Edsel Preps Vinyl Boxes for Sugar, The Beat by The Second Disc

Edsel Preps Vinyl Boxes for Sugar, The Beat

By The Second Disc, on 11 Nov 19, 2012

Not content to stick simply to expanded CDs, Edsel has announced vinyl box sets from two of the biggest artists whose catalogues they’ve licensed in 2012: Sugar and The Beat.

Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü power-pop trio and the Birmingham ska sextet have earned plaudits in the music press this year, thanks in large part to lavish CD/DVD expansions of their short but influential discographies. (We’d be wrong to ignore the catalogue efforts of Merge and Shout! Factory, respectively, in getting the cream of these catalogues onto remastered discs in the U.S., but it’s hard to beat Edsel’s releases in terms of all-around presentation and exhaustive detail.) The 20th anniversary of Mould’s Copper Blue was certainly on his mind this year, with a lengthy tour seeing him and his new trio playing the LP in full and a new disc, Silver Age, hewing closely to the Sugar formula. Meanwhile, Dave Wakeling of The Beat was on hand for much of the summer to talk to curious journalists about the underrated band and their trio of hidden gem-filled albums.

Now, Edsel is bringing both groups on wax in a big way. On The Beat’s The Vinyl Collection, four 12″ LPs collect not only the band’s three U.K. studio albums, but a collection of the band’s best extended and dub mixes. A Box of Sugar, meanwhile, collects Copper Blue, the Beaster EP, File Under: Easy Listening and – in their vinyl debuts – the B-sides collection Besides (featuring some extra tracks from the Copper Blue reissue) and a bonus live album, The Joke is Always on Us, Sometimes. There’s also a replica 45 of “Helpless” b/w “Changes” from Copper Blue.

All of these albums will be faithful recreations of the original packages, down to the inner sleeves. The Sugar box will be remastered for vinyl by FU:EL engineer Jim Wilson and will feature a 20-page book of photos and interviews.

Look for The Beat’s The Vinyl Collection in U.K. shops this Monday, November 19 and a week later in the States (Amazon U.S./U.K.), and A Box of Sugar will street December 10 (and a week later stateside, of course) (Amazon U.S./U.K.). Hit the jump to reacquaint yourselves with the track lists.

The Beat, The Vinyl Collection (Edsel FEETBOX1 (U.K.), 2012)

LP 1: I Just Can’t Stop It (released as Go Feet BEAT-001, 1980)

Mirror in the Bathroom
Hands Off…She’s Mine
Two Swords
Twist & Crawl
Rough Rider
Click Click
Big Shot
Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret
Noise in This World
Can’t Get Used to Losing You
Best Friend
Jackpot

LP 2: Wha’ppen? (released as Go Feet BEAT-003, 1981)

Doors of Your Heart
All Out to Get You
Monkey Murders
I Am Your Flag
French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)
Drowning
Dream Home in NZ
Walk Away
Over and Over
Cheated
Get-a-Job
The Limits We Set

LP 3: Special Beat Service (released as Go Feet BEAT-005, 1982)

I Confess
Jeanette
Sorry
Sole Salvation
Spar Wid Me
Rotating Head
Save It for Later
She’s Going
Pato and Roger A Go Talk
Sugar and Stress
End of the Party
Ackee 1-2-3

LP 4: The Dub Album

Too Nice to Talk To (Dubweiser) (12″ A-side – Go Feet FEET124, 1980)
Psychedelic Rockers (Dubweiser) (12″ B-side – Go Feet FEET124, 1980)
Doors of Your Heart (Dub) (12″ A-side – Go Feet FEET129, 1981)
Drowning (Dub) (12″ B-side – Go Feet FEET129, 1981)
Save It for Later (Extended) (12″ A-side – Go Feet FEET12333, 1982)
What’s You Best Thing? (Dub Style) (12″ B-side – Go Feet FEET12333, 1982)
Stand Down Margaret (Dub) (12″ B-side – Go Feet FEET3, 1980)

A Box of Sugar: The Complete Recordings 1992-1995 (Edsel (U.K.), 2012)

LP 1: Copper Blue (originally released as Rykodisc RCD 10239, 1992)

The Act We Act
A Good Idea
Changes
Helpless
Hoover Dam
The Slim
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Fortune Teller
Slick
Man on the Moon

LP 2: Beaster (originally released as Rykodisc RCD 50260, 1993)

Come Around
Tilted
Judas Cradle
JC Auto
Feeling Better
Walking Away

LP 3: File Under: Easy Listening (originally released as Rykodisc LP RCD 10300, 1994)

Gift
Company Book
Your Favorite Thing
What You Want It to Be
Gee Angel
Panama City Motel
Can’t Help You Anymore
Granny Cool
Believe What You’re Saying
Explode and Make Up

LP 4-5: Besides (originally released as Rykodisc RCD 10321, 1995)

If I Can’t Change Your Mind (Solo Mix) (from “Helpless” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1024, 1992)
Try Again (from “Helpless” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1024, 1992)
Where Diamonds Are Halos (Live @ The Cabaret Metro, Chicago – 7/22/1992) (from “A Good Idea” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1030, 1992)
Armenia City in the Sky (Live @ The Cabaret Metro, Chicago – 7/22/1992) (from “A Good Idea” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1030, 1992)
Clownmaster (from “A Good Idea” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1030, 1992)
Anyone (Live @ The Cabaret Metro, Chicago – 7/22/1992) (from “A Good Idea” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1030, 1992)
JC Auto (Live) (from “JC Auto” CD single – Rykodisc VRCD 0260/2, 1993)
Believe What You’re Saying (Campfire Mix)
Mind is An Island (from “Your Favorite Thing” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1038, 1994)
Frustration (from “Your Favorite Thing” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1038, 1994)
Going Home (from “Believe What You’re Saying” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1039, 1994)
In the Eyes of My Friends (from “Believe What You’re Saying” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1039, 1994)
And You Tell Me (from “Believe What You’re Saying” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1039, 1994)
If I Can’t Change Your Mind (BBC Session – 8/1/1992) (from Copper Blue: Deluxe Edition - Edsel EDSG-8014 (U.K.), 2012)
Hoover Dam (BBC Session – 8/1/1992) (from Copper Blue: Deluxe Edition - Edsel EDSG-8014 (U.K.), 2012)
The Slim (BBC Session – 8/1/1992) (from Copper Blue: Deluxe Edition - Edsel EDSG-8014 (U.K.), 2012)
Where Diamonds Are Halos (BBC Session – 8/1/1992) (from Copper Blue: Deluxe Edition – Edsel EDSG-8014 (U.K.), 2012)

LP 6-7:

The Joke is Always on Us, Sometimes: Live at First Avenue, Minneapolis – 11/2/1994 (originally released as bonus disc with limited edition of Besides – Rykodisc RCD 10321-1, 1995)