Price: £48.99
Format: Boxset
Artist: Be Bop Deluxe
CatNo: PECLEC42670
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Be Bop Deluxe Futurama Bill Nelson Surround boxset
A limited four disc (3cd/1dvd) deluxe box set edition of Futurama, the 1975 studio album by Be Bop Deluxe.
 
Features:
 
* Re-mastered from the original tapes.
* 2019 stereo and 5.1 mixes by Stephen W Tayler.
* A previously unreleased out-take from the album sessions
* A previously unissued BBC Radio In Concert performance from May 1975 plus a rare John Peel Show session from March 1975.
* A previously unreleased 1975 Harvest Records promotional video for Maid in Heaven and a session for BBC TV’s “Old Grey Whistle Test” show from July 1975.
* A 68 page book with many previously unseen photographs and an essay of recollections by Bill Nelson. 
* A facsimile poster for Futurama, replica track sheets, and postcards. 
 
Recorded in the first two months of 1975 at Rockfield studios (with some sessions also taking place at SARM studios in London), Futurama was the second album by Be Bop Deluxe and the first to feature the line-up of Bill Nelson, Charlie Tumahai and Simon Fox. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Futurama was an album of immense musical creativity and represented a huge leap forward in creative terms for both the band and Bill Nelson.
DISC ONE: CD
 
FUTURAMA - THE ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED:
 
1. STAGE WHISPERS
2. LOVE WITH THE MADMAN
3. MAID IN HEAVEN
4. SISTER SEAGULL
5. SOUND TRACK
6. MUSIC IN DREAMLAND
7. JEAN COCTEAU
8. BETWEEN THE WORLDS
9. SWAN SONG
 
BONUS TRACKS
 
10. BETWEEN THE WORLDS (SINGLE VERSION)
11. LIGHTS
 
DISC TWO: CD
 
FUTURAMA - THE NEW STEREO MIX
 
1. STAGE WHISPERS (NEW STEREO MIX)
2. LOVE WITH THE MADMAN (NEW STEREO MIX)
3. MAID IN HEAVEN (NEW STEREO MIX)
4. SISTER SEAGULL (NEW STEREO MIX)
5. SOUND TRACK (NEW STEREO MIX)
6. MUSIC IN DREAMLAND (NEW STEREO MIX)
7. JEAN COCTEAU (NEW STEREO MIX)
8. BETWEEN THE WORLDS (NEW STEREO MIX)
9. SWAN SONG (NEW STEREO MIX)
 
BONUS TRACKS
 
10. BETWEEN THE WORLDS (SINGLE VERSION) (NEW STEREO MIX)
11. LIGHTS (NEW STEREO MIX)
12. MUSIC IN DREAMLAND (PHONOGRAM STUDIOS VERSION) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
13. BETWEEN THE WORLDS (ALTERNATE SINGLE VERSION) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
 
DISC THREE: CD
 
BBC RADIO ONE “JOHN PEEL SHOW” SESSION, 11th MARCH 1975:
 
1. STAGE WHISPERS (BBC SESSION MARCH 1975)
2. SISTER SEAGULL (BBC SESSION MARCH 1975)
3. MAID IN HEAVEN (BBC SESSION MARCH 1975)
4. LIGHTS (BBC SESSION MARCH 1975)
 
BBC RADIO ONE “IN CONCERT”, 23rd MAY 1975 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED:
 
5. STAGE WHISPERS
6. THIRD FLOOR HEAVEN
7. ADVENTURES IN A YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPE
8. SISTER SEAGULL 
9. PIECE OF MINE 
10. MAID IN HEAVEN 
11. AXE VICTIM 
 
DISC FOUR: DVD
 
FUTURAMA -  5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX, NEW 96 KHZ / 24-BIT STEREO MIX AND 96 KHZ / 24-BIT ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
 
1. STAGE WHISPERS 
2. LOVE WITH THE MADMAN 
3. MAID IN HEAVEN 
4. SISTER SEAGULL
5. SOUND TRACK 
6. MUSIC IN DREAMLAND 
7. JEAN COCTEAU
8. BETWEEN THE WORLDS 
9. SWAN SONG
 
BONUS AUDIO MATERIAL
 
10. BETWEEN THE WORLDS (SINGLE VERSION) (5.1 SURROUND MIX)
11. LIGHTS (5.1 SURROUND MIX)
12. MUSIC IN DREAMLAND (PHONOGRAM STUDIOS VERSION) (5.1 SURROUND MIX)
 
BONUS VIDEO MATERIAL
 
13. MAID IN HEAVEN (OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST)
14. SISTER SEAGULL (OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST)
 
BBC TV “OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST” SESSION, 19th JULY 1975
 
15. MAID IN HEAVEN (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PROMO VIDEO)
 
1975 HARVEST RECORDS PROMOTIONAL VIDEO