Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent 40th anniversary 4CD+DVD deluxe edition

PRE-ORDER: Release date 18 October 2024.

London Records are reissuing Bronski Beat's classic 1984 debut The Age of Consent for its 40th anniversary and this 4CD+DVD deluxe offers 22 previously unreleased tracks and video content.

Bronski Beat were Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville and this album (the only proper studio album to feature Jimmy) was released in October 1984, hitting the top 10 across Europe as well as in Canada and New Zealand. Three of its four singles made the UK 10, including 'Why?' and the enduring classic 'Smalltown Boy'.

This deluxe edition comes in 7" style casebound book packaging and features both The Age of Consent, Hundreds and Thousands and 41 bonus tracks including original 12-inch mixes, B-sides and 22 previously unreleased rarities including Capital Radio sessions, early versions, an original US Club Remix of 'Smalltown Boy' and a Hundreds & Thousands version of 'Love and Money'. The DVD includes restored promo videos, Top of the Pops performances and even some original TV ads! 

The Age of Consent will be released on 18 October 2024 via London Records. 

The Age of Consent 40th anniversary  4CD+DVD deluxe

CD 1: The Age of Consent - The Album Plus

1. Why?
2. It Ain't Necessarily So
3. Screaming
4. No More Way
5. Love & Money
6. Smalltown Boy
7. Heatwave
8. Junk
9. Need a Man Blues
10. I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me

Bonus tracks

11. Smalltown Boy (DJ 7” edit)
12. Why? (Remix)
13. It Ain't Necessarily So (7” version)
14. I Feel Love (7” version) with Marc Almond
15. Run From Love (radio version)
16. Hard Rain (NME 7” version)

CD 2: Hundreds & Thousands - The Remix Album Plus

1. Heatwave (Harvey Goldberg Remix) 
2. WHY (Harvey Goldberg Remix) 
3. Run From Love (Dominic Maita Remix)
4. Hard Rain(Harvey Goldberg Remix) 
5. Smalltown Boy (Harvey Goldberg Remix)&nbsp
6. Junk (Harvey Goldberg Remix) 

Bonus tracks

7. Love and Money (Hundreds & Thousands Remix)*
8. Infatuation / Memories
9. Close to the Edge
10. I Feel Love (Cake Mix) with Marc Almond
11. Cadillac Car (Extended)

* Previously unreleased 

CD 3: Consent Extended: The 12 Inches Plus

1. Smalltown Boy (12” Version)
2. Why? (12” version)
3. It Ain't Necessarily So (12” version)
4. I Feel Love (12” version) with Marc Almond
5. Run From Love (US Club Remix ‘85)*
6. Smalltown Boy (US Club Remix ‘84)*
7. Red Dance
8. The Potato Field
9. Puit D'Amour
10. Signs (and Wonders)
11. I Feel Love (Fruit Mix)

* Previously unreleased 

CD 4: Ignore at Your Peril: The Rarities Plus

1. Smalltown Boy (Capital Radio Session, May ‘84)*
2. Heatwave (Capital Radio Session, MAY ‘84)*
3. Hard Rain (Capital Radio Session, MAY ‘84 )*
4. Why?(Early version, March '84)*
5. Crazy Maraquitta (Studio Session)*
6. It Ain't Necessarily So (Early Version)*
7. Upside Down (Studio Session)*
8. Screaming (Early Version, March ‘84)*
9. The Power of the Gold (Studio Session)*
10. Love and Money (Early Version)*
11. First Church (Feel Love) (Studio Session)*
12. Junk (Early Version 2)*
13. Walking(Studio Session)*
14. No More War (Early Version)*
15. Go (You & Me) (Studio Session)*
16. Close to the Edge (Early Alternate Extended)*
17. Heatwave (Early Version)*
18. The Other Side of the Tracks (Studio Session)*
19. Smalltown Boy (Early Version, March ‘84)*

* Previously unreleased 

DVD: The First Chapter - The Videos Plus

Official Music Videos

1. Smalltown Boy (Restored Promo)
2. Why? (Restored Promo))
3. It Ain't Necessarily So (Restored Promo)
4. I Feel Love with Marc Almond (Restored Promo)

Top of the Pops Performances

1. Smalltown Boy (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, June ‘84) 
2. Why? (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, September ‘84) 
3. It Aint' Necessarily So (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, December ‘84) 
4. I Feel Love with Marc Almond (BBC ‘Top of the Pops’, APRIL ‘85) 

Original TV Adverts

1. The Age of Consent - TV Advert #1 (December ‘84) *
2. The Age of Consent - TV Advert #2 (January ‘85) *

* Previously unreleased