deadlines -remastered & expanded boxset

• A RE-MASTERED 3 DISC EXPANDED CLAMSHELL BOXED SET EDITION COMPRISING 2 CDs & DVD (NTSC / REGION FREE) OF THIS 1977 ALBUM BY THE STRAWBS
• FEATURING 33 BONUS TRACKS INCLUDING 11 OUT-TAKES FROM THE RECORDING SESSIONS & THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 60 MINUTE BBC RADIO & TV “SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT” PERFORMANCE FROM FEBRUARY 1978 ON BOTH CD & DVD
• WITH ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH A NEW ESSAY AND A FULLY RESTORED ALBUM ARTWORK

Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a re-mastered and expanded 3 Disc clamshell box edition of the 1977 album, “Deadlines” by STRAWBS. Released in late 1977, this would be the band’s final album to be released in the 1970s. Recorded in Dublin and London by a line-up of Dave Cousins (vocals, acoustic guitars, banjo, guitar), Dave Lambert (vocals, lead guitar), Chas Cronk (bass, acoustic guitar, vocals) and Tony Fernandez (drums, percussion) with guest keyboard players John Mealing and Robert Kirby, “Deadlines” was the Strawbs only album for the Arista label. Often unfairly overlooked in the Strawbs canon and largely ignored by some quarters of the music press upon its release (at the height of Punk rock), “Deadlines” was a fine album featured some excellent tracks such as ‘No Return’, ‘The Last Resort’, ‘Sealed With A Traitor’s Kiss’, ‘Time And Life’, ‘New Beginnings’, ‘Deadly Nightshade’ and ‘Words of Wisdom’.

To promote the album Strawbs made a memorable appearance on the BBC TV and Radio simulcast programme “Sight & Sound in Concert” in February 1978 (featuring recently recruited keyboard player Andy Richards in their ranks) where they performed a blistering 60 minute set of some material from “Deadlines” along with other classics such as ‘Lay Down’, ‘Ghosts’, ‘Heartbreaker’, ‘Cut Like a Diamond’, ‘Round and Round’ and ‘Hero and Heroine’. This concert appears on both a CD and a DVD (NTSC / Region Free) in this set for the first time, re-mastered from the original BBC tapes, along with 11 bonus tracks comprising alternate takes and demos from the “Deadlines” sessions.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE: CD

DEADLINES: ORIGINAL ALBUM

NO RETURN

JOEY AND ME

SEALED WITH A TRAITOR’S KISS

I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

THE LAST RESORT

TIME AND LIFE

NEW BEGINNINGS

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE

WORDS OF WISDOM

BONUS TRACKS

MIDNIGHT (OUT-TAKE)

NO RETURN (ACOUSTIC DEMO)

SEALED WITH A TRAITORS KISS (ACOUSTIC DEMO)

TIME AND LIFE (ACOUSTIC DEMO)

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (ACOUSTIC DEMO)

WORDS OF WISDOM (ACOUSTIC DEMO)

THE CHOSEN ONES (ACOUSTIC DEMO)

SEALED WITH A TRAITORS KISS (BAND DEMO)

NO RETURN (DUBLIN PRODUCTION MIX)

JOEY AND ME (DUBLIN PRODUCTION MIX)

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (DUBLIN PRODUCTION MIX)

DISC TWO: CD

BBC RADIO ONE “SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT” 18th FEBRUARY 1978

LAY DOWN (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

THE LAST RESORT (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

GHOSTS (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

NO RETURN (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

HEARTBREAKER (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

SEALED WITH A TRAITORS KISS (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

SIMPLE VISIONS (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

CUT LIKE A DIAMOND (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

OUT IN THE COLD (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

ROUND AND ROUND (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

HERO AND HEROINE (LIVE – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

DISC THREE: DVD

BBC TV-“SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT” 18th FEBRUARY 1978

LAY DOWN (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

THE LAST RESORT (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

GHOSTS (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

NO RETURN (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

HEARTBREAKER (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

SEALED WITH A TRAITORS KISS (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

SIMPLE VISIONS (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

CUT LIKE A DIAMOND (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

OUT IN THE COLD (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

ROUND AND ROUND (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

HERO AND HEROINE (LIVE DVD – BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT)

NTSC – REGION 0