24 Hour Party People

2007 digitally remastered and expanded deluxe two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) edition of the smash hit album from Shaun Ryder, Bez and Co., originally released in 1990. Features the original album with the addition of extended versions and mixes, while the second disc is a DVD that collects all of their videos into a virtual video "Best Of" the band from 1986's 'Tart Tart' through to 'Judge Fudge' in 1991. The Mondays' 1988 album may have helped chart the future of British Rock/Dance but this album reconstructed the way music was created and helped to bring the Alternative Rock and Dance scenes together as one. Features the hits 'Kinky Afro', 'Step On' and 'Bob's Yer Uncle'.

Defying some stiff odds, the original lineup of Happy Mondays reunited for a tour in 2012 and, to accompany this stroll through the past, the hits collection Double Double Good: The Best of Happy Mondays was released in the summer of 2012. Over the years there have been many many Mondays comps but Double Double Good is among the best, covering the familiar territory well and compensating for the slight preference of latter-day and comeback material (comeback covers of "Stayin' Alive" and "The Boys Are Back in Town" are both here) by offering the rare 1985 single "Delightful," whose presence may be enough for the hardcore to purchase yet another Happy Mondays comp. Everybody else will be satisfied by a solid overview of the Mondays' best.

From Buzzcocks to Britpop, Manchester North Of England is the ultimate tribute to the independent output of that most important and iconic of musical cities, with 146 tracks across seven CDs in a deluxe box set.

In his notes for this passionately compiled box, producer Gary Stewart writes, "the diversity from the late-70s punk/new wave scene turned into a full-blown, variety-fueled, genre-busting orgy in the '80s…The music became, in the best sense of the words, more complex, more literate, a bit more serious, and as a result, made astrong impact on mainsteam rock culture." From funk punk to revisionist roots rock to hard-core to smart-ass clever pop-and every musical nook and cranny in-between-Left of the Dial presents many of the '80s' most important tracks. Savor the far more influential flip side of the "Where's the Beef?" decade's musical output!