PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE CATALOGUE: 1985-2012, A LANDMARK SERIES OF REISSUES OF THEIR PARLOPHONE STUDI

Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce Catalogue: 1985-2012, a very special series of reissues of all their studio albums released on Parlophone. This definitive edition will feature each album from the duo’s peerless discography on the label, remastered and accompanied by ‘Further listening’ albums of master quality bonus tracks and demos created in the same period of time as each album, as well as Pet Shop Boys’ own remixes of their tracks. Many tracks are being released for the first time. Each album will be packaged with an extensive booklet in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss each song, illustrated with many archive photographs. The entire project is designed by Farrow.

The reissue series begins on July 28 with the release of three very different-sounding PSB albums: Nightlife, Release and Fundamental. The three albums are available to pre-order now with the instant grat track For All Of Us from Nightlife Further Listening. The remastered original single albums will also be reissued on 180gm heavyweight vinyl and made available on streaming services.

Nightlife, their darkly orchestrated collaboration with producers Rollo, Craig Armstrong and David Morales, was originally released in 1999. The reissue features two ‘Further listening’ CDs, including exclusive, unreleased tracks such as Tall Thin Men and For All Of Us and demo versions of Vampires, Call Me Old-Fashioned and Radiophonic. Nightlife is available to pre-order now.

The ‘Catalogue’ reissues will continue over the next year until all PSB Parlophone albums have been released with ‘Further listening’ albums:

Yes/Further Listening: 2008-2010

Elysium/Further Listening: 2011-2012

Please/Further Listening: 1984-1986

Actually/Further Listening: 1987-1988

Introspective/Further Listening: 1988-1989

Behaviour/Further Listening:1990-1991

Very/Further Listening:1992-1994

Bilingual/Further Listening: 1995-1997

The reissues of Please, Actually, Introspective, Behaviour, Very and Bilingual were originally released with bonus ‘Further listening’ albums in 2001 and are being newly remastered with their original track-listings for this project.

Also seeing a remastered reissue will be the album Release featuring Johnny Marr on guitar, which entered the Top 10 in the UK album charts on its release in 2002. It also comes with two ‘Further listening’ albums of additional tracks, including unreleased songs Motoring, The Night Is A Time To Explore Who You Are, Reunion and Run, Girl, Run, as well as previously-unreleased John Peel versions of A Powerful Friend and If Looks Could Kill. The reissue also includes a previously-unreleased cover version of Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Alone Again, Naturally featuring Elton John.

The third PSB album to feature in this first batch of reissues is Fundamental, their magnificent Trevor Horn-produced album which made the Top 10 in 2006. As well as the remastered original album, there’s a 22-track ‘Further listening’ album of additional material including demos of unreleased songs such as Ring Road, One-Way Street and Dancing In The Dusk, alongside previously-unreleased mixes and remixes. Fundamental is available to pre-order now.

Enjoy!

VJ-Zakk-E

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