The Island Years is a four CD box set featuring the band's three classic albums released by Island Records in 1977 and 1978, plus a bonus disc featuring twenty non-album singles, remixes and some previously unreleased recordings from the BBC.
The four discs are housed in a clam shell box and each have their own wallet, together with a twenty page booklet featuring a brand new essay by respected writer and music journalist
David Buckley (
David Bowie /
Kraftwerk /
Mojo).
Disc One is a newly remastered version of the band's debut album,
Ultravox! from 1977 which was produced by
Brian Eno and
Steve Lillywhite.
Disc Two is a newly remastered version of the band's second album,
Ha! Ha! Ha! from 1977 which was produced by
Steve Lillywhite and
Ultravox!.
Disc Three is the newly remastered version of the band's seminal third album,
Systems Of Romance from 1978 which was produced by legendary German producer
Conny Plank (
Kraftwerk /
Neu! /
Cluster /
Killing Joke).
Disc Four -
Rare Retro - features twenty songs including four songs recorded in session for the Radio One
John Peel show and two songs recorded live on the BBC television programme
The Old Grey Whistle Test.
The full track-listing is as follows...
Disc One :
Ultravox!01.
Satday Night In The City Of The Dead02.
Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)03.
Slip Away04.
I Want To Be A Machine05.
Wide Boys06.
Dangerous Rhythm07.
The Lonely Hunter08.
The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned09.
My SexDisc Two :
Ha! Ha! Ha!01.
ROckWrok02.
The Frozen Ones03.
Fear In The Western World04.
Distant Smile05.
The Man Who Dies Every Day06.
Artificial Life07.
While I'm Still Alive08.
Hiroshima Mon AmourDisc Three :
Systems Of Romance01.
Slow Motion02.
I Can't Stay Long03.
Someone Else's Clothes04.
Blue Light05.
Some Of Them06.
Quiet Men07.
Dislocation08.
Maximum Acceleration09.
When You Walk Through Me10.
Just For A MomentDisc Four :
Rare Retro01.
Young Savage02.
Slip Away (Live)03.
The Man Who Dies Every Day (Recorded Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)04.
Young Savage (Recorded Live At The Marquee)05.
The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned (Recorded Live At The Rainbow)06.
My Sex (Recorded Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)07.
Young Savage (John Peel Session Version 28/11/1977)08.
The Man Who Dies Every Day (John Peel Session Version 28/11/1977)09.
My Sex (John Peel Session Version 28/11/1977)10.
Artificial Life (John Peel Session Version 28/11/1977)11.
ROckWrok (Seven Inch Version)12.
Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alternate Version)13.
Quirks14.
Modern Love (Live)15.
The Man Who Dies Every Day (Remix)16.
Slow Motion (Old Grey Whistle Test Version 05/12/1978)17.
Hiroshima Mon Amour (Old Grey Whistle Test Version 05/12/1978)18.
Quiet Men (Seven Inch Version)19.
Cross Fade20.
Quiet Men (Twelve Inch Version)Pre-order it from Amazon :
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Label : Island Records / Caroline Records
Catalogue Number : CAROLR037CD
Release Date : 20 May 2016
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Rob