Be Bop Deluxe | Axe Victim: 2cd Expanded & Remastered Edition | 2CD

Be Bop Deluxe is a British band formed by Bill Nelson in 1972 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Its music moved across prog rock, glam rock, proto-punk and new wave, although the band never actually played be-bop. The band is best known for the singles 'Ships In The Night', 'Sister Seagull' and 'Maid In Heaven'.

This is a two CD reissue of Axe Victim by Be Bop Deluxe, released by Esoteric Recordings in the UK in 2020 and remastered in stereo. Two tracks and the whole second disc are described as previously unreleased. Bill Nelson is credited as writer and lead performer, with Robert Bryan on bass, Nicholas Chatterton-Dew on drums and Ian Parkin on rhythm guitar.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Axe Victim
2. Love Is Swift Arrows
3. Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus
4. Third Floor Heaven
5. Night Creatures
6. Rocket Cathedrals
7. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
8. Jets at Dawn
9. No Trains to Heaven
10. Darkness (L'immoraliste)
11. Teenage Archangel
12. Jets at Dawn (1973 Single Version)
13. No Trains to Heaven (First Mix)
14. Axe Victim (First Album Version Mix)

Disc 2

1. Axe Victim
2. Love Is Swift Arrows
3. Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus
4. Third Floor Heaven
5. Night Creatures
6. Rocket Cathedrals
7. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
8. Jets at Dawn
9. No Trains to Heaven
10. Darkness (L'immoraliste)
11. Axe Victim (First Version)
12. Night Creatures (Spoken Word Version)
13. Rocket Cathedrals (First Version)