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 Post subject: [2020-01-10] Bad Company "Desolation Angels (40th Anniversary Edition)" 2CD set (Swan Song/Rhino)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:00 pm 
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Bad Company will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1979 album, Desolation Angels, with a newly expanded edition. The Dec. 6 announcement notes the release will include many previously unreleased recordings from the original studio sessions. The new edition, available on 2-CDs or 2-LPs, arrives Jan. 10 via Rhino.

Desolation Angels continued the classic rock band’s significant commercial success. The LP was the British supergroup’s fifth studio album and became a double-platinum hit, peaking at #3 on the U.S. album charts, thanks to the success of “Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy,” the best-selling single of the band’s career.

Desolation Angels was recently remastered from the original multi-track tapes for Bad Company‘s The Swan Song Years 1974-1982, a boxed set that was released in 2019. That remastered version of the album is also used in this new anniversary collection.

From the Dec. 6 announcement: In the late summer of 1978, Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell spent several weeks recording songs for Desolation Angels at Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, England. The album – named after Jack Kerouac’s 1965 novel – was released in March 1979, and spawned two singles, “Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy” and “Gone, Gone, Gone.” The album also introduced fan favorites like “Evil Wind” and “Rhythm Machine.”

The second disc that accompanies the 40th anniversary edition presents unreleased versions of seven album tracks. Highlights include alternate takes for “Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy,” “Early In The Morning” and “She Brings Me Love.” Also, the version “Oh, Atlanta” included here is played at slower tempo and adds a Fender Rhodes keyboard into the mix.

In addition to alternate versions of album tracks, the new collection also features two unreleased outtakes from the sessions. The first is “Smokin’ 45.” (This version is different from the one that appeared on the 1999 compilation The Original Bad Co. Anthology.) The second outtake, “Rock Fever,” has never surfaced on any Bad Company release until now.

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[CD1]
1. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (2019 Remaster)
2. Crazy Circles (2019 Remaster)
3. Gone, Gone, Gone (2019 Remaster)
4. Evil Wind (2019 Remaster)
5. Early in the Morning (2019 Remaster)
6. Lonely for Your Love (2019 Remaster)
7. Oh, Atlanta (2019 Remaster)
8. Take the Time (2019 Remaster)
9. Rhythm Machine (2019 Remaster)
10. She Brings Me Love (2019 Remaster)
11. Smokin' 45 (Alternative Version 1) [2019 Remaster]
12. Smokin' 45 (Alternative Version 2) [2019 Remaster]
13. Rock Fever (2019 Remaster)
14. Oh, Atlanta (Slow Version with Rhodes) [2019 Remaster]
15. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Alternative Version 1) [2019 Remaster]
16. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Alternative Version 2) [2019 Remaster]
17. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Alternative Version 3) [2019 Remaster]
18. Crazy Circles (Alternative Version) [2019 Remaster]

[CD2]
1. Gone, Gone, Gone (Alternative Take) [2019 Remaster]
2. Early in the Morning (Alternative Version 1) [2019 Remaster]
3. Lonely for Your Love (Alternative Version 1) [2019 Remaster]
4. Take the Time (Alternative Version 1) [2019 Remaster]
5. Evil Wind (Alternative Version) [2019 Remaster]
6. Take the Time (Alternative Version 2) [2019 Remaster]
7. Lonely for Your Love (Alternative Version 2) [2019 Remaster]
8. She Brings Me Love (Alternative Version) [2019 Remaster]
9. What Does It Matter (Blues Jam) [2019 Remaster]
10. Rhythm Machine (Alternative Version) [2019 Remaster]
11. Amen (A cappella) [2019 Remaster]

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 Post subject: [2020-01-10] Bad Company "Desolation Angels (40th Anniversary Edition)" 2CD set (Swan Song/Rhino)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:26 pm 
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:34 pm 
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 Post subject: [2020-01-10] Bad Company "Desolation Angels (40th Anniversary Edition)" 2CD set (Swan Song/Rhino)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:44 pm 
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Pre-ordered. My BC collection is almost complete.

Shame on the powers-that-be for releasing the box set recently while sitting on this. :whistle:


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:23 pm 
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The pre-order price has dropped by $3.50, down to $21.49:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081WW8RKT/?tag=imwan-20

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The pre-order price has dropped by $3.50, down to $21.49:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081WW8RKT/?tag=imwan-20

Further reduced to $19.44.

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 Post subject: [2020-01-10] Bad Company "Desolation Angels (40th Anniversary Edition)" 2CD set (Swan Song/Rhino)
PostPosted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:35 pm 
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This sounds absolutely wonderful (disc 1, at any rate, which I'm close to finishing now).

But I honestly thought I was going to break both discs in half while trying to get them off the spindles. The previous BC expended editions are also difficult to remove, but this one sets the bar even higher or, rather, tighter. Does anyone have a trick for removing discs from difficult trays like this?


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:17 am 
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This sounds absolutely wonderful (disc 1, at any rate, which I'm close to finishing now).

But I honestly thought I was going to break both discs in half while trying to get them off the spindles. The previous BC expended editions are also difficult to remove, but this one sets the bar even higher or, rather, tighter. Does anyone have a trick for removing discs from difficult trays like this?

I just gave mine a firm press on the center spindle while lifting two sides of the disc at the same time. It worked fine, but you may have a more difficult spindle or something.

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