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.

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

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

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

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 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

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.

Reissue of the first Dire Straits greatest hits collection, originally released in October 1988 and featuring songs from their first five albums.

Fully remastered by Bob Ludwig, and cut by Bernie Grundman, this vinyl reissue includes ‘Telegraph Road (Live Remix)’ which was previously only available on the original CD format, and a brand new mix of ‘Portobello Belle (Live)’. It is cut over four sides of vinyl for the first time.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I remember having a copy of this on CD when I was younger, and thoroughly believed it to be a proper album. Imagine my surprise then when it turned out it's just a really good compilation. Andy and I were talking about just this the other week. I love Dire Straits, and this is the best 'album' that never was.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 - Side A
Sultans Of Swing (5:46)
Down To The Waterline (4:01)
Portobello Belle (Live: Alternative Out-take) (4:33) – Previously Unreleased Version
LP1 - Side B
Twisting By The Pool (Remix) (3:30)
Tunnel Of Love (8:10)
Romeo And Juliet (5:56)
LP2 - Side C
Where Do You Think You're Going (3:30)
Walk Of Life (4:08)
Private Investigations (5:50)
LP2 - Side D
Telegraph Road (Live Remix) (11:59) – Previously Unreleased On Vinyl
Money For Nothing (Single Edit) (4:06)
Brothers In Arms (Edit) (4:49)

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.