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Sony are releasing Prince and The Revolution’s classic Syracuse, New York 30 March 1985 Purple Rain tour show as a standalone release, remixed & restored in June 2022, as a 3LP vinyl set and a 2 CD / 1 blu-ray version.
For the visual side of the release, the original video source was rescanned, restored and colour corrected. The audio has been remixed from the original multitrack audio master reels by Grammy-nominated recording engineer Chris James.
The blu-ray has stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos sound options.
Have a sneak peak of the quality with the official video of Let’s Go Crazy from this restored release. Whilst the video still displays it’s obvious 1980’s source, it is a marked improvement on the original VHS that was so dark, it was a difficult watch. This is the nearest thing to time travel, if you want to pop back to 1985 to experience Prince and The Revolution in their absolute purple pomp. This is one of Prince’s legendary 80s shows, so grab your tambourine and a front row seat for Prince and The Revolution live!
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CD 1 Let’s Go Crazy Delirious 1999 Little Red Corvette Take Me With U Yankee Doodle Do Me, Baby Irresistible Bitch Possessed How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore Let’s Pretend We’re Married International Lover God Computer Blue CD 2 Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones When Doves Cry I Would Die 4 U Baby, I’m a Star Purple Rain
Blu-ray Let’s Go Crazy Delirious 1999 Little Red Corvette Take Me With U Yankee Doodle Do Me, Baby Irresistible Bitch Possessed How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore Let’s Pretend We’re Married International Lover God Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones When Doves Cry I Would Die 4 U Baby I’m A Star Purple Rain
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Satellite Life: Recordings (1995-1996) is a 3 CD set from Billy Mackenzie, released by Cherry Red on 22 April 2022, re-assembling past recordings with plenty of previously unreleased songs.
Hailing from Dundee, Scotland, Billy Mackenzie formed The Associates with Alan Rankine and the band enjoyed huge critical acclaim, chart success and cult status but the pair parted company in 1983 and Billy continued to record, for a while as The Associates and also in collaboration with other musicians, as well as releasing music as a solo artist.
Around 1994, Billy met Steve Aungle. The pair sparked off each other, prompting a purple patch for making new music. Some recordings appeared on two posthumous albums, Beyond The Sun (1997) and Eurocentric (2001). A couple more surfaced on Auchtermatic (2004).
However, Steve had long felt that the recordings hadn’t been presented or sequenced appropriately and in conjunction with Cherry Red, he has curated this new triple-CD collection, which re-assembles past recordings with previously unreleased songs, including collaborations with Dennis Wheatley and Laurence Jay Cedar, who also contribute to the CD booklet notes.
Disc one in the three CD set is titled Winter Academy, and mainly features songs from Beyond The Sun and Eurocentric. This first disc is Billy at his most melancholic, with mainly down-tempo songs. It’s perfectly sequenced, with stripped back arrangements for the early songs such as the majestic Sing That Song Again, highlighting the pure magic of Billy’s vocals. Winter Academy is the Beyond The Sun mix, not the Transmission Impossible version. An ice-cold arrangement chills, with a diamond sharp vocal performance that sits so well with the strings.
Billy’s version of Wild Is The Wind is a great companion piece to David Bowie’s take on the song. They are both classic recordings, and although I’ve lived with Bowie’s version for much longer, the held note towards the end blows my mind every single time I hear Billy perform this standard.
“Like a leaf clings To the tree Oh my darling, Cling to me”
Another cover is Sparks Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth, with just piano, violin and vocals. When The World Was Young features Steve Aungle on piano, and Billy on vocals. The sixties influenced layered backing vocals make the track sound so much richer, and it’s a highlight of this first disc.
Two previously unreleased songs sit in the middle of disc one. Tallahatchie Pass is a Mackenzie/Aungle composition, and is a 70s sounding arrangement. I wonder if this song is a reference to Billie Joe McAllister and the Tallahatchie Bridge referenced in Bobbie Gentry’s Ode to Billie Joe? Tallahatchie Pass is a fine song, and offers us a style not really heard from Billy before, as a tantalising hint of what might have been.
Also previously unreleased is the dark cover of Randy Newman’s Baltimore, recorded with Dennis Wheatley. This is my favourite of the “new” tracks on this disc. The beatless, discordant and reverb drenched strings and vocals deliver an absolute classic, that could have easily been included on one of Billy’s studio albums. The arrangement reminds me of the mood of Bomb The Bass’s Winter In July (minus the beats, of course). Heavenly!
“Oh, Baltimore Ain’t it hard just to live, just to live”
I was not surprised to see Nocturne VII and Beyond The Sun appear on this compilation, and Return To Love dials in the electronica of the second disc, Consenting Holograms.
The tempo increases for disc two. Opening with Beyond The Sun‘s manic, Middle Eastern flavoured 3 Gypsies In A Restaurant and Eurocentric‘s Falling Out With The Future, the synths are bubbling and the beats are pumping. No torch songs here.
Put This Right was recorded and written with Laurence Jay Cedar, and features a Giorgio Moroder inspired synth-fest backing, and a fine vocal from Mr MacKenzie. The unreleased tracks are a revelation! A second Laurence Jay Cedar track follows, with Diamanda. A more experimental dance track than Put This Right, with acid synths and cold soundscapes providing the perfect backing to an insistently catchy song that burrows into your brain. Disc two is made to play loud!
Hornophobic always reminds me of the Rankine / Associates Sulk era, and has aged particularly well, remaining one of Billy’s best later period pieces.
“Just walk, walk through your TVs No room for deep thought, or heat-seeking missiles”
Fear Is My Bride features a touching vocal and an addictive chorus. Sadly, I wonder about the source material for this song (and to some extent, the vocal on Eurocentric), as the audio quality falls a little below the standard of the other tracks, but for the chorus alone, Fear Is My Bride deserves its inclusion.
14th Century Nightlife works well with another of the unreleased tracks, another lyric-less piece, the jittery Consenting Holograms Have More Fun.
Following on from the cover of Eurythmics Here Comes The Rain Again comes Eurocentric, propelled by a four to the floor kick-drum and an interesting vocal arrangement. We can only wonder how all of these previously unreleased songs would have developed over time, had Billy still been with us.
Mysterious Lover is sadly very much of its time, so not one of my favourites from the Consenting Holograms disc. Return To Love 2 is a previously unheard version of the Eurocentric track, and is a much brighter, and at times, lighter take on the song.
