January 26, 2012

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Roxy Music turns 40 years old in 2012, and to celebrate, Virgin Records is issuing a career-spanning box set on April 2nd.

Titled Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982, the eight-CD/four-DVD affair comprises eight of the band’s studio albums: 1972′s Roxy Music, 1973′sFor Your Pleasure and Stranded, 1974′s Country Life, 1975′s Siren, 1979′s Manifesto, 1980′s Flesh and Blood, and 1982′s Avalon.

The DVDs include “high-resolution audio” versions of the albums. What’s more, the set also sports an array of non-album singles, B-sides, and remixes.

Consult the full tracklist below (via Roxyrama).

Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982

Tracklist:

CD1: Roxy Music

01. Re-make/Re-model
02. Ladytron
03. If There Is Something
04. 2HB
05. The Bob (Medley)
06. Chance Meeting
07. Would You Believe?
08. Sea Breezes
09. Bitters End

Bonus Tracks:

10. Virginia Plain
11. The Numberer

CD2: For Your Pleasure
01. Do The Strand
02. Beauty Queen
03. Strictly Confidential
04. Editions Of You
05. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
06. The Bogus Man
07. Grey Lagoons
08. For Your Pleasure

Bonus Tracks:

09. Pyjamarama (Island Mix)
10. Pyjamarama (Polydor Mix)
11. The Pride And The Pain
12. Do The Strand (USA 7” Mix 3:19) **

CD3: Stranded

01. Street Life
02. Just Like You
03. Amazona
04. Psalm
05. Serenade
06. A Song For Europe
07. Mother Of Pearl
08. Sunset

Bonus Track:

09. Hula Kula

CD4: Country Life
01. The Thrill Of It All
02. Three And Nine
03. All I Want Is You
04. Out Of The Blue
05. If It Takes All Night
06. Bitter Sweet
07. Triptych
08. Casanova
09. A Really Good Time
10. Prairie Rose

Bonus Tracks:

11. The Thrill Of It All – 1977 Greatest Hits Edit (4’20) ) **
12. Your Application’s Failed
13. The Thrill Of It All (USA 7” Mix 3:20) **

CD5: Siren
01. Love Is The Drug
02. End Of The Line
03. Sentimental Fool
04. Whirlwind
05. She Sells
06. Could It Happen To Me?
07. Both Ends Burning
08. Nightingale
09. Just Another High

Bonus Tracks:

10. Love Is The Drug (USA 7” Mix 3:00) **
11. Sultanesque
12. Both Ends Burning (7” Mix 3:58) **
13. For Your Pleasure – Live **

CD6: Manifesto

01. Manifesto
02. Trash
03. Angel Eyes (***rock version***)
04. Still Falls The Rain
05. Stronger Through The Years
06. Ain’t That So
07. My Little Girl
08. Dance Away (***ballad Version***)
09. Cry, Cry, Cry
10. Spin Me Round

Bonus Tracks:

11. Trash 2
12. Dance Away (Single Version)
13. Dance Away (Canadian Extended 12” Mix)
14. Angel Eyes (Single Version)
15. Angel Eyes (12” Single Version)

CD7: Flesh And Blood
01. The Midnight Hour
02. Oh Yeah
03. Same Old Scene
04. Flesh And Blood
05. My Only Love
06. Over You
07. Eight Miles High
08. Rain Rain Rain
09. No Strange Delight
10. Running Wild

Bonus Tracks:

11. Oh Yeah (7” Version) **
12. Manifesto (Remake)
13. South Downs
14. Lover
15. Jealous Guy
16. To Turn On You (1981 B-Side Version) **

CD8: Avalon

01. More Than This
02. The Space Between
03. Avalon
04. India
05. While My Heart Is Still Beating
06. The Main Thing
07. Take A Chance With Me
08. To Turn You On
09. True To Life
10. Tara

Bonus Tracks:

11. Avalon (7” Single Version) **
12. Always Unknowing
13. Take A Chance With Me (7” Single Version) **
14. Take A Chance With Me (USA 7” Mix) **
15. The Main Thing (12” Single Version)
16. The Main Thing – Remix

** = never been available on CD

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Kool! Thanks for the headzup!

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I won't lie, I scrolled the whole thing looking to see if "More Than This" was on there.

These box sets that compile all the studio albums are GREAT.I wish Prince would do something like this.