What 1980's album(s) do you most want given the deluxe edition treatment (demos, etc) (Part 2)

Incredible! Sure, I'm mentally filling in all the missing parts, but you've put something together that could easily hold its own against anything released as part of the "Zance" series from 1994...

As for potential bonus content to pad out an official expanded reissue, there's also the original 7" single edit and countless remixes, though since my last comment I've managed to find the quote regarding Trevor Horn's regrets about this entire project - during his Red Bull Music Academy lecture, he spoke of the initial plan being to produce just a one-off song for Grace Jones' greatest hits album, which then grew into an indulgent standalone LP because of how many times the core title track was reworked over a period of several months, changing significantly when compared to Bruce Woolley's demo.

The recent unabridged CD was indeed louder than it should have been, forcing me to raise the volume of additional material when I decided to "roll my own" deluxe edition. Saying that, I might go back and include your remix, especially since there's plenty of room left on the disc for it, not to mention it's different enough to justify its inclusion.

 

Why not? Internal wrangles?

Just imagine... I'm Not In Love in 5.1....hmmm

(That said, really we are both discussing this in the wrong - 80s !!! - thread

 

Oh I had a brain fart (not the first time). In the U.S. At least the first two never really sold well and Jonathan King owns the first two lock, stock and barrel. Polygram/Universal have only show interest in releasing stuff that has been released previously (for the most part) and I doubt the four would be willing to mine the vaults at this stage.

 

That will be happening very soon, Reflex era first, then (hopefully) SST, keep checking the Numero Group Records site.

 

I think deluxe editions of these early titles would need someone like Steven Wilson to come on board and push for them to happen - it's certainly seems to be his era, what with his work with Yes, Crimson, Tull, Roxy et al. I always thought of 10cc as belonging to the same Art Rock movement as Roxy, so there is some hope.

Don't know if he's a 10cc fan, though

(He ought to be!)

 

I recently saw a two-disc package of an 80s album, one cd and one DVD.
Looked really interesting
Saw that the video was PAL Region 0.
Trying to figure out what this is and how it will impact my purchase decision.
Until then, I will offer this '84 release as a suggestion: (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! - Art of Noise.

 

Peter Gabriel 3
Remain in Light-Talking Heads
I Can't Stand Still-Don Henley
Bring The Family and Stolen Moments-John Hiatt

 

Eloy - Colours and Planets
Journey - Escape
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
Foreigner - 4
Los Jaivas - Alturas de Machu Picchu
Bacamarte - Depois do fim
Alphaville - Forever Young
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (there are several great songs that didn't end up on here)
Testament - Legacy

 

Really! !!! Wow that is amazing news

 

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman. I don't really see this happening, though.

 

Duck Rock would be an immediate purchase for me.

 

I don't personally care for 5.1 mixes, or bluray either.
But, although there are great deluxe versions of these,
i've listed my own versions of a super deluxe one:

for abc
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the lexicon of love - super deluxe
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+ replica of tourbook

cd1
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The Original Album
1-01 Show Me 4:04
1-02 Poison Arrow 3:24
1-03 Many Happy Returns 3:59
1-04 Tears Are Not Enough 3:30
1-05 Valentine's Day 3:42
1-06 The Look Of Love (Part I) 3:30
1-07 Date Stamp 3:51
1-08 All Of My Heart 5:19
1-09 4 Ever 2 Gether 5:33
1-10 The Look Of Love (Part IV) 1:00

cd 2
-------------------
The Route To The Lexicon
2-01 Tears Are Not Enough (Phonogram Demo, 20th July 1981) 3:32
2-02 Show Me (Phonogram Demo, 20th July 1981) 4:03
2-03 Surrender (Phonogram Demo, 20th July 1981) 3:29

The Lexicon Of Love Live At Hammersmith Odeon, November 1982
2-04 Overture 3:56
2-05 Show Me 4:21
2-06 Many Happy Returns 7:02
2-07 Tears Are Not Enough 5:33
2-08 Date Stamp 7:07
2-09 The Look Of Love 5:59
2-10 All Of My Heart 6:45
2-11 Valentine's Day 4:44
2-12 4 Ever 2 Gether 6:53
2-13 Alphabet Soup 8:26
2-14 Poison Arrow (Encore) 5:22
Total Time: 2:27:20

cd 3 more odds and ends
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1 5:25 Alphabet Soup (short version)
2 4:15 Man-Trap (the lounge sequence)

3 7:17 The Look Of Love (parts one and two)
4 5:00 The Look of Love (parts three and four)
5 7:37 The Look Of Love (special remix) ["usa remix - dub version"]
6 5:45 The Look Of Love (special remix - edit) ["part 5"]

