Thompson Twins, Into The Gap 40th anniversary blu-ray, Alex Sadkin and more

[@ScottWozniak]

That "Remixes & Rarities" CD is absolutely STELLAR. The way remix packages should be treated. Thank you so much for being involved! 🧡

[@sdedition]

Thank you!

[@NormandAuthier]

"Quick Step & Side Kick" would be a welcome follow-up reissue! 😃

[@sdedition]

Really hope we can do that one. Depends on the success of Into The Gap!

[@NormandAuthier]

@@sdedition I have a feeling it will do well - fingers crossed. Thank you for putting in all this work to help bring these reissues out, Paul!

[@adyhartmusic]

Always loved the sound of the bass on the two Alex Sadkin albums. I think it's a synth, but it's so fluid it sounds like a real bass. Genius!

[@8004sw17]

It's, an Oberhim OBXA.

[@adyhartmusic]

@@8004sw17 Nice one! Thank you!

[@keithruleTT]

The Cherry Red Remixes & Rarities CD was brilliant. Fantastic that BMG are now finally giving the TT back catalogue the recognition it deserves. I pre-ordered the 3CD, Red Vinyl LP & Hold Me Now Remixes CD when they were first announced and pre-ordered the SDE Dolby Atmos set last week. Next year is the 40th Anniversary of Here's To Future Days so hopefully there will be a 40th anniversary re-issue of that album too. Unfortunately we missed the 40th anniversary of QSASK in 2023 - but it would be good to have a 42nd anniversary re-issue of that album next year too! Hopefully ITG40 will do really well and encourage BMG to do more with the TT back catalogue in the future.

[@sdedition]

Thanks and good point re Here's To Future Days...

[@profanius66]

Content-wise the Cherry Red reissue was great, but unfortunately they killed the dynamic range of the original recording, making it sound much worse. Why do engineers always do this???

[@rubberbearoz]

Please do "Arcadia" So Red The Rose.. On Dolby Atmos...

[@sdedition]

Would really love to...

[@hibernius]

That would be a godsend!

[@tof_7thstranger]

Ho YEEEES !!!

[@martinjeeves444]

@@sdedition Another vote for Arcadia 'So Red The Rose' in Atmos!!! :)

[@rannyzonshine8614]

There should be no vote! It should be done period!​@@martinjeeves444

[@Republicofmanc007]

Amazing. Ordered. Hope you also do Here's To Future Days as that is my favorite Thompson Twins album.

[@sdedition]

Thank you!

[@Dan-zr5em]

Look forward to hearing this, 'You Take Me Up' was my first single purchase, 'Quick Step' is definitely a favourite LP but I also came to love the earlier two LPs very much, particularly the guitar based stuff that they had down so well on those early recordings, would have loved to have seen the original 7/5 piece band performing live...

[@josephreynoldsii5048]

Yeah, echoing what others have said - the "Remixes & Rarities" CD was a godsend in terms of the content. I'm always glad to see fans and those in the know get involved with reissues to provide fans content they really want. Also...those of us out there that visit your site and buy from it TRUST YOU when it comes to content like this.

[@sdedition]

Thanks so much. Seems a long time ago when I did that Remixes and Rarities project, but it was a lot of fun...

[@edejong8181]

Thompson Twins great Music of the 80's

[@breevwhyman2985]

Paul, such a brilliant band............TT ..............wow

[@jetlanor1968]

Wow good news "Quick Step & Side Kick" will follow (sincery hope so) - Love this album too - I Preordered the full SDE BluRay hehehe :)

[@sdedition]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@theunknown9437]

I think that Kim Wilde's fourth album "teases & dares" would benefit from an atoms mix as there are so many great effects which are unfortunately buried in the original mix.

[@martinjeeves444]

I agree wholeheartedly. Kim's most underrated album that :)

[@theunknown9437]

@@martinjeeves444 I love it too. The whole album would benefit from a atmos mix.

[@martinjeeves444]

@@theunknown9437 Definitely. It's a very atmospheric album... 'Shangri La' and 'BladeRunner' are superb. I always thought 'The Touch' was a poor single choice though.

[@theunknown9437]

@@martinjeeves444 is it over should've been a single. The production on that song is out of this world.

[@martinjeeves444]

@@theunknown9437 Agreed 100%

[@FeedbackPete]

Imagine a dolby atmos mix of the two Babble album with the inclusion of the half of a third Babble album the record company have or are at least in control of. There are fans out there who would kill for that 🙂

[@martinjeeves444]

I love Babble. So underrated. I second your request for those albums. Also, I quite like the underrated 'Queer' album. 'Come Undone' was a great song. :)

[@FeedbackPete]

@martinjeeves444 I know someone in Australia that thinks Queer is one of his TT favourites.

