Taken from: http://theseconddisc.com/2011/09/15/lets-go-edsel-revs-up-cars-reissues/#more-8927
Demon Music Group/Edsel has unveiled plans for expanded reissues of the complete Elektra discography for New Wave legends The Cars.
From the opening chords of ¡°Good Times Roll¡± off the Boston quintet¡¯s self-titled debut in 1978, The Cars ¨C singer/guitarist Ric Ocasek, singer/bassist Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliott Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson ¨C were something special, becoming one of the primary bands in America to fuse traditional rock with the rising trends of synth-based pop. Add the band¡¯s willingness to contribute to the rising crop of videos on MTV, and it¡¯s no surprise that the group moved millions of copies of their albums through their 1987 breakup and beyond. And while Orr died of cancer in 2000, the band recently reunited (with Ocasek and Robinson, who sat out The New Cars project with Todd Rundgren) and released the rather good Move Like This earlier this spring.
Rhino released a fair amount of catalogue material in the 1990s to commemorate The Cars, from 1995¡äs hits/rarities set Just What I Needed: The Anthology to 1999 as deluxe edition of the band’s first album. But these sets represent nearly the full gamut of The Cars.
In traditional Edsel form, two albums will be packed into one set, and all will feature bonus material. The first set, combining The Cars and 1979¡äs Candy-O, is actually three discs, containing both albums and relevant bonus cuts with a DVD featuring the band’s performances on U.K. rock specials The Old Grey Whistle Test and Rock Goes to College. (On the latter program, the final two encore tracks are being unearthed and released for the first time!) The other two sets combine Panorama (1980) and Shake It Up (1981) with relevant B-sides and outtakes, and Heartbeat City (1984) and Door to Door (1987) with dance remixes and demos.
Is everything here? Shockingly, no. While every unreleased track from Just What I Needed is here, and the dance mixes to ¡°Hello Again¡± are CD debuts, Edsel misses two rather glaring tracks: ¡°Tonight She Comes,¡± and a remix of ¡°I¡¯m Not the One,¡± the singles from the band¡¯s 1985 Greatest Hits package. But the amount of rare and unreleased video material is certainly enough to make you think these sets over.
Edsel doesn’t seem to have a release date in their news release, but full details and order links are below.
The Cars / Candy-O / Rock Goes to College (Edsel EDSG8012, 2011)
Disc 1: The Cars and bonus material
Good Times Roll
My Best Friend’s Girl
Just What I Needed
I’m in Touch with Your World
Don’t Cha Stop
You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
Bye Bye Love
Moving in Stereo
All Mixed Up
Good Times Roll (Live @ The Paradise, Boston ¨C 11/13/1978)
My Best Friend’s Girl (Demo)
Just What I Needed (Demo)
I’m in Touch with Your World (Demo)
Don’t Cha Stop (Demo)
You’re All I’ve Got Tonight (Demo)
Bye Bye Love (Demo)
Moving in Stereo (Demo)
All Mixed Up (Demo)
Take Me Now (Demo)
Cool Fool (Demo)
Disc 2: More bonus material and Candy-O
They Won’t See You (Demo)
Take What You Want (Demo)
Wake Me Up (Demo)
You Just Can’t Push Me (Demo)
Hotel Queenie (Demo)
Let’s Go
Since I Held You
It’s All I Can Do
Double Life
Shoo Be Doo
Candy-O
Nightspots
You Can’t Hold On Too Long
Lust for Kicks
Got a Lot on My Head
Dangerous Type
That’s It
Disc 3: DVD – Rock Goes to College and The Old Grey Whistle Test
Just What I Needed
Good Times Roll
I’m In Touch With Your World
My Best Friend’s Girl
Moving In Stereo
All Mixed Up
Night Spots
Bye Bye Love
Don’t Cha Stop
Candy-O
Hotel Queenie
My Best Friend’s Girl
Just What I Needed
Disc 1, Tracks 1-9 released as Elektra LP 6E-135, 1978
Disc 1, Tracks 9-18 and Disc 2, Tracks 1-5 released on The Cars: Deluxe Edition (Rhino R2 75700, 1999)
Disc 1, Tracks 19-20 released on Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology (Rhino R2 73506, 1995)
Disc 2, Tracks 6-16 as Elektra LP 5E-507, 1979
Disc 2, Track 17 was the B-side to ¡°Let¡¯s Go¡± ¨C Elektra E-46063, 1979
Disc 3, Tracks 1-11 recorded live at the University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom, November 1978. First broadcast 1/31/1979 except Tracks 11-12, which are previously unreleased.
Disc 3, Tracks 12-13 recorded November 1978
Panorama / Shake It Up (Edsel EDSD2111, 2011)
Disc 1: Panorama and bonus material
Panorama
Touch and Go
Gimme Some Slack
Don’t Tell Me No
Getting Through
Misfit Kid
Down Boys
You Wear Those Eyes
Running to You
Up and Down
Don’t Go to Pieces
Disc 2: Shake It Up and bonus material
Since You’re Gone
Shake It Up
I’m Not the One
Victim of Love
Cruiser
A Dream Away
This Could Be Love
Think It Over
Maybe Baby
The Little Black Egg
Funtime
Disc 1, Tracks 1-10 released as Elektra LP 5E-514, 1980
Disc 1, Track 11 was the B-side to ¡°Don¡¯t Tell Me No¡± ¨C Elektra E-47080, 1980
Disc 2, Tracks 1-9 released as Elektra LP 5E-567, 1981
Disc 2, Tracks 10-11 released on Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology (Rhino R2 73506, 1995)
Heartbeat City / Door to Door (Edsel EDSD2112, 2011)
Disc 1: Heartbeat City and bonus material
Hello Again
Looking for Love
Magic
Drive
Stranger Eyes
You Might Think
It’s Not the Night
Why Can’t I Have You
I Refuse
Heartbeat City
Breakaway
Hello Again (Remix Version/Vocal)
Hello Again (Dub Version)
Disc 2: Door to Door and bonus material
Leave or Stay
You Are the Girl
Double Trouble
Fine Line
Everything You Say
Ta Ta Wayo Wayo
Strap Me In
Coming Up You
Wound Up on You
Go Away
Door to Door
Leave or Stay (1977 Demo)
Ta Ta Wayo Wayo (1977 Demo)
Disc 1, Tracks 1-10 released as Elektra LP 60296-1, 1984
Disc 1, Track 11 was the B-side to ¡°Why Can¡¯t I Have You¡± ¨C Elektra 7-69657, 1984
Disc 1, Tracks 12-13 released as Elektra 12¡å single 0-66929, 1984
Disc 2, Tracks 1-11 released as Elektra LP 60747-1, 1987
Disc 2, Tracks 12-13 released on Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology (Rhino R2 73506, 1995)
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