Wha'ppen? (Deluxe Edition)

 
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The Beat
Wha'ppen? (Deluxe Edition)

[ Edsel / 3 CD/DVD ]

Release Date: Friday 29 June 2012

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Their fine second album, plus 14 bonus tracks, including 4 previously unreleased BBC radio sessions. The DVD features 5 promo videos, 4 TOTP appearances, along with live performances and interviews.

Edsel Records is proud to announce its reissue programme of all three of The Beat's albums, each in Deluxe 2 CD + DVD digipaks, featuring the original albums along with all the non-album A- and B-sides, the many 12" mixes and live tracks, as well as the best of their BBC radio sessions. The DVDs feature the singles promo videos, Top Of The Pops performances and bonus appearances from ITV shows and documentaries.

Second album 'Wha'ppen' (1980, # 3) features the hits "Too Nice To Talk To", "Doors Of Your Heart", "All Out To Get You", "Drowning", and "Hit It" as well as 14 bonus tracks, including 4 previously unreleased BBC radio sessions. The DVD features 5 promo videos, 4 TOTP appearances, and live performances and interviews from the "World In Action" documentary "A Statistic, A Reminder".

The booklet features an individual note especially written by Rhoda Dakar of The Bodysnatchers, along with the lyrics and photos, memorabilia and ephemera from the band's own collection.

Tracks:

Disc 1 - CD:
WHA'PPEN
1. Doors Of Your Heart
2. All Out To Get You
3. Monkey Murders
4. I Am Your Flag
5. French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)
6. Drowning
7. Dream Home In N.Z.
8. Walk Away
9. Over And Over
10. Cheated
11. Get-A-Job
12. The Limits We Set

Disc 2 - CD:
BONUS TRACKS
1. Too Nice To Talk To
2. Psychedelic Rockers
3. Too Nice To Talk To [Dubweiser]
4. Psychedelic Rockers [Dubweiser]
5. Doors Of Your Heart [dub]
6. Drowning [dub]
7. Hit It
8. Which Side Of The Bed…?
9. Hit It [12" mix]
10. Which Side Of The Bed…? [12" mix]

BBC RADIO SESSIONS
JOHN PEEL SHOW, broadcast 22nd September 1980
11. Too Nice To Talk To
12. New Psychedelic Rockers
13. Monkey Murders
14. Walk Away

Disc 3 - DVD:
SINGLES VIDEOS
1. Too Nice To Talk To
2. All Out To Get You
3. Doors To Your Heart
4. Drowning
5. Hit It

TOP OF THE POPS
1. Too Nice To Talk To [broadcast on 18th December 1980]
2. Drowning [broadcast on 16th April 1981]
3. All Out To Get You [broadcast on 30th April 1981]
4. Too Nice To Talk To [broadcast on 25th December 1981]

BONUS DVD FEATURE
From the WORLD IN ACTION documentary "A Statistic, A Reminder", broadcast on 14th December 1981
A documentary about unemployed youth in the Midlands, includes two songs recorded at a concert at Bingley Hall
1. Get-A-Job
2. Interview with Dave Wakeling
3. Stand Down Margaret
4. Interview with Dave, Roger and Andy

Check out The Beat "Too Nice To Talk To" (via YouTube)