Kiki Dee - The Ariola and EMI Years (Signed Edition) [4CD]

Edsel Box Set

£41.38

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: EDSL0152
Barcode: 740155735234
Release Date: 26 Jan 2024
Genre: Soul

4 CDs in a media book with 28 page booklet (Signed)

Following the success of our previous Kiki Dee book sets “The Fontana & Motown Years” (which rounded up Kiki’s ‘60s releases) and “The Rocket Years” (which covered Kiki’s ‘70s releases), Edsel is proud to present the third book set in the series. This 4CD set, “The Ariola & EMI Years”, showcases Kiki’s ‘80s releases, and includes a previously unreleased album, fourteen bonus tracks and three previously unreleased demos.

By the time she signed to Ariola label in 1980, Kiki Dee had established herself as one of the world’s premier music stars. In 1981, she recorded “Star” (which was used as the theme tune of the TV talent show “Opportunity Knocks”!) and followed this with “Perfect Timing” and the album of the same name. The album also features a duet with Elton John (a cover of the Four Tops’ “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever”), and the bonus tracks include a duet with Roger Voudouris, appearing on CD for the first time.

CD2 features the entirety of the previously unreleased album “Two Sides To Every Story”, recorded and produced for Ariola in 1982 by Pip Williams (producer of “Perfect Timing”), and mastered from the original production master tapes.

CD3 features “Angel Eyes”, Kiki’s 1987 album for EMI’s Columbia label, which includes the single “Another Day Comes (Another Day Goes)”, written and produced by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, and three tracks produced by Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones, Psychedelic Furs, Marillion, Killing Joke, Yes, ELP and many more).

CD4 features the non-album singles A- and B-sides and remixes, including another duet with Elton, plus three previously unreleased demos, mixed for this compilation. The annotation is by Alan Robinson, based on new interviews with Kiki, Pip Williams and Chris Kimsey.

DISC ONE
PERFECT TIMING
1. Star
2. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [Kiki Dee with Elton John]
3. Wild Eyes
4. Twenty Four Hours
5. Perfect Timing
6. Midnight Flyer
7. There’s A Need
8. Another Break
9. Love Is Just A Moment Away
10. You Are My Hope In This World
Bonus tracks:
11. Give It Up
12. Perfect Timing [extended 12” version]
13. The Chase Is Finally On
14. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [single mix] [Kiki Dee with Elton John]
15. The Last Love Song [Roger Voudouris featuring Kiki Dee]

DISC TWO
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
Unreleased Ariola album, recorded in 1982
1. Stayin' With It
2. Diamond Lady
3. Heart To Beat
4. Nowhere To Hide
5. Saviour
6. Two Sides To Every Story
7. Peter
8. Yellow Kimono (Waiting On Tokyo Time)
9. I Could Feel You
10. Under One Banner
DISC THREE
ANGEL EYES
1. I Fall In Love Too Easily
2. Stay Close To You
3. I'll Build A Tower Over You
4. Pay
5. We Cry On
6. Angel Eyes
7. Knowing You Like I Do
8. Another Day Comes (Another Day Goes)
9. Keep It To Yourself
10. Good Times

DISC FOUR
BONUS TRACKS
Singles As and Bs
1. The Loser Gets To Win
2. (I Want Our) Love To Shine
3. Won't Make Sense (Barbed Wire Fence)
4. Another Day Comes (Another Day Goes) [Nightmare Mix]
5. I Fall In Love Too Easily [extended mix]
6. Don't Cry
7. Beyond Control
8. Africa
Extra bonus track
9. True Love [Elton John & Kiki Dee] Kiki’s 1984 Demos
10. Pleasure And Pain
11. Golden Opportunity
12. You Sure Know How To Break A Heart