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• A comprehensive 4CD set containing expanded versions of their albums: “Night People”, its international alternative version entitled “Classix Nouveaux”, “La Verité” and “Secret”.
• 67 tracks including 12” versions, 7” edits, B-sides and instrumental versions
• Each expanded album is housed in a mini card wallet replica of the original album sleeve
• Includes a 20 page booklet containing full UK discography and a brand new interview with Sal Solo from May 2020.
• As well as enjoying chart success in the UK, Classix Nouveaux were also successful in many other international territories including USA, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Australia, Israel, Poland, Yugoslavia (as was), Iceland and many more.
Cherry Red are pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive 4CD set containing expanded versions of their albums “Night People”, its international alternative version entitled “Classix Nouveaux”,
“La Verité” and “Secret”.
They were formed in 1979 by Sal Solo, Jak Airport and BP Hurding (previously of X Ray-Spex) and Mik Sweeney. By the time they came to record their first album, original guitarist Jak Airport had left to be replaced by Gary Steadman.
They were one of the bands credited as being at the forefront of the nascent “New Romantic” scene along with the likes of Ultravox and Japan.
During a six-year career between 1979 and 1985 they released three albums and eleven singles; the most commercially successful of which was the single “Is It A Dream” that reached No.11 in the UK Singles Chart.
Though they only experienced the one Top 20 hit in the UK with ‘Is It a Dream’, the band had number one hits in Poland, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Israel, Iceland as well as other countries.
This carefully curated deluxe expanded 4CD Set brings together their original album releases plus a comprehensive selection of extended 12” versions, 7” edits, B-sides and instrumental versions. It also includes a 20-page booklet containing full UK discography and a brand new interview with Sal Solo from May 2020.
Tracklist
DISC ONE:
CLASSIX NOUVEAUX
1. FOREWARD
2. GUILTY
3. NASTY LITTLE GREEN MEN
4. NO SYMPATHY
5. INSIDE OUTSIDE
6. 623
7. ROBOTS DANCE
8. EVERY HOME
9. TOKYO
10. RUN AWAY
11. THE PROTECTOR OF NIGHT
BONUS TRACKS
12. TEST TUBE BABIES
13. NIGHT PEOPLE
14. ROBOTS DANCE (NEW VERSION)
DISC TWO:
NIGHT PEOPLE
1. FOREWARD
2. GUILTY
3. RUN AWAY
4. NO SYMPATHY, NO VIOLINS
5. INSIDE OUTSIDE
6. 623
7. EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE
8. TOKYO
9. OR A MOVIE
10. SOLDIER
11. THE PROTECTOR OF NIGHT
BONUS TRACKS
12. INSIDE OUTSIDE (12” VERSION)
13. WE DON’T BITE (COME A LITTLE CLOSER)
14. INSIDE OUTSIDE (7” VERSION)
15. OLD WORLD FOR SALE
DISC THREE:
LA VERITÉ
1. FOREWARD
2. IS IT A DREAM
3. TO BELIEVE
4. BECAUSE YOU’RE YOUNG
5. SIX TO EIGHT
6. LA VERITÉ
7. NEVER AGAIN
8. IT’S ALL OVER
9. 1999
10. I WILL RETURN
11. FINALE
BONUS TRACKS
12. NEVER AGAIN (THE DAYS TIME ERASED) (SHORT VERSION)
13. 627
14. NEVER AGAIN (THE DAYS TIME ERASED) (LONG VERSION)
15. IS IT A DREAM (7” VERSION)
16. WHERE TO GO
17. BECAUSE YOU’RE YOUNG (12” VERSION)
18. BECAUSE YOU’RE YOUNG (EDIT)
19. IT’S NOT TOO LATE
20. IS IT A DREAM (EDIT)
21. CHEMIN CHAGRIN
DISC FOUR:
SECRET
1. ALL AROUND THE WORLD
2. MANITOU
3. HEART FROM THE START
4. THE FIRE INSIDE
5. FOREVER AND A DAY
6. NEVER NEVER COMES
7. THE UNLOVED
8. WHEN THEY ALL HAVE GONE
9. NO OTHER WAY
BONUS TRACKS
10. THE END… OR THE BEGINNING?
11. THE END… OR THE BEGINNING? (LONG VERSION) (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)
13. SWITCH (7” VERSION)
14. FOREVER AND A DAY (EXTENDED VERSION)
15. SWITCH (FULL LENGTH VERSION)
16. MANITOU (EXTENDED VERSION)
17. MANITOU (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)