Formed in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in 1972 by guitarist Bill Nelson, Be Bop Deluxe melded glam imagery with pop melodies and proggy instrumentalism, releasing five studio albums and one live album for the Harvest label.
Recorded at Abbey Road and produced by Nelson with John Leckie, Sunburst Finish was released in February '76, the band's first album to reach the Top 20 of the album chart and yielding their only hit single, 'Ships In The Night', which reached number 23.
With the musical seachange of that period, the band hit a commercial breakthrough, chiming with the futuristic new wave scene building around the likes of Ultravox! and Magazine. Ever an eye on the future, Nelson would split Be Bop Deluxe in '78, with forming the more obviously new wave Red Noise with keyboardist Andy Clark.
Remastered from the original tapes, the new 4-disc Sunburst Finish box set from Cherry Red features the original mix of the album, a new 2018 mix, BBC live recordings and Peel Session tracks, a DVD containing a 5.1 surround sound mix and video material from The Old Great Whistle Test and the previously unissued video for 'Ships In The Night'.
The set comes complete with a 68-page booklet with a new essay by Nelson, a facsimile '76 tour programme, postcards and a replica poster.
Set for release on 16 November, the box set is available to pre-order here.
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