Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

One of the best-loved British albums of the mid-'70s will be revisited with a fresh new mix and a host of bonus material: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's The Best Years of Our Lives. Previously released as a 4CD/DVD set, Chrysalis' new 2CD/DVD shuffles things around a bit. The original nine-track album, featuring the national chart-topper "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," has been newly mixed in stereo by the album's original co-producer Alan Parsons. Bonus audio material includes the B-side "Another Journey" and 11 demos and outtakes, nine of which premiere on this set. A DVD will include high-resolution audio and video of the group's April 14, 1975 concert at Hammersmith Odeon (released as a video package under the name Star Rider), both of which featured on the 2014 reissue; additional features include a concert documentary and appearance on Top of the Pops. The hardback mediabook style package - sized like a DVD case - includes new liner notes by Peter Doggett that feature new commentary from this line-up of Cockney Rebel's surviving members (guitarist Jim Cregan, keyboardist Duncan Mackay and drummer Stuart Elliott) and Parsons, along with a trove of previously unpublished photographs by the late Mick Rock. (A remaster of the original mix by Abbey Road's Miles Showell will be available on 180-gram, half-speed mastered vinyl.)  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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