Give Me Time (remix) is a 9 minute exploration of the Beyond The Sun track, that also appears in it’s original form on disc 3 of this collection. The arrangement stretches and is almost a dub mix at times, with echoed percussion and deep-cut basslines. The last three minutes of this remix are a dream, with the music built around a Mackenzie harmony. Drop those depth charges baby! The original is still the definitive take, but this remix is worth returning to, and sounds so beautiful in the magical early hours.
Disc Three: Liberty Lounge includes six previously unreleased recordings, and rounds the collection off with some of Mackenzie’s more pop orientated material. Tomorrow People is a timeless piece of twisted pop-music. Possibly inspired by the early 70s UK television show, this would have made a great single, and would still sound good on the radio today. Release it to the airwaves, Cherry Red!
The Mountains That You Climb, with its whistle intro and deep strings, has a nostalgic 1960s feel. Hearing Billy’s vocals accompanied by Rhodes piano sends shivers. This song would have been the centrepiece of any future Billy Mackenzie album, in an alternative reality. The way he hold’s the vocal line before the chorus, is a Mackenzie trademark, built to tug on the heart-strings. I love the production (by White Label), and it soon became one of my favourites on the collection.
The quality does not drop with the next unreleased song, McArthur’s Son, another White Label production, benefiting from a fuller band line-up. Sounding like an out-take from a classic mid 70s album, I would have loved to have heard further recordings with this more organic style, so unlike any other songs we have heard graced with those angelic pipes. A genuine lost Mackenzie classic.
Reminding me of Bowie’s Lodger, Eurocentric‘s Liberty Lounge did not initially connect with me until I heard it on this compilation, which shows how this reimagining / sympathetic sequencing has done wonders for the material. There are no major audio improvements that I am aware of with the previously released tracks, but so many of the songs work so much better in this new environment.
We go back to Beyond The Sun for the next four tracks, and they are all killer, no filler, especially the Roxy Music art-rock of Sour Jewel and the aching Theme From Shaft meets Massive Attack influenced At The Edge Of The World. This song really highlights the raw emotion of Billy’s vocals. The album’s title track is from the Transmission Impossible album, and is another one that only really hit hard on this compilation.
A new version of a Beyond The Sun track is the next previously unheard songs. 14 Mirrors 2 strips back the instrumentation, with Billy accompanied by Steve Aungle on piano, giving this take a new, timeless appeal. Auchtermatic‘s Velvet whet’s your palette for the final two previously unreleased tracks.
Your Own Fire is a collaboration with Stiv Lestar, and sadly suffers compared to the other songs, sounding like it might have been sourced from a cassette master. Nonetheless Your Own Fire has an interesting arrangement, almost sounding like Billy backed by a rough and ready garage band.
The album ends with Von Hamburg, a haunting Mackenzie/Aungle composed piano and strings finale that is a fitting conclusion to a collection put together with so much love and respect.
I must admit to feeling a little worried about this compilation prior to hearing it, and whilst the audio quality dips on three of the songs, I agree with the inclusion of all of the unreleased material, which offers hints of what was possibly still to come from Billy, and definitely enhances his reputation as one of our most gifted singer / songwriters. Everyone marvels at his voice but don’t always give credit for his writing. Also bear in mind the timescale of these recordings – with so much quality to be heard, and such a wide musical vocabulary, all in the space of just two years, making this collection all the more remarkable, and a pure joy to listen to.
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An expanded and remixed 10th Anniversary version of Tim Bowness and Giancarlo Erra’s 2011 album Warm Winter (now issued as Memories Of Machines, the original project name) will be released on 25th February 2022 through Kscope.
Featuring contributions from Robert Fripp, Peter Hammill, Julianne Regan, Jim Matheos, Colin Edwin, Huxflux Nettermalm, Peter Chilvers, Aleksei Saks and members of Nosound and Tim Bowness’s live bands, the album contains 12 sweeping and majestic songs.
Available on cd/dvd-a/v – with hi-res stereo and 5.1 Surround mixes – and double vinyl, the reissue contains two 2020 recordings – an album outtake and a new version of the 2006 Nosound piece Someone Starts To Fade Away – created especially for this release.
This new expanded edition of the album features a 2021 remix from the original tapes by Giancarlo Erra, and results in a very different album, with a warmer, more natural sounding release. Much as I loved the original version, I prefer this take on the songs. The songs sound more widescreen, if that makes sense? Comparing the original to this new version, the vocals are more central and more prominent in the mix, and there is more warmth added to the instrumentation. New Memories Of Machines ushers in a new era / Erra (sorry for the pun) of this classic album.
“Stories Come out of other stories Lead to other stories New memories of machines”
Before We Fall features backing vocals from All About Eve’s Julianne Regan, and it’s always a joy to hear Julianne, and is a timely reminder that we need more music from one of our finest vocalists. The 2021 mix offers a smoother and more joined up version of this wonderful song. The chorus soars on this version, that contains a powerful guitar driven wall of sound.
“It’s not love when we meet up It’s not love when we speak It’s not love when I say I can’t feel”
Beautiful Songs You Should Know has a slightly altered arrangement, with synth strings underpinning the song from earlier in the track, and the acoustic guitar is lower and less percussive in the 2021 version. As with all the songs on this re-imagining, the production feels more sympathetic, and this is not a criticism of the original, its a different, more organic listening experience.
“I want to play you All the beautiful songs you should know.”
Warm Winter is slightly longer in this incarnation, and after all these years, it still cuts deep, with one of Tim’s finest vocals. On first listen, it was slightly jarring having the drums stripped from the majority of the arrangement, but their absence gives the song a different, more unique pace. When they do appear (in a more treated form) at the song’s conclusion, it highlights Giancarlo’s powerful guitar lines, that are also more distorted and layered than before.
Lucky You Lucky Me is a revelation, with the chorus sounding like sparkling audio diamonds have been dropped into the mix by Mr Erra. Some of the synth backing has been removed from the second verse, and simplifying the arrangement makes the chorus hit even harder. The guitar solo is different on this take – with a psychedelic, bluesy double riff suiting the more earthy arrangement and mix.
Change Me Once Again has the drums sat further back in the mix, which lets the gorgeous guitars take centre stage. A fine vocal by Mr Bowness, underpinned by the layered vocals of Julianne Regan, make this one of the album’s most rewarding songs. The Gilmour-esque guitars help make this a key track.
