TRACKS:
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CD1
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Axe Victim
01) Axe Victim
02) Love Is Swift Arrows
03) Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus
04) Third Floor Heaven
05) Night Creatures
06) Rocket Cathedrals
07) Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape
08) Jets At Dawn
09) No Trains To Heaven
10) Darkness (L'immoraliste)
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Futurama
​11) Stage Whispers
12) Love With The Madman
13) Maid In Heaven
14) Sister Seagull
15) Sound Track
16) Music In Dreamland
17) Jean Cocteau
18) Between The Worlds
19) Swan Song
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CD2
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​Futurama Bonus Tracks
01) Between The Worlds (Original Single Version)
02) Maid In Heaven (Live)
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Sunburst Finish
03) Fair Exchange
04) Heavenly Homes
05) Ships In The Night
06) Crying To The Sky
07) Sleep That Burns
08) Beauty Secrets
09) Life In The Air Age
10) Like An Old Blues
11) Crystal Gazing
12) Blazing Apostles
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Sunburst Finish Bonus Tracks
13) Shine
14) Speed Of The Wind
15) Blue As A Jewel
16) Ships In The Night (Single Edit)
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CD3
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Modern Music
01) Orphans Of Babylon
02) Twilight Capers
03) Kiss Of Light
04) The Bird Charmers Destiny
05) The Gold At The End Of My Rainbow
06) Bring Back The Spark
07) Modern Music
08) Dancing In The Moonlight (All Alone)
09) Honeymoon On Mars
10) Lost In The Neon World
11) Dance Of The Uncle Sam Humanoids
12) Modern Music (Reprise)
13) Forbidden Lovers
14) Down On Terminal Street
15) Make The Music Magic
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Modern Music Bonus Tracks
16) Futurist Manifesto
17) Quest For The Harvest Of The Stars
18) Autosexual
19) Japan
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CD4
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Drastic Plastic
01) Electrical Language
02) New Precision
03) New Mysteries
04) Surreal Estate
05) Love In Flames
06) Panic In The World
07) Dangerous Stranger
08) Superenigmatix
09) Visions Of Endless Hopes
10) Possession
11) Islands Of The Dead
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Drastic Plastic Bonus Tracks
12) Blimps
13) Lovers Are Mortal
14) Lights
15) Electrical Language (Single Edit)
16) Love In Flames (Single Edit)
17) Panic In The World (Single Edit)
CD5
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Bonus Tracks
01) The Saxophonist (Demo)
02) Visions Of Endless Hopes (Demo)
03) Blue As A Jewel (Demo)
04) Speed Of The Wind (Demo)
05) Possession (Rough Mix)
06) Maid In Heaven (Top Of The Pops Backing Track)
07) The Modern Music Suite (Live)
08) Forbidden Lovers (Live)
09) Down On Terminal Street (Live)
10) Swan Song (Live)
11) Heavenly Homes (Flashman Remix)
NOTES:
A 5CD box set which very nicely brings together remastered versions of all but three of the band's studio recordings issued in their lifetime. If that wasn't tempting enough in itself, then collectors were drawn to it by the inclusion of a disc of unreleased material and a few single edits including "Love in Flames" (which was presumably planned for 7" release but cancelled). The set was enhanced by a nicely illustrated booklet with sleeve notes on each album.
Be Bop Deluxe's output had appeared previously of course (see Past Releases below), but this was the most comprehensive collection of their studio work to have appeared officially, and is unlikely to be surpassed or supplemented in future.
Notable inclusions on this set are the previously unreleased live recordings from the tour that produced the Live! In The Air Age album (1977), including the full version of "Modern Music Suite" (which Nelson had to overdub to fix some missing parts), and "Swan Song" (appearing officially in its live version for the first time). "Forbidden Lovers" and "Terminal Street" are also included from the same recordings. In addition to this there are four demo recordings of songs written for Drastic Plastic, including the previously unheard track "The Saxophonist", alongside "Visions of Endless Hopes", "Blue as a Jewel", and "Speed of the Wind". The only downside is the omission of "Face in the Rain" (which remained exclusive to The Best of and the Rest of Be Bop Deluxe double album...at least until the Esoteric Recordings super-deluxe box sets included it several years later), and the "Teenage Archangel"/"Jets At Dawn" single (their 1973 debut 7").
PAST RELEASES:
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Nearly four of the five CDs that comprise the Futurist Manifesto box set had been previously released on CD when the Be Bop Deluxe back catalogue was reissued in 1990, which is where most of the 'bonus tracks' could most recently be found prior to this repackaging of their catalogue. See individual entries of those albums for full details including vinyl editions of the same material.
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CURRENT AVAILABILITY:
This box set is now out of print.
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