Pretenders bekommen Multi-Disc-Reissues und limitiertes Box-Set

Die acht Pretenders-Alben, die via Warner Bros. in den zwanzig zwischen 1979 und 1999 erschienen sind, werden über Edsel Records als 2CD+DVD Digipaks im Februar 2015 wiederveröffentlicht.

Die Alben um die es geht sind “Pretenders”, “Pretenders II”, “Learning To Crawl”, “Get Close”, “Packed!”, “Last of the Independents”, “Isle of View” und “Viva El Amor!”. Die 2CD+DVD-Sets sind einzeln erhältlich als auch in einem 22-Discs umfassenden Box-Set. Die ersten 500 Boxen, die über den offiziellen Store bestellt werden enthalten ein personalisiertes Poster.

Zu dem Bonusmaterial gehören B-Seiten, Live-Tracks, Remixe, Songs für Soundtracks, Demos und alternative Versionen. Über die DVDs verteilt befinden sich 30 rare BBC TV Auftritte, 21 Promo-Videos und die 18-Tracks umfassende Isle of View Performance.

Die Tracklistings für die Alben:

CD 1

1. Precious
2. The Phone Call
3. Up The Neck
4. Tattooed Love Boys
5. Space Invader
6. The Wait
7. Stop Your Sobbing
8. Kid
9. Private Life
10. Brass In Pocket
11. Lovers of Today
12. Mystery Achievement

B-SIDES

13. Swinging London
14. Nervous But Shy
15. Cuban Slide
16. Porcelain
17. Precious [live]
18. Kid [1987 extended remix]

CD 2

DEMOS

1. The Phone Call [late 1977]
2. Brass In Pocket [February 1978]
3. Precious [April 1978]
4. The Wait [April 1978]
5. Stop Your Sobbing [April 1978]
6. I Can’t Control Myself [April 1978]
7. Tequila [April 1978]
8. Kid [December 1978]

LIVE

9. Sabre Dance [The Marquee, April 1979]
10. I Need Somebody [The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979]
11. Mystery Achievement [The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979]
12. Precious [The Paradise Theatre, March 1980]
13. Tattooed Love Boys [The Paradise Theatre, March 1980]

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Stop Your Sobbing
2. Kid
3. Brass In Pocket

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. Stop Your Sobbing [TOTP, February 1979]
2. Kid [TOTP, July 1979]
3. Brass In Pocket [TOTP, November 1979]
4. Brass In Pocket [TOTP, December 1979]
5. Kid [Swap Shop, December 1979]
6. Brass In Pocket [TOTP, January 1980]

Pretenders II (1981)

CD 1

1. The Adultress
2. Bad Boys Get Spanked
3. Message Of Love
4. I Go To Sleep
5. Birds Of Paradise
6. Talk Of The Town
7. Pack It Up
8. Waste Not Want Not
9. Day After Day
10. Jealous Dogs
11. The English Roses
12. Louie Louie

CD 2

BONUS TRACKS

1. Talk Of The Town [demo]
2. I Go To Sleep [guitar version]
3. Pack It Up [radio mix]
4. In The Sticks
5. What You Gonna Do About It

PRETENDERS LIVE AT THE SANTA MONICA CIVIC, 1981

6. The Wait
7. The Adultress
8. Message Of Love
9. Louie Louie
10. Talk Of The Town
11. Birds Of Paradise
12. The English Roses
13. Up The Neck
14. Bad Boys Get Spanked
15. Stop Your Sobbing
16. Private Life
17. Kid
18. Day After Day
19. Brass In Pocket
20. Higher And Higher

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Talk Of The Town
2. Message Of Love
3. Day After Day
4. I Go To Sleep

BBC TV PERFORMANCES

1. Message Of Love [TOTP, February 1981]
2. I Go To Sleep [TOTP, November 1981]

Learning To Crawl (1984)

CD 1

1. Middle Of The Road
2. Back On The Chain Gang
3. Time The Avenger
4. Watching The Clothes
5. Show Me
6. Thumbelina
7. My City Was Gone
8. Thin Line Between Love And Hate
9. I Hurt You
10. 2000 Miles

CD 2

B-SIDES / LIVE

1. Fast Or Slow (The Law’s the Law)
2. Money [live]
3. Time The Avenger [live]
4. Bad Boys Get Spanked [live]
5. My City Was Gone [live]
6. Tequila

DEMOS

7. I Hurt You [August 1982]
8. When I Change My Life [August 1982]
9. Ramblin’ Rob [August 1982]
10. Watching The Clothes [August 1982]

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Back On The Chain Gang
2. 2000 Miles
3. Middle Of The Road
4. Show Me
5. Thin Line Between Love and Hate

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. 2000 Miles – rehearsal and interview [Breakfast Time, December 1983]
2. 2000 Miles [TOTP, December 1983]

Get Close (1986)

CD 1

1. My Baby
2. When I Change My Life
3. Light Of The Moon
4. Dance!
5. Tradition Of Love
6. Don’t Get Me Wrong
7. I Remember You
8. How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?
9. Chill Factor
10. Hymn To Her
11. Room Full Of Mirrors

