Spandau Ballet Everything Is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 2LP, 6CD & Blu-Ray Box Set 1
Spandau Ballet Everything Is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 2LP, 6CD & Blu-Ray Box Set 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Parlophone
Size: 12"
Format: 33RPM,

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Spandau Ballet Everything Is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 2LP, 6CD & Blu-Ray Box Set

Spandau Ballet

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SKU:
PARLP21620
UPC:
190295216207

Coming September 12, 2025 pre-order your copy today! Orders with both pre-order and in stock items will have all in stock items shipped immediately!

Definitive Statement of the Band's Early Period!
Multi-Format Box Set Includes Their First Two Albums on Vinyl!
6CDs Featuring Previously Unavailable Material, Remixes, Demos, Singles & BBC Sessions!
Blu-Ray with Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos & Stereo Mixes, Videos & Rare Live Footage!

Everything Is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 is a comprehensive nine-disc boxed set featuring Spandau Ballet's groundbreaking first two albums alongside a wealth of previously unavailable material. It includes a beautiful 44-page book with original photos from fellow Blitz Kid Graham Smith and new commentary from the whole band.

This meticulously curated collection captures the band's origins and meteoric rise from Blitz Club favorites to chart-topping innovators. The set includes their seminal albums Journeys to Glory (1981) and Diamond (1982) on vinyl, plus six CDs of singles, remixes, BBC sessions, demos, and a Blu-ray of Dolby Atmos mixes, videos and rare live footage.

Of the title, songwriter Gary Kemp says, "I was having a conversation with Spandau's manager and lifelong friend Steve Dagger. We were talking about my kids who are constantly listening to and streaming old music, making discoveries like Steely Dan or The Zombies. On TikTok and social media old tracks are getting reinvented. Our streaming is going up and up for people of all ages. Dagger said, 'The thing is everything is now.' I said, 'That's the title.' It isn't the past anymore. It's in constant re-evaluation and people are discovering it."

The collection showcases the band's evolution through their formative and revolutionary period, from the electronic-infused new wave of early singles like "To Cut a Long Story Short" and "The Freeze" to the funk-influenced sophistication of "Chant No. 1" and "Instinction." They were simply the most cutting edge, futuristic band in the world, at the centre of a creative scene that defined the 1980s.

The boxed set features all the band's early classics including "To Cut a Long Story Short," "Chant No. 1," "Muscle Bound," "Paint Me Down," "Instinction" and "She Loved Like Diamond," and presents multiple versions of tracks that trace their development from initial demos to extended 12" club mixes.

The Blu-ray component includes Dolby Atmos and stereo remixes by acclaimed producer Steven Wilson, alongside original music videos, BBC TV appearances and the complete 56-minute concert from New York's Underground Club in 1981.

Everything Is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 stands as the definitive document of Spandau Ballet's revolutionary early period, when they helped define the sound and style of a generation.

Features

  • 2LP, 6CD & Blu-Ray Box Set
  • Journeys to Glory (1981) on Vinyl LP
  • Diamond (1982) on Vinyl LP
  • 6CDs of Singles, Remixes, BBC Sessions & Demos
  • Rare Set of Diamond Remixes - Previously Unavailable on CD
  • Blu-Ray with Dolby Atmos & Stereo Mixes by Steven Wilson, Videos & Rare Live Footage
  • 2 Complete BBC Concert Recordings from 1981 & 1982
  • BBC Session from 1981
  • Previously Unreleased Demos Including Early Gentry Recordings
  • Rare Live Footage from NYC's Underground Club (1981)
  • 44-Page Book with Original Photos from Graham Smith & New Commentary from the Whole Band

Selections

LP1 - Journeys to Glory (1981)

Side One:
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short
  2. Reformation
  3. Mandolin
  4. Muscle Bound
Side Two:
  1. Age of Blows
  2. The Freeze
  3. Confused
  4. Toys

LP2 - Diamond (1982)

