Be Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim: Expanded & Remastered Edition (CD)

Details: Two CD edition. 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 'Teenage Archangel' b/w 'Jets at Dawn' released by the band in 1973 prior to being signed to EMI. Also included are previously unreleased out-takes from the original album sessions. Digitally remastered and expanded edition of Axe Victim, the legendary 1974 debut album by Be Bop Deluxe. Recorded in the Spring of 1974 at several studios in London, Axe Victim was released by EMI's Harvest label in June 1974 to much critical praise and introduced Be Bop Deluxe to the record buying public. Axe Victim was a fine debut and was championed by DJ John Peel. 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 'Night Creatures', 'Third Floor Heaven' (which featured Babe Ruth vocalist Jenny Haan guesting), 'Jets at Dawn' and the superb 'Darkness (L'Immoraliste)'.

Tracklist:

1. Axe Victim
2. Love Is Swift Arrows
3. Jet Silver ; the Dolls of Venus
4. Third Floor Heaven
5. Night Creatures
6. Rocket Cathedrals
7. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
8. Jets at Dawn
9. No Trains to Heaven
10. Darkness (L'immoraliste)
11. Teenage Archangel (1973 Single)
12. Jets at Dawn (1973 Single Version)
13. No Trains to Heaven
14. (First Mix) (Previously Unreleased)
15. Axe Victim (Album Version - First Mix) (Previously Unreleased)
16. Axe Victim
17. Love Is Swift Arrows
18. Jet Silver ; the Dolls of Venus
19. Third Floor Heaven
20. Night Creatures
21. Rocket Cathedrals
22. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
23. Jets at Dawn (Full Version)
24. No Trains to Heaven
25. Darkness (L'immoraliste)
26. Axe Victim (First Version)
27. (Previously Unreleased)
28. Night Creatures (Spoken Word Version) (Previously Unreleased)
29. Rocket Cathedrals (First Version) (Previously Unreleased)