Happy Mondays have announced the “definitive” reissue of their 1990 album ‘Pills N Thrills And Bellyaches’ on multiple formats, including a 5LP deluxe edition vinyl.
The influential record, which includes tracks ‘Kinky Afro’ and ‘Step On’, will be available from August 21 on CD and cassette editions as well as vinyl. Click here to pre-order.
All original audio has been remastered from the Factory Records master tapes, and include exclusive bonus tracks on some editions.
The 5LP Super Deluxe Edition includes a 66-page hardback book with liner notes from author and journalist James Brown, who worked for NME during the time of the album’s release, as well as essays and scrapped artwork.
Alongside the remastered release, it includes the albums ‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Madchester Rave On’ EPs, the ‘Baby Baby Big Head Bootleg Album’ recorded Live at Elland Road on June 1 1991, and classic and newly commissioned remixes.
The ‘Pills N Thrills And Bellyaches’ remastered Super Deluxe vinyl tracklist is:
Side One – Album Remastered
A1. ‘Kinky Afro’
A2. ‘God’s Cop’
A3. ‘Donovan’
A4. ‘Grandbag’s Funeral’
A5. ‘Loose Fit’
Side Two – Album Remastered
B1. ‘Dennis And Lois’
B2. ‘Bob’s Yer Uncle’
B3. ‘Step On’
B4. ‘Holiday’
B5. ‘Harmony’
Side Three – Madchester – Rave On
C1. ‘Hallelujah’
C2. ‘Holy Ghost’
C3. ‘Clap Your Hands’
C4. ‘Rave On’
Side Four – Hallelujah
D1. ‘Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)’
D2. ‘Hallelujah (Club Mix)’
D3. ‘Rave On (Club Mix)’
D4. ‘W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix)’
Side Five – Baby Bighead Bootleg
E1. ‘Hallelujah (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
E2. ‘Donovan (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
E3. ‘Kinky Afro (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
Side Six – Baby Bighead Bootleg
F1. ‘Clap Your Hands (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
F2. ‘Loose Fit (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
F3. ‘Holiday (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
F4. ‘Rave On (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
Side Seven – Baby Bighead Bootleg
G1. ‘E (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
G2. ‘Tokoloshe Man (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
G3. ‘Dennis And Lois (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
Side Eight – Baby Bighead Bootleg
H1. ‘God’s Cop (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
H2. ‘Step On (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
H3. ‘Bob’s Yer Uncle (Live at Elland Road, 1991)’
Side Nine – Remixes
I1. ‘Step On (Stuff It In Mix)’
I2. ‘Kinky Groovy Afro Remix (12″)’
I3. ‘Loose Fit (Perfecto 12″ Mix)’
I4. ‘Tokoloshe Man’
Side Ten – Remixes
J1. ‘Hallelujah (Daniel Avery Edit)’
J2. ‘Loose Fit (Shadow Child Edit)’
J3. ‘Gods Cop (Anna Prior Edit)’
J4. ‘Step On (Paul Oakenfold Edit)’
J5. ‘Hallelujah (Ewan Pearson Remix)’
Recently Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder recently revealed that he missed the funeral of fellow Manchester music icon Mani after catching pneumonia and collapsing.
