THE BEAT
Beat - The English Beat, Complete Beat [2012] (5xCD's)
Shout! Factory reissued the entire catalog of the great British ska/new wave band, The English Beat. The band's first-ever box set (5xCD's) The Complete Beat, which contains every commercially released song from their heyday, plus two discs of Bonus Beat a CD of 12" mixes and dubs and a disc of Peel Sessions and four cuts live from a November 1982 gig in Boston.
An AllMusic review in June 2012 said "Shout! Factory's The Complete Beat is the kind of deluxe set that fans would dream about but never expect to happen: a five-disc set containing expanded remastered versions of all three of the group's albums, " and "their recordings retain a visceral force that makes The Complete Beat something more than a dream come true for fans: it is a convincing argument for their greatness."
The English Beat is one of the most under-rated bands ever. I've waited for this for so long and it's exactly what I was hoping for. The remastering is excellent, and the extras are right on. Finally, I have the single "Which Side Of The Bed" again, I wore it out a long time ago on cassette tape and I have never been able to find it again, until now. Even if you are only a casual fan, get it; you will find so many gems here. Highly recommended. (Amazon)
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Shout! Factory reissued the entire catalog of the great British ska/new wave band, The English Beat. The band's first-ever box set (5xCD's) The Complete Beat, which contains every commercially released song from their heyday, plus two discs of Bonus Beat a CD of 12" mixes and dubs and a disc of Peel Sessions and four cuts live from a November 1982 gig in Boston.
An AllMusic review in June 2012 said "Shout! Factory's The Complete Beat is the kind of deluxe set that fans would dream about but never expect to happen: a five-disc set containing expanded remastered versions of all three of the group's albums, " and "their recordings retain a visceral force that makes The Complete Beat something more than a dream come true for fans: it is a convincing argument for their greatness."
The English Beat is one of the most under-rated bands ever. I've waited for this for so long and it's exactly what I was hoping for. The remastering is excellent, and the extras are right on. Finally, I have the single "Which Side Of The Bed" again, I wore it out a long time ago on cassette tape and I have never been able to find it again, until now. Even if you are only a casual fan, get it; you will find so many gems here. Highly recommended. (Amazon)
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CD1
01 Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom 3:08
02 Beat - Hands Off... She's Mine 2:59
03 Beat - Two Swords 2:18
04 Beat - Twist & Crawl 2:34
05 Beat - Tears Of A Clown 2:39
06 Beat - Rough Rider 4:52
07 Beat - Click Click 1:27
08 Beat - Ranking Full Stop 2:47
09 Beat - Big Shot 2:32
10 Beat - Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret 3:46
11 Beat - Noise In This World 2:16
12 Beat - Can't Get Used To Losing You 3:05
13 Beat - Best Friend 3:03
14 Beat - Jackpot 4:17
CD2
01 Beat - Too Nice To Talk To 3:07
02 Beat - Doors Of Your Heart 3:46
03 Beat - All Out To Get You 2:45
04 Beat - Monkey Murders 3:09
05 Beat - I Am Your Flag 2:53
06 Beat - French Toast (Soleil Trap Chaud) 3:28
07 Beat - Drowning 3:52
08 Beat - Dream Home In Nz 3:11
09 Beat - Walk Away 3:11
10 Beat - Over And Over 2:40
11 Beat - Cheated 3:28
12 Beat - Get-A-Job 3:10
13 Beat - The Limits We Set 4:15
14 Beat - Psychedelic Rockers 3:52
15 Beat - Hit It 3:02
16 Beat - Which Side Of The Bed? 4:11
CD3
01 Beat - I Confess 4:30
02 Beat - Jeanette 2:48
03 Beat - Sorry 2:32
04 Beat - Sole Salvation 3:05
05 Beat - Spar Wid Me 4:30
06 Beat - Rotating Head 3:24
07 Beat - Save It For Later 3:33
08 Beat - She's Going 2:09
09 Beat - Pato And Roger A Go Talk 3:19
10 Beat - Sugar & Stress 2:55
11 Beat - Enf Of The Party 3:29
12 Beat - Ackee 1 2 3 3:11
13 Beat - What's Your Best Thing? 3:47
14 Beat - March Of The Swivel Heads 3:31
15 Beat - Cool Entertainer 3:32
16 Beat - A Go Talk (Tappy Luppy Dub) 8:38
CD4
01 Beat - Hands Off...She's Mine (Extended) 4:35
02 Beat - Twist & Crawl (Extended) 5:00
03 Beat - Stand Down Margaret (Dub) 3:33
04 Beat - Too Nice To Talk To (Dubweiser) 4:58
05 Beat - Psychedelic Rockers (Dubweiser) 5:30
06 Beat - Doors Of Your Mind (Extended) 5:50
07 Beat - Drowning (Dub) 5:14
08 Beat - Hit It (Extended) 6:29
09 Beat - Which Side Of The Bed? (Extended) 7:27
10 Beat - Save It For Later (Extended) 4:53
11 Beat - What;s Your Best Thing (Dub) 3:49
12 Beat - Cool Entertainer (Extended) 5:50
13 Beat - Jeanette (Extended) 4:08
14 Beat - March Of The Swivel Heads (Extended) 5:14
15 Beat - I Confess (Dave Allen Remix) 5:45
CD5
01 Beat - Tears Of A Clown (Peel Session: November 5, 1979) 2:53
02 Beat - Rank Full Stop (Peel Session: November 5, 1979) 3:02
03 Beat - Click Click (Peel Session: November 5, 1979) 1:30
04 Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom (Peel Session: November 5, 1979) 2:24
05 Beat - Big Shot (Peel Session: November 5, 1979) 1:53
06 Beat - Too Nice To Talk To (Peel Session: September 22, 1980) 4:10
07 Beat - Psychedelic Rockers (Peel Session: September 22, 1980) 4:19
08 Beat - Monkey Murders (Peel Session: September 22, 1980) 3:13
09 Beat - Walk Away (Peel Session: September 22, 1980) 3:13
10 Beat - Spar Wid Me (Peel Session: March 29, 1982) 3:47
11 Beat - End Of The Party (Peel Session: March 29, 1982) 3:01
12 Beat - She's Going (Peel Session: March 29, 1982) 2:06
13 Beat - Save It For Later (Peel Session: March 29, 1982) 3:09
14 Beat - Sole Salvation (Peel Session: March 29, 1982) 2:43
15 Beat - Pato And Roger A Go Talk (Peel Session: March 29, 1982) 4:03
16 Beat - Best Friend (Opera House - Boston, Ma: November 19, 1982) 2:59
17 Beat - Tears Of A Clown (Opera House - Boston, Ma: November 19, 1982) 3:34
18 Beat - Twist & Crawl (Opera House - Boston, Ma: November 19, 1982) 2:44
19 Beat - Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret (Opera House - Boston, Ma: November 19, 1982) 6:45
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Hi, thank you so much for posting this. I was looking into buying this myself, as I have a decently sized CD and vinyl collection, but it's ~$40 on Discogs.
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I'm mainly looking for the disc with the extended mixes since it's unfortunately unique to this release. Thank you for your time. If you would like copies of anything from my collection in return, let me know and I'll be happy to share a list.
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