STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL - The Best Years Of Our Lives [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] - 2CD + DVD Set in Hardback Book [JUN 20]

Limited 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 2CD + DVD in Hardback Book. Disc One features a new 2025 Alan Parsons Stereo Mix, Disc two has never-before-heard outtakes and rarities, offering fans a unique insight into the creative process. See below for details of what is included on the DVD. 

Steve Harley's iconic album The Best Years Of Our Lives celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 and to mark the event, Chrysalis Records is proud to present an expanded 3-Disc edition featuring a 2025 Stereo Mix by Alan Parsons and a single LP Version.

Following the split of the original Cockney Rebel line up, Harley endeavoured to form a new line up while renaming the group as Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. The result of this newfound group was electric, with the band producing their biggest hit; the number one, million-selling anthem 'Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)'.

The lead track has gone on to have a life of its own, produced by Alan Parsons, just two years after he engineered Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, this album stands tall as an assured collection of top tier prog-glam-pop.

2CD/DVD - Disc One features a new 2025 Alan Parsons Stereo Mix, Disc two has never-before-heard outtakes and rarities, offering fans a unique insight into the creative process. The DVD features the Between The Lines documentary and Star Rider live video, unaired since the time, giving a wonderful glimpse into Steve performing at his victory lap show at Hammersmith Odeon alongside some fantastic fan interviews, Make Me Smile promo video and TOTP performance and the full audio recording of the Hammersmith Odeon concert. At the centre of this DVD style hardback book, are liner notes by renowned author Peter Doggett with interviews from band members Jim Cregan, Stewart Elliott, Duncan Mackay and producer Alan Parsons plus previously unseen photographs from Mick Rock and Michael Putland.

Tracklist: 

CD 1: New stereo remix by Alan Parsons
(original album released as EMI EMC-3068 (U.K.), 1975)
Introducing "The Best Years"
The Mad, Mad Moonlight
Mr Raffles (Man It Was Mean)
It Wasn't Me
Panorama
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Back to the Farm
49th Parallel
The Best Years of Our Lives
Another Journey (U.K. B-side to "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" - EMI 2263, 1975)

CD 2: Outtakes and Rarities (previously unreleased except where noted)
Another Journey (Early Version)
It Wasn't Me (Outtake)
The Mad, Mad Moonlight (Rehearsal Version)
Back to the Farm (Instrumental Rehearsal)
49th Parallel (Rehearsal)
Panorama (Vocal Run Through)
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (False Start)
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Rough Mix) (released on The Best Years of Our Lives (Definitive Edition) - Parlophone EMCDX 3068 (U.K.), 2014)
Another Journey (Acoustic Demo)
The Best Years of Our Lives (Rehearsal Version)
The Best Years of Our Lives (Acoustic Demo) (released on The Best Years of Our Lives (Definitive Edition) - Parlophone EMCDX 3068 (U.K.), 2014)

DVD
Between the Lines (concert documentary)
Star Rider (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - 4/14/1975) (released on DVD in The Best Years of Our Lives (Definitive Edition) - Parlophone EMCDX 3068 (U.K.), 2014)
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Top of the Pops)
Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - 4/14/1975 (released on CD in The Best Years of Our Lives (Definitive Edition) - Parlophone EMCDX 3068 (U.K.), 2014)
The Mad, Mad Moonlight
Hideaway
Panorama
Bed in the Corner/Sweet Dreams/Psychomodo/Sling It!
Sebastian
Mr. Raffles (Man It Was Mean)
Back to the Farm
49th Parallel
Death Trip
Judy Teen
Mr. Soft
The Best Years of Our Lives
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Tumbling Down