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The Beach Boys

Sail On Sailor 1972

    Building on the success of 2021’s Feel Flows and the Sounds Of Summer product suite, UMe will be releasing 4 new packages based on the 1972 recordings by The Beach Boys from the albums “Carl and The Passions” and “Holland” in November.

    The project is expansive with 120 tracks, 80 of which are previously unreleased!

    The band is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and through 2023 and a number of tentpole events will build consumer excitement through next year.

    Elton John

    Madman Across The Water - 50th Anniversary Edition

      Elton John’s fourth studio album release in little over two years, Madman Across The Water has been a long held dear favourite of artist and fans alike. Madman Across The Water was largely written after Elton had made his initial foray to America; offering the opportunity for lyricist Bernie Taupin to witness first-hand the landscapes and people he’d only seen on a screen or on the page. Recorded at Trident Studios in Central London in February and August 1971, it was the first album where all five players of Elton’s fabled band line up – Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone and Ray Cooper – were featured, albeit not on the same tracks.

      There are 18 previously unreleased tracks across the Super Deluxe 3CD/1BR version, which also tidies up stray rare material from the era, piano demos of the album, and the audio of the BBC Sounds For Saturday concert, broadcast in 1972

      TRACK LISTING

      Cd1
      1.tiny Dancer (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      2.levon (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      3.razor Face (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      4.madman Across The Water (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      5.indian Sunset (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      6.holiday Inn (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      7.rotten Peaches (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      8.all The Nasties (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      9.goodbye (2016 Bob Ludwig Remaster)
      10.indian Sunset (live Radio Broadcast)
      11.madman Across The Water (original Version, Featuring Mick Ronson)
      12.rock Me When He's Gone
      13.levon (mono Single Version)
      14.razor Face (extended Version)

      Cd2
      1.madman Across The Water (1970 Piano Demo)
      2.tiny Dancer (piano Demo)
      3.levon (piano Demo)
      4.razor Face (piano Demo)
      5.madman Across The Water (1971 Piano Demo)
      6.indian Sunset (piano Demo)
      7.holiday Inn (piano Demo)
      8.rotten Peaches (piano Demo)
      9.all The Nasties (piano Demo)
      10.goodbye (piano Demo)
      11.rock Me When He's Gone (piano Demo)
      12.rock Me When He's Gone (full Version)

      Cd3
      1.tiny Dancer (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      2.rotten Peaches (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      3.razor Face (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      4.holiday Inn (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      5.indian Sunset (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      6.levon (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      7.madman Across The Water (bbc Sounds For Saturday)
      8.goodbye (bbc Sounds For Saturday)

      Blu-ray
      1.greg Penny 5.1 Mix Of Madman Across The Water (original Version, Featuring Mick Ronson)
      2.greg Penny 5.1 Mix Of Madman Across The Water
      3.sounds For Saturday (taped November 11, 1971 / Transmitted April 29, 1972)
      4.old Grey Whistle Test (transmitted On December 7, 1971

      The Human League

      The Virgin Years

        Formed in Sheffield in 1977 The Human League are one of the most renowned English synth-pop bands. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US number one hit “Don’t You Want Me”.

        Under Oakey’s leadership, the Human League have evolved into a commercially successful New Pop band, with a line-up including female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley.

        Since 1978, the Human League have released nine studio albums, two remix albums, one live album, six EPs, 30 singles and several compilation albums. They have had five albums and 15 Top 20 singles and had sold more than 20 million records worldwide by 2010.

        This set contains their albums from their time with Virgin Records and all records come in coloured vinyl (chosen by the band) and in tip on sleeves, all housed in a sturdy box with a poster. The band have just completed a sold-out UK tour playing Dare in its entirety.

        TRACK LISTING

        DARE - Side A
        The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
        Open Your Heart
        The Sound Of The Crowd
        Darkness
        Do Or Die
        DARE - Side B
        Get Carter
        I Am The Law
        Seconds
        Love Action (I Believe In Love)
        Don't You Want Me

        FASCINATION - Side A
        (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Extended Version)
        Mirror Man
        Hard Times
        FASCINATION - Side B
        I Love You Too Much
        You Remind Me Of Gold
        (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)

        HYSTERIA - Side A
        I'm Coming Back
        I Love You Too Much
        Rock Me Again And Again And Again And Again And Again And Again (Six Times)
        Louise
        The Lebanon
        HYSTERIA - Side B
        Betrayed
        The Sign
        So, Hurt
        Life On Your Own
        Don't You Know I Want You?