Side One:
  1. Chant No 1
  2. Instinction
  3. Paint Me Down
  4. Coffee Club
Side Two:
  1. She Loved Like Diamond
  2. Pharaoh
  3. Innocence and Science
  4. Missionary

CD1 - Journeys to Glory-Era Singles, Remixes & Versions

7 inch A-Sides
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short (7" A-side)
  2. The Freeze (7"; Version A-side)
  3. Muscle Bound (7"; Version A-side)
  4. Glow (7"; Version AA-side)
7 inch B-Sides
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short (Version)
  2. The Freeze (Version 7" B-side)
12 inch A-Sides & B-Sides
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short (Mix 1 A-side)
  2. To Cut a Long Story Short (Version) [Mix 2]
  3. The Freeze (12" A-side)
  4. The Freeze (Special Mix 12" B-side)
  5. Glow (12" Version)
  6. Muscle Bound (12" B-side)

CD2 - Diamond-Era Singles, Remixes & Versions

7 inch A-Sides
  1. Chant No 1 (7" A-side)
  2. Paint Me Down (7" A-side)
  3. She Love Like Diamond (7" A-side)
  4. Instinction (7" Trevor Horn Version)
7 inch B-Sides
  1. Feel the Chant (Short - 7" B-side)
  2. Man with Guitar (B-Side of Paint Me Down)
  3. Gently (B-Side of Intinction)
  4. She Loved Like Diamond (Instrumental B-side)
12 inch A-Sides & B-Sides
  1. Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Extended Mix - 12" A-side]
  2. Feel the Chant (Long - 12" B-side)
  3. Paint Me Down (12" A-side)
  4. Re Paint (12" B-side)

CD3 - Diamond - 12" Remix Singles

  1. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Remix]
  2. Instinction (Remix)
  3. Paint Me Down (Remix)
  4. Coffee Club (Remix)
  5. She Loved Like Diamond (Remix)
  6. Pharaoh (Remix)
  7. Innocence and Science (Remix)
  8. Missionary (Remix)

CD4 - BBC Session 1981 / BBC in Concert Bournemouth 1982

BBC Session - Studio B15, March 15, 1981
  1. The Freeze
  2. Mandolin
  3. Muscle Bound
  4. Glow
BBC in Concert Bournemouth, April 19, 1982
  1. The Freeze
  2. She Loved Like Diamond
  3. To Cut a Long Story Short
  4. Glow
  5. Paint Me Down
  6. Instinction / Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

CD5 - BBC in Concert Paris Theatre, London 1982

  1. Instinction (Version 1)
  2. The Freeze
  3. She Loved Like Diamond
  4. To Cut a Long Story Short
  5. Pharoah
  6. Glow
  7. Muscle Bound
  8. Confused
  9. Paint Me Down
  10. Coffee Club
  11. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
  12. Instinction (Version 2)
  13. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Reprise]

CD6 - Demos

  1. Toys (Gentry Demo)
  2. Age of Blows (Gentry Demo)
  3. Eyes (Gentry Demo)
  4. To Cut a Long Story Short (Arista Demo)
  5. The Freeze (Arista Demo)
  6. Confused (Arista Demo)
  7. Reformation (Arista Demo)

Blu-Ray - Atmos, Promos & Extras

Dolby Atmos, Stereo & Instrumental Remixes by Steven Wilson
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short
  2. The Freeze
  3. Muscle Bound
  4. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
  5. Paint Me Down
  6. Instinction
Music Videos
  1. To Cut a Long Story Short
  2. The Freeze
  3. Muscle Bound
  4. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
  5. Paint Me Down
  6. She Loved Like Diamond
  7. Instinction
Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV 1982
  1. She Loved Like Diamond
  2. Coffee Club
Live at the Underground Club, NYC, USA May 6, 1981 - Duration: 56mins 25secs
  1. Intro by Jim Fouratt
  2. The Freeze
  3. Mandolin
  4. Reformation
  5. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
  6. Toys
  7. Age of Blows
  8. Muscle Bound
  9. Confused
  10. To Cut a Long Story Short
  11. Glow
Extras
  1. HMS Belfast footage

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