As if the revelation of a new U.K. compilation for today's birthday boy Johnny Mathis (with an unreleased track from the CHIC-produced I Love My Lady, no less) wasn't exciting enough, Edsel's Music Club Deluxe imprint has also announced a similar set for CHIC themselves - and rarity-seekers are going to be excited.

Magnifique! The Very Best of CHIC captures the greatest hits and album cuts from the inimitable disco band, spanning not only through their biggest period of success from 1977 to 1983 but also including the band's 1992 comeback album CHIC-ism. (Most of the big hits, including "Le Freak," "Everybody Dance," "I Want Your Love" and "My Feet Keep Dancing," are presented in their original single edits, while others, like "Good Times" and "My Forbidden Lover," are presented in full.) A few of the edits are relatively rare to CD, including single versions of "CHIC Mystique" and "Your Love" from CHIC-ism and an edit of "You Can Get By," from the band's first album, which first appeared on the back of the "Everybody Dance" 7" single.

The two most exciting tracks for collectors, though, might be the couple of U.K.-only single sides that are rare, if not entirely new, to CD. Disc 1 closes out with an edit of the "MegaCHIC" medley released to promote the U.K compilation of the same name in 1990. Disc 2, meanwhile, features one of the rarest CHIC jewels of all: the instrumental of Carly Simon's "Why," a U.K. Top 10 hit from the band's Soup for One soundtrack, previously only available on the British 12" single. (A 12" single released in the U.S. featured a live instrumental version, instead.)

Magnifique!, out in the U.K. next Monday, October 3, might be the perfect soundtrack for your upcoming reading of Nile Rodgers' new book. Read the track list and find a link to order after the jump.

CHIC, Magnifique! The Very Best of CHIC (Music Club Deluxe MCDLX-529 (U.K.), 2011)

Disc 1

1. Chic Cheer
2. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) (7" Edit)
3. Le Freak (7" Edit)
4. Everybody Dance (7" Edit)
5. Your Love (7" Edit)
6. My Forbidden Lover
7. I Want Your Love (7" Edit)
8. Soup for One
9. I Loved You More
10. High
11. Happy Man
12. (Funny) Bone
13. Hangin' (7" Edit)
14. I Feel Your Love Comin' On
15. Give Me the Lovin'
16. Believer
17. Something You Can Feel
18. Doin' That Thing to Me
19. MegaCHIC - The CHIC Medley (Edit)

Disc 2

1. Open Up
2. Good Times
3. My Feet Keep Dancing (7" Edit)
4. Why (Live Instrumental)
5. A Warm Summer's Night
6. São Paolo
7. Tavern on the Green
8. You Can't Do It Alone
9. Sometimes You Win
10. Rebels Are We (7" Edit)
11. Real People
12. Stage Fright
13. Strike Up the Band
14. You Can Get By (7" Edit)
15. Savoir Faire
16. Take a Closer Look
17. What About Me
18. CHIC Mystique (Lovely Radio Edit without Rap - Remixed by Roger S.)

Original versions of Disc 1, Tracks 1, 3, 7 and 11-12 and Disc 2, Tracks 9 and 15 from C'est CHIC (Atlantic, 1978)
Original versions of Disc 1, Tracks 2 and 4 and Disc 2, Tracks 6 and 13-14 from CHIC (Atlantic, 1977)
Original versions of Disc 1, Track 5, 10 and 17-18 and Disc 2, Track 18 from CHIC-ism (Warner Bros., 1992)
Disc 1, Track 6 and Disc 2, Tracks 2-3, 5 and 17 from Risqué (Atlantic, 1979)
Disc 1, Track 8 and Disc 2, Track 7 from Soup for One: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Mirage, 1982)
Disc 1, Track 9 and Disc 2, Tracks 1, 8 and 10-11 from Real People (Atlantic, 1980)
Original versions of Disc 1, Track 13-14 from Tongue in CHIC (Atlantic, 1982)
Disc 1, Tracks 15-16 and Disc 2, Track 16 from Believer (Atlantic, 1983)
Disc 1, Track 19 from Atlantic 12" single A-7949 T (U.K.), 1990
Disc 2, Track 4 from WEA 12" single K-79300 T (U.K.), 1982
Disc 2, Track 12 from Take It Off (Atlantic, 1981)