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Stay On These Roads: Rhino Expands a-ha Catalogue With New Deluxe Editions

September 23, 2015 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

a-ha News

Following both the 30th anniversary reissue of their debut album Hunting High and Low (1985) and the release of a new record, Cast in Steel, a-ha will complete the expansion of their early catalogue in October.

Expanded editions of the band’s third, fourth and fifth albums, Stay on These Roads (1988), East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990) and Memorial Beach (1993) will join the new 4CD/1DVD box set version of Hunting High and Low and an expanded Scoundrel Days (1986), released alongside a 25th anniversary edition of Hunting and the band’s Ending on a High Note Tour. (That farewell was somewhat nicely nullified by the new album, a one-off reunion to be followed with a world tour kicking off this weekend at the Rock in Rio Festival–the same festival where a-ha performed before a record-setting 198,000 paying fans in 1991.)

As with previous deluxe editions, all lovingly compiled by longtime a-ha fan and reissue producer/engineer extraordinaire Bill Inglot, the albums will feature the remastered original albums augmented with a host of bonus tracks, some released (remixes and live material which appeared on various 12″ singles over the years) but most unheard (bonus discs for Stay on These Roads and Memorial Beach feature entirely previously unreleased tracks). East of the Sun, West of the Moon comes with a bonus DVD featuring Live in South America–a recording of the band’s 1991 Rock in Rio set making its debut on the format.

While a-ha strangely failed to capture the ears of American audiences after the near-perfect Hunting High and Low, there’s much to enjoy on these albums. The theatrical Stay on These Roads, a third consecutive team-up with producer Alan Tarney, features rousing epics like “The Blood That Moves the Body” and the title track, bouncy dance-rock tracks like “Touchy!” and “You Are the One” and a re-recorded version of “The Living Daylights,” their theme to the 1987 James Bond film of the same name. East of the Sun, West of the Moon offered brooding pop in the form of “Early Morning,” “(Seemingly) Nonstop July” and a stirring cover of The Everly Brothers’ “Crying in the Rain,” while Memorial Beach, recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park with purple collaborator David Z, pushed the trio into a more modern rock style with the powerful “Dark is the Night for All” and a re-recorded version of “Move to Memphis,” first featured on the band’s 1992 compilation Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of a-ha.

All deluxe editions will be released on October 23. Check out the full track lists and pre-order links below!  (U.K. links are currently active; U.S. links are forthcoming!)

a-ha, Stay on These Roads: Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Warner Bros. 25733, 1988) and remixes

  1. Stay on These Roads
  2. The Blood That Moves the Body
  3. Touchy!
  4. This Alone is Love
  5. Hurry Home
  6. The Living Daylights
  7. There’s Never a Forever Thing
  8. Out of Blue Comes Green
  9. You Are the One
  10. You’ll End Up Crying
  11. Stay on These Roads (Extended Remix) (U.K. 12″ A-side – Warner Bros. W7936T, 1988)
  12. You Are the One (12″ Remix) (U.K. 12″ A-side – Warner Bros. W7636T, 1988)
  13. The Living Daylights (Extended Version) (U.K. 12″ A-side – Warner Bros. W8305T, 1987)
  14. The Bloody That Moves the Body (Extended Remix) (U.K. 12″ A-side – Warner Bros. W77480T, 1988)
  15. Touchy! (Go-Go Mix) (U.K. 12″ A-side – Warner Bros. W7749T, 1988)

Disc 2: Bonus material (all previously unreleased)

  1. Stay on These Roads (Early Version)
  2. The Blood That Moves the Body (Demo)
  3. Touchy! (Original Mix)
  4. This Alone is Love (Demo)
  5. You Are the One (Early Version)
  6. Cold River (1987 Demo)
  7. Hurry Home (Demo)
  8. I’ll Never Find You in This Streetful City (Demo)
  9. The Living Daylights (Demo)
  10. There’s Never a Forever Thing (Demo)
  11. Out of Blue Comes Green (Alternate Mix)
  12. You’ll End Up Crying (Demo)
  13. You Are the One (Alternate Version)
  14. Touchy! (Demo)
  15. Umbrella (Demo)
  16. Thus Ended Our Love Affair (Demo)
  17. There’s Never a Forever Thing (Acoustic Version)
  18. Evitar (Demo)
  19. You Are the One (Demo)
  20. Sail on My Love (Writing Session)

a-ha, East of the Sun, West of the Moon: Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Warner Bros. 26314, 1990)

