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Vinyl Records London are on cloud nine, we are now spinning in a brand new copy in Clear Vinyl from Ultravox Following the success of 2020rsquos deluxe reissue of Vienna, on 16 September Chrysalis Records will release a box set of the Utravoxrsquos second album with Midge Ure, Rage In Eden.nbspnbspOriginally released in October 1981, as with the bands previous two albums, Rage In Eden was produced by Conny Plank Kraftwerk, Can, Neu at his studio in Cologne during the summer of that year.nbspAfter lsquoViennarsquo was an international hit single and the subsequent success of the album of the same name, the pressure was on for Ultravox to deliver a dynamic, popular follow up. Seizing the opportunity this achievement afforded them, the band decided to enter the studio with nothing prepared, challenging themselves to take advantage of the studio as an instrument as much as possible.Crafting the songs in the studio, the creative and recording process lasted three months with only a short break to head home to the UK and headline a concert at Crystal Palace. Although Ultravox continued with the popular electronic new wave style they developed on their previous album, this time they strove to create a more complex and introspective sound.The resultant album is a more ambitious, starker and austere than its predecessor. It features several long tracks ndash lsquoThe Voicersquo, lsquoWe Stand Alonersquo, lsquoThe Thin Wallrsquo and lsquoStranger Withinrsquo ndash with the last three songs interconnected into one long sequence. The songsrsquo lyrics are darker, featuring obscure and surreal imagery. These depths and artistic achievements have long made it the band and fansrsquo favourite Ultravox album.nbspThis new 4LP vinyl edition features the original album, with bonus discs including singles and bsides released from the album, along with a fully newly mixed previously unreleased concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London 1981.nbspThe format is a rigid slipcase, holding two 5mm spined sleeves with vinyl in poly lined sleeves and inserts.LP1 ndash RAGE IN EDEN Original 1981 Analog MasterSide 1The VoiceWe Stand AloneRage In EdenI Remember Death In The AfternoonSide 2The Thin WallStranger WithinAccent On YouthThe AscentYour Name Has Slipped My Mind AgainnbspLP2 ndash SINGLES amp BSIDESSide 101. The Thin Wall Single Version02. I Never Wanted To Begin 7rdquo Version03. I Never Wanted To Begin Extended VersionnbspSide 204. The Voice Single Version05. Paths amp Angels06. Private Lives Live at Crystal Palace 1368107. All Stood Still Live at Crystal Palace 13681LP3 ndash HAMMERSMITH 1981 Previously UnreleasedSide 101. The Thin Wall02. New Europeans03. Sleepwalk04. I Remember Death In The AfternoonnbspSide 205. Stranger Within06. Mr. X07. Rage In Eden.LP4 ndash HAMMERSMITH 1981 Previously UnreleasedSide 101. Accent On Youth02. The Ascent03. Your Name Has Slipped My Mind Again04. ViennaSide 205. Passionate Reply06. Passing Strangers07. We Stand Alone08. All Stood Still09. The Voice