Chrysalis

Following the success of the deluxe editions Ultravox’s Vienna and Rage In Eden albums, on 7 July Chrysalis Records will release a Deluxe Edition box set of Quartet, the band’s third album with Midge Ure.

After working with producer Conny Plank on Vienna and Rage, Ultravox decided to shake things up and challenge themselves for their next album, enlisting the services of legendary producer George Martin.

Before beginning work with Martin, although they were not usually a band who demoed material, they decided to enter a rehearsal studio beforehand to put down ideas and refine the songs.

The band then decamped to Martin’s AIR studios in London and recorded the main parts during the early summer, before heading to AIR’s sister studio in Montserrat for mixing and overdubbing. There they were joined by Martin’s trusted team, including engieer Geoff Emerick.

Martin was a more hands-on producer than Conny Plank and helped clarify certain areas, helping on the vocals and harmony structures, encouraging rewrites, resulting in better versions and an album of nine outstanding songs.

These included four UK Top 40 singles, ‘Reap The Wild Wind’, ‘We Came To Dance’, ‘Visions In Blue’ and the silver awarded ‘Hymn’.

CD box set

CD1 - Quartet: Original 1982 Analog Master: Reap The Wild Wind / Serenade / Mine For Life / Hymn / Visions In Blue / When The Scream Subsides / We Came To Dance / Cut And Run / The Song (We Go)

CD2 - Quartet: Steven Wilson Stereo Mix: Reap The Wild Wind / Serenade / Mine For Life / Hymn / Visions In Blue / When The Scream Subsides / We Came To Dance / Cut And Run / The Song (We Go) / Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo) / Monument / Break My Back / Overlook

CD3 – Singles, B-Sides & Rarities: Reap The Wild Wind [Extended Version] / Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo) / Hymn [Single Version] / Monument / The Thin Wall [Live] / Visions In Blue [Single Version] / Break Your Back / Reap The Wild Wind [Live] / We Came To Dance [Single Version] / Overlook / We Came To Dance [Extended Version] / Serenade [Single Version]* / Serenade [Special Re-Mix] / The Voice [Flexidisc]

CD4 - Work In Progress: Reap The Wild Wind [Cassette Rehearsal]* / Serenade [Cassette Rehearsls]* / Mine For Life [Cassette Rehearsal]* / Hymn [Cassette Rehearsal]* / Visions In Blue [Cassette Rehearsal]* / When The Scream Subsides [Cassette Rehearsal]* / We Came To Dance [Cassette Rehearsal]* / Cut And Run [Cassette Rehearsal]* / The Song (We Go) [Cassette Rehearsal]* / Reap The Wild Wind [Monitor Mix]* / Visions In Blue [Monitor Mix]* / Cut & Run [Monitor Mix]* / Mine For Life [Monitor Mix]* / Hymn [Monitor Mix]* / Serenade [Monitor Mix]* / We Came To Dance [Monitor Mix]*

CD5 - Hammersmith 1982 [Part One]: Reap The Wild Wind* / When The Scream Subsides* / The Thin Wall* / New Europeans* / We Stand Alone* / I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)* / Visions In Blue* / Mr. X* / Sleepwalk*

CD6 - Hammersmith 1982 [Part Two]: The Voice* / Vienna* / Astradyne* / All Stood Still* / Passing Strangers* / Mine For Life* Hymn* / The Sing (We Go)*

DVD [Audio Only]: Quartet Album & B-Sides: Steven Wilson Stereo Mix* & 5.1 Surround Mix* / Original 1982 Album & B-Sides [96/24 LPCM Stereo Mix].Region 0 [All], Video Format: NTSC

4LP Clear Vinyl Box set

LP1 - Quartet: Original 1982 Analog Master: Reap The Wild Wind / Serenade / Mine For Life / Hymn / Visions In Blue / When The Scream Subsides / We Came To Dance / Cut And Run / The Song (We Go)

LP2 - Singles, B-Sides: Reap The Wild Wind [Single Version] / Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo) / Hymn [Single Version] / Monument / The Thin Wall [Live] / Visions In Blue [Single Version] / Break Your Back / Reap The Wild Wind [Live] / We Came To Dance [Single Version] / Overlook

LP3 - Hammersmith 1982 [Part One]: Reap The Wild Wind* / When The Scream Subsides* / The Thin Wall* / New Europeans* / We Stand Alone* / I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)* / Visions In Blue* / Mr. X* / Sleepwalk*

LP4 - Hammersmith 1982 [Part Two]: The Voice* / Vienna* / Astradyne* / All Stood Still* / Passing Strangers* / Mine For Life* Hymn* / The Sing (We Go)*

Half-speed master

LP1 - Quartet: Original 1982 Analog Master: Reap The Wild Wind / Serenade / Mine For Life / Hymn / Visions In Blue / When The Scream Subsides / We Came To Dance / Cut And Run / The Song (We Go)

LP2 - Singles, B-Sides: Reap The Wild Wind [Single Version] / Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo) / Hymn [Single Version] / Monument / The Thin Wall [Live] / Visions In Blue [Single Version] / Break Your Back / Reap The Wild Wind [Live] / We Came To Dance [Single Version] / Overlook