Everything Is Now: Vol. 1 [Box Set] Vinyl

Spandau Ballet will announce the release of their definitive early years collection, "Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978-1982" - a comprehensive 9-disc box set featuring their groundbreaking first two albums alongside a wealth of previously unavailable material. It includes a beautiful 44 page book with original photos from fellow Blitz Kid Graham Smith and new commentary from the whole band.

This meticulously curated collection captures the band's origins and meteoric rise from Blitz Club favourites to chart-topping innovators.

The set includes their seminal albums "Journeys To Glory" (1981) and "Diamond" (1982) newly remastered in 2025, released digitally and on vinyl, plus six CDs of singles, remixes, BBC sessions, demos, and a Blu-ray of Dolby Atmos mixes, videos and rare live footage."Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978-1982" stands as the definitive document of Spandau Ballet's revolutionary early period, when they helped define the sound and style of a generation.

Everything Is Now - Vol 1: The Early Years 1978-1982

CD1: JOURNEYS TO GLORY ERA SINGLES, REMIXES & VERSIONS

CD2: DIAMOND ERA SINGLES, REMIXES & VERSIONS

CD3: DIAMOND – 12” SINGLES BOX SET

CD4: BBC SESSION 1981 / BBC IN CONCERT BOURNEMOUTH 1982

CD5: BBC IN CONCERT PARIS THEATRE 1982

CD6: DEMOS

BLU-RAY (DISC 7): DOLBY ATMOS, PROMOS & EXTRAS

LP1 (DISC 8): JOURNEYS TO GLORY

LP2 (DISC 9): DIAMOND

CD1: JOURNEYS TO GLORY ERA SINGLES, REMIXES & VERSIONS

7 inch A-Sides

1. To Cut A Long Story Short (7” A-side) [3:22]

2. The Freeze (7"; Version A-side) [3:32]

3. Muscle Bound (7"; Version A-side) [3:58]

4. Glow (7"; Version AA-side) [3:49]

7 inch B-Sides

5. To Cut A Long Story Short (Version) [3:22]

6. The Freeze (Version 7” B-side) [4:23]

12 inch A-Sides & B-Sides

7. To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1 A-side) [6:32]

8. To Cut A Long Story Short (Version) (Mix 2) [3.59]

9. The Freeze (12” A-side) [4:36]

10. The Freeze (Special Mix 12” B-side) [6:33]

11. Glow (12" Version) [8:11]

12. Muscle Bound (12” B-side) [4.51]

CD2: DIAMOND ERA SINGLES, REMIXES & VERSIONS

7 inch A-Sides

1. Chant No 1 (7” A-side) [4:07]

2. Paint Me Down (7” A-side) [3:13]

3. She Love Like Diamond (7” A-side) [2:52]

4. Instinction (7” Trevor Horn Version) [3:34]

7 inch B-Sides

5. Feel The Chant (Short - 7” B-side) [4:04]

6. Man With Guitar (B-Side of Paint Me Down) [2:52]

7. Gently (B-Side of Intinction) [4:00]

8. She Loved Like Diamond (Instrumental B-side) [2:56]

12 inch A-Sides & B-Sides

9. Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix - 12” A-side) [5:52]

10. Feel The Chant (Long - 12” B-side) [5:49]

11. Paint Me Down (12" A-side) [7:05]

12. Re Paint (12” B-side) [6:53]

CD3: DIAMOND – 12” REMIX SINGLES BOX SET

1. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Remix) [8:04]

2. Instinction (Remix) [6:59]

3. Paint Me Down (Remix) [6:25]

4. Coffee Club (Remix) [6:49]

5. She Loved Like Diamond (Remix) [3:41]

6. Pharaoh (Remix) [6:37]

7. Innocence And Science (Remix) [4:28]

8. Missionary (Remix) [7:02]

CD4: BBC SESSION 1981 / BBC IN CONCERT BOURNEMOUTH 1982

BBC Session - Studio B15, March 15, 1981

1. The Freeze [4:41]

2. Mandolin [4:07]

3. Muscle Bound [4:52]

4. Glow [4:14]

BBC In Concert Bournemouth, April 19, 1982

5. The Freeze [5:13]

6. She Loved Like Diamond [3:10]

7. To Cut A Long Story Short [3:52]

8. Glow [5:13]

9. Paint Me Down [4:45]

10. Instinction / Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [6:10]

(Medley: Instinction [5:46] / Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [1:24]

CD5: BBC IN CONCERT PARIS THEATRE, LONDON 1982

Produced by Jeff Griffin

1. Instinction (Version 1) [5:28]

2. The Freeze [5:11]

3. She Loved Like Diamond [2:59]

4. To Cut A Long Story Short [3:46]

5. Pharoah [6:07]

6. Glow [5:11]

7. Muscle Bound [4:56]

8. Confused [4:07]

9. Paint Me Down [4:56]

10. Coffee Club [6:38]

11. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [6:56]

12. Instinction (Version 2) [4:28]

13. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Reprise) [1:22]

CD6: DEMOS

1. Toys (Gentry Demo) [4:20]

2. Age Of Blows (Gentry Demo) [3:47]

3. Eyes (Gentry Demo) [5:27]

4. To Cut A Long Story Short (Arista Demo) [3:42]

5. The Freeze (Arista Demo) [4:56]

6. Confused (Arista Demo) [4:10]

7. Reformation (Arista Demo) [4:59]

BLU-RAY: ATMOS, PROMOS & EXTRAS

DOLBY ATMOS, STEREO & INSTRUMENTAL REMIXES BY STEVEN WILSON

To Cut A Long Story Short

The Freeze

Muscle Bound

Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

Paint Me Down

Instinction

MUSIC VIDEOS

To Cut A Long Story Short

The Freeze

Muscle Bound

Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

Paint Me Down

She Loved Like Diamond

Instinction

OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST, BBC TV 1982

She Loved Like Diamond

Coffee Club

LIVE AT THE UNDERGROUND CLUB, NYC, USA MAY 6, 1981 - DURATION: 56mins 25secs

Intro by Jim Fouratt

The Freeze

Mandolin

Reformation

Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

Toys

Age Of Blows

Muscle Bound

Confused

To Cut A Long Story Short

Glow

EXTRAS

HMS Belfast footage

LP1: JOURNEYS TO GLORY (1981)

Side One

1. To Cut A Long Story Short [3:20]
2. Reformation [4:54]
3. Mandolin [4:07]
4. Muscle Bound [5:06]

Side Two

1. Age Of Blows [4:09]
2. The Freeze [4:35]
3. Confused [4:38]
4. Toys [5:48]

LP2: DIAMOND (1982)

Side One

1. Chant No 1 [4:05]
2. Instinction [4:48]
3. Paint Me Down [3:44]
4. Coffee Club [5:30]

Side Two

1. She Loved Like Diamond [2:55]
2. Pharaoh [6:35]
3. Innocence And Science [4:15]
4. Missionary [7:15]