  1. Crying in the Rain
  2. Early Morning
  3. I Call Your Name
  4. Slender Frame
  5. East of the Sun
  6. Sycamore Leaves
  7. Waiting for Her
  8. Cold River
  9. The Way We Talk
  10. Rolling Thunder
  11. (Seemingly) Nonstop July

Disc 2: Bonus material (previously unreleased except where noted)

  1. Early Morning (Early Version)
  2. East of the Sun (Early Version)
  3. I Call Your Name (Instrumental Demo)
  4. Slender Frame (Demo)
  5. Waiting for Her (Demo)
  6. Cold River (Demo)
  7. Trees Will Not Grow on Sand (Demo)
  8. Rolling Thunder (Demo)
  9. I Call Your Name (Live for NRK)
  10. Manhattan Skyline (Live for NRK) (CD single B-side to “Move to Memphis” – Warner Bros. W0070CD (U.K.), 1991)
  11. Early Morning (Live for NRK) (CD single B-side to “Move to Memphis” – Warner Bros. W0070CD (U.K.), 1991)
  12. Slender Frame (Live for NRK)
  13. Rolling Thunder (Live for NRK)
  14. Sycamore Leaves (Live for NRK)
  15. Crying in the Rain (Live for NRK) (B-side to “Move to Memphis” – Warner Bros. W0070 (U.K.), 1991)
  16. East of the Sun (Live for NRK) (12″ B-side to “Move to Memphis” – Warner Bros. W0070T (U.K.), 1991)
  17. (Seemingly) Nonstop July (Live for NRK) (12″ B-side to “Move to Memphis” – Warner Bros. W0070T (U.K.), 1991)
  18. I’ve Been Losing You (Live for NRK) (12″ B-side to “Move to Memphis” – Warner Bros. W0070T (U.K.), 1991)

Disc 3: DVD – Live in South America (recorded at Rock in Rio 2 Festival – 1/26/1991 – released as Warner Music Vision VHS 38356 (EU), 1993)

  1. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
  2. Cry Wolf
  3. I Call Your Name
  4. Slender Frame
  5. Touchy!
  6. Scoundrel Days
  7. Rolling Thunder
  8. I’ve Been Losing You
  9. Early Morning
  10. Take on Me

a-ha, Memorial Beach: Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Warner Bros. 45229, 1993) and bonus mixes

  1. Dark is the Night for All
  2. Move to Memphis
  3. Cold As Stone
  4. Angel in the Snow
  5. Locust
  6. Lie Down in Darkness
  7. How Sweet It Was
  8. Lamb to the Slaughter
  9. Between Your Mama and Yourself
  10. Memorial Beach
  11. Move to Memphis (Extended Mix) (U.K. 12″ A-side – Warner Bros. W0070T, 1991)
  12. Angel in the Snow (Acoustic Instrumental) (from Warner Bros. CD single W0195CD1, 1993)

Disc 2: Bonus material (all previously unreleased)

  1. Dark is the Night for All (Demo)
  2. Cold As Stone (Demo)
  3. Angel in the Snow (Demo)
  4. Locust (Demo)
  5. Lie Down in Darkness (Demo)
  6. How Sweet It Was (Demo)
  7. Bar Room (Demo)
  8. Lamb to the Slaughter (Demo)
  9. Between Your Mama and Yourself (Demo)
  10. Memorial Beach (Demo)
  11. Dark is the Night for All (Alternative Version)
  12. The Swing of Things (Live @ The Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway – 3/17/1994)
  13. Dark is the Night for All (Live @ The Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway – 3/17/1994)
  14. Move to Memphis (Live @ The Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway – 3/17/1994)
  15. Cold As Stone/Sycamore Leaves (Live @ The Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway – 3/17/1994)
  16. Shapes That Go Together (Live @ The Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway – 3/17/1994)

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  1. Phil Cohen says

    September 25, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    Now, if only Rhino in the U.S.A. could release a DVD of A-Ha videos which isn’t encoded to block playback in North America. I’ve got a modified “Code Free” DVD player, so I can play the UK DVD’s. I must be one of the few people in the U.S.A. who has ever been able to watch “Headlines and Deadlines”The Hits of A-Ha”.

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