Art of Noise China releases each get 2 CD reissue

[audiodile]

Ian Peel (@letitbeep) tweeted about 2 weeks ago that Art of Noise reissues are coming for all 3 China releases. "140 tracks, 6 discs, 33 unreleased".

I can't believe other people aren't going as nuts about this as I am. This is beyond spectacular. Nearly 47 tracks per album?! I can't imagine much is being left out. If they included DVDs as well this would easily be reissue of the year. As it is, I'm ecstatic.

April 19th is the date the tracklists will be revealed according to theartofnoiseonline.com. It can't come soon enough.

[idlehands]

Excited for "Legs (Inside Leg Mix)" [Such an unfortunate mix title]!
These are long overdue...

[discoginfo]

I will buy!! What I heard before, the problem was that they couldn't find the original tapes... But now it seems they did! And it can't be from vinyl as the previously unreleased tracks were never on vinyl in the first place...
http://www.discog.info/art-of-noise2.html

[Luke]

I especially want to have these tracks on CD:


-Hoops and Mallets 3:40
-Legs (Inside Leg Mix) 6.02
-Legs (Last Leg Mix) 4.45
-Spies Like Us (Alternative Mix - Known to His Friends As "Tom") 3.56 [remix by Art Of Noise]
-Peter Gunn (Extended Version) 6.03
-Paranoimia (The Paranoid Mix) 6.35 (the Extended Mix was on the blue China Records (Best Of) CD with long versions (Art Works) from 1988 which included the other long version.
-Dragnet (Arthur Baker Hip Hop Mix aka Dragnet (Arthur Baker 12" mix) ) 6.12
-Kiss (The Battery Mix) 8.17
-Yebo! (Mbaqanga Mix) 7.09

[Surly]

This is the best news I've heard in ages! I hope they aren't mastering from vinyl.

[omar]

Its a dream come true.

[Sensoria]

Mmmm...Looking forward to that! Can't wait for the tracklists to be revealed!

[chris74]

Thank you audiodile for posting these great news!!! Finally they will release all the China stuff. It took me a long time to get all the different mixes and b-sides etc. on vinyl but having them on CD after all those years

[BigManRestless]

April 24...still no sign of the track listings being revealed.

[anemiccinema]

Well I for one am very excited too---

[chris74]

Still no news on these rereleases

[Neil Kelly]

Another 3 months on and 4 1/2 since tracklisting was due? Is all this information true and if so from what source? This thread has died

[idlehands]

Another 3 months on and 4 1/2 since tracklisting was due? Is all this information true and if so from what source? This thread has died

After searching for what seemed like an eternity I was able to track down a couple of sources

Ian Peel (@letitbeep) tweeted...

... according to theartofnoiseonline.com.

[moni]

Still no sign of those Seal remasters also which were reported to be coming out over two years ago according to Ian Peel.

[audiodile]

Trust me I'm as annoyed as anyone. ZTT's promotions department is run by complete idiots. The only reason I can possibly think of to not have at least announced these is that they had some kind of last minute issue, but there's really no point speculating.

I directed a "hey, WTF ZTT?" tweet at them a few months ago which predictably got no response, and even Ian (Peel) seemed to be slightly exasperated.

Not giving up hope yet, but not nearly as hopeful as I was before. Screw ZTT, all they seem to care about is releasing 700 Frankie Goes to Hollywood comps every 2 months.