[2025-06-20] After The Fire "Bright Lights 1974-1983" 6CD box set (Lemon UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2025 12:09 pm

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F44B5VHM/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F44B5VHM/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F44B5VHM/?tag=imwan-21

Description
• The definitive collection of After The Fire, ‘Bright Lights’ contains all of the band’s five albums as well as demos, B-sides and live tracks, with 13 recordings that are issued here on CD for the first time and 14 that are completely unreleased.

• The project has been overseen by founding member Peter Banks who, along with members Andy Piercy and John Russell, has been interviewed exclusively for the sleeve notes and has also opened up his photo archive, providing a wealth of rare images.

Disc One features the band’s debut album ‘Signs Of Change’ as well as bonus tracks.

Disc Two contains three early demos, previously unreleased on CD as well as 13 previously unreleased demos recorded in preparation for ‘Laser Love’.

Disc Three features ‘Laser Love’ that includes hit single ‘One Rule For You’ as well as B-sides and live tracks.

Disc Four includes ‘80-f’ as well as nine recordings that have never been issued on CD before, including seven tracks from the original version of ‘80f’.

Disc Five contains ‘Batteries Not Included’ and two bonus tracks.

Disc Six features ‘AT2F’, one track unreleased on CD, a completely unreleased track as well as a rare extended version of the band’s hit ‘Der Kommissar’.

Tracklist
[CD1: Signs Of Change]
1. Dance Of The Marionette
2. Back To The Light
3. Now That I’ve Found
4. Signs Of Change
5. Jigs
6. Pilgrim
Bonus Tracks:
7. Samaritan Woman
8. Dreamaway
9. Hallelujah
10. Back To The Light (Demo)

[CD2: Early Demos & Pre-Laser Love Demos]
1. Here On My Island +
2. Psalm +
3. Choice +
4. Time To Think *
5. Listen To Me *
6. Check It Out *
7. You Never Told Me *
8. Suspended Animation *
9. Can You Face It? *
10. Your Love Is Alive *
11. Little Sun, Little Rain *
12. Beatles Medley/Help! *
13. Life In The City *
14. Like The Power Of A Jet (Mix 3) *
15. One Rule *
16. Suspended Animation *

[CD3: Laser Love]
1. Laser Love
2. Joy
3. Take Me Higher
4. Life In The City
5. Suspended Animation
6. Like The Power Of A Jet
7. One Rule For You
8. Time To Think
9. Timestar
10. Check It Out
Bonus Tracks:
11. Your Love Is Alive (B-side of ‘Laser Love’)
12. Life In The City (12” version)
13. Listen To Me (B-side of ‘Life In The City’)
14. One Rule For You (Live Rainbow Nov 79) (Promo)
15. Time To Think (Live Rainbow Nov 79) (Promo)
16. Take Me Higher (Live) (B-side of ‘Frozen Rivers’)

[CD4: 80-f]
1. 1980-F
2. Love Will Always Make You Cry
3. Can You Face It?
4. Who’s Gonna Love You (When You’re Old And Fat And Ugly)?
5. Starflight
6. Wild West Show
7. Billy, Billy
8. It’s High Fashion
9. Why Can’t We Be Friends?
10. Joanne
Bonus Tracks:
11. Why Can’t We Be Friends? (B-side of ‘Love Will Always Make You Cry’)
12. Every Mother’s Son (B-side of ‘Love Will Always Make You Cry’) (Promo)
13. Starflight (From ‘80-f’ Four Track Sampler’) +
14. Love Will Always Make You Cry (From ‘80-f’ Four Track Sampler’) +
15. It’s High Fashion (From ‘80-f’ Four Track Sampler’) +
16. 1980-F (From ‘80-f’ Four Track Sampler’) +
17. Wild West Show (7” version) +
18. Billy Billy (Live) (B-side of ‘Rich Boys’) +
19. Another World (From unreleased version of ‘80-f’) +
20. Operator (From unreleased version of ‘80-f’) +
21. Satellite In Orbit (From unreleased version of ‘80-f’) +

[CD5: Batteries Not Included]
1. Short Change
2. Frozen Rivers
3. Sometimes
4. Sailing Ship
5. I Don’t Understand Your Love
6. The Stranger
7. Rich Boys
8. Carry Me Home
9. Dancing In The Shadows
10. Space Walking
11. Gina
12. Stuck In Paris (Nowhere To Go)
13. Bright Lights
Bonus Tracks:
14. Nobody Else But You (B-side of ‘Dancing In The Shadows’)
15. Starflight (Live)

[CD6: AT2F]
1. Young Love
2. Step By Step
3. Don’t Say Goodbye
4. Cariba
5. Who Do You Think You?
6. Dark Side
7. 1984-F
8. Over And Over
9. It’s Over
10. Night Is Still Falling
11. It’s Over (No voiceover)
12. Genz
13. Space Walking (Demo)
14. Stand By Me (Demo 2)
Bonus Tracks:
15. I’m Bored (Demo) *
16. Starflight (New version)
17. Sternenflug (7” version) +
18. Der Kommissar (7” version)
19. Der Kommissar (Specially extended remixed version)

* Previously unreleased
+ Previously unreleased on CD

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:04 am

The USA pre-order link in the first post is now active.

[2025-06-20] After The Fire "Bright Lights 1974-1983" 6CD box set (Lemon UK)

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