Release Date: 12 September 2025
Format: Box Set Vinyl
Label: Warner
£129.99
Spandau Ballet Everything Is Now - Vol 1:1978-1982 6CD/2LP/Blu-Ray Box Set
Overview:
Spandau Ballet, one of the most influential bands in British music, announce the release oftheir definitive early years collection, "Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978-1982" - acomprehensive 9-disc box set featuring their groundbreaking first two albums alongside awealth of previously unavailable material. It includes a beautiful 44 page book with originalphotos from fellow Blitz Kid Graham Smith and new commentary from the whole band.
Released September 12th on Parlophone, this meticulously curated collection captures theband's origins and meteoric rise from Blitz Club favourites to chart-topping innovators. Theset includes their seminal albums "Journeys To Glory" (1981) and "Diamond" (1982) on vinyl,plus six CDs of singles, remixes, BBC sessions, demos, and a Blu-ray of Dolby Atmos mixes,videos and rare live footage.
This collection showcases the band's evolution through their formative and revolutionaryperiod, from the electronic-infused new wave of early singles like "To Cut A Long StoryShort" and "The Freeze" to the funk-influenced sophistication of "Chant No. 1" and"Instinction." They were simply the most cutting edge, futuristic band in the world, at thecentre of a creative scene that defined the 1980s.
This box set features all the band's early classics including "To Cut A Long Story Short,""Chant No. 1," "Muscle Bound," "Paint Me Down," “Instinction” and "She Loved LikeDiamond," and presents multiple versions of tracks that trace their development from initialdemos to extended 12" club mixes.
The Blu-ray component includes Dolby Atmos and stereo remixes by acclaimed producerSteven Wilson, alongside original music videos, BBC TV appearances and the complete 56-minute concert from New York's Underground Club in 1981.
"Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978-1982" stands as the definitive document of SpandauBallet's revolutionary early period, when they helped define the sound and style of a generation.
Highlights:
* Comprehensive collection of 7" and 12" singles, remixes and versions
* Two complete BBC concert recordings from 1981 and 1982 and a BBC Session from 1981
* Previously unreleased demos including early Gentry recordings
* New Dolby Atmos remixes by Steven Wilson
* Rare live footage from NYC's Underground Club (1981)
* 2025 remastered original albums "Journeys To Glory" and "Diamond" on vinyl
* Rare set of remixes for the "Diamond" album. Previously unavailable on CD
* 44 page booklet with all new quotes from every band member and classic photos chartingkey moments, design and style
Tracklisting (Summarised):
CD1: Journeys To Glory Era Singles, Remixes & Versions
CD2: Diamond Era Singles, Remixes & Versions
CD3: Diamond – 12” Singles Box Set
CD4: BBC Session 1981 / BBC In Concert Bournemouth 1982
CD5: BBC In Concert Paris Theatre 1982
CD6: Demos
Blu-Ray (Disc 7): Dolby Atmos, Promos & Extras
LP1 (Disc 8): Journeys To Glory
LP2 (Disc 9): Diamond
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Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Rhino
£29.99
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Format: 12inch Vinyl Single
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Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Rhino
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