The piano and electronics are dialled down in the new mix of Something In Our Lives, which makes the layered chorus richer. The atmospherics and brooding mood marks a shift in tone for the album from this point on.
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again – the music of Lost And Found In The Digital World has a real feel of Brilliant Trees era David Sylvian, with the aching synths and the haunting trumpet of Aleksei Saks adding a new flavour to the soundscapes. This new version is one of the most improved by Giancarlo’s new mix, especially with the solos at around the half-way mark. In the original, the trumpet and the lead solo are competing for space, whereas in the new mix, they complement each other perfectly.
“It’s time for letting go.”
Schoolyard Ghosts loses some of the intro section here, and the song that takes some of it’s cues from no-man’s Mixtaped is here as a definitive version of this well-travelled song. The end section has a flavour of the restrained power of David Bowie’s Blackstar.
“You and Jules down vodka shots To hide the feelings that you’ve got. You love her eyes, you love her mouth, You love her put on Rock-chick pout.”
The final track of the album proper is here in an extended form. At The Centre Of It All is a behemoth of a composition, and at the time of release was my favourite track on the album back in 2011, and my opinion has simply solidified hearing this new version. The funereal pace is interrupted by jagged solos bursting out like spikes of pain to disturb you and make you feel the hurt in the lyrics.
In my original review, I said: Porcupine Tree’s Colin Edwin contributes double bass to the song, as Giancarlo’s restrained guitar bookends the deep synth lines, as the “Beautiful Songs You Should Know” sadly become “Just pointless lists at the centre of it all.”
One of the most emotional and hard-hitting pieces of music from the entire rich catalogue of songs from Bowness and Erra, At The Centre Of It All has never sounded better.
“All the things that were meant to be, All the love you were meant to feel, Became too hard to reveal.”
The album concludes with two bonus tracks. Recorded in 2020, Dreamless Days feels like a long-lost no-man track. A discordant, slowly evolving riff underpinned by bass and an accordion gives way to a Mono band / avant-rock sounding end section, as Tim’s vocal loops see the song out.
The final extra track is a 2020 recording of the Nosound / Bowness piece Someone Starts To Fade Away. The original version was the first Bowness / Erra recorded collaboration, from the 2008 album Lightdark. This new recording features a similar riff based backing as Dreamless Days, as the sharp kaleidoscopic pieces replace the piano of the original recording. I hear hints of Flat Earth era Thomas Dolby in some of the arrangements twists and turns. Someone Starts To Fade Away fits so well on this album, and I do hope that these 2020 sessions lead to a new album from Tim and Giancarlo.
I can see this Kscope re-imagining of Memories of Machines leading to the album being heard and treasured by a larger audience than the original. And if you already own this album, the new version is a massive upgrade on the already amazing original, so I would urge you to buy this definitive version too.
Memories Of Machines is available as a 2 disc (CD/DVD), 2LP and digital album.
New Memories Of Machines [01:25] Before We Fall [05:10] Beautiful Songs You Should Know [05:37] Warm Winter [06:00] Lucky You Lucky Me [04:26] Change Me Once Again [05:46] Something In Our Lives [04:08] Lost And Found In The Digital World [05:25] Schoolyard Ghosts [04:53] At The Centre Of It All [09:49] Dreamless Days (outtake) [04:31] Someone Starts To Fade Away (2020 TBGE) (04:51)
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Magazine 1 is a new electronic album from former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür, in partnership with Peter Duggal and featuring guest appearances from Midge Ure (Ultravox), Peter Hook (New Order) and Claudia Brücken (Propaganda), plus contributions from contemporary artists MAPS, Juan Atkins, Carl Cox, U96, Anushka and Ramón Amezcu (AKA Bostich).
The 9 song album is a celebration of techno-pop, and will appeal to fans of electronic music, as well as Kraftwerk fans.
Deep bass synths and classic 80s drum machines propel opener Magazine.
“Read all about it!”
The album has a consistent lyrical theme running throughout, with a commentary on the dis-jointed times we live in, the information we are force-fed, all delivered from a humanist stance, although not always from the viewpoint of humans!
Zukunftsmusi, the first of three U96 collaborations, is a power-house of electronic “Music of the Future”, with a compelling mixture of ice-cold synth lines, topped with rich percussion patterns. A synth motif that reminds me of Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds as well as Close Encounters of the Third Kind breaks out of the mix around the half-way mark of Zukunftsmusik.
The second track featuring U96 is the anti-consumerism Best Buy, with a charmingly bonkers vocal performance and an up-tempo, naggingly addictive melody.
“Take-away, night and Day”
Das Beat features Midge Ure, with a warm tale of how music is universal (“beats in Moscow, beats in France”) and a few sounds that appear to lovingly reference Wolfgang’s former band. The chorus stays with you long after the song has finished, which is always enjoyable.
Birmingham features former New Order bassist Peter Hook and vocals from Ex-Propaganda singer Claudia Brücken, and is my favourite song on the album. I’ve loved Claudia’s work since A Secret Wish in 1985, and this is a perfect mix of the darkness of German electronic music, with a sprinkling of early New Order magic (that bass!). The contributions from Peter and Claudia are a potent and powerful blend, and it is worth buying the album for this track alone.
Night Drive draws from a more contemporary electronic palette, and the final U96 appearance (along with Carl Cox) is the charming tale of the life of a robot, Electric Sheep. There may be more to this robot than we initially think. Be afraid!
Detroit’s Juan Atkins joins Wolfgang on Billionaire (Symphony Of Might), a song of greed feeding environmental disaster (“The world needs more wealth, not more people”). Another strong chorus lets us know who has the power and control in this story. Isn’t that always the way?
Magazine 1 ends with the simple but powerful messaging of the anti-war Say No! The music perfectly underpins the lyrics, with slow build ups to the multiple anthemic choruses. This life-affirming song, with its nod to the music of the past along with a promise of a peaceful future, is an emotional climax from this powerful album.
“There’s only one thing to do, say no”
Wolfgang Flür – Magazine 1 is released via Cherry Red on 4 March 2022
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Big Big Train release their new album Welcome To The Planet on their own label, English Electric Recordings on 28 January 2022. The new album comes shortly after their 2020 release, Common Ground, and was completed before the untimely passing of their vocalist David Longdon in November 2021.
