Be-Bop Deluxe: The Albums 1976 - 1978, 3CD Box Set

• NEW REMASTERED 3CD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING THE ALBUMS BY BE- BOP DELUXE ORIGINALLY RELEASED BETWEEN 1976 – 1978.

• FEATURING THE CLASSIC ALBUMS 'MODERN MUSIC’, ‘LIVE! IN THE AIR AGE’ & ‘DRASTIC PLASTIC’.

• INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET.

Recorded in June and July 1976 at Abbey Road Studios, MODERN MUSIC was the fourth album by Be Bop Deluxe and the second to feature the line-up of BILL NELSON (vocals, guitars, keyboards), CHARLES TUMAHAI (bass, vocals), ANDY CLARK (keyboards) and SIMON FOX (drums). A top twenty hit in the UK, the album followed on from the success and critical praise for the band’s previous album SUNBURST FINISH and was once more co-produced by BILL NELSON and JOHN LECKIE. Much of the material appearing on the album was conceived by Bill Nelson whilst Be Bop Deluxe were undertaking their first tour of the USA in March 1976.

The legendary LIVE! IN THE AIR AGE was released in July 1977 and would prove to be the band’s most successful album, peaking at number 10 in the UK charts. The album was issued at a time of growing commercial success for the band and followed on the heels of two highly acclaimed studio albums in 13 months, ‘Sunburst Finish’ and ‘Modern Music’. ‘Live! In the Air Age’ would be the band’s only live record and was recorded on a series of dates in the UK in February and March 1977 on the Rolling Stones mobile unit with John Leckie, who had engineered co-produced the band’s previous two albums, supervising the location recordings.

DRASTIC PLASTIC would be the final Be Bop Deluxe album and was recorded in the summer of 1978 in the South of France at The Villa Saint Georges, Juan-les-Pins, utilising the Rolling Stones mobile studio, with final sessions taking place at The Manor Studio and Abbey Road Studios. The record saw BILL NELSON (vocals, guitars, keyboards), CHARLES TUMAHAI (bass, vocals), ANDY CLARK (keyboards) and SIMON FOX (drums) venture into new musical styles, with the album being ground-breaking in its move to more art rock and new wave influences. In many ways it can be sign as the signpost to where Bill Nelson would head with his RED NOISE project with a desire to continue to progress as an artist by pushing musical boundaries.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

Modern Music

1  Orphans of Babylon

2  Twilight Capers

3  Kiss of Light

4  The Bird Charmer’s Desitiny

5  The Gold at the End of My Rainbow

6  Bring Back the Spark

7  Modern Music

8  Dancing in the Moonlight (All Alone)

9  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

Bonus track

16  Shine

DISC TWO

Live! In the Air Age

1  Life in the Air Age

2  Ships in the Night

3  Piece of Mine

4  Fair Exchange

5  Shine

6  Sister Seagull

7  Maid in Heaven

8  Mill Street Junction

9  Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape

10  Blazing Apostles

DISC THREE

Drastic Plastic

1  Electrical Language

2  New Precision

3  New Mysteries

4  Surreal Estate

5  Love in Flames

6  Panic in the World

7  Superenigmatix (Lethal appliances for the home with everything)

8  Visions of Endless Hopes

9  Possession

10  Islands of the Dead

Bonus tracks

11  Japan

12  Futurist Manifesto

13  Blue as a Jewel