        CRASH – Side A
        Money
        Swang
        Human
        Jam
        Are You Ever Coming Back?
        CRASH – Side B
        I Need Your Loving
        Party
        Love On The Run
        The Real Thing
        Love Is All That Matters

        ROMANTIC? - Side A
        Kiss The Future
        A Doorway?
        Heart Like A Wheel
        Men Are Dreamers
        Mister Moon And Mister Sun
        ROMANTIC? - Side B
        Soundtrack To A Generation
        Rebound
        The Stars Are Going Out
        Let's Get Together Again
        Get It Right This Time

        Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners

        Too-Rye-Ay, As It Should Have Sounded

          To tie in with the 40th anniversary of the multi-platinum selling album, we present ‘Too-Rye-Ay, as it should have sounded’.

          Kevin Rowland was never happy with the final mix of the album, despite its huge commercial success. So with Helen O’Hara, and Pete Schwier they decided to mix it again. In recent interviews Kevin has stated…

          “The songs and performances are great, but I always felt the mixes could be better. It’s my most successful album, but it doesn’t sound as good as the others”

          “This is the director’s cut and it’s how it should have sounded…”

          The album’s cover has also been re-modelled, using the preferred image from the Come On Eileen single sleeve. 

          TRACK LISTING

          1LP
          Side A
          The Celtic Soul Brothers
          Let's Make This Precious
          All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
          Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
          Old
          Side B
          Plan B
          I'll Show You
          Liars A To E
          Until I Believe In My Soul
          Come On Eileen

          3CD
          CD1 (The 1982 Album – ‘as It Should Have Sounded’)
          The Celtic Soul Brothers
          Let's Make This Precious
          All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
          Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
          Old
          Plan B
          I'll Show You
          Liars A To E
          Until I Believe In My Soul
          Come On Eileen
          CD2 (Bonus Tracks - B-Sides / Out-Takes)
          Show Me (Single A-side – 1981)
          Soon (B-side Of Show Me Single - 1981)
          ...And Yes We Must Remain The Wildhearted Outsiders (B-side Of Liars A To E Single - 1981)
          Love Part 2 (B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers Single - 1982)
          Let's Make This Precious (‘Original Version’ – From Too-Rye-Ay (2CD Deluxe))
          Come On Eileen (Single Edit - 1982)
          Dubious (B-side Of Come On Eileen Single - 1982)
          T.S.O.P. (B-side Of Jackie Wilson Said.. 12” Single - 1982)
          Let's Get This Straight From The Start (Non-album Single - 1982)
          Reminisce (Part 1)(B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers 12" Single - 1983)
          Let's Make This Precious (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
          ‘Smoke Your Own’ (AKA Liars A To E, 1981) (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
          Until I Believe In My Soul (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
          CD3 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982)
          Old
          Geno
          Let's Get This Straight From The Start
          All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
          Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
          Plan B
          Let's Make This Precious
          I Couldn't Help If I Tried
          Until I Believe In My Soul
          Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
          Respect
          There, There, My Dear
          Come On Eileen
          Seven Days Too Long
          The Celtic Soul Brothers
          I'm Just Looking 

          4LP Super Deluxe Edition
          LP1 (The 1982 Album – ‘as It Should Have Sounded’) - Side A
          The Celtic Soul Brothers
          Let's Make This Precious
          All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
          Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
          Old
          LP1 (The 1982 Album – ‘as It Should Have Sounded’) - Side B
          Plan B
          I'll Show You
          Liars A To E
          Until I Believe In My Soul
          Come On Eileen
          LP2 (Bonus Tracks - B-Sides / Out-Takes) - Side A
          Show Me (Single A-side – 1981)
          Soon (B-side Of Show Me Single)
          ...And Yes We Must Remain The Wildhearted Outsiders (B-side Of Liars A To E Single)
          Love Part 2 (B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers Single)
          Let's Make This Precious (‘Original Version’)
          Come On Eileen (Single Edit)
          Dubious (B-side Of Come On Eileen Single)
          T.S.O.P. (B-side Of Jackie Wilson Said.. 12” Single)
          LP2 (Bonus Tracks - B-Sides / Out-Takes) - Side B
          Let's Get This Straight From The Start (Single)
          Reminisce (Part 1)(B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers 12" Single)
          Let's Make This Precious (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
          ‘Smoke Your Own’ (AKA Liars A To E, 1981) (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
          Until I Believe In My Soul (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
          LP3 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 1) - Side A
          Old
          Geno
          Let's Get This Straight From The Start
          All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
          Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
          LP3 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 1) - Side B
          Plan B
          Let's Make This Precious
          I Couldn't Help If I Tried
          Until I Believe In My Soul
          LP4 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 2) - Side A
          Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
          Respect
          There, There, My Dear
          LP4 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 2) - Side B
          Come On Eileen
          Seven Days Too Long
          The Celtic Soul Brothers
          I'm Just Looking

