Suggestion: The Final Countdown 30th Anniversary Edition
May 28, 2016 0:47:14 GMT 2
Post by galaia2004 on May 28, 2016 0:47:14 GMT 2
All,
Last year, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Hunting High and Low, a-ha released a Super Deluxe Anniversary edition of the album that included the original album, demos, B-sides and music videos. With the 30th anniversary of The Final Countdown I wondered what a similar release would look like for The Final Countdown and this is what I've come up with so far:
Disc 1 - The Album
1. The Final Countdown
2. Rock The Night
3. Carrie
4. Danger On The Track
5. Ninja
6. Cherokee
7. Time Has Come
8. Heart Of Stone
9. On The Loose
10. Love Chaser
Disc 2 - The Demos
1. Can't You Say (Demo) Link
2. Rock The Night (Demo) Link
3. Carrie (Demo) Link
4. Danger On The Track (Demo) Link
5. Ninja (Demo) Link
6. On Broken Wings (Demo) Link
7. Time Has Come (Demo) Link
8. Heart Of Stone (Demo) Link
9. On The Loose (Demo) Link
10. Love Chaser (Demo) Link
Disc 3 - Singles and B-Sides
1. Rock The Night (EP Version) Link
2. On The Loose (EP Version) Link
3. Broken Dreams (EP Version) Link
4. The Final Countdown (Edit)
5. On Broken Wings
6. Seven Doors Hotel (1985 Version)
7. Where Men Won't Dare (Instrumental)
DVD - The Videos
1. The Final Countdown (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
2. Rock The Night (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
3. Carrie (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
4. Cherokee (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
5. Rock The Night (Alternate Version) Link
A few additional notes:
The Final Countdown (Edit) is the single version that doesn't include the keyboard intro.
On Broken Wings was the B-side of The Final Countdown and also available on the 1982-1992 album.
Seven Doors Hotel (1985 Version) was the B-side of Rock The Night.
Where Men Won't Dare was included on the The Final Countdown Tour 1986: Live in Sweden – 20th Anniversary Edition
Possible additional tracks:
On the Discography page it lists Rock The Night [Remix] and Carrie [Remix] as B-sides on promotional copies of theses singles in the US. If these do exist (Stein ?) and are indeed different then they would be on Disc 3. On the Wikipedia page for Carrie it also mentions an edited version running at 3:09 although I've not yet seen a shorter version of it (maybe this one only has Carrie mentioned 13 times?
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What is not included:
The list is intended to cover studio recorded material between 1985 and 1987, hence it doesn't include any live recordings and doesn't include The Final Countdown 2000.
Please let me know if you think there is anything missing or if you have any other comments and I will make any edits as needed. I think it would be great if this was released, ideally with a glossy book covering including unseen photos. Maybe there is something planned but I expect something would have been announced by now.
Last year, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Hunting High and Low, a-ha released a Super Deluxe Anniversary edition of the album that included the original album, demos, B-sides and music videos. With the 30th anniversary of The Final Countdown I wondered what a similar release would look like for The Final Countdown and this is what I've come up with so far:
Disc 1 - The Album
1. The Final Countdown
2. Rock The Night
3. Carrie
4. Danger On The Track
5. Ninja
6. Cherokee
7. Time Has Come
8. Heart Of Stone
9. On The Loose
10. Love Chaser
Disc 2 - The Demos
1. Can't You Say (Demo) Link
2. Rock The Night (Demo) Link
3. Carrie (Demo) Link
4. Danger On The Track (Demo) Link
5. Ninja (Demo) Link
6. On Broken Wings (Demo) Link
7. Time Has Come (Demo) Link
8. Heart Of Stone (Demo) Link
9. On The Loose (Demo) Link
10. Love Chaser (Demo) Link
Disc 3 - Singles and B-Sides
1. Rock The Night (EP Version) Link
2. On The Loose (EP Version) Link
3. Broken Dreams (EP Version) Link
4. The Final Countdown (Edit)
5. On Broken Wings
6. Seven Doors Hotel (1985 Version)
7. Where Men Won't Dare (Instrumental)
DVD - The Videos
1. The Final Countdown (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
2. Rock The Night (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
3. Carrie (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
4. Cherokee (Directed by Nick Morris) Official Link
5. Rock The Night (Alternate Version) Link
A few additional notes:
The Final Countdown (Edit) is the single version that doesn't include the keyboard intro.
On Broken Wings was the B-side of The Final Countdown and also available on the 1982-1992 album.
Seven Doors Hotel (1985 Version) was the B-side of Rock The Night.
Where Men Won't Dare was included on the The Final Countdown Tour 1986: Live in Sweden – 20th Anniversary Edition
Possible additional tracks:
On the Discography page it lists Rock The Night [Remix] and Carrie [Remix] as B-sides on promotional copies of theses singles in the US. If these do exist (Stein ?) and are indeed different then they would be on Disc 3. On the Wikipedia page for Carrie it also mentions an edited version running at 3:09 although I've not yet seen a shorter version of it (maybe this one only has Carrie mentioned 13 times?
)What is not included:
The list is intended to cover studio recorded material between 1985 and 1987, hence it doesn't include any live recordings and doesn't include The Final Countdown 2000.
Please let me know if you think there is anything missing or if you have any other comments and I will make any edits as needed. I think it would be great if this was released, ideally with a glossy book covering including unseen photos. Maybe there is something planned but I expect something would have been announced by now.
I'm a huge a-ha fan and I've got the Super Deluxe Edition of Hunting High and Low. 
It's really an awesome anniversary package and I must admit I've been hoping for a similar release for The Final Countdown. 
