Pretenders

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Release Date: 2021-11-05

Label: Real Records

40th Anniversary 3CD Edition in LP-sized packaging.

Pretenders: Deluxe Edition features Chris Thomas’ album remaster and five B-sides on CD 1; eleven studio demos and eight BBC performances on CD 2; and live tracks from London’s Paris Theatre (1979) and Boston’s Paradise Theatre (1980) on CD 3.

Accompanied by a book featuring liner notes by Will Hodgkinson and many rare and previously unpublished photos.

Disc 1: Original album (Chris Thomas remaster) and singles
Tracks 1-12 released as Real Records RAL 3 (UK) / Sire SRK 6083 (US), 1980
Tracks 13 released on “Talk of the Town” UK single – Real ARE 12, 1980
Track 14 released on “Message of Love” UK single – Real ARE 15, 1981
Track 15 released on “Stop Your Sobbing” UK single – Real ARE 6, 1979
Tracks 16-17 released on “Brass in Pocket” UK single – Real ARE 11, 1979

Disc 2: Studio Demos and BBC Studio Recordings
Tracks 2, 4, 10, 11 previously unreleased
Tracks 12-16 (The Kid Jensen Show – February 5, 1979) *previously unreleased
Tracks 17-19 (The Kid Jensen Show – July 2, 1979) *track 19 previously unreleased
All previously released tracks on Disc 2 released on Sire/Real/Rhino Pretenders (UK) / Pretenders (US), 2006

Disc 3: Live material
Tracks 1-7 released as BBC Transcription Services disc CN 3504/S, 1980
Tracks 8-13 and 15-19 released as Live – Warner Bros. promo LP WBMS 114, 1980 and Live! At The Paradise Theater, Boston, 1980 – Sire/Real RCV1 114, 2020 (track 14 previously unreleased)

Original LP remastered by Tim Young, overseen by Chris Thomas at Metropolis, London
Additional remastering by Dave Schultz & Dan Hersch at d2 Mastering