Quartet

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On Jonathan Ross's show on BBC's Radio 2 on 21 February 2009, Ure discussed the tour, with all four members of the most