Erasure - The Innocents - 21st Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2-Audio CD's + DVD - 2009) [Import Original recording remastered, Special Edition]

Includes a bonus CD containing b-sides, remixes, rarities & live performances & a DVD (NTSC Region 0) featuring a live 1989 performance at the Birmingham NEC (with 2 previously unreleased tracks), 3 videos, a selection of TV performances & more.Following the disbandment of the short-lived synth pop group Yazoo, former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke formed Erasure in 1985 with singer Andy Bell. Like Yaz and Depeche Mode, Erasure were a synth-based group, but they had stronger dance inclinations, as well as a sharper, more accessible sense of pop songcraft, than either of Clarke's previous bands. Furthermore, Erasure had the flamboyantly eccentric Andy Bell -- one of the first openly gay performers in pop music -- as their focal point. Bell's keening, high voice and exaggerated sense of theatrically became the band's defining image. In their native Britain, Erasure were successful from their inception. After a few years, the duo achieved commercial success in America with 1988's "Chains of Love," but they remained, in essence, a cult band on both sides of the Atlantic, cultivating a dedicated fan base over the course of their career.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTINGS

CD 1 – THE INNOCENTS re-mastered
1 A Little Respect
2 Ship Of Fools
3 Phantom Bride
4 Chains Of Love
5 Hallowed Ground
6 Sixty-Five Thousand
7 Heart Of Stone
8 Yahoo!
9 Imagination
10 Witch In The Ditch
11 Weight In The World
12 When I Needed You (Meloncholic Mix)
13 River Deep Mountain High (Private Dance Mix)

CD 2 – B-SIDES, REMIXES & RARITIES re-mastered
1 Ship Of Fools (Shiver Me Timbers Mix)
2 When I Needed You
3 River Deep Mountain High (7" Version)
4 Chains Of Love (The Unfettered Mix)
5 Don’t Suppose (Country Joe Mix)
6 The Good The Bad and the Ugly (The Dangerous Remix)
7 A Little Respect (12" House Mix)
8 Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor (Mark Freegard Mix)
9 Love Is Colder Than Death 10 Phantom Bride (live)
11 Heart Of Stone (live)
12 Hallowed Ground (live)
13 Witch In The Ditch (live)

DVD - The Innocents Live at the NEC Birmingham 15/11/88
1 Chains Of Love
2 A Little Respect
3 The Circus
4 The Hardest Part
5 Push Me Shove Me
6 Spiralling
7 Hallowed Ground
8 Oh L’Amour
9 Who Needs Love Like That
10 Stop!
11 Victim Of Love
12 Ship Of Fools
13 Knocking On Your Door
14 Sometimes

Previously unreleased
1 Witch In The Ditch
2 mme! Gimme! Gimme!

The Innocents At The BBC
1 Ship Of Fools – Going Live!
2 A Little Respect – Top Of The Pops
3 The Innocents Live

Promotional Videos
1 Ship Of Fools
2 Chains Of Love
3 A Little Respect