[@martinjeeves444]

@@FeedbackPete Absolutely, it is a VERY decent album. Their best I think since 'Future Days' or maybe even 'Into The Gap' :)

[@FeedbackPete]

@martinjeeves444 a friend asked Tom about Babble before a there is unreleased music and he said something sort of like that was in the hands of the record company. Have you heard the Babble track Dark Raven? Because that was given to a magazine called Passion Magazine and was included as a track in a free CD on the cover. And I think Dark Raven would have been included on a third Babble album had it been released.

[@martinjeeves444]

@@FeedbackPete No, I'm not familiar with that one. All I have is the two CD albums and 'Take Me Away' single CD. Thanks for the heads-up mate!

[@ivapad4176]

It was a fantastic idea to remix Into the Gap into Dolby Atmos surround. I can't wait to hear it! Since these are primarily for fans and on pre-order concept, I believe you have the market for ALL Thompson Twins albums, incl. the newer ones Close to the Bone, Big Trash & Queer.

[@sdedition]

Thanks!

[@matthewcooke9306]

I am so excited for this release! Into the Gap and Quick Step and Side Kick are two of my favourite albums as well (I have them both on vinyl in as new condition which were originally purchased when they were released from a record store in Adelaide) - I ripped the lyrics pages out of old Smash Hits magazines (which I also still have). I can't wait for these - I'm opting for the CD set and coloured vinyl (because why not).

[@robsongraham1]

Looking forward to this release very much, one of my favouite albums. Also saw Tom's 40th Tour and he and the band were incredible!

[@sdedition]

Thanks.

[@babbletwins]

Looking forward to the Atmos mix, the TFF Tipping Point Atmos was incredible...

[@joemorgan4740]

Really looking forward to this paul . Remember having Thompson twins picture discs on my bedroom wall lol . Joe

[@sdedition]

Cheers Joe!

[@dazz1566]

I used to have Quick Step and Into The Gap on proper cassette back in the day. I had 'Here's' on double vinyl I bought in Elephant And Castle centre. The lot has been sold. So I'm glad you are slowly bringing the first half of the 80s Synthpop / Electronic era back to a new audience as well as 'uncle Albert's' like me. I paid a premium on eBay for quick on 1cd & Gap on 2cd. Today, the 'twins' seemed to have been a little forgotten. Which saddens me. And you have made me realise about some artists' 3rd albums. All those artists you described did have great first two outings. While the third is lacklustre. I think it's cos when they got really famous - maybe record companies wanted to sell more units? Look at ABC? Lexicon is a masterpiece. Beauty Stab is an underrated gem. Then comes 'Zillionaire'. See what I mean? It would be just fantastic if the early Depeche Mode albums came on a Blu-ray. Cos their 5.1 albums cost an arm and several legs these days. Scalpers, grr. Keep up the great work from a fellow melomaniac. Cap doffed.

[@sdedition]

Thanks. Yes, 'third album syndrome' is an interesting one, even though I realise this wasn't TT's third album...

[@PaddersUK]

Have ordered the blu ray and can't wait to hear it.... The atmos much of Hold Me Now that has popped up on streaming is just amazing. Please do look at doing the other albums and also "Into The Gap Live" which would be brilliant to have in HD/surround etc

[@sdedition]

Thank you

[@bobby666666]

I'm really pleased that you think Quick Step is the better album than Into The Gap. Im quite happy to get just the 3 cd set.

[@euphorichaggis8486]

Purchased the Blu Ray Audio Dolby Atmos Disk. It was a no brainer for me. I have been a big fan of Thompson Twins since I was a teenager back in the eighties. I absolutely love the 80's decade for music, and I hope that more of that decade's music gets the Dolby Atmos treatment. I look forward to this. I have a full high end Dolby Atmos audio system with 4 x 12" SVS Subs in each corner of my living room 4x height channels & 7 full range floor speakers connected to a Marantz Cinema 40 Home receiver and an Oppo 203 Blu Ray player. All your other Blu-Ray audio Atmos disks which I have bought from SDE shop sound fantastic, so I have no doubts that this one will be great to. Thx for your hard work Paul. You are appreciated.

[@sdedition]

Thanks. That sounds like an amazing set-up!!

[@myles7522]

My sister borrowed my original copy, I never saw it again. So I welcome this latest reissue. By the way a very informative video 👍

[@sdedition]

Thanks for watching!