The Original Singles
7 Overture 3:59
8 Tears Are Not Enough (7") 3:36
9 Alphabet Soup (12" Mix) 8:03
10 Theme From 'Man Trap' 4:19
11 Poison Arrow (Jazz Mix) 7:06

An Out-Take And An Oddity
12 Into The Valley Of The Heathen Go
(Lexicon Of Love Out-Take, 5/82) 2:00
13 Alphabet Soup (Swapshop Version, 29/11/81) 3:13




dvd 1
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Mantrap

Mantrap (Opening Theme)
Show Me
Many Happy Returns
Look Of Love
4 Ever 2 Gether
All Of My Heart
Mantrap (Main Theme)
Poison Arrow
Tears Are Not Enough
Mantrap (Closing Theme)

55 minutes
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Official videos
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1 Look of love
2 Poison arrow
3 All of my heart

dvd 2
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The Lexicon of Love - Live at Theatre Royal Drury Lane - DVD
1 Overture
2 Show Me
3 Poison Arrow
4 Many Happy Returns
5 Tears Are Not Enough
6 Valentine's Day
7 The Look Of Love
8 Date Stamp
9 All Of My Heart
10 4 Ever 2 Gether
11 The Look Of Love (Part Four)
12 The Look Of Love
---------------------------

for big country
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the crossing ultimate edition v0.3a
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there have been many releases of this album,
but unfortunately none of them have been
comprehensive. this version will do that.
spanning the history of the album, which
is the most important one of their releases.
we will take in all the singles, b-sides,
demos, remixes and live tracks along with
key promo and live videos.


exclusive includes:
--------------------------
Hardcover book - including text
from 'a certain chemistry' - 80 pages

also - crossing tourbook pages (black)
- text from 30th anniversary vinyl
- pages from japanese 'through a big country' boxset
- replica pages from the 'big country' promo boxset (6)

- replica print of prepress artwork of 'the crossing'
- inclusion of various articles about the crossing

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45min 1 the original UK album (remastered from vinyl)
75min 2 remixes and b-sides
180min 3 demos
180min 4 live tracks
-----------------------------
8hrs - 109 tracks

300min 5 videos
------------------
5hrs - 62 tracks

audio
===================================
1 10 tracks
45min

2 16 tracks
75min - 1hr15min

3 49 tracks
180min+ - 3hr

4 37 tracks
180min+ - 3hr


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audio
totals

26 + 49 + 37 = 75 + 33 = 109 tracks
time = 45 75 180 180 = 480min = 8 hrs
======================================

video totals
26 tracks +36 = 62 tracks

2hr+3hr = 5hr
==============================

history
------------------------------
v0.3 - added books, extras

v0.2 - added live in bbc tracks
- added totals
- fixed formatting
- made live tracks chronological
- added more videos
- added credits

v0.1 - initial version
- added tracks
- added times


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the UK album
==============================
1-1 In A Big Country 4:43
1-2 Inwards 4:34
1-3 Chance 4:26
1-4 A Thousand Stars 3:52
1-5 The Storm 6:20
1-6 Harvest Home 4:20
1-7 Lost Patrol 4:52
1-8 Close Action 4:14
1-9 Fields Of Fire 3:31
1-10 Porrohman 7:50

2 b-sides and remixes
==================================
12inch remixes
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4:37 Harvest Home (12inch)
5:14 Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) (Alternative Mix)
6:15 In A Big Country (Pure Mix)
6:10 Chance (12inch)

harvest home single
--------------------
3:43 Harvest Home (7inch)
1-11 Balcony 3:55
1-12 Flag Of Nations (Swimming) 4:36

fields of fire single
----------------------
4:04 Fields Of Fire (7inch)
3:28 Fields Of Fire (Single Version)[Mercury PRO 239-1] (promo)
1-13 Angle Park 4:06

in a big country single
------------------------
3:55 In A Big Country (7 inch)
1-14 All Of Us 4:08
1-15 Heart And Soul 4:32

chance single
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4:35 Chance(7 inch)
1-16 The Crossing 7:08
1-17 Tracks Of My Tears (Live) 3:32


3 demos
======================================================
30th anniversary vinyl only exclusives
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D1 The Crossing (Chris Thomas Instrumental Mix) 4:13
D2 Porrohman (Chris Thomas Instrumental Mix) 7:58
D3 Angle Park (Chris Thomas Instrumental Mix) 4:12
D4 Heart And Soul (Chris Thomas Instrumental Mix) 5:17

