Spandau Ballet have dropped the never-before-released song ‘Eyes’, which featured in their early sets at the legendary Blitz Club nights.
One of the most influential bands in British music, Spandau Ballet release a definitive early-years collection, “Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978-1982”, on September 12 through Parlophone.
Today they released ‘Eyes’, which was recorded at Halligan’s rehearsal studio while the band were still called Gentry. It was at the studio that they were given the name ‘Spandau Ballet’ by future broadcaster and journalist Robert Elms. The song can be heard on the ‘Demos’ disc of the box set.
‘Eyes’ was performed on the night which truly launched Spandau Ballet – 5th December 1979 at the legendary Blitz club’s Christmas party.
Spandau Ballet – Tony Hadley (lead vocals), Gary Kemp (guitar, songwriter), Martin Kemp (bass), Steve Norman (saxophone, percussion) and John Keeble (drums) – and the Blitz Club influenced generations of artists following the punk explosion, not only with the New Romantic movement but in the aesthetic of the pop music that would follow.
While ‘Eyes’ didn’t make it onto the band’s debut album, today fans can hear a slice of history ahead of the release on 12th September of the comprehensive 9-disc “Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978-1982”, featuring their groundbreaking first two albums alongside a wealth of previously unavailable material.
Released September 12th on Parlophone, the meticulously curated collection captures the band’s origins and meteoric rise from Blitz Club favourites to chart-topping innovators. The set includes a 44-page book with original photos from fellow Blitz Kid Graham Smith and new commentary from the whole band. It features Spandau Ballet’s seminal albums “Journeys To Glory” (1981) and “Diamond” (1982) on vinyl, plus six CDs of singles, remixes, BBC sessions, demos, and a Blu-ray of Dolby Atmos mixes, videos and rare live footage. A limited quantity are signed by all band members – only available from the band’s online store‘.
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