David is one of my favourite vocalists, and as each album from Big Big Train is released, it has been a joy to listen to the band progressing, exploring new lyrical themes and musical landscapes. David’s rich vocals, along with his powerful and intelligent songwriting, will be missed by all fans of the band.
Welcome To The Planet is the second album recorded during the pandemic, and with the new line-up of the band.
After teasing us with a series of stand-alone streaming releases, the album was confirmed late last year. Big Big Train founder Gregory Spawton explained the short gap between albums: “The experience of the pandemic has shown us that we need to make the best use of our time on Earth. With that in mind and with new band members on board giving us a fresh head of steam, we decided on a speedy return to the studio to write and record Welcome To The Planet.”
The album opens with Made From Sunshine, a duet between David Longdon and Clare Lindley, the band’s violinist. An uplifting, optimistic take on new life and new beginnings bringing joy. It will bring a smile to your face, and acts as a perfect tonic for these troubled times we find ourselves living through.
“It’s clear to see, we’re on cloud nine.”
The Connection Plan is a Nick D’Virgilio song about connecting with others despite our differences. Driven by an insistent violin and a bass-line that cuts through from Greg Spawton, lovely mellotron lines feature to warm the hearts of the traditional prog-heads!
The vocal arrangement of the chorus is a real highlight of The Connection Plan.
“Kill the spotlight, power and might”
Two Greg Spawton composed tracks take their place in the album’s well-sequenced running order. Lanterna was inspired by the 16th Century Lanterna di Genova (the Lighthouse of Genoa).
Lanterna has a beautiful, slow-paced but intricate introduction section that highlights the warm timbre of David Longdon’s voice, before the tempo picks up and the band kicks in.
The riffs intertwine and fight for your attention, with some of the guitar lines reminding me of the work of Alan Murphy on Kate Bush’s Experiment IV single.
Capitoline Venus is a pared back recording featuring David on vocals / keyboards and Greg on 12-string guitar. A short, sweet and direct love song.
“I have seen enough. And found home”
A Room With No Ceiling is the first of two instrumental tracks on Welcome To The Planet. Written by guitarist/keyboardist Rikard Sjöblom, A Room With No Ceiling is a jazz-hued progressive piece that drips with delicious hammond organ and rhodes piano, topped off with accordion and military paced drums. The refrain at the end of this song is very moving.
Proper Jack Froster kicks off the second section of the album. The lyrics tell the tale of Greg Spawton’s early childhood in the Midland’s. The song is a nostalgic and personal track, with a powerful vocal interplay between David and Carly Bryant. Wurlitzer electric piano and sleigh bells feature on Proper Jack Froster, as it perfectly captures the spirit of a 70s winter snowscape.
“Flying down the hills On a sledge with rusty rails One last run then home”
The album’s second instrumental is the Nick D’Virgilio penned Bats In The Belfry. One of my favourite tracks on the album, the percussive heavy piece is the most powerful performance I have heard from D’Virgilio as a member of Big Big Train. The drum section after the mid-song breakdown is stunning, and makes you want to go back to the beginning of the track to hear it all over again. And again.
Oak And Stone is the longest song on Welcome To The Planet, weighing in at just over seven minutes, so no “epics” on this album, but this is not an issue as all the tracks are so strong and the album works so well as a complete body of work.
Oak And Stone looks back at a life lived. The warm, laid back drums from Nick and the strong vocal performance from David (with powerful harmony vocals from Nick and David) in the coda make this such an enjoyable track, that will probably be an early favourite for many fans.
“Time to put this thing to rest Time to leave the empty stage”
The album closes with the title track, and the band have saved the best till last. Written by new keyboard player Carly Bryant, and featuring Carly and David on vocals, the amazing rich harmonies, along with the dystopian lyrics, deliver a haunting track that give me strong J. G. Ballard vibes.
The space in the arrangement, with the sparse lyrics, make this track stand-out in the Big Big Train catalogue, and is a perfect example of how new band members are always welcome to add their creativity and personality to the mix with this most collaborative of bands.
The biggest surprise with Welcome To The Planet is the wide variety of styles and moods that inhabit the album. Having the writing split amongst the band members – both established and new – gives Welcome To The Planet a sense of vibrancy and playfulness that makes it one of the best albums from the band.
Cherry Red are continuing their review of the late 70s music scene, with the latest 3 CD set Revolt Into Style released on 21 January 2022 and concentrating on 1979, which just happens to be my favourite year in music.
The four hours of music contained in the 3 CD’s includes more obscure offerings sitting alongside some of the major new wave artists who were spewing out three minute classic singles that are on offer here, along with choice album cuts from The Stranglers, Madness, Tubeway Army, Ian Dury, Squeeze, XTC and more.
Disc One opens with the track that gives it’s name to the compilation. Former Be-Bop Deluxe front-man Bill Nelson, with the second single from his band Red Noise’s only studio album Sound-on-Sound. The single version of Magazine’s Rhythm Of Cruelty is included and is a perfect example of how there was a real pop sensibility seeping into the new wave and alternative music of 1979.
The Dr. Feelgood R&B / new wave of The Cannibals You Can’t is one of the less well-known songs on this compilation. The Only Ones are represented by the fine 7″ version of You Got To Pay, and another highlight on the first disc is a rarely heard gem by Scotland’s Fingerprintz, with the unbelievably catchy Night Nurse.
The Staircase (Mystery) is one of the finest early Siouxsie And The Banshees singles, and as a non-album track, is a welcome addition here. ReplicasMe, I Disconnect From You by Tubeway Army signals the beginning of Gary Numan’s firm hold on the UK charts that would last for several years into the mid-80s, with Numan continuing to delight his audience right up to the present day.
The final X-Ray Spex single Highly Inflammable is a more synth infused pop song than their earlier four iconic single releases, and the first incarnation of the band split soon after this release in mid 1979. Victims Of The Riddle (Part 1) was the first single from Toyah and features on the wonderful Sheep Farming In Barnet deluxe edition that was released by Cherry Red in 2000.
Despite the mighty Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 being released in 1979, Cherry Red have included an album track for this compilation, choosing Sink My Boats from Do It Yourself. The inclusion of this fine track will hopefully turn more people on to this excellent album.
Disc Two opens with Up The Junction, one of Squeeze’s finest singles (and one of the bands greatest lyrics). The quality continues with one of The Clash’s lesser known tracks, Groovy Times from The Cost Of Living EP.
