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The Pretenders Eight Albums Expanded

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on December 29, 2014

in New Music,News

The Pretenders albums catalogue will be expanded and reissued under the Warner label banner in February.

The Pretenders reissue project will cover the eight albums from 1979 to 1999 and will be available to purchase in one all-encompassing special edition box set. The eight albums will also be available to buy separately.

The Pretenders were one of the seminal bands of the second British Invasion, bursting out of London in 1979 with their debut single Stop Your Sobbing. Fusing punk and New Wave and fronted by the legendary Chrissie Hynde, the band released a plethora of huge hits throughout their illustrious career including Brass In Pocket, I’ll Stand By You, Back On The Chain Gang, 2000 Miles and Don’t Get Me Wrong, all of which are featured within the special edition box set.

The Pretenders Track List

Pretenders

Disc 1
Precious
The Phone Call
Up The Neck
Tattooed Love Boys
Space Invader
The Wait
Stop Your Sobbing
Kid
Private Life
Brass In Pocket
Lovers of Today
Mystery Achievement

Disc 2
B-Sides

Swinging London
Nervous But Shy
Cuban Slide
Porcelain
Precious [live]
Kid [1987 extended remix]
Demos
The Phone Call [late 1977]
Brass In Pocket [February 1978]
Precious [April 1978]
The Wait [April 1978]
Stop Your Sobbing [April 1978]
I Can’t Control Myself [April 1978]
Tequila [April 1978]
Kid [December 1978]
Live
Sabre Dance [The Marquee, April 1979]
I Need Somebody [The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979]
Mystery Achievement [The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979]
Precious [The Paradise Theatre, March 1980]
Tattooed Love Boys [The Paradise Theatre, March 1980]

DVD
Promo Videos
Stop Your Sobbing
Kid
Brass In Pocket
BBC TV Appearances
Stop Your Sobbing [TOTP, February 1979]
Kid [TOTP, July 1979]
Brass In Pocket [TOTP, November 1979]
Brass In Pocket [TOTP, December 1979]
Kid [Swap Shop, December 1979]
Brass In Pocket [TOTP, January 1980]

Pretenders II

Disc 1
The Adultress
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Message Of Love
I Go To Sleep
Birds Of Paradise
Talk Of The Town
Pack It Up
Waste Not Want Not
Day After Day
Jealous Dogs
The English Roses
Louie Louie

Disc 2
Bonus Tracks

Talk Of The Town [demo]
I Go To Sleep [guitar version]
Pack It Up [radio mix]
In The Sticks
What You Gonna Do About It
Live at the Santa Monica Civic, 1981
The Wait
The Adultress
Message Of Love
Louie Louie
Talk Of The Town
Birds Of Paradise
The English Roses
Up The Neck
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Stop Your Sobbing
Private Life
Kid
Day After Day
Brass In Pocket
Higher And Higher

DVD
Promo Videos
Talk Of The Town
Message Of Love
Day After Day
I Go To Sleep
BBC TV Performances
Message Of Love [TOTP, February 1981]
I Go To Sleep [TOTP, November 1981]

Learning to Crawl

Disc 1
Middle Of The Road
Back On The Chain Gang
Time The Avenger
Watching The Clothes
Show Me
Thumbelina
My City Was Gone
Thin Line Between Love And Hate
I Hurt You
2000 Miles

Disc 2
B-Sides/Live

Fast Or Slow (The Law’s the Law)
Money [live]
Time The Avenger [live]
Bad Boys Get Spanked [live]
My City Was Gone [live]
Tequila
Demos
I Hurt You [August 1982]
When I Change My Life [August 1982]
Ramblin’ Rob [August 1982]
Watching The Clothes [August 1982]

DVD
Promo Videos
Back On The Chain Gang
2000 Miles
Middle Of The Road
Show Me
Thin Line Between Love and Hate
BBC TV Appearances
2000 Miles – rehearsal and interview [Breakfast Time, December 1983]
2000 Miles [TOTP, December 1983]

Get Close

Disc 1
My Baby
When I Change My Life
Light Of The Moon
Dance!
Tradition Of Love
Don’t Get Me Wrong
I Remember You
How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?
Chill Factor
Hymn To Her
Room Full Of Mirrors

