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Ultravox

The Island Years

£19.99

Released: 20th May 2016. Includes the following albums: 'Ultravox!' (1977), 'Ha!-Ha!-Ha!' (1977), 'Systems of Romance' (1978) and 'Rare Retro', which features 20 tracks, including four recorded in session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show and two previously unreleased live recordings from the BBC's 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' programme.

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  • Details

    Released:
    20th May 2016
    Category:
    Rock & Pop
    Format:
    CD Box Set
    Barcode:
    600753672884
  • Description

    Includes the following albums: 'Ultravox!' (1977), 'Ha!-Ha!-Ha!' (1977), 'Systems of Romance' (1978) and 'Rare Retro', which features 20 tracks, including four recorded in session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show and two previously unreleased live recordings from the BBC's 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' programme.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.Sat'day Night in the City of the Dead
    Ultravox
    2.35
    2.Life at Rainbow's End (For All the Tax Exiles On Main Street)
    Ultravox
    3.44
    3.Slip Away
    Ultravox
    4.19
    4.I Want to Be a Machine
    Ultravox
    7.21
    5.Wide Boys
    Ultravox
    3.16
    6.Dangerous Rhythm
    Ultravox
    4.17
    7.The Lonely Hunter
    Ultravox
    3.42
    8.The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned
    Ultravox
    5.52
    9.My Sex
    Ultravox
    3.09

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.ROckWrok
    Ultravox
    3.34
    2.The Frozen Ones
    Ultravox
    4.07
    3.Fear in the Western World
    Ultravox
    4
    4.Distant Smile
    Ultravox
    5.21
    5.The Man Who Dies Every Day
    Ultravox
    4.11
    6.Artificial Life
    Ultravox
    4.59
    7.While I'm Still Alive
    Ultravox
    3.16
    8.Hiroshima Mon Amour
    Ultravox
    5.19

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.Slow Motion
    Ultravox
    3.29
    2.I Can't Stay Long
    Ultravox
    4.17
    3.Someone Else's Clothes
    Ultravox
    4.27
    4.Blue Light
    Ultravox
    3.11
    5.Some of Them
    Ultravox
    2.3
    6.Quiet Man
    Ultravox
    4.12
    7.Dislocation
    Ultravox
    2.57
    8.Maximum Acceleration
    Ultravox
    3.54
    9.When You Walk Through Me
    Ultravox
    4.2
    10.Just for a Moment
    Ultravox
    3.18

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.Young Savage
    Ultravox
    3
    2.Slip Away
    Ultravox
    4.04
    3.The Man Who Dies Every Day
    Ultravox
    3.53
    4.Young Savage
    Ultravox
    3.17
    5.The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned
    Ultravox
    5.18
    6.My Sex
    Ultravox
    3.05
    7.Young Savage (John Peel Session, 28/11/77)
    Ultravox
    2.53
    8.The Man Who Dies Every Day (John Peel Session, 28/11/77)
    Ultravox
    4.13
    9.My Sex (John Peel Session, 28/11/77)
    Ultravox
    2.48
    10.Artificial Life (John Peel Session, 28/11/77)
    Ultravox
    4.53
    11.ROckWrok (7" Version)
    Ultravox
    3.19
    12.Hiroshima Mon Amour
    Ultravox
    4.56
    13.Quirks
    Ultravox
    1.4
    14.Modern Love
    Ultravox
    2.3
    15.The Man Who Dies (Everyday Remix)
    Ultravox
    4.18
    16.Slow Motion (The Old Grey Whistle Test, 5/12/78)
    Ultravox
    3.22
    17.Hiroshima Mon Amour (The Old Grey Whistle Test)
    Ultravox
    18.Quiet Man (7" Version)
    Ultravox
    19.Cross Fade
    Ultravox
    20.Quiet Man (12" Version)
    Ultravox
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