Product Description
Midge Ure – The Gift (Deluxe Edition – 2023 Remaster CD Box-Set)
RELEASE DATE: 22nd September 2023
4CD – Limited Edition Box Set includes a remastered version of the album, along with non-album singles, b-sides, remixes, home recordings and a newly mixed concert from Wembley Arena from 1985.
During a break with Ultravox and his involvement with Band Aid / Live Aid, Midge Ure set up a home studio to record ideas, which eventually turned into his debut album. Featuring the UK No.1 single ‘If I Was‘, The Gift collects together a series of vocal and instrumental tracks to weave together a classic 80’s album.
The 4CD box set includes a remastered version of the album, along with non-album singles, b-sides, remixes, home recordings and a newly mixed concert from Wembley Arena from 1985.
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. If I Was
2. When The Wind Blows
3. Living In The Past
4. That Certain Smile
5. The Gift
6. Antilles
7. Wastelands
8. Edo
9. The Chieftan
10. She Cried
11. The Gift (Reprise)
Disc: 2
1. No Regrets
2. Mood Music
3. The Man Who Sold The World
4. After A Fashion
5. Textures
6. If I Was (7″ Version)
7. Piano
8. That Certain Smile (7″ Version)
9. The Gift (Instrumental)
10. Wastelands [7″ Version]
11. Call of The Wild
12. After A Fashion [Extended Version]
13. If I Was (Extended Version)
14. That Certain Smile (Extended Mix)
15. Wastelands (Extended Mix)
16. Call of The Wild (Extended Mix)
Disc: 3
1. Wastelands [Early Version] 1
2. That Certain Smile (Instrumental) [Early Version]
3. The Gift [Early Version]
4. If I Was [Early Version]
5. Wastelands [Early Version] 2
6. When the Wind Blow [Early Version]
7. The Chieftan [Early Version]
8. She Cried (Instrumental) [Early Version]
9. Edo [Early Version]
10. Living In The Past [Early Version]
11. Remember The Day [BBC Saturday Live 16/7/83]
12. After A Fashion [BBC Saturday Live 16/7/83]
13. Textural Piece [BBC Saturday Live 16/7/83]
14. Fade to Grey [Tour Rehearsal 1985]
15. After A Fashion [Tour Rehearsal 1985]
16. No Regrets [Tour Rehearsal 1985]
17. Wastelands [Tour Rehearsal 1985]
Disc: 4
1. Antilles [Live]
2. When The Wind Blows [Live]
3. Living In The Past [Live]
4. That Certain Smile [Live]
5. Wastelands [Live]
6. No Regrets [Live]
7. The Gift [Live]
8. After A Fashion [Live]
9. The Chieftan/The Dancer [Live]
10. Fade To Grey [Live]
11. She Cried/Band Introductions [Live]
12. Sleepwalk [Live]
13. Do They Know It’s Christmas [Live]
14. If I Was [Live]