The Skids Masquerade was produced by Bill Nelson, and remains one of the band’s strongest singles, of which there were many!
Former Deaf School guitarist and 80s production heavyweight Clive Langer with his band The Boxes contribute The Whole World, that also features future Siouxsie And The Banshees / The Creatures drummer Budgie on bass (and of course, drums). An early Zoo Records recording of Read It In Books from Echo And The Bunnymen is another highlight of the second disc, as is the Gang Of Four’s At Home He’s A Tourist.
The Jags Back Of My Hand was a top 20 hit and was all over the airwaves in 1979. Bouncing Babies (Zoo version) from The Teardrop Explodes still sounds great (as does the whole of the band’s catalogue). Adam and the Ants Whip In My Valise was the b side to the Zerox single, and was recorded by the pre-Kings of the Wild Frontier line-up of the band. The next version of Adam and the Ants from 1980 onwards were one of the 80s biggest and most influential bands.
Birmingham band Fashion offer a John Foxx / Ultravox sounding single Citinite. A later line-up of the band released one of my favourite 80s albums in 1982, with Fabrique. The Undertones were another great late 70s singles band and Here Comes The Summer was one of their most memorable early hits.
The Pretenders second single Kid is a piece of pure-pop perfection from the original, classic line-up of the band led by one of the best new wave vocalists and songwriters, Chrissie Hynde. When You’re Young by The Jam was a non-album single, but was included on a later re-issue of Setting Sons and on compilations such as About The Young Idea: The Very Best Of The Jam.
The Ruts Something That I Said was a top 20 hit for the band, and was re-recorded for their album The Crack. A rare mis-step on the compilation is the inclusion of The Stranglers Don’t Bring Harry, not one of the bands finest moments, and the fact that any track on their 1979 album The Raven (Duchess, the title track or Baroque Bordello) would have represented the bands output from this year so much better.
The final disc in the compilation opens with one of XTC’s greatest singles, and their first big hit, Making Plans For Nigel, with a drum sound that would be so prevalent over the early years of the next decade.
Manchester band Passage contribute the wonderful stop / start Taking My Time single and one of Kirk Brandon’s early bands The Pack are represented with the Rough Trade single Number 12.
The Human League’s Empire State Human has always been one of my favourite tracks from the band, along with their near perfect take on You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ from the same album as Empire State Human, Reproduction.
Work All Week by The Mekons has an intro similar to The Vapors Turning Japanese, whilst Public Image Ltd offer the single version of Memories, which, of course, is followed by punk pastiche band The Monks (featuring former Strawbs members Richard Hudson and John Ford) with Johnny B Rotten.
Chris Sievey (later known for the comic persona Frank Sidebottom) and his band The Freshies are represented by Children Of The World from the EP The Men from Banana Island Whos Stupid Ideas Never Caught On in the Western World as We Know It. Prisoners is the debut single from The Vapors and starts the journey for a band that are still releasing quality music today – check out their 2020 album Together that features a career highlight with Girl From The Factory.
Another rarely heard track is 7 Teen by The Regents, a top 20 hit late in 1979. The Boys (who also released Christmas songs as The Yobs!) supply the Chris Spedding (Motor Bikin’) meets Roxy Music influenced Kamikaze.
The Carpettes Easy Way Out was a Beggars Banquet single from late 1979, and still sounds powerful today. A raw, early Scritti Politti track Messthetics from the Work In Progress EP is rhythmically and musically challenging but does hint at the wonderful music that was to come in the next few years from Green Gartside’s band.
Spizzenergi’s classic Where’s Captain Kirk? is another highlights from this year. I’ve still got the 7″ single somewhere.
1979: Revolt Into Style is a great collection, and also does a good job of highlighting some of the less well-known alternative / new wave songs from 1979, whilst documenting the rapid move into the post-punk and electronic era of UK music.
Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Revolt Into Style Eddie And The Hot Rods – Media Messiahs Andy Arthurs – I Feel Flat Magazine – Rhythm Of Cruelty (single version) The Cannibals – You Can’t John Cooper Clarke – ¡Gimmix! Play Loud Dead Fingers Talk – The Boyfriend The Only Ones – You Got To Pay Glaxo Babies – Who Killed Bruce Lee? Sham 69 – Questions And Answers (single version) Fingerprintz – Night Nurse Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Staircase (Mystery) The Squares – Stop Being A Boy The Fall – Rebellious Jukebox Alternative TV – Graves Of Deluxe Green Patrik Fitzgerald – All Sewn Up Tubeway Army – Me, I Disconnect From You The Outsiders – White Debt The Members – Soho-A-Go-Go Three Party Split – Dubious Parentage X-Ray Spex – Highly Inflammable Jonnie And The Lubes – I Got Rabies Toyah – Victims Of The Riddle (Part 1) Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Sink My Boats
Disc Two
Squeeze – Up The Junction The Clash – Groovy Times The Records – Girls That Don’t Exist The Skids – Masquerade Clive Langer And The Boxes – The Whole World Echo And The Bunnymen – Read It In Books The Faders – Library Book Gang Of Four – At Home He’s A Tourist Joy Division – Disorder The Numbers – Alternative Suicide 11 The The Jags – Back Of My Hand The Teardrop Explodes – Bouncing Babies (Zoo version) The Cravats – Burning Bridges Adam And The Ants – Whip In My Valise Fashion – Citinite The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer Cult Figures – Zip Nolan (extended mix) Pretenders – Kid The Quads – There Must Be Thousands The Jam – When You’re Young The Cheetahs – Radio-Active The Ruts – Something That I Said The Teenbeats – I Can’t Control Myself The Stranglers – Don’t Bring Harry The Barracudas – I Want My Woody Back
Disc Three
XTC – Making Plans For Nigel The Revillos – Where’s The Boy For Me? The Monochrome Set – The Monochrome Set (single version) Passage – Taking My Time Swell Maps – Real Shocks The Zipps – Friends Disco Zombies – Disco Zombies The Pack – Number 12 The Human League – Empire State Human The Wall – Kiss The Mirror The Mekons – Work All Week 999 – Found Out Too Late The Outcasts – Self Conscious Over You Public Image Ltd – Memories (single version) The Monks – Johnny B Rotten The Freshies – Children Of The World The Vapors – Prisoners Madness – Bed And Breakfast Man Secret Affair – Glory Boys Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Dance Stance (demo) The Regents – 7 Teen The Lurkers – New Guitar In Town The Boys – Kamikaze The Carpettes – Easy Way Out Scritti Politti – Messthetics Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk? Notsensibles – I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher
NOW That’s What I Call Punk & New Wave is a new compilation that features 89 tracks across 4 CDs, and also collects 34 tracks across 2 punk-tastic neon pink vinyl LP’s.