          Japan

          Exorcising Ghosts - Half Speed Master Edition

            Exorcising Ghosts (1984) is a 16-track 2LP set compiled and produced in consultation with lead singer David Sylvian, two years after Japan dissolved.

            This career spanning ‘Best of’ features three recordings from the band’s early career on the Hansa Records label (including 1979’s “Quiet Life”) but mainly focuses on material from their two seminal studio albums on Virgin Records; Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Tin Drum (1981).

            TRACK LISTING

            Side A
            Methods Of Dance
            Swing
            Gentlemen Take Polaroids
            Quiet Life
            Side B
            A Foreign Place
            Nightporter
            My New Career
            The Other Side Of Life
            Side C
            Visions Of China
            Taking Islands In Africa
            Ghosts
            Songs Of Pioneers
            Side D
            Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer
            Life Without Buildings
            Talking Drum
            The Art Of Parties

            Roxy Music

            The Best Of - Half Speed Master Edition

              Glamorous, prolific and hugely influential Roxy Music has exceeded the sum of its considerable parts, defying definition, leaving a lasting impression on British Pop culture.

              Released for the first time on vinyl The Best Of Roxy Music amalgamates no less than eight studio albums spanning a decade of innovative style and enduring substance.

              Released on double 180g black vinyl, The Best Of Roxy Music has been re-issued with a fresh half-speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio the artwork has also been revised, complete with a gloss laminate gatefold finish.

              To coincide with the band celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, Roxy Music’s classic career-encompassing collection from 2001 is available for the first time on vinyl. Containing all of the classic singles including ‘More Than This’, ‘Jealous Guy’, ‘Love Is The Drug’ and ‘Virginia Plain’, and classic album cuts, it’s a definitive testament to one of the most influential and daring artist catalogues of all time. This beautifully presented album includes enhanced artwork and full song lyrics.

              TRACK LISTING

              2LP
              Side A
              Avalon
              More Than This
              Jealous Guy
              Over You
              Side B
              Same Old Scene
              Oh Yeah
              Angel Eyes
              Dance Away
              Both Ends Burning
              Side C
              Love Is The Drug
              Out Of The Blue
              All I Want Is You
              Mother Of Pearl
              Side D
              Street Life
              Do The Strand
              Pyjamarama
              Virginia Plain
              Re-Make/Re-Model

              Blondie

              Against The Odds 1974 - 1982

                There’s a certain un-assuming barn just outside Woodstock, New York. It’s easy to picture; the deep mythology of pop music history assures that much. For nearly two decades, the bulk of Blondie’s audio and visual archive sat inside.

                One hundred reel-to-reel tapes, half a dozen cassettes, a few storage tubs crammed with records, bits of promotional flotsam, flyers, a stray Warhol print, and mirrored dressing room signage from four sold-out January 1980 nights at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. All of it lay silent through twenty humid summers, twenty frigid winters, and 20,000 rodents.

                There were knives collected in Asia and sex worker advertisements pilfered from the UK’s red telephone boxes of the late 1970s. In a corner, a dust-caked RIAA-certified gold record for Eat To The Beat reclined against a wall, its protective glass scarred by a bullet hole.“Iggy and I were shooting guns at a wall in my basement one night,” guitarist Chris Stein told us. “This was a casualty.”

                From this chaotic hoard of ephemera, this long-gestating project was born.

                Over the years, Blondie’s many partner record companies have done an exemplary job archiving the band’s recorded legacy, given the miles it’s logged and the oceans it’s had to cross. From Larry Uttal’s Private Stock Records to Terry Ellis and Chris Wright’s Chrysalis, which was absorbed by Capitol and then Universal, the band’s reels have been moved, transferred, baked, re-boxed, remixed, and barcoded more than a few times. We pored over every foot of magnetic tape and, thanks to our brand new 24-bit, 192KHz transfers, have expanded the dynamic range of Blondie’s six LPs.