[@jasonjones8178]

A good album

[@TrevelyanLyrics]

I think this great channel should do a future Unboxing of Duran Duran's upcoming album boxset "Danse Macabre De Luxe" I would like to see it later 🙏🏻🙏🏻🍀

[@sdedition]

Good suggestion. Will see what I can do...

[@FailedMuso]

It's great to see this seminal album (and one that was a huge part of my life in 1984) get a proper reissue treatment. You didn't mention the 2016 Vinyl180 reissues that were good but limited. It will be great if QSASK gets the same treatment soon 🙂

[@sdedition]

I do have the Vinyl 180 quick step, in fact that's what I was holding up!

[@FeedbackPete]

Hi Paul so looking forward to it I've ordered everything. I already own the two Hojo Blu-ray, The Lexicon Of Love and Keane Hopes And Fears. So glad I got a Samsung dolby atmos sound bar within the last year. Hope this does well as I'll 100% buy any future TT releases. A few years ago a friend gave me a version of Hold Me Now that was titled early demo version. He couldn't remember where he got it from. When I listened to it this version was different enough to warrant inclusion on a CD release. Different enough to be excited about. This mix hard to describe has extra percussion drums and instrumentation at the start and through the song and more echo in Tom's voice. I'd heard previous versions of Hold Me Now that might be labeled or considered demo versions but they where like the one you heard on Top On The Pops not like the one this friend gave me. If it's included somewhere on this new box set or Blu-ray great. But I'm so pleased this is coming out.

[@sdedition]

Thanks! Sadly there are no demo versions included in the selection of bonus tracks that BMG pulled together, but there are some interesting unreleased Pete Hammond 12" mixes!

[@FeedbackPete]

@sdedition thanks. Still great though far more than I imagined. Knew the Blu-ray was on the horizon hut wasn't expecting to get a three CD set and coloured vinyl as well.

[@blackbat1]

Tom Bailey did a very short tour earlier this year to play Into The Gap in its entirety. It was fab to hear my favourite album from the 80s live for the first time in 40 years. I'm looking forward to this release a lot!

[@sdedition]

I saw Tom back in 2014 when he first started playing Thompson Twins material again. It was roughly the same time that we did Remixes and Rarities. Cheers.

[@timchromecast]

Incredible that the disc contains 3 stereo masters, including the original. Nice job! Looking forward to the FGTH blu-ray as well. Please consider a 40th anniversary blu-ray for Rah Bands Mystery in 2025 including a new mix by Mr. Wilsen / Kosten. In terms of new music the upcoming Few Bits album is on top of my wishlist. Also DM's Memento Mori / New Order Substance including dynamic not limited stereo mixes 😅

[@sdedition]

Exactly... even if you are not set up for surround/atmos at this present moment, there's plenty of stereo content, including the 30 bonus tracks of course!

[@timchromecast]

​@@sdedition indeed, not many people have full atmos setup, let alone in multiple rooms. It's good to have stereo options with decent mastering.

[@paulmalone1208]

When will the cd be in the music stores in ireland cheers ❤

[@jetlanor1968]

Still got my LP issues (and K7 for Into the gap) ("Quick Step & Side Kick" & "Into The gap" from the old days (bough in 1984) still in perfect condition. The edition from Paul looks a bit used ;)

[@sdedition]

😂

[@richardalvien346]

Is there any exclusive content on the remix and rarities compilation not on the Edsel releases?

[@sdedition]

Yes, because it went beyond Here's To Future Days

[@HGphotography]

More Tori please, instrumental was indeed a fun listening, by the way Storm Corrosion, Crowded House, Ultravox and Tori, are for me the stand out Atmos mixes so far this year

[@sdedition]

Thanks. That Crowded House album is SO good :) Hoping maybe we can do a run of Ocean to Ocean blu-rays, but not sure if it will happen...

[@HGphotography]

@@sdedition time wil learn Paul, we can only hope indeed, same for back catalog from Crowded House and many more. For now I am very satisfied with the ongoing serie in general. Let's see what the future brings. Maybe you have some suprises coming out the hat.

[@richardalvien346]

Science fiction is a modern day masterpiece

[@sdedition]

I have the 2CD deluxe with the remixes...

[@richardalvien346]

Ditto

[@richardalvien346]

Plus the promo cd, standard cd and vinyl, great album

[@babbletwins]

Would love a Dolby Atmos Blu-Ray of Science Fiction!!!!

[@gaznfluffy]

Do you ship to the US?

[@sdedition]

Yes we do! :)

[@josephbedoni5066]

Why limit how many you make? Don't you want my money?