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Looking for something to make you dance this summer? Rhino's rolling out individual vinyl editions of three classic CHIC albums, and has also brought more than a dozen mixes and bonus tracks from the legendary disco band to digital channels for the first time.
CHIC co-founder, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary producer Nile Rodgers oversaw remasters of CHIC's early classic work on CD and vinyl last year for a handsome box set. On June 21, the three main albums in that box - 1977's CHIC, 1978's C'est Chic and 1979's Risqué - will be made available for individual purchase on LP.
The recent digital release Rarities, Oddities and Exclusives showcases rare CHIC tracks toward the end of the band's original tenure and showcases some of the remixes that made them popular to new generations. You'll hear remixes of tracks like "Le Freak," "Good Times" and "I Want Your Love" as commissioned in the '80s, '90s and '00s for various singles and compilations (most famously 1987's U.K. Top 20 hit "Jack Le Freak" and a "MegaCHIC" medley commissioned in 1990 to promote a European compilation). The set even stretches into this decade with "Back In The Old School," a 2015 B-side to an album for Warner Bros. Records that never materialized. (That project was retooled into It's About Time and released last winter.)
You can find the digital set, as well as the new vinyl releases, at the links below!
Rarities, Oddities and Exclusives (Atlantic/Rhino, 2019)
iTunes / Amazon U.S. / Spotify
- Hangin' (Single Edit)
- Stage Fright (Single Edit)
- Everybody Dance (MOTIVA RPL MIX)
- Good Times (A Touch Of Jazz Mix)
- Everybody Dance (Edit)
- I Want Your Love (Stonebridge Mix)
- Jack Le Freak
- MegaCHIC Medley (International Mix)
- Chic Mystique (12" Remix Extended Version)
- Le Freak (Aristo Classic Disco Mix)
- Le Freak (Aristo Filtered Disco Club Mix)
- Le Freak (Aristo Filtered Mainroom Mix)
- Le Freak (Aristo Mainroom Mix)
- Back In The Old School
- Back In The Old School (Instrumental)
Track 1 from Atlantic single 89954, 1982
Track 2 from Atlantic single 3887, 1981
Track 3 from ReCHIC: CHIC Remixes 2001 - Atlantic (Japan) AMCN-4561, 2001
Tracks 4 and 6 from Everybody Dance! Remixed Dance Classics - Rhino R2 75337, 1998
Track 5 from Good Times: The Very Best of The Hits & The Remixes - Atlantic 8122 73233-2 (U.K.), 2005
Track 7 from Atlantic 12" single 86634 (U.S.)/A9198T (U.K.), 1987
Track 8 from Atlantic U.K. 12" single A7949T and MegaCHIC: Best of CHIC - Atlantic 41750, 1990
Track 9 from Warner Bros. 12" single 40225, 1992
Tracks 10-13 from Pacific Electronic 12" single BE56468-01 (Spain), 2014
Tracks 14-15 from Warner Bros./Land of The Good Groove U.K. 12" 548336, 2015
CHIC, CHIC LP (Atlantic SD-19153, 1977 - reissued Atlantic/Rhino, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
CHIC, C'est Chic LP (Atlantic SD-19209, 1978 - reissued Atlantic/Rhino, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
CHIC, Risqué LP (Atlantic SD-16003, 1979 - reissued Atlantic/Rhino, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
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So... I couldn’t care less about Chic. But, I am wondering about this digital release from Rhino. Is this a new thing they’re starting up?
They’ve done so many high priced, limited edition deluxe boxes, along other extremely limited editions in a series (Think the various Monkees super deluxe boxes, and the ongoing Grateful Dead live boxes and Dave’s Picks series) that inevitably sell out and that’s it.
No options to download most of these releases, and once the physical boxes/discs are sold out they’re gone for good. Why not do something similar for Dave’s Picks, the long gone Fillmore West 1969 box, or those Monkees SDEs?
This Chic collection is only 15 songs, not a box set or three disc live concert. i get that. But Rhino could be doing so much more for people who just want the music, but don’t need the fancy packaging, and perhaps missed out the original offerings.
I would like to thank you for the detailed annotation (which track is derived from which source) in many of your posts. So extremely helpful. I know that it takes some time to investigate these details and that not every release or reissue has this information in the booklet. So kudos to all the editors of The Second Disc!
Grateful.
just like Phil Collins why no physical release?again slap in the face for those who bought the cd & vinyl box sets...no cd or vinyl = no buy!
No CD, No sale.
I'd be interested to hear some Rodgers/Edwards demos. I enjoy the backing vocals on "Spacer", for instance, but the lead vocals are a letdown.