The CD offers a mouth-watering 88 tracks (plus the Toy Dolls!) and includes most of the eras heavy-hitters (The Stranglers, The Jam, Skids, The Police, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Ramones) but delves deeper with slightly less well-known but equally as important songs from this golden era for singles.
I was impressed to see my favourite Generation X single King Rocker, plus a song I never tire of hearing in Milk And Alcohol from Dr. Feelgood. I was also pleased to see many songs from my favourite year for music, 1979.
Ultravox! feature with Rockwrok whilst Magazine’s Shot By Both Sides hints at the greatness to come from this seminal Manchester band. Mink DeVille deliver the Latin flavoured rock ‘n’ roll of Spanish Stroll, whilst New Zealand’s Split Enz serve up a fine slice of new wave pop with I Got You.
Midge Ure’s Rich Kids are a welcome addition along with one of my all-time favourite new wave singles in The Knack’s My Sharona.
Honourable mentions also go to Eddie & The Hot Rods with Do Anything You Wanna Do (featuring the best use of handclaps in a pop single), The Motors Airport (what, no Dancing The Night Away I hear you say?), the pop infused psychedelia of Reward from Liverpool’s The Teardrop Explodesand Blondie’s 60s beat influenced Denis. Has there ever been a more perfect pop single?
The vinyl version weighs in with a leaner 34 tracks, and for the most part sticks to the more well-known artists, but this just means you need to buy the vinyl for that authentic 70s listening experience and the CD version to wallow in this energetic late 70s time-capsule.
Buy NOW That’s What I Call Punk & New Wave CD from Burning Shed or Amazon
Buy NOW That’s What I Call Punk & New Wave neon-pink vinyl from Burning Shed or Amazon
The Clash – London Calling The Undertones – Teenage Kicks Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) The Stranglers – No More Heroes Siouxsie And The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden The Rezillos – Top Of The Pops Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Iggy Pop – Lust For Life Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents The Damned – Love Song Skids – Into The Valley XTC – Making Plans For Nigel Squeeze – Cool For Cats Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him? Jags – Back Of My Hand Secret Affair – Time For Action The Motors – Airport The Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl Patti Smith – Because The Night
CD 2
The Jam – Going Underground The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone Pretenders – Brass In Pocket Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Lene Lovich – Lucky Number Toyah – Ieya Adam & The Ants – Dog Eat Dog Bow Wow Wow – Go Wild In The Country Hazel O’Connor – Eighth Day Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men Generation X – King Rocker Dr. Feelgood – Milk And Alcohol The Barracudas – Summer Fun The Piranhas – Tom Hark Sham 69 – If The Kids Are United The Vibrators – Automatic Lover Department S – Is Vic There? The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet Mink DeVille – Spanish Stroll Yellow Dog – Just One More Night
CD 3
The B-52’s – Rock Lobster Devo – Whip It The Flying Lizards – Money Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach The Cure – A Forest Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart Joe Jackson – It’s Different For Girls The Regents – 7 Teen Squeeze – Up The Junction The Tourists – I Only Want To Be With You Split Enz – I Got You The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink Simple Minds – Love Song Ultravox! – Rockwrok Marianne Faithfull – Broken English Grace Jones – Private Life The Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine Ian Dury & The Blockheads – What A Waste Rich Kids – Rich Kids Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces The Dickies – Banana Splits Jilted John – Jilted John
CD 4
U2 – I Will Follow The Members – Sound Of The Suburbs The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning The Boomtown Rats – She’s So Modern X-Ray Spex – Identity Siouxsie And The Banshees – Christine The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Ramones – Baby, I Love You Blondie – Denis Pretenders – Kid The Stranglers – Duchess The Teardrop Explodes – Reward Adam & The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Go Public Image Limited – Public Image Magazine – Shot By Both Sides The Runaways – Cherry Bomb The Knack – My Sharona Eddie & The Hot Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do Skids – Working For The Yankee Dollar The Vapors – Turning Japanese Toy Dolls – Nellie The Elephant
Disc A The Clash – London Calling The Undertones – Teenage Kicks The Stranglers – No More Heroes Siouxsie And The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden The Rezillos – Top Of The Pops Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Members – Sound Of The Suburbs The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Disc B The Jam – Going Underground The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone Pretenders – Brass In Pocket X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner The Runaways – Cherry Bomb Jilted John – Jilted John
Disc C The B-52’s – Rock Lobster Devo – Whip It The Flying Lizards – Money Squeeze – Cool For Cats XTC – Making Plans For Nigel Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him? Patti Smith – Because The Night
Disc D U2 – I Will Follow Skids – Into The Valley Adam & The Ants – Dog Eat Dog Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach The Cure – A Forest Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
TOY:BOX is a special edition of the unreleased David Bowie TOY album available as a 3CD boxset, and is due to be released on 7th January 2022. The sleeve artwork was designed by Bowie featuring a photo of him as a baby with a contemporary face. The package also contains a 16-page full-colour book featuring previously unseen photographs.
TOY was recorded following his Glastonbury 2000 performance. Bowie entered the studio with his band to record new interpretations of songs he had first recorded in the period 1964-1971.
Also included in TOY:BOX is a second CD of alternative mixes and versions including proposed B-Sides (versions of David’s debut single ‘Liza Jane’ and 1967’s ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’), later mixes by Tony Visconti and the ‘Tibet Version’ of ‘Silly Boy Blue’ recorded at The Looking Glass Studio time at the of the 2001 Tibet House show in New York featuring Philip Glass on piano and Moby on guitar.
The third CD features ‘Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric’ mixes of thirteen TOY tracks.
