Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish (1976) [ADVD 2018 > FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Esoteric Recordings is proud to release of a new re-mastered deluxe expanded edition of SUNBURST FINISH the legendary 1976 album by BE BOP DELUXE. Recorded in the Autumn of 1975 at Abbey Road studios (with some sessions also taking place at AIR studios in London), SUNBURST FINISH was the third album by Be Bop Deluxe and the first to feature the line-up of BILL NELSON (vocals, guitars, keyboards), CHARLIE TUMAHAI (bass, vocals), ANDY CLARK (keyboards) and SIMON FOX (drums). It was also the first Be-Bop album to be co-produced by BILL NELSON and JOHN LECKIE. An album of immense musical inventiveness and creativity, SUNBURST FINISH was one of the finest albums of its era, a perfect cohesion of ten classic songs written by Bill Nelson and a stylised and striking artwork package.

Adding keyboard player Andrew Clark to make Be Bop Deluxe a quartet, Bill Nelson finally found a balance between his virtuosic guitar playing and the demands of pop songwriting. The arrangements were still busy, but the humor of Nelson's music was on display as never before, and the songs frequently were catchy. For the first time, it began to seem that the group had a future beyond serving as a foundation for Nelson's splashy guitar work, as Be Bop Deluxe charted in the U.S. and the U.K. and even scored a Top 25 British hit with "Ships in the Night".

Tracklist:

01 - Fair Exchange
02 - Heavenly Homes
03 - Ships In The Night
04 - Crying To The Sky
05 - Sleep That Burns
06 - Beauty Secrets
07 - Life In The Air Age
08 - Like An Old Blues
09 - Crystal Gazing
10 - Blazing Apostles

Remastered by Ben Wiseman at Broadlake Studios, Hertfordshire.
5.1 Surround Sound & New Stereo Mixes by Stephen W. Tayler at Chimera Arts, Box, Wiltshire.




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