''Ultimate Collectors' Edition'' is a compilation

box set A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands ...

by the band U.K., released on 4 November 2016. The set includes 14 CDs, 4 Blu-rays and a 66-page book detailing the band's history. The CDs include: remastered versions of the band's two studio albums ('' U.K.'' and '' Danger Money''), each with an extra disc containing songs in pre-production form; an extended, 2-CD version of the '' Night After Night'' live album featuring a complete show, and a remaster of the original version; a remixed version of ''

Reunion – Live in Tokyo ''Reunion – Live in Tokyo'' is a live album by U.K. recorded in April 2011 during their first reunion tour and released in April 2013. John Wetton and Eddie Jobson had performed three concerts in Poland in November 2009, as documented by t ...

'', three concerts from 1978 (In Boston, Philadelphia and Cleveland), two bonus discs with interviews with

John Wetton John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. Known for his dexterous bass playing and booming baritone voice, Wetton first gained fame in the early 1970s. Wetton was the singer and p ...

and

Eddie Jobson Edwin "Eddie" Jobson (born 28 April 1955) is an English musician noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K. and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Za ...

, and the band's final concert from 1979 (In the Netherlands). The four Blu-ray discs present the albums ''U.K.'', ''Danger Money'', the extended ''Night After Night'' and ''Reunion''.

All the songs on each of the albums included are written by

and

, except where noted.

CDs

'' U.K.'' (2016 remaster)

''U.K. Extras''

* The band recording the tracks for the "U.K." album. Pre-vocal; guide keyboards; first solos; pre-overdubs; pre-mix.

''Live in Boston''

* Recorded live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 11 July 1978. This concert had previously been released in 1999 as "

Concert Classics, Vol. 4 ''Concert Classics'' is a live album originally recorded for radio broadcast by the band U.K. This album was originally released without the approval of the band, thus it was considered a bootleg. The album was recorded on 11 July 1978 at Parad ...

" without the approval of the band.

''Live in Philadelphia''

* Recorded live at The Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, 8 August 1978.

''Live in Cleveland''

* Recorded live at The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, 18 September 1978.

'' Danger Money'' (2016 remaster)

''Danger Money Extras''

* "When Will You Realize?" was the single B-side of "Night After Night".

'' Night After Night'' (extended version)

* Remixed from the original multitrack master tapes.

''Night After Night'' (original version)

'' Reunion'' (2016 remix)

''Interviews''

''1979 Final Concert''

* Recorded live at Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen, 17 December 1979.

Blu-rays

''U.K.''

* High fidelity 24-bit/96k.

''Danger Money''

* High fidelity 24-bit/96k.

''Night After Night'' (extended version)

* High fidelity 24-bit/96k. 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 Surround.

''Reunion''

* High fidelity 24-bit/96k. Remixed from digital multitrack. Stereo. The Blu-ray does not contain the video of the performance.

Personnel

– keyboards, backing vocals, violin *

– bass, lead vocals *

Allan Holdsworth Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...

– guitar (Disc 1-5, Blu-ray 1) *

Bill Bruford William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English former drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording ...

– drums, percussion (Disc 1-5, Blu-ray 1) *

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Pers ...

– drums, percussion (Disc 6-9, 12, Blu-ray 2-3) *

Alex Machacek Alex Machacek (born 1 July 1972, Tulln an der Donau, Austria) is an Austrian jazz fusion guitarist. Early years Machacek was born to a Czech family in Tulln, Austria. His family had moved to Austria in the 1960s as refugees. Since then, the ...

– guitar (Disc 10, Blu-ray 4) *

Marco Minnemann Marco Minnemann (born 24 December 1970) is a German drummer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Career Marco Minnemann has released over a dozen solo albums as drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, and performed on over 100 studio al ...

– drums, percussion (Disc 10, Blu-ray 4)

References

{{U.K. 2016 compilation albums U.K. (band) albums Reissue albums

Contents

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