30th anniversary demos
-----------------------
4:05 01 Heart And Soul(version 1)
3:42 02 In A Big Country
4:15 03 Inwards
2:40 04 Chance
4:29 05 a Thousand Stars
2:14 06 the Storm
4:16 07 Harvest Home
4:12 08 Lost Patrol
3:13 09 Close Action
5:18 10 Fields Of Fire
7:28 11 Porrohman
3:41 12 Angle Park
4:16 13 the Crossing
3:29 14 Big City
4:35 15 Ring Out Bells
3:14 16 echoes
4:08 17 Wake
4:26 18 Heart And Soul(version 2)

rarities demos
---------------
Additional Information about Rarities VI

d = duplicate from above

1. 1000 Stars - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
2. Harvest Home - (previously unreleased, alternate take)

2-1 Angle Park (Demo) 4:18
2-2 Harvest Home (Demo) 4:24
2-3 We Could Laugh (Demo) 3:21
d2-4 In A Big Country (Demo) 3:42
d2-5 The Storm (Demo) 2:13
d2-6 Big City (Demo) 3:27
2-7 Fields Of Fire (Riverside BBC TV) 4:14
2-8 Lost Patrol (Demo) 5:28
d2-9 Inwards (Demo) 4:14
2-10 1000 Stars 4:09
2-11 Lost Patrol 4:55
2-12 Inwards 4:09
2-13 Close Action 3:48
2-14 Fields Of Fire (Demo) 5:25
2-15 1000 Stars (Demo) 4:34
2-16 Ring Out Bells (Demo) 4:40
2-17 Chance (Demo) 3:17

RADIO ONE SESSIONS [Sep 1994]
------------------------------
The first 4 tracks were recorded on 12 August 1982
3:43 Close Action
4:45 Heart & Soul
4:04 Harvest Home
4:03 Angle Park

second four tracks on 9 March 1983 for BBC Radio One.
4:14 Inwards
4:18 1000 Stars
7:25 Porroh Man
3:55 Close Action

Notes: The insert contains a brief look at the band's early days.

4 live tracks
============================================================================
live at bbc
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Radio 1 In Concert - Hammersmith Palais (27 June 1983)
--------------------------------------------------------------
balcony 4:11
lost patrol 4:33
the storm 6:12
in a big country 4:32
angle park 3:52
fields of fire 5:21

Radio 1 In Concert - Reading Festival (26 August 1983)
--------------------------------------------------------------
harvest home 4:26
close action 4:33
the storm 6:15
fields of fire 5:28
lost patrol 4:51

Defrostin’
Also known as ‘The Texas Tapes’. Recorded in Austin, Texas 22 March 1984.
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1000 Stars (4:41)
Angle Park (4:45)
Close Action (4:41)
Balcony (4:14)
Lost Patrol (5:22)
In A Big Country (5:40)
Porrohman (7:59)
Chance (6:16)
Inwards (4:56)
Fields of Fire (5:26)
Harvest Home (4:35)
Tracks of My Tears (3:17)
In A Big Country (6:04)

radio 1 in concert - wembley 28 june 1984
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lost patrol 4:41
in a big country 5:50
porrohman 8:12
inwards 5:28

Without The Aid of a Safety Net
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Harvest Home (3:27)
The Storm (4:51)
Chance (3:44)
In A Big Country (6:22)
Lost Patrol (6:10) ^
Tracks of My Tears (3:05)
Fields of Fire (6:50) p


radio 1 in concert - hammersmith odeon 23 jan 1989
--------------------------------------------------------------
tracks of my tears 3:25
dup-fields of fire 9:11

BBC Live In Concert
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon 23 January 1989
In A Big Country (6:09)
Fields of Fire (9:02)

Brighton Rock
Recorded at Brighton Dome
5 November 1995
--------------------------------------------------------------
Chance (3:24)
Fields of Fire (6:35)


Das Fest - live germany 95
Recorded 22 July 1995 in Karlsruhe, Germany
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Lost Patrol (1:52)
Lost Patrol [reprise] (6:03)
Fields of Fire (7:14)
In A Big Country (7:21)
Chance (5:15)

Come Up Screaming
Recorded at the Barrowlands
31 May 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------
Harvest Home (4:09)
Lost Patrol (5:12)
Inwards (4:21)
Porroh Man (6:42)
Chance (6:33)
In A Big Country (5:57)
Fields of Fire (6:34)


5 videos
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promo videos
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3:40 harvest home
3:26 fields of fire
3:52 In A Big Country (video)
3:53 chance

BIG COUNTRY LIVE BARROWLANDS, GLASGOW: NEW YEARS EVE 1983/1984
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VD: US 1984 (NTSC, 75 minutes)

