Pere Ubu's troubles with record companies are legendary within certain underground rock circles. In perhaps the most bizarre turn of events, the group's collected works of 1978-1982 – after being out of print for nearly a decade – were reissued by Geffen as a five-disc box set, Datapanik in the Year Zero. Named after the group's 1978 EP, the set is arranged chronologically and occasionally substitutes live versions for studio tracks, but that hardly matters – nearly every song the band recorded during the five-year time span is included.
Following the success of Edsel’s book sets of the Tanx and Zinc Alloy albums, and Bolan’s Zip Gun and Futuristic Dragon, as well as Born To Boogie, they now present the final T. Rex album, 1977’s Dandy In The Underworld. Produced by Marc Bolan, the album features the hit singles I Love To Boogie (# 13), Dandy In the Underworld and The Soul Of My Suit. Celebrate Summer, the last single released in Bolan’s lifetime, is included as a bonus track along with several other non-album A- and B-sides. For this deluxe media book edition, Edsel have added 36 bonus outtakes, demos and alternate mixes, 20 of which are previously unreleased. These have been mastered from original first generation tapes in the possession of two dedicated fans – this is the first time these tapes have been used.