[PREORDER] McAlmont & Butler - The Sound Of... McAlmont & Butler (CD)

Special 2CD Set

Edsel pairs the album, newly mastered by George Shilling under Bernard Butler's supervision, with a bonus disc of thirteen demos, alternate mixes and outtakes, housed in a digipak. The second disc follows the songs backward to their drafts: "Yes" as a four-track demo, as a plain demo and as an instrumental; "You Do" in an early mix; the original single versions of "Don't Call It Soul" and "How About You?"; and "The Argument," listed as an outtake from the "Tonight" session.

The album it reissues came out in 1995 on Hut and peaked at number 33 on the UK albums chart. The Guardian awarded it five stars. The Times, writing about the closing track, called "the monumental climax to the seven-minute-long 'You Do'" a fitting end "both to the album and to a relationship that shook so hard that perhaps it had to shatter."

David McAlmont and Bernard Butler recorded together for barely two years and left one album behind; this edition gathers what surrounded it. Catalog number EDSL0289, imported from the UK.

Tracklist

Disc One

1. Yes [full version]
2. What's The Excuse This Time?
3. The Right Thing
4. Although
5. Don't Call It Soul
6. Disappointment / Interval
7. The Debitor
8. How About You?
9. Tonight
10. You'll Lose A Good Thing
11. You Do [full length version]

Disc Two

1. Yes [demo]
2. Yes [four track demo]
3. Yes [instrumental]
4. You Do [demo]
5. You Do [mix 1]
6. Don't Call It Soul [demo]
7. Don't Call It Soul [original single version]
8. How About You? [original single version]
9. Tonight [Oompah demo]
10. Tonight (Overnight)
11. What's The Excuse This Time? [355]
12. Yes [BB & Nigel Godrich 1995 remix]
13. The Argument [outtake from the "Tonight" session]