Disc 2
B-Sides/Live
Dance! [full length version]
Room Full Of Mirrors [extended version]
Tradition Of Love [extended remix]
Thumbelina [live]
Middle Of The Road [live]
Private Life [live]
Bonus Tracks
Dance [take 1]
Don’t Get Me Wrong [live in Austin, 1987]
Hold A Candle To This [alternate version]
Worlds Within Worlds
When I Change My Life [alternate version]
Reconsider Me [monitor mix]
Songs For Soundtracks Plus
Where Has Everybody Gone [from The Living Daylights]
If There Was A Man [from The Living Daylights]
Windows Of The World [from 1969]
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

DVD
Promo Videos
Don’t Get Me Wrong
Hymn To Her
My Baby
BBC TV Appearances
Don’t Get Me Wrong [Wogan, October 1986]
Don’t Get Me Wrong [TOTP, October 1986]

Packed!

CD
Original Album

Never Do That
Let’s Make A Pact
Millionaires
May This Be Love
No Guarantee
When Will I See You?
Sense Of Purpose
Downtown (Akron)
How Do I Miss You?
Hold A Candle To This
Criminal

B-Sides
Not A Second Time
Spirit Of Life

DVD
Promo Videos
Never Do That
Sense Of Purpose
BBC TV Appearances
Never Do That [Wogan, June 1990]
Millionaires [The Late Show, June 1990]
Criminal [The Late Show, June 1990]

Last of the Independents

Disc 1
Hollywood Perfume
Night In My Veins
Money Talk
977
Revolution
All My Dreams
I’ll Stand By You
I’m A Mother
Tequila
Every Mother’s Son
Rebel Rock Me
Love Colours
Forever Young

Disc 2
B-Sides Plus

Angel Of The Morning [from Friends]
Bold As Love
Hollywood Perfume [live]
Kid [live]
I’ll Stand By You [live]
Back On The Chain Gang [live]
Night In My Veins [live]
Precious [live]
Bonus Tracks
Angel Of The Morning [original version]
Every Mother’s Son [demo]
Songs From Soundtracks
I’m Not In Love [from Indecent Proposal]
Every Day Is Like Sunday [from Boys On The Side]

DVD
Promo Videos
I’ll Stand By You
Night In My Veins
BBC TV Appearances
I’ll Stand By You [TOTP, April 1994]
Night In My Veins [Later, May 1994]
977 [Later, May 1994]
Hollywood Perfume [Later, May 1994]
Night In My Veins [TOTP, July 1994]
Don’t Get Me Wrong [Danny Baker Show, October 1994]
977 [Danny Baker Show, October 1994]

The Isle of View

CD
Original Album

Sense Of Purpose
Chill Factor
Private Life
Back On The Chain Gang
Kid
I Hurt You
Criminal
Brass In Pocket
2000 Miles
Hymn To Her
Lovers Of Today
The Phone Call
I Go To Sleep
Revolution
The Isle Of View

B-Sides
Creep
Happy Christmas
Night In My Veins
Tequila

DVD
Source Unknown
Sense Of Purpose
Chill Factor
I Hurt You
Back On The Chain Gang
Thumbelina
Kid
Private Life
Creep
Criminal
Brass In Pocket
2000 Miles
Hymn To Her
Blue Sun
Lovers Of Today
The Phone Call
I Go To Sleep
Revolution
Night In My Veins
BBC TV Appearances
Kid [TOTP, September 1995]
Criminal [Pebble Mill, November 1995]
2000 Miles [Pebble Mill, November 1995]

Viva El Amor!

Disc 1
Popstar
Human
From The Heart Down
Nails In The Road
Whos Who
Dragway 42
Baby’s Breath
One More Time
Legalise Me
Samurai
Rabo De Nube
Biker

Disc 2
B-Sides

The Homecoming [Street Version]
Human [Class Mix]
The Needle And The Damage Done
Samurai [Street Mix]
Bonus Tracks
Back Down
California
From The Heart Down [alternate version]
Songs For Soundtracks
Goin’ Back [from Fever Pitch]
Goodbye [from G.I. Jane]
The Homecoming [from G.I. Jane]

DVD
Promo Videos
Human
Popstar
BBC TV Appearances
From The Heart Down [Later, May 1999]
Human [Later, May 1999]
Talk Of The Town [Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999]
Kid [Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999]
Back On The Chain Gang [Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999]

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