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The Golden Section (Special Edition) (2xCD)
Released: October 6, 2008


Tracks
1. My Wild Love
2. Someone
3. Your Dress
4. Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers
5. Sitting at the Edge of the World
6. Endlessly
7. Ghosts on Water
8. Like a Miracle
9. The Hidden Man
10. Twilight's Last Gleaming

1. Endlessly (single version)
2. My Wild Love (early version) (previously unreleased)
3. A Long Time (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
4. Annexe
5. Sitting at the Edge of the World (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
6. A Kind of Wave
7. Twilight's Last Gleaming (early version) (previously unreleased)
8. Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers (extended mix) (previously unreleased)
9. A Woman on a Stairway
10. The Lifting Sky
11. Shine On Me (previously unreleased)
12. Young Man
13. Wings and a Wind
14. The Hidden Man (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
15. Dance With Me
16. Endlessly (extended mix) (previously unreleased)

In Mysterious Ways (Special Edition) (2xCD)
Released: October 6, 2008


Tracks
1. Stars on Fire
2. Lose All Sense of Time
3. Spin Away (previously unreleased)
4. Shine On
5. Enter the Angel
6. In Mysterious Ways
7. What Kind of Girl
8. Stepping Softly
9. Enter the Angel II
10. Morning Glory

1. This Side of Paradise
2. Enter the Angel (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
3. To Be With You (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
4. And the Sky (previously unreleased)
5. Magic (previously unreleased)
6. Hiding in Plain Sight
7. Shine On (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
8. City of Light
9. Lumen De Lumine

The Garden (Special Edition) (2xCD)
Released: October 6, 2008


Tracks
1. Europe After the Rain
2. Systems of Romance
3. When I Was a Man and You Were a Woman
4. Dancing Like a Gun
5. Pater Noster
6. Night Suit
7. You Were There
8. Fusion / Fission
9. Walk Away
10. The Garden

1. Swimmer II
2. This Jungle
3. Miles Away
4. A Long Time
5. Swimmer I
6. Fog (previously unreleased)
7. Swimmer III (originally titled The Quiet Man 3)
8. Swimmer IV (originally titled The Quiet Man 4)
9. Dance With Me (early version) (previously unreleased)
10. A Woman on a Stairway (early version) (previously unreleased)
11. Fusion / Fission (early version) (previously unreleased)
12. Miles Away (alternative version) (previously unreleased)


Now, that is some tracklisting!!! I just can't wait for October 6th. I haven't worked out many copies of each I've bought in my lifetime, but I'll be getting these for sure! I'm not sure which one excites me the most -each has their own qualities. Really looking forward to hearing the new tracks and the previously unreleased ones.

Rob -Is the version of 'A Kind Of Wave' the extended one from the 12" of 'Endlessly'? Oh, I hope so! I'm guessing they've all been digitally remastered as well?

I'm just so happy at all this. 2008 -another great year to be a Foxx fan!

Lots of intriguing unheard tracks to look forward to on these three releases.

For me, the biggest surprise is 'This Side Of Paradise' being kicked off 'In Mysterious Ways' and placed on the bonus disc; replaced, in a different place in the running order, by this 'Spin Away' geezer. I can't think of any other album reissue where something like this has happened. Perhaps John always wanted 'Spin Away' on IMW rather than 'This Side Of Paradise' but Virgin disagreed and pulled rank. Or else maybe it's a retrospective stylistic choice of John's.

John reigns supreme. I'm proud of what he's done by relegating This Side of Paradise to the second disc. He's the artist and the expert. You see when it comes to composing he knows better than the record companies, even if we are talking about Virgin, EMI, RCA, Columbia etc. Executives don't know about musicianship. They're only interested in the final product for the sake of sales. Music is about art and not turnover. :rolleyes:

In my eyes John Foxx is bigger than the bigheads of these record companies who think that they are bigger than the artists. John now owns his creations. So congrats to John for such a move. Fantastic move John!

We are really proud of you. You're the best pioneer of electronic music. Gary Numan and David Bowie would agree. Such are your modest ways, almost mysterious.

The 2-disc releases are triumphant acts. You deserve the recognition and the recognition you'll get. God bless you John!


Chris (your biggest fan!)

The tracks I'm looking forward to :

The Golden Section (Special Edition) (2xCD)

1. Endlessly (single version)
3. A Long Time (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
4. Annexe
5. Sitting at the Edge of the World (alternative version) (previously unreleased)
6. A Kind of Wave
7. Twilight's Last Gleaming (early version) (previously unreleased)
10. The Lifting Sky
11. Shine On Me (previously unreleased)
12. Young Man
13. Wings and a Wind
14. The Hidden Man (alternative version) (previously unreleased)


The Garden (Special Edition) (2xCD)

1. Swimmer II
2. This Jungle
3. Miles Away
4. A Long Time
5. Swimmer I
6. Fog (previously unreleased)
7. Swimmer III (originally titled The Quiet Man 3)
8. Swimmer IV (originally titled The Quiet Man 4)
9. Dance With Me (early version) (previously unreleased)
10. A Woman on a Stairway (early version) (previously unreleased)
11. Fusion / Fission (early version) (previously unreleased)
12. Miles Away (alternative version) (previously unreleased)

The ones I've omitted I've already got, or in the case of IMW, I'm afraid it just doesn't "do it" for me. Sorry.

Are they all "remastered", as in remastered, as opposed to "a bit louder than the original"? It's such a misused and bastardised term these days...

Stylistically, the track This Side of Paradise 'sits' really well on the second disc - while Spin Away is more 'in keeping' with the rest of the In Mysterious Ways album. I've gotta say that I think that Spin Away is way and above the best track from this era - and easily deserves its place on the first disc.

Rob

Cheers for the explanation, Rob.

So ya think 'Spin Away' is far and away better than the likes of 'Stepping Softly' and the title track? The word 'wow' springs to mind. This is quite something to look forward to.

Indeed, that is praise above the call.
A track better than everything else on IMW???

I'd say that was nigh impossible. Fantastic

Interesting... not that i'm really complaining here or anything, it feels like christmas coming early, with these, ultravox-reissues and new order reissues (except i have to pay for these), but where's stars on fire extended 12" version?

hang on - *more* Ultravox re-issues?? /blinks/

I was wondering about that myself, 'til I realised it's the Ure Years.