1,000 Stars (4:25)
Angle Park (4:32)
Close Action (4:13)
Lost Patrol (4:47)
The Storm (5:16)
Dundonald & Dysart Pipe Band Sequence (3:40)
Porrohman (7:51)
Chance (5:55)
Inwards (5:53)
Fields of Fire (6:37)
Harvest Home (4:38)
Tracks of My Tears (3:15)
In A Big Country/Auld Lang Syne (8:13)


Live In Essen(Rockpalast)
Recorded 15 March 1986

Also See:Rockpalast (DVD)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Fields of Fire (3:57)
Chance (5:34)
In A Big Country (5:11)
Inwards (5:23)
Harvest Home (4:17)
The Storm (7:20)
Lost Patrol (4:58)
Tracks of My Tears (3:29)


at the BBC
==========================
Fields of Fire (23 March 1983) (2:56) *
In A Big Country (26 May 1983) (3:30) *
Chance (3:25) *

Fields of Fire (2 April 1983) (2:45) *
In A Big Country (9 June 1983) (3:34) *

*Video from Top of The Pops (TOTP) studio performance.
Audio played was from studio recording
--------------------------------------------------------------

Oxford Road Show (25 February 1983)
(Live vocals over studio track)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Fields of Fire (3:16)

Old Grey Whistle Test (29 March 1983)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Close Action (3:51)
A Thousand Stars (4:20)

Pop Carnival - Sefton Park (Liverpool) (2 July 1983
--------------------------------------------------------------
Porrohman (3:33)
The Storm (6:17)
In A Big Country (4:39)
Chance (5:22)
Angle Park (3:54)
Fields of Fire (5:30)

BBC TV - Whistle Test - Edinburgh Playhouse (31 December 1984)
--------------------------------------------------------------
The Storm (8:14)
Chance (5:40)
A Thousand Stars (4:19)
Harvest Home (5:26)

BBC TV - Reading Hexagon (14 April 1986)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Chance (5:44)
In A Big Country (6:16)
Inwards (5:45)
Harvest Home (4:16)
Fields of Fire (6:02)

The Seer Live In New York
--------------------------------------------------------------
Inwards (6:46)
Harvest Home (6:00)
Fields of Fire (5:30)


Final Fling (30-05-2000)Recorded at the Barrowlands
31 May 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------
Harvest Home (4:49)
Lost Patrol (5:11)
Inwards (4:41)
Porroh Man (6:36)
Chance (7:55)
In A Big Country (4:49)
Fields of Fire (6:27)


Peace Concert (18-06-1988)
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Porroh Man (9:19)
Chance (7:58)
In A Big Country (7:57)
Fields of Fire (6:54)

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Long After Dark
Southern Accents
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)

Tom Petty has a history of leaving his best songs off his albums. For instance, Casa Dega, Make That Connection, and Keeping Me Alive

 

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs.

 

The Police- Ghost In The Machine and Synchronicity
The Clash - Combat Rock

 

Already had my number one wish (It's Immaterial's Life's Hard And Then You Die) given the 2-cd treatment last year, but as others have already mentioned would love Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock, early Simple Minds, Talking Heads and a few other artists. Also:

Danny Wilson - Meet Danny Wilson

There was so much material released on the b-sides of the various singles and e.p.s from this album - new songs, demoes, live and alternate versions - they might need more than one bonus disc.

 

Some of these could be super deluxe editions, some could be 2-CD sets, and some could be single disc reissues with bonus tracks...

• Real Life - Heartland (I'd include 12" mixes of songs like "Send Me An Angel" and "Catch Me I'm Falling," along with the fine b-side "Like A Gun")
• The entire B-52's catalogue
• Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life Again and Roll With It
• Sting's The Dream Of The Blue Turtles and ...Nothing Like The Sun
• Make It Big and Fantastic from Wham! - include single/extended mixes, rarities like "Blue (Armed With Love)" and the Wexler version of "Careless Whisper," plus DVDs with videos, Foreign Skies, etc
• Information Society - self-titled '88 debut
• Breakfast Club - self-titled '87 album
• Hooters - Nervous Night
• Nu Shooz - Poolside (with all the single and extended mixes)
• Berlin - all 3 Geffen albums

 

Tommy Keene's "Strange Alliance" LP

 

Tom Petty - Southern Accents (his best album). I made my own Special Edition adding in stuff from Playback and the Live Anthology.

 

INXS - Shabooh Shoobah would be nice

 

Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA, there are tons of unreleased demos and songs written for this album

 

I can't believe they let the 30th Anniversary come and go without releasing a Super Deluxe Edition of this album with all the goodies.

 

I agree!! Bruce has been very slow with the boxed sets

 

He's only just finished touring The River box, has a album of new material recorded and ready to go, so it will be a few years until a Born In The USA box appears I should think