                We’ve scoured the earth for era-appropriate photos, pic sleeves, lyrics sheets, fan club newsletters, postcards, jukebox strips, and even eight-track tapes. There will always be more to find. Whether it’s a mislabeled cassette tape squirrelled away in a New Jersey garage, a previously unknown Thai 45 variant, or a roll of film excavated at the Long Beach flea market, slivers of Blondie will continue to poke into our collective unconscious until there ceases to be any consciousness to poke.

                What the seven members of Blondie set to tape over those first eight years remains among the most timeless music of its era, or any era. This is not hyperbole. Walk into a grocery store and Rapture fills the air. Spend an hour with any classic rock, ’80s throwback, LITE FM easy listening, or rockin’ oldies station and you will rediscover Heart of Glass.

                Watch any given documentary on the birth of punk or hip hop, read any “Best Albums of All Time” list, and the stark three-color imagery of Parallel Lines will undoubtedly flash by. Visit any sports arena in the world and count the moments before you hear Call Me.

                Blondie has transcended the realms of mere bands, evolving out of pop and punk to become a vital strand of American music’s core DNA.

                Let this box set serve as a map of the genome.

                Bobbie Gentry

                The Girl From Chickasaw County - The Complete Collection

                  Bobbie is notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material. During her five-year tenure at Capitol, she penned at least two songs that have become certified classics, ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ and ‘Fancy’, among dozens of original compositions.

                  Bobbie released eight Capitol albums in total, heralded by the smash hit debut ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ (Which displaced Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely-Hearts Club Band from the top of the charts in the US). Delta Sweete, her third, is another highlight. MOJO magazine listed it in their top 500 greatest albums of all time and memorably described her as the ‘JD Salinger of rock n roll.’

                  Bobbie also teamed up with Glen Campbell later that year (1968) for album of duets that earned her another gold record and spawned three hit singles, including a cover of the Everly Brothers’ hit ‘All I Have to Do Is Dream’, which rose to No. 3 on the U.K. and No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The pair also toured briefly together and performed on a number of American and British television programs and specials.

                  Bobbie enjoyed four UK hits, with ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’ topping the charts in 1969. In the USA, she notched 11 hits and was nominated for a Grammy for album Fancy, which was largely produced by Rick Hall in Muscle Shoals

                  Bobbie had her own BBC show for 3 seasons, hosting the programmes, performing her own material and introducing guests such as Elton John, James Taylor and, Donovan. She also headlined her nightclub in Vegas.

                  She quit the scene over 40 years ago (1978), and unlike everyone who returns, she has stayed out of sight. She remains one of the few genuine mysteries of popular music. Because she was so popular (No.1 singles/Albums, BBC TV series, Vegas residency) her abilities as a writer, producer and arranger were too often overlooked, she paved the way for Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Bobbie’s songs continue to influence a new generation of artists like Cheryl Crow, Beth Orton, Lucinda Williams and Roseanne Cash all of whom have cited her as an influence and covered her songs.

                  In 2018 UMC released Capitol years boxset consisted of 8CDs, this is the first ever large-scale retrospective containing the first UK reissues of her albums in their entirety – supplemented by 76 previously unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate takes from all Bobbie’s Capitol albums. Included are beautiful acoustic demos of songs like Refractions, Courtyard and Seasons Come Seasons Go, alternate takes of Sunday Best, Sweet Peony and Benjamin, and previously unheard originals like Morning to Midnight, and Joanne. In addition, Bobbie recorded some great cover versions that never saw the light of day including Conspiracy of Homer Jones by Dallas Frazier, Spinning Wheel by Blood Sweat and Tears, Salome Smith and her amazing dancing bear by Randy Newman, and blues songs like Seventh Son by Willie Dixon. One of the selling points of the set is a previously unreleased album of jazz cover versions including intimate mostly acoustic interpretations of songs including Irving Berlin’s Suppertime, Billie Holidays God Bless the Child (play from start) and Since I Fell for You by Buddy Johnson. This change of direction was abandoned in favour of the blue-eyed soul of the Touch em With Love LP, making these recordings a unique document of Bobbie as we have never heard her before. Also included are selections from Bobbie’s three BBC tv series including live versions of her well-known tracks Ode to Billie Joe and Mississippi Delta as well as songs Bobbie never recorded in the studio like The Beatles’ Mother Nature’s Son and Harry Nilsson’ Open your Window. All the audio has been mastered from the original tapes. These to include many rare and never before seen images of Bobbie, images from photo shoots, out takes, performing and touring. These releases will feature an exclusive illustration provided by fashion illustrator David Downton.

