I predicted that we might get this release when I was reviewing the 5CD Barclay James Harvest set here. And what a delight this is! 5 CDs for the price of one full-price CD! Watch out for variable pricing as HMV were advertising it for almost twice the price of some other retailers. Way to go HMV! I don't have a copy yet (unlike most of the stuff I review here) but I intend to correct this soon.
In this set you get all the Be Bop Deluxe studio albums plus bonus tracks on 4 CDs. A fifth CD has rarities and live tracks, so this is an essential purchase for all Be Bop fans. It's not the full story of course. The outstanding live album "Live! In The Air Age" is not here, neither are early single "Teenage Archangel" and the previously unreleased stuff featured on earlier compilation "The Best Of And The Rest Of". What you do get is an outstanding bargain, so buy it before EMI come to their senses...and finally, where's the Cockney Rebel set to match?
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this cockney rebel compilation is not bad: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cockney-Rebel-Steve-Harley-Anthology/dp/B000GPI2O0/ref=sr_1_12?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1326498007&sr=1-12
Yes, that's a good compilation. Thanks for posting about it. However, it has been deleted. I still think we'll get a proper re-issue of the EMI albums as a set. Fingers crossed!
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