This winter, Edsel will continue its long association with the Dead or Alive catalogue with a new deluxe edition of the band's 1985 breakthrough Youthquake, to be reissued February 21 for its 40th anniversary. The 4CD set (in double gatefold packaging with an O-ring joining the two) collects a new remaster of the album, 18 remixes (including a whole disc devoted to period and latter-day versions of hit single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and a live set taken from two nights at London's Hammersmith Odeon in the summer of 1985.

Though Dead or Alive's debut album, 1984's Sophisticated Boom Boom, featured a full-band dance-pop sound, the band's androgynous frontman Pete Burns wanted to push their sonic boundaries even further on Youthquake. To that end, he recruited the nascent production team of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman to join him and bandmates Mike Percy, Tim Lever and Steve Coy in the studio. While the sessions were reportedly high-pressure - engineer Phil Harding claimed they occasionally gave way to physical altercations - and label Epic Records was reportedly unenthusiastic about the results, Youthquake became one of the year's bigger dance floor smashes. The clattering electronics of high-energy lead single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" were impossible to miss on radio waves and club speakers, along with an eye-catching video that featured Burns with long hair, angular makeup, silk kimonos and an eyepatch. The single topped the U.K. charts and reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America; British audiences took three more songs from the album to the Top 40: "Lover Come Back to Me," "In Too Deep" and "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)."

While many of the bonus remixes were included on previous Edsel mega-sets devoted to the group, the draw for fans here is a more accessible release of a live show from the Youthquake tour, recorded over two nights at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on July 6 and 7, 1985 and included in 2016's Sophisticated Boom Box. Several tracks were released that year as single B-sides, but the other nine - including versions of "You Spin Me Round," "My Heart Goes Bang" and "Lover Come Back to Me" (the first two of which, along with "In Too Deep," were repeated for the encore) - made their debut in this recording.

Compiled in memory of both Burns and drummer Steve Coy, who died in 2016 and 2018, Edsel and Youthquake are ready to spin you right round once more. It can be pre-ordered at the links below ahead of its February 21 release; as an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Youthquake (40th Anniversary Edition) (Edsel ESDL0230, 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

CD 1: Remastered album (released as Epic EPC 26420 (U.K.)/BFE 40119 (U.S.), 1985)

1. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
2. I Wanna Be a Toy
3. D.J. Hit That Button
4. In Too Deep
5. Big Daddy of the Rhythm
6. Cake and Eat It
7. Lover Come Back to Me
8. My Heart Goes Bang
9. It's Been a Long Time

CD 2: "You Spin Me Round" remixes

1. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Big Ben Mix)
2. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Performance Mix)
3. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Buzzing Bees Mix)
4. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Murder Mix)
5. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 2003 (Metro 7" Edit)
6. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 2003 (Alternative Metro 7" Edit)
7. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 2003 (Metro 12" Extended Mix)

Track 1 released on Epic U.K. promo single A 4861, 1985
Track 2 released on Epic U.K. 12" QTX 4861, 1984
Track 3 released on The Hit Factory (The Soundtrack to a Generation) - Sony Music 88725 42563-2 (U.K.), 2012
Track 4 released on Epic U.K. 12" TX 4861, 1984
Track 5 released on Epic U.K. CD single 673578 5, 2003
Track 6 released on Epic U.K. CD single 673578 2, 2003
Track 7 released on Evolution: The Hits - Epic 511026 9 (U.K.), 2003

CD 3: Bonus remixes

1. Lover Come Back to Me (7" Bonus Mix)
2. In Too Deep ('Off Yer Mong' Mix)
3. My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) (7" Version)
4. Lover Come Back to Me (Extended Remix)
5. In Too Deep (7" Version)
6. My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) (American 'WIPE-OUT' Mix)
7. Lover Come Back to Me (Extended Version)
8. My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) (Extended Version)
9. In Too Deep (Instrumental)
10. Lover Come Back to Me (Instrumental)
11. My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) (Instrumental)

Tracks 1 and 7 released on Epic U.K. 12" TA 6086, 1985
Track 2 released on Epic U.K. 12" TA 6360, 1985
Tracks 3 and 8 released on Epic U.K. 12" TA 6571, 1985
Track 4 released on Epic U.S. 12" 49-05278, 1985
Track 5 released on Epic U.K. single A 6360, 1985
Tracks 6 and 11 released on Epic U.K. 12" QTA 6571, 1985
Track 9 released on Epic U.K. 12" QTA 6360, 1985
Track 10 released on Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI - Edsel BOOMBOX01 (U.K.), 2016

CD 4: The Youthquake Tour: Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - 7/6 and 7/7/1985

1. Cake and Eat It
2. My Heart Goes Bang
3. In Too Deep
4. Big Daddy of the Rhythm
5. Far Too Hard
6. Misty Circles
7. It's Been a Long Time
8. Lover Come Back to Me
9. D.J. Hit That Button
10. What I Want
11. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
12. In Too Deep (Encore)
13. My Heart Goes Bang (Encore)
14. You Spin Me Round (Encore)

Tracks 1 and 3 released on Epic U.K. double 7" DA 6571, 1985. Track 4 released on "My Heart Goes Bang" U.K. single - Epic A 6571, 1985. All other tracks released on Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI - Edsel BOOMBOX01 (U.K.), 2016.