Ultravox’s 1980 album ‘Vienna’ album is reissued for its 40th anniversary as a massive 5CD+DVD box set with plenty of unreleased material and Steven Wilson 5.1 and stereo mixes! Vinyl formats also available Ultravox‘s 1980 album ’s Vienna album is to be reissued for its 40th anniversary as an extensive 5CD+DVD box set that includes a plethora of unreleased material and Steven Wilson stereo and 5.1 mixes. Vinyl formats also available. The album contains 4 UK Top 40 singles; All Stood Still, Passing Strangers and Sleepwalk (which is being issued on 12” for the first time as part of Record Store Day 2020) and the title track ‘Vienna’ which reached No.2 in the UK and Top 10 in seven countries around the world. The single went on to sell over half a million copies in the UK.
Produced by Conny Plank, the album was the band’s first for Chrysalis and the first to feature Midge Ure on lead vocals. It originally peaked at number three in the UK album chart, with its title track famously thwarted from reaching the top of the singles chart by that song by Joe Dolce. ‘All Stood Still’, the final of four singles followed ‘Vienna’ into the top ten in June 1981.
The six-disc box set features 66 tracks, 44 of which are previously unreleased recordings or mixes. It comprises the following
- CD 1 – Original 1980 album (newly mastered from production tapes)
- CD 2 – New Steven Wilson stereo mix of album and B-sides
- CD 3 – A-sides, B-sides, 12-inch mixes and live tracks
- CD 4 – Cassette rehearsals
- CD 5 – Live from St. Albans 1980 (newly mixed)
- DVD – 5.1 Steven Wilson mix (+ 24/96 hi-res stereo of new mixes) + B-sides. Also hi-res stereo of original album and original mixes of B-sides!
This 5CD+DVD comes packaged in a 12″ x 12″ rigid slipcase and includes a 20-page large format booklet featuring notes from the band, unseen photos from Midge Ure’s and Chris Cross’ personal collection, four A4 art prints.
There is also a half-speed mastered 2LP vinyl set that features the original album on the first LP and a bonus LP that includes a pick ‘n’ mix selection of single versions, B-sides and live cuts. It also features a US promo edit of ‘Vienna’, never commercially released, which is exclusive to this vinyl (i.e. not on the CD box).
The official Ultravox store also features an exclusive 4LP clear vinyl box set, which is the 2LP package plus ‘Live from St. Albans’ across two further LPs.
Vienna is reissued across all formats on 9th October 2020. The 5CD+DVD box and the 2LP are available via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below. Other purchasing options in the widgets.
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