The Cars Reissues....

[omar]

The Elektra Years (1978-87), a remastered 6cd boxset is out on March 11th.

THE ELEKTRA YEARS 1978-1987

THE CARS (1978)

“Good Times Roll”
“My Best Friend’s Girl”
“Just What I Needed”
“I’m In Touch With Your World”
“Don’t Cha Stop”
“You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”
“Bye Bye Love”
“Moving In Stereo”
“All Mixed Up”

CANDY-O (1979)

“Let’s Go”
“Since I Held You”
“It’s All I Can Do”
“Double Life”
“Shoo Be Doo”
“Candy-O”
“Night Spots”
“You Can’t Hold On Too Long”
“Lust For Kicks”
“Got A Lot On My Head”
“Dangerous Type”

PANORAMA (1980)

“Panorama”
“Touch And Go”
“Gimme Some Slack”
“Don’t Tell Me No”
“Getting Through”
“Misfit Kid”
“Down Boys”
“You Wear Those Eyes”
“Running To You”
“Up And Down”

SHAKE IT UP (1981)

“Since You’re Gone”
“Shake It Up”
“I’m Not The One”
“Victim Of Love”
“Cruiser”
“A Dream Away”
“This Could Be Love”
“Think It Over”
“Maybe Baby”

HEARTBEAT CITY (1984)

“Hello Again”
“Looking For Love”
“Magic”
“Drive”
“Stranger Eyes”
“You Might Think”
“It’s Not The Night”
“Why Can’t I Have You”
“I Refuse”
“Heartbeat City”

DOOR TO DOOR (1987)

1. “Leave or Stay”
2. “You Are The Girl”
3. “Double Trouble”
4. “Fine Line”
5. “Everything You Say”
6. “Ta Ta Wayo Wayo”
7. “Strap Me In”
8. “Coming Up You”
9. “Wound Up On You”
10. “Go Away”
11. “Door To Door”

Also out in May is a remastered retrospective, Moving In Stereo - The Best Of The Cars:

MOVING IN STEREO: THE BEST OF THE CARS

1. “Just What I Needed”
2. “Since You’re Gone”
3. “Let’s Go”
4. “You Might Think”
5. “Shake It Up”
6. “Drive”
7. “Tonight She Comes”
8. “My Best Friend’s Girl”
9. “Don’t Tell Me No”
10. “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”
11. “I’m Not The One” – Single Mix
12. “Candy-O”
13. “Heartbeat City”
14. “Touch And Go”
15. “Moving In Stereo”
16. “Dangerous Type”
17. “Sad Song” – Zdar Mix*
18. “Everything You Say” – Live*

Limited editions of both collections will also be out on vinyl.

[Luke]

THE BEST OF THE CARS !!!

Where are singles like: Hello Again, It’s All I Can Do, Magic and You Are the Girl ???!!!

For the boxset:

No rarities of any real significance, and the first five albums have already been remastered at lease once.
If you bought the cheap 5-CD box a while ago, you can keep that, no need for this set because there are NO bonus tracks (again).

I can remember back in 2011 that Edsel was going to reissue their albums with lots of bonus tracks and then they were suddenly pulled at the last minute...
I was quite astounded when they presented a very good tracklisting for the Heartbeat City album with bonus tracks like Hello Again (Extended Version) 5:54 Hello Again (Dub) 6:02
and Heartbeat City (Crossover Mix) 8:51 and then the whole project was cancelled.



Just go for all the SHM-CDs: they are beautifully packaged and sound great!

[omar]

I agree that the whole point of a reissue is too include bonus tracks,remixes,demos etc. BTW was Heartbeat City (Crossover Mix) an official one?

[audiodile]

Unfortunately, the only official remixes from Heartbeat City are the two Arthur Baker/Latin Rascals mixes for Hello Again.

[omar]

Thanks for the info .

[cork]

No hello again on the best of.

Is it worth it - if you have some previous best s?

[profil]

No hello again on the best of.

Is it worth it - if you have some previous best s?

I like it soundwise and at least we get two previously unreleased tracks which I enjoyed: Sad Song (Zdar Mix) + Everything You Say (Live).
Not too much news, but reason enough for me. And I don't miss Hello again....