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Comes with an illustrated booklet featuring many photographs and a new essay by Bill Nelson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeluxe Edition: 16 disc limited edition boxed set of the classic 1977 live album by Be Bop Deluxe; the original album is newly remastered from the original master tapes restoring the correct album running order, with an additional 14 cds featuring every concert recorded on the UK tour of February \u0026amp; March 1977 all newly remixed from the original multi-track tapes by Stephen W. Tayler. It also ncludes a John Peel session from January 1977; also includes a dvd (ntsc \/ region free) of the Star Rider in concert TV film first screened in 1977, and released here for the first time. 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Mixed from the original multi-track tapes, cut at Abbey Road Studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concert this recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London on 26th March 1977, was one of the stand-out concerts from a memorable tour and it has been mixed by Stephen W. Tayler and is presented here in full on vinyl for the very first time. 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Recorded in the Spring of 1974 at several studios in London, \u003ci\u003eAxe Victim\u003c\/i\u003e was released by EMI’s Harvest label in June 1974 to much critical praise and introduced Be Bop Deluxe to the record buying public. The album was a fine debut and was championed by DJ John Peel (who had been an advocate of Bill Nelson’s work since the release of the rudimentary self-released album \u003ci\u003eNorthern Dream\u003c\/i\u003e in 1971) as one of his favourite releases of 1974. Although Bill Nelson was still finding his creative feet, Axe Victim featured some fine material including the classic Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape, along with other fine material such as \u003ci\u003eNight Creatures, Third Floor Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e (which featured Babe Ruth vocalist Jenny Haan guesting), \u003ci\u003eJets at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e and the superb \u003ci\u003eDarkness (L’Immoraliste)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2CD - This expanded reissue has been newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and features an additional 17 bonus tracks drawn from a stunning new stereo mix of the album from the original multi-track tapes by award winning engineer Stephen W. Tayler, along with both sides of the rare Smile Records single \u003ci\u003eTeenage Archangel \/ Jets at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e released by the band in 1973 prior to being signed to EMI. Also included are previously unreleased out-takes from the original album sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother highlight of this 2CD set is the illustrated booklet featuring previously unseen photographs and an essay of recollections by Bill Nelson. This re-mastered, re-mixed and expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eAxe Victim\u003c\/i\u003e is a fitting celebration of a wonderful debut album and a tribute to the creative vision of Bill Nelson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4CD - This expanded reissue has been newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and features an additional 41 bonus tracks drawn from stunning new 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes of the album from the original multi-track tapes by award winning engineer Stephen W. 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