TRACKS:
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A1) Axe Victim
A2) Maid In Heaven
A3) Music In Dreamland
A4) Sister Seagull
A5) Sleep That Burns
A6) Ships In The Night
​B1) Blazing Apostles
B2) Kiss Of Light
B3) Dance Of The Uncle Sam Humanoids
B4) Forbidden Lovers
B5) Panic In The World
​​C1) Blimps
C2) Autosexual
C3) Lovers Are Mortal
C4) Shine
C5) Quest For The Harvest Of The Stars
​D1) Japan
D2) Speed Of The Wind
D3) Lights
D4) Blue As A Jewel
D5) Face In The Rain
D6) Futurist Manifesto
NOTES:
The Best of and the Rest of Be Bop Deluxe is a double album that brilliantly brought together an album of highlights taken from the band's five studio albums and an album of rarities, including at the time of release, 6 previously unreleased tracks and 5 non album 'A' side or 'B' side cuts. Housed in a wonderfully illustrated gatefold sleeve with inner sleeves bearing lyrics and musician credits for all tracks, the album was a fitting tribute to a band that had bowed out less than six months earlier.
Despite a number of subsequent reissues and archive releases issued since this impressive collection first appeared, one of the previously unreleased tracks, "Face in the Rain", remained exclusive to this set right up until Esoteric Recordings produced their super-deluxe box sets.
The rest of the rarities have re-appeared first as bonus cuts on the Be Bop Deluxe albums when released on CD in 1991, and more recently on the Futurist Manifesto 1974-1978 box set issued in 2012.
PAST RELEASES:
16 of the 22 tracks on this compilation album had originally appeared spread across the band's five albums and four of the band's 7" singles issued on Harvest between 1974 and 1978. See individual entries of those albums and singles for full details.
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CURRENT AVAILABILITY:
This compilation is now out of print.
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