                  These new formats (2CD / 2LP) are cut down versions of the boxset and feature a selection of the unreleased bonus material from the 8CD package, including an alternate take of Sunday Best, demo of Hurry, Tuesday Child, Mississippi Delta alternate version and many more. The CD will have a 38 page book, the LP will have a 12”12” insert with a selection of images used in the boxset and sleeve notes.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  2CD
                  CD 1
                  Ode To Billie Joe
                  I Saw An Angel Die
                  Chickasaw County Child
                  Sunday Best [alternate Take]
                  Hurry, Tuesday Child [demo]
                  Niki Hokey / Barefootin’ [Live On The BBC]
                  Mississippi Delta [alternate Version]
                  The Seventh Son [Band Version]
                  Okolona River Bottom Band
                  Mornin' Glory
                  Jessye' Lisabeth
                  Refractions
                  Courtyard
                  Feelin’ Good [demo]
                  Sweete Peony [alternate Version]
                  Casket Vignette
                  Recollection
                  Eleanor Rigby
                  Sittin’ Pretty
                  Hushabye Mountain
                  The Conspiracy Of Homer Jones
                  Sunday Mornin' [alternate Version]
                  Let It Be Me (duet With Glen Campbell) [without Strings]
                  CD 2
                  Suppertime
                  God Bless The Child
                  This Girl’s In Love With You
                  Touch 'Em With Love [stereo Version]
                  Greyhound Goin' Somewhere
                  Seasons Come, Seasons Go [demo]
                  Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing [alternate Take]
                  Fancy
                  Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em
                  He Made A Woman Out Of Me
                  Rainmaker
                  Circle ‘Round The Sun
                  Apartment 21 [Stereo 7” Version]
                  Billy The Kid [Live On The BBC]
                  Benjamin
                  But I Can't Get Back
                  Belinda [acoustic Version]
                  Mean Stepmama Blues
                  Lookin' In
                  Smoke
                  Joanne
                  You And Me Together
                  The Girl From Cincinnati

                  2LP
                  LP 1 - SIDE A
                  Ode To Billie Joe
                  Chickasaw County Child
                  Hurry, Tuesday Child [demo]
                  Sunday Best [alternate Take]
                  Mississippi Delta [alternate Version]
                  Okolona River Bottom Band
                  Refractions
                  Courtyard
                  LP 1 - SIDE B
                  Mornin' Glory
                  Sweete Peony [alternate Version]
                  Casket Vignette
                  Recollection
                  Sittin’ Pretty
                  Hushabye Mountain
                  Conspiracy Of Homer Jones
                  Sunday Mornin' [alternate Version]
                  Let It Be Me (duet With Glen Campbell) [without Strings]
                  LP 2 - SIDE C
                  God Bless The Child
                  This Girl’s In Love With You
                  Touch 'Em With Love [stereo Version]
                  Seasons Come, Seasons Go [demo]
                  Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing [alternate Take]
                  Fancy
                  He Made A Woman Out Of Me
                  Rainmaker
                  Circle ‘Round The Sun
                  LP 2 - SIDE D
                  Apartment 21 [Stereo Version]
                  Benjamin
                  But I Can't Get Back
                  Lookin' In
                  Smoke
                  Joanne
                  The Girl From Cincinnati

                  Roxy Music

                  Flesh And Blood - Half Speed Master Edition

                    In May 1980 Flesh + Blood gave Roxy Music their second No’1 UK Album and peaked at No’35 in the US Billboard chart. The album was preceded by the single “Over You”, a No. 5 UK hit that also provided the band with a rare US chart entry at No’ 80. Two more hit singles followed: “Oh Yeah” (UK No’5) and “Same Old Scene” (UK No’12). Flesh + Blood also included two cover versions: The Byrds’ “Eight Miles High” and Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour”. The albums artwork was envisaged and designed by iconic British artist Peter Saville. Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of art.