I Dig Everything You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving The London Boys Karma Man Conversation Piece Shadow Man Let Me Sleep Beside You Hole In The Ground Baby Loves That Way Can’t Help Thinking About Me Silly Boy Blue Toy (Your Turn To Drive)
Produced by David Bowie & Mark Plati Engineered by Pete Keppler Mixed by Mark Plati Assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur, and Todd Parker Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass & Alice’s Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000
CD 2
TOY- Alternatives & Extras
Liza Jane You’ve Got A Habit of Leaving (alternative mix) * Baby Loves That Way (alternative mix) * Can’t Help Thinking About Me (alternative mix) I Dig Everything (alternative mix) The London Boys (alternative version) Silly Boy Blue (Tibet version) Let Me Sleep Beside You (alternative mix) * In The Heat Of The Morning Conversation Piece (alternative mix) * Hole In The Ground (alternative mix) Shadow Man (alternative mix) * Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (alternative mix) *
Produced by David Bowie & Mark Plati except ‘The London Boys’ additional production by Tony Visconti ‘Silly Boy Blue’ (Tibet version) Produced by David Bowie & Tony Visconti Engineered by Pete Keppler at Sear Sound, assisted by Todd Parker Engineered by Mark Plati at Alice’s Restaurant Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass & Alice’s Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000 Except ‘Silly Boy Blue’ (Tibet version) recorded at The Looking Glass, 2001 Mixed by Tony Visconti, assisted by Darren S. Moore at the Manhattan Center, early 2001 Except ‘Liza Jane’ & ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ mixed by Mark Plati, assisted by Hector Castillo at The Looking Glass. *Previously released
CD 3
TOY – Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric
In The Heat Of The Morning (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) I Dig Everything (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) You’ve Got A Habit of Leaving (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) The London Boys (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Karma Man (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Conversation Piece (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Shadow Man (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Let Me Sleep Beside You (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Hole In The Ground (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Baby Loves That Way (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Can’t Help Thinking About Me (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Silly Boy Blue (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix) Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (Unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix)
Produced by David Bowie & Mark Plati Engineered by Pete Keppler Mixed by Mark Plati, assisted by Hector Castillo, Steve Mazur & Todd Parker Recorded at Sear Sound, The Looking Glass & Alice’s Restaurant in New York City, Summer 2000 All songs written by David Bowie except ‘Liza Jane’ written by Leslie Conn.
TOY MUSICIANS:
David Bowie: lead & backing vocals, Korg Triton Sterling Campbell: drums, claps Gail Ann Dorsey: bass, clarinet, backing vocals Mike Garson: piano, organ, synth, Fender Rhodes Emm Gryner: backing vocals, clarinet Holly Palmer: backing vocals, percussion Mark Plati: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, Mellotron, backing vocals Earl Slick: acoustic & electric guitars
Augmented by the following musicians on certain recordings:
Tony Visconti: bass, string arrangements Lisa Germano: violin, accordion, mandolin, recorder, backing vocals Gerry Leonard: electric guitar Cuong Vu: trumpet Strings – The Scorchio Quartet Moby – electric guitar Philip Glass – piano
The 5th David Bowie box-set, Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001), has been announced. Released on 26th November 2021 Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) is an eleven CD box, eighteen-piece vinyl set and standard digital download box set. The collection is named after the Koto led instrumental penultimate track from the ‘hours…’ album. The box sets include newly remastered versions, with input from the original producers and collaborators.
The box-set brings together remastered versions of the following albums:
Black Tie White Noise / The Buddha Of Suburbia / 1.Outside / Earthling / ‘hours…’ / BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27, 2000 / the previously unreleased Toy / Re:Call 5 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music).
128 Page hardback book Black Tie White Noise (remastered) (1CD) The Buddha Of Suburbia (remastered) (1CD) 1.Outside (remastered) (1CD) Earthling (remastered) (1CD) ‘hours…’ (remastered) (1CD) BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27th, 2000 (remastered and expanded 20 track version) (2CD)* Toy (previously unreleased) (1CD) Re:Call 5 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (3CD)*
*Exclusive to BRILLIANT ADVENTURE CD box
CD Tracklistings
BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE
The Wedding You’ve Been Around I Feel Free Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure!) Jump They Say Nite Flights Pallas Athena Miracle Goodnight Don’t Let Me Down & Down Looking for Lester I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday The Wedding Song
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA
Buddha of Suburbia Sex and the Church South Horizon The Mysteries Bleed Like a Craze, Dad Strangers When We Meet Dead Against It Untitled No. 1 Ian Fish, U.K. Heir Buddha of Suburbia (featuring Lenny Kravitz on guitar)
1.OUTSIDE
Leon Takes Us Outside Outside The Hearts Filthy Lesson A Small Plot of Land Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)” (segue) Hallo Spaceboy The Motel I Have Not Been to Oxford Town No Control Algeria Touchshriek (segue) The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) Ramona A. Stone/I Am with Name (segue) Wishful Beginnings We Prick You Nathan Adler (segue) I’m Deranged Thru’ These Architects Eyes Nathan Adler (segue) Strangers When We Meet
EARTHLING
Little Wonder Looking for Satellites Battle for Britain (The Letter) Seven Years in Tibet Dead Man Walking Telling Lies The Last Thing You Should Do I’m Afraid of Americans Law (Earthlings on Fire)
‘hours…’
Thursday’s Child Something in the Air Survive If I’m Dreaming My Life Seven What’s Really Happening? The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell New Angels of Promise Brilliant Adventure The Dreamers
BBC RADIO THEATRE, LONDON, JUNE 27, 2000 2xCD
CD1
Wild Is the Wind Ashes to Ashes Seven This Is Not America Absolute Beginners Always Crashing in the Same Car Survive The London Boys I Dig Everything Little Wonder
CD2
The Man Who Sold the World Fame Stay Hallo Spaceboy Cracked Actor I’m Afraid of Americans All the Young Dudes Starman “Heroes” Let’s Dance
TOY
I Dig Everything You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving The London Boys Karma Man Conversation Piece Shadow Man Let Me Sleep Beside You Hole In The Ground Baby Loves That Way Can’t Help Thinking About Me Silly Boy Blue Toy (Your Turn To Drive)
