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Let's Hope You Didn't Buy a-ha's "25" Just Yet

September 23, 2010 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Because the compilation released almost everywhere but the U.S. is getting expanded a bit more, as a CD/DVD edition with the first-ever compilation of the band's videos. If you're a big a-ha fan - and let's face it: if you are, there's at least a 75% chance of you getting 25 in the first place - you'll want to wait until this version is released October 4.

And please excuse the grumbling, but catalogue fans are this close, it seems, to abandoning the purchase of reissues and box sets from U.S.-based stores, because all the interesting stuff is coming out from labels on other shores. At least stuff is getting put onto CD and DVD, but the lack of catalogue respect in the States is a bitter pill to have to swallow sometimes.

Speaking of cool a-ha stuff that you can order from the U.K., the band has begun selling the newly expanded version of their official book, The Swing of Things 1985-2010, a hard-to-find chronicle of the band in their own words and photos, now expanded to cover their full history.

The track list for 25 is here; the DVD track list is after the jump.

a-ha, 25: The Very Best of a-ha (Rhino, 2010)

Disc 3: Music Videos DVD (included with certain editions of the compilation)

  1. Take on Me
  2. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
  3. I've Been Losing You
  4. Manhattan Skyline
  5. Stay on These Roads
  6. Crying in the Rain
  7. Dark is the Night for All
  8. Move to Memphis
  9. Shapes That Go Together
  10. Angel in the Snow
  11. Summer Moved On
  12. Minor Earth Major Sky
  13. Lifelines
  14. Did Anyone Approach You?
  15. Velvet
  16. Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)
  17. Take on Me (Original Version - 1984)

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, holding positions at Legacy Recordings and Rhino Records and contributing to Allmusic, Discogs, City Pages, Ultimate Classic Rock and Mondo Records, for whom he penned liner notes for his favorite piece of music: John Williams' Oscar-winning score to 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

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  1. Don says

    September 23, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Considering how freakishly awesome the CD track listing is, the DVD track list is underwhelming. I'm not a big music DVD watcher anyway (usually just once and then back on the shelf), so I'm sticking with my EU 2-CD set and not re-buying this for the DVD.

    PS a few months ago Rhino confirmed that 25 would not be released in the US... I'm assuming this goes for the DVD version as well.

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  2. Dennis says

    September 23, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    Major kick in the *ss for everyone who bought it already (luckily not me in that case) - not the first compilation of videos on dvd though, Headlines + Deadlines was released way back in 1999 on dvd.
    Sadly the compilation dvd is far from being complete, though...

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  3. Galley says

    September 24, 2010 at 9:09 am

    I got my copy of "25" two weeks ago, but the DVD doesn't look all that great anyway.

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