Everything Is Now – Vol.1: 1978-1982 is a comprehensive nine-disc boxset featuring a wealth of previously unavailable material
Spandau Ballet announce the release of their definitive early years collection, Everything Is Now – Vol.1: 1978-1982.
The comprehensive nine-disc boxset features their first two albums alongside a wealth of previously unavailable material. It includes a 44-page book with original photos from fellow Blitz Kid Graham Smith and new commentary from the whole band.
Released on 12 September via Parlophone, this meticulously curated collection captures the band’s origins and meteoric rise from Blitz Club favourites to chart-topping innovators. The set 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.
Released today is the Steven Wilson Stereo Mix of The Freeze, the band’s second single after the hit of To Cut A Long Story Short. Both tracks reflected the European electronic music that the band heard at The Blitz, making full use of the Yamaha CS-10 synthesizer they had acquired on hire purchase.
Listen to the Steven Wilson Stereo Mix of The Freeze below:
Journeys To Glory
Of the title, songwriter Gary Kemp says, “I was having a conversation with Spandau’s manager and lifelong friend Steve Dagger. We were talking about my kids who are constantly listening to and streaming old music, making discoveries like Steely Dan or The Zombies. On TikTok and social media old tracks are getting reinvented. Our streaming is going up and up for people of all ages. Dagger said, ‘The thing is everything is now.’ I said, ‘That’s the title.’ It isn’t the past anymore. It’s in constant re-evaluation and people are discovering it.”
Featuring 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 Like Diamond, the boxset presents multiple versions of tracks that trace their development from initial demos to extended 12″ club mixes.
The Blu-ray component includes Dolby Atmos and stereo remixes by acclaimed producer Steven 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 includes:
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
Dolby Atmos remixes by Steven Wilson
Rare live footage from NYC’s Underground Club (1981)
Original albums Journeys To Glory and Diamond on vinyl
Includes 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 charting key moments, design and style
To pre-order Everything Is Now – Vol.1: 1978-1982 click here
This release coincides with London’s Design Museum, who open their exhibition ‘Blitz: The Club That Shaped The 80s’ from 20 September.
“The Blitz was a real sweatbox when we performed there,” recalls Tony Hadley, “but we just had this sense that things were changing. As a young person you want to create a stir. And we did.”
For tickets click here.
Featured image credit: Graham Smith
Read more: Making Spandau Ballet – Journeys To Glory
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