CD 2

B-SIDES

1. Dance! [full length version]
2. Room Full Of Mirrors [extended version]
3. Tradition Of Love [extended remix]
4. Thumbelina [live]
5. Middle Of The Road [live]
6. Private Life [live]

BONUS TRACKS

7. Dance [take 1]
8. Don’t Get Me Wrong [live in Austin, 1987]
9. Hold A Candle To This [alternate version]
10. Worlds Within Worlds
11. When I Change My Life [alternate version]
12. Reconsider Me [monitor mix]

SONGS FOR SOUNDTRACKS…PLUS

13. Where Has Everybody Gone [from “The Living Daylights”]
14. If There Was A Man [from “The Living Daylights”]
15. Windows Of The World [from “1969”]
16. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Don’t Get Me Wrong
2. Hymn To Her
3. My Baby

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. Don’t Get Me Wrong [Wogan, October 1986]
2. Don’t Get Me Wrong [TOTP, October 1986]

Packed! (1990)

CD

1. Never Do That
2. Let’s Make A Pact
3. Millionaires
4. May This Be Love
5. No Guarantee
6. When Will I See You?
7. Sense Of Purpose
8. Downtown (Akron)
9. How Do I Miss You?
10. Hold A Candle To This
11. Criminal

B-SIDES

12. Not A Second Time
13. Spirit Of Life

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Never Do That
2. Sense Of Purpose

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. Never Do That [Wogan, June 1990]
2. Millionaires [The Late Show, June 1990]
3. Criminal [The Late Show, June 1990]

Last of the Independents (1994)

CD 1

1. Hollywood Perfume
2. Night In My Veins
3. Money Talk
4. 977
5. Revolution
6. All My Dreams
7. I’ll Stand By You
8. I’m A Mother
9. Tequila
10. Every Mother’s Son
11. Rebel Rock Me
12. Love Colours
13. Forever Young

CD 2

B-SIDES…PLUS

1. Angel Of The Morning [from “Friends”]
2. Bold As Love
3. Hollywood Perfume [live]
4. Kid [live]
5. I’ll Stand By You [live]
6. Back On The Chain Gang [live]
7. Night In My Veins [live]
8. Precious [live]

BONUS TRACKS

9. Angel Of The Morning [original version]
10. Every Mother’s Son [demo]

SONGS FOR SOUNDTRACKS

11. I’m Not In Love [from “Indecent Proposal”]
12. Every Day Is Like Sunday [from “Boys On The Side”]

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. I’ll Stand By You
2. Night In My Veins

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. I’ll Stand By You [TOTP, April 1994]
2. Night In My Veins [Later, May 1994]
3. 977 [Later, May 1994]
4. Hollywood Perfume [Later, May 1994]
5. Night In My Veins [TOTP, July 1994]
6. Don’t Get Me Wrong [Danny Baker Show, October 1994]
7. 977 [Danny Baker Show, October 1994]

The Isle of View (1995)

CD

1. Sense Of Purpose
2. Chill Factor
3. Private Life
4. Back On The Chain Gang
5. Kid
6. I Hurt You
7. Criminal
8. Brass In Pocket
9. 2000 Miles
10. Hymn To Her
11. Lovers Of Today
12. The Phone Call
13. I Go To Sleep
14. Revolution
15. The Isle Of View

B-SIDES

16. Creep
17. Happy Christmas
18. Night In My Veins
19. Tequila

DVD

1. Sense Of Purpose
2. Chill Factor
3. I Hurt You
4. Back On The Chain Gang
5. Thumbelina
6. Kid
7. Private Life
8. Creep
9. Criminal
10. Brass In Pocket
11. 2000 Miles
12. Hymn To Her
13. Blue Sun
14. Lovers Of Today
15. The Phone Call
16. I Go To Sleep
17. Revolution
18. Night In My Veins

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. Kid [TOTP, September 1995]
2. Criminal [Pebble Mill, November 1995]
3. 2000 Miles [Pebble Mill, November 1995]

Viva El Amor! (1999)

CD 1

1. Popstar
2. Human
3. From The Heart Down
4. Nails In The Road
5. Who’s Who
6. Dragway 42
7. Baby’s Breath
8. One More Time
9. Legalise Me
10. Samurai
11. Rabo De Nube
12. Biker

CD 2

B-SIDES

1. The Homecoming [Street Version]
2. Human [Class Mix]
3. The Needle And The Damage Done
4. Samurai [Street Mix]

BONUS TRACKS

5. Back Down
6. California
7. From The Heart Down [alternate version]

SONGS FOR SOUNDTRACKS

8. Goin’ Back [from “Fever Pitch”]
9. Goodbye [from “G.I. Jane”]
10. The Homecoming [from “G.I. Jane”]

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Human
2. Popstar

BBC TV APPEARANCES

1. From The Heart Down [Later, May 1999]
2. Human [Later, May 1999]
3. Talk Of The Town [Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999]
4. Kid [Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999]
5. Back On The Chain Gang [Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999]