                    Roxy Music

                    Avalon - Half Speed Master Edition

                      Avalon the final studio offering from Roxy Music would draw upon a smoother, more adult orientated sound giving us the now iconic single ‘More Than This’. Avalon would be yet another UK no’1 album staying there for more than three weeks and in the album charts for over a year. Consistently praised by critics Avalon Rolling Stone magazine wrote “Bryan Ferry stars as a remarkably expressive keyboard player and singer whose familiar mannerisms are subsumed in a rich, benevolent self-assurance. And reed man Andy Mackay shines in a series of cameos (his oboe meditation on Ferry’s “Tara” is particularly lovely). Ten years after its debut, Roxy Music has mellowed: the occasional stark piano chords in “While My Heart Is Still Beating,” for example, recall the stately mood of “A Song for Europe,” but the sound is softer, dreamier and less determinedly dramatic now. Ferry’s songwriting, however, has seldom seemed stronger.” Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of art.

                      Roxy Music

                      Manifesto - Half Speed Master Edition

                        In 1979 Roxy Music released Manifesto, almost four years since the last album and with it brought one of the bands biggest hits the second single and disco tinged ‘Dance Away’ and was a Top 10 selling single of 1979. The album also peaked in the UK chart at No’7 and was positively received by critics. Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of art.

                        Roxy Music

                        Siren - Half Speed Master Edition

                          Siren released in 1975 produced the singles “Love Is the Drug” and “Both Ends Burning”, which peaked at numbers two and 25 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. “Love Is the Drug” became Roxy Music’s highest-charting single in the US, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. Siren a captivating offering from Roxy Music draws you in ever closer on each listen. Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of art.

                          Roxy Music

                          Stranded - Half Speed Master Edition

                            Stranded gave Roxy Music their first UK No’1 album and brought with it an undeniable presence that would eventually see Roxy Music’s American audience take note! It was becoming all too clear that Roxy Music were indeed a band ahead of their time. Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of art.

                            TRACK LISTING

                            Side A
                            Street Life
                            Just Like You
                            Amazona
                            Psalm
                            Side B
                            Serenade
                            A Song For Europe
                            Mother Of Pearl
                            Sunset

                            Roxy Music

                            Country Life - Half Speed Master Edition

                              Critically” Country Life’ is deemed to be Roxy Music’s most consistent and sophisticated album, the albums artwork is still to this day considered controversial in certain countries but is non the less iconic around the World. Musically and lyrically “Country Life” has been considered more cynical and hard rocking than previous Roxy Music albums, “Country Life” is an album that is ever present on top 100 Album charts of all time of forever will be.

                              Each Roxy Music album has been Re-Issued with a fresh Half-Speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record it’s a piece of art.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              Side A
                              The Thrill Of It
                              Three And Nine
                              All I Want Is You
                              Out Of The Blue
                              If It Takes
                              All Night
                              Side B
                              Bitter Sweet
                              Triptych
                              Casanova
                              A Really Good Time
                              Prairie Rose

                              Right here we get a brand new 3-track limited edition 12" EP, featuring ‘Yuletide Throwdown’, the track co-written and performed with Fab 5 Freddy, recorded around the time of "Rapture", and using the same samples.

                              The ultra-rare 1981 holiday flexi-disc is now reissued for the first time on 180g vinyl, following the discovery of the tapes in the Blondie archive. Originally given away as a coloured flexi-disc with Flexipop magazine this is now at last available commercially. The audio is fully remastered from the analog tapes, and there's an exclusive remix by Cut Chemist. Packaged in die-cut bespoke ‘disco-bag’ style sleeve with exclusive artwork by New York graffiti artist ‘Hugogyrl’.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              A1. Yuletide Throwdown (Cut Chemist Remix)
                              B1. Yuletide Throwdown (Cut Chemist Radio Edit)
                              B2. Yuletide Throwdown (1981 Original Recording)


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                              Update on the @xboygeniusx listening party - we've just heard from the distributor that there won't be any tote bag… https://t.co/dIjNibo1hu
                              Fri 24th - 5:37
                              Weekly New Release Mailout https://t.co/4lm6opBN9L Heartworms, Lana Del Rey, Depeche Mode, Talking Drums, The Re… https://t.co/9yRTNCKFs5
                              Thu 23rd - 6:04
                              We're hosting a listening party for the new @xboygeniusx album, on Tuesday March 28th at 4.30pm. The first 100 at… https://t.co/vHnWHwcUv8
                              Thu 23rd - 12:15
                              Lana Del Rey listening party today at 4pm ⏰ - Her new album is out March 24 via @polydorrecords Click the link be… https://t.co/qfPeSKT2O9
                              Wed 22nd - 2:19
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