RE:CALL 5 3xCD
CD1
Real Cool World (Sounds From The Cool World Soundtrack Version) Jump They Say (7” version) Lucy Can’t Dance Black Tie White Noise (feat Al B. Sure!) (Radio Edit) Don’t Let Me Down & Down (Indonesian Vocal Version) Buddha Of Suburbia (Single Version) (featuring Lenny Kravitz on guitar) The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio Edit) Nothing To Be Desired Strangers When We Meet (edit) Get Real The Man Who Sold The World (Live Eno Mix) I’m Afraid Of Americans (Showgirls Soundtrack Version) Hallo Spaceboy (Remix) I Am With Name (Alternative Version) A Small Plot Of Land (Long Basquiat Soundtrack Version)
CD2
Little Wonder (Edit) A Fleeting Moment (aka Severn Years In Tibet – Mandarin Version) Dead Man Walking (Edit) Seven Years In Tibet (Edit) Planet Of Dreams – David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1 – Edit) I Can’t Read (The Ice Storm Long Version) A Foggy Day In London Town – David Bowie and Angelo Badalamenti Fun (BowieNet Mix) The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Stigmata Soundtrack Version) Thursday’s Child (Radio Edit) We All Go Through No One Calls
CD3
We Shall Go To Town 1917 The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Edit) Thursday’s Child (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) New Angels Of Promise (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) The Dreamers (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) Seven (Demo) Survive (Marius De Vries mix) Something In The Air (American Psycho Remix) Seven (Marius De Vries Mix) Pictures Of Lily
Black Tie White Noise (remastered) (2LP) The Buddha Of Suburbia (a very limited release on vinyl previously, remastered) (2LP) 1.Outside (remastered) (2LP) Earthling (remastered) (3 sided – 2LP) ‘hours…’ (remastered) (1LP) BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27, 2000 (remastered and expanded 20 track version, previously unreleased on vinyl) (3LP)* Toy (previously unreleased) (3 sided – 2LP) Re:Call 5 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (4LP)
*Exclusive to BRILLIANT ADVENTURE LP box
LP Tracklistings
BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE 2xLP
Side 1
The Wedding You’ve Been Around I Feel Free
Side 2
Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure!) Jump They Say Nite Flights
Side 3
Pallas Athena Miracle Goodnight Don’t Let Me Down & Down
Side 4
Looking for Lester I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday The Wedding Song
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA 2xLP
Side 1
Buddha of Suburbia Sex and the Church South Horizon
Side 2
The Mysteries Bleed Like a Craze, Dad
Side 3
Strangers When We Meet Dead Against It Untitled No. 1
Side 4
Ian Fish, U.K. Heir Buddha of Suburbia (featuring Lenny Kravitz on guitar)
1.OUTSIDE 2xLP
Side 1
Leon Takes Us Outside Outside The Hearts Filthy Lesson A Small Plot of Land
Side 2
Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)” (segue) Hallo Spaceboy The Motel I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
Side 3
No Control Algeria Touchshriek (segue) The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) Ramona A. Stone/I Am with Name (segue) Wishful Beginnings
Side 4
We Prick You Nathan Adler (segue) I’m Deranged Thru’ These Architects Eyes Nathan Adler (segue) Strangers When We Meet
EARTHLING 2xLP
Side 1
Little Wonder Looking for Satellites Battle for Britain (The Letter)
Side 2
Seven Years in Tibet Dead Man Walking Telling Lies
Side 3
The Last Thing You Should Do I’m Afraid of Americans Law (Earthlings on Fire)
Side 4 – etching
‘hours…’
Side 1
Thursday’s Child Something in the Air Survive If I’m Dreaming My Life
Side 2
Seven What’s Really Happening? The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell New Angels of Promise Brilliant Adventure The Dreamers
BBC RADIO THEATRE, LONDON, JUNE 27, 2000 3xLP
Side 1
Wild Is the Wind Ashes to Ashes Seven
Side 2
This Is Not America Absolute Beginners Always Crashing in the Same Car
Side 3
Survive The London Boys I Dig Everything Little Wonder
Side 4
The Man Who Sold the World Fame Stay
Side 5
Hallo Spaceboy Cracked Actor I’m Afraid of Americans All the Young Dudes
Side 6
Starman “Heroes” Let’s Dance
TOY 2 x LP
Side 1
I Dig Everything You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving The London Boys Karma Man
Side 2
Conversation Piece Shadow Man Let Me Sleep Beside You Hole In The Ground
Side 3
Baby Loves That Way Can’t Help Thinking About Me Silly Boy Blue Toy (Your Turn To Drive)
Side 4 – Etching
RE:CALL 5 4xLP
Side 1
Real Cool World (Sounds From The Cool World Soundtrack Version) Jump They Say (7” version) Lucy Can’t Dance Black Tie White Noise (Radio Edit) (featuring Al B. Sure!)
Side 2
Don’t Let Me Down & Down (Indonesian Vocal Version) Buddha Of Suburbia (Single Version) (featuring Lenny Kravitz on guitar) The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio Edit) Nothing To Be Desired Strangers When We Meet (edit)
Get Real
Side 3
The Man Who Sold The World (Live Eno Mix) I’m Afraid Of Americans (Showgirls Soundtrack Version) Hallo Spaceboy (Remix) I Am With Name (Alternative Version) A Small Plot Of Land (Long Basquiat Soundtrack Version)
Side 4
Little Wonder (Edit) A Fleeting Moment (aka Severn Years In Tibet – Mandarin Version) Dead Man Walking (Edit) Seven Years In Tibet (Edit) Planet Of Dreams – David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey
Side 5
I’m Afraid Of Americans (V1 – Edit) I Can’t Read (The Ice Storm Long Version) A Foggy Day In London Town – David Bowie and Angelo Badalamenti Fun (Bowienet Mix) The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Stigmata Soundtrack Version)
Side 6
Thursday’s Child (Radio Edit) We All Go Through No One Calls We Shall Go To Town
1917
Side 7
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Edit) Thursday’s Child (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) New Angels Of Promise (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) The Dreamers (Omikron: The Nomad Soul Version) Seven (Demo)
Side 8
Survive (Marius De Vries mix) Something In The Air (American Psycho Remix) Seven (Marius De Vries Mix) Pictures Of Lily
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were performed at the September 1979 MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) benefit concerts held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A recording from these shows is being released on CD, vinyl and blu-ray in November 2021.
The 2 CD set features 13 songs performed over two nights, that are newly remixed and remastered, along with a blu-ray of the 13 song concert performance film, newly edited from original film footage, restored and remixed in HD. This package includes a 24-page book with rare photos and memorabilia, an essay, vintage ticket envelope, ticket reproduction and sticker.
The vinyl version is a 2 LP set featuring 13 songs performed over the two nights, that are newly remixed and remastered. The gatefold package includes a 24-page book with rare photos and memorabilia, an essay and a 33” x 19” poster.
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