Modern Music - National Album Day 2026

Celebrate National Album Day 2026.

Copies are limited and available to pre-order now, ahead of their arrival in Rough Trade shops on Saturday 17th October 2026. Explore the full National Album Day collection.

New vinyl edition of the classic album Modern Music by Be Bop Deluxe. Remastered from the original master tapes and cut at AIR Studios to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original release. 

Recorded in June and July 1976 at Abbey Road Studio Three, Modern Music was the fourth album by Be Bop Deluxe and the second to feature the line-up of Bill nelson (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Charles Tumahal (bass, vocals), Andy Clark (keyboards) and Simon Fox (drums). Following on from the success and critical praise for the band’s previous album Sunburst Finish, the album was once more co-produced by Bill nelson and John Leckie

Much of the material appearing on the album was conceived by Bill Nelson while Be Bop Deluxe were undertaking their first tour of the USA in March 1976. The expansive Modern Music “suite” which dominated the album was inspired by Bill’s experiences of America, the disillusionment with the US music business and a longing for home.