31 in the original box track listing.

Anyone who pre-ordered this box earlier in the year on the basis of the DVDs might want to reconsider. Amazon.co.uk still incorrectly list 12 discs as does Amazon.com. Some retailers reflect the new format with UK online supermarket sainsburys.co.uk showing the 10 CDs with correct track listing.

Updated tracklisting below:

CD1: Roxy Music

• 1. Re-make/Re-model
• 2. Ladytron
• 3. If There Is Something
• 4. 2HB
• 5. The Bob (Medley)
• 6. Chance Meeting
• 7. Would You Believe?
• 8. Sea Breezes
• 9. Bitters End

CD2: For Your Pleasure

• 1. Do The Strand
• 2. Beauty Queen
• 3. Strictly Confidential
• 4. Editions Of You
• 5. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
• 6. The Bogus Man
• 7. Grey Lagoons
• 8. For Your Pleasure

CD3: Stranded

• 1. Street Life
• 2. Just Like You
• 3. Amazona
• 4. Psalm
• 5. Serenade
• 6. A Song For Europe
• 7. Mother Of Pearl
• 8. Sunset

CD4: Country Life

• 1. The Thrill Of It All
• 2. Three And Nine
• 3. All I Want Is You
• 4. Out Of The Blue
• 5. If It Takes All Night
• 6. Bitter Sweet
• 7. Triptych
• 8. Casanova
• 9. A Really Good Time
• 10. Prairie Rose

CD5: Siren

• 1. Love Is The Drug
• 2. End Of The Line
• 3. Sentimental Fool
• 4. Whirlwind
• 5. She Sells
• 6. Could It Happen To Me?
• 7. Both Ends Burning
• 8. Nightingale
• 9. Just Another High

CD6: Manifesto

• 1. Manifesto
• 2. Trash
• 3. Angel Eyes (***rock version***)
• 4. Still Falls The Rain
• 5. Stronger Through The Years
• 6. Ain’t That So
• 7. My Little Girl
• 8. Dance Away (***ballad Version***)
• 9. Cry, Cry, Cry
• 10. Spin Me Round

CD7: Flesh And Blood

• 1. The Midnight Hour
• 2. Oh Yeah
• 3. Same Old Scene
• 4. Flesh And Blood
• 5. My Only Love
• 6. Over You
• 7. Eight Miles High
• 8. Rain Rain Rain
• 9. No Strange Delight
• 10. Running Wild

CD8: Avalon

• 1. More Than This
• 2. The Space Between
• 3. Avalon
• 4. India
• 5. While My Heart Is Still Beating
• 6. The Main Thing
• 7. Take A Chance With Me
• 8. To Turn You On
• 9. True To Life
• 10. Tara

CD9:

Singles, B-Sides and Alternative Mixes:

• 1. Virginia Plain
• 2. The Numberer
• 3. Pyjamarama (Island Mix)
• 4. Pyjamarama (Polydor Mix)
• 5. The Pride And The Pain
• 6. Do The Strand (USA 7” Mix)
• 7. Hula Kula
• 8. Your Application’s Failed
• 9. The Thrill Of It All – Edit
• 10. The Thrill Of It All (USA 7” Mix)
• 11. Love Is The Drug (USA 7” Mix)
• 12. Sultanesque
• 13. Both Ends Burning (7” Mix)
• 14. For Your Pleasure – Live
• 15. Trash 2
• 16. Dance Away (Single Version)
• 17. Dance Away (Canadian Extended 12” Mix)
• 18. Angel Eyes (Single Version)
• 19. Angel Eyes (12” Single Version)

CD10:

Singles, B-Sides and Alternative Mixes:

• 1. Oh Yeah (7” Version)
• 2. Manifesto (Remake)
• 3. South Downs
• 4. Lover
• 5. Jealous Guy
• 6. To Turn On You (1981 B-Side Version)
• 7. More Than This (7” Version)
• 8. Avalon (7” Single Version)
• 9. Always Unknowing
• 10. Take A Chance With Me (7” Single Version)
• 11. Take A Chance With Me (USA 7” Mix)
• 12. The Main Thing (12” Single Version)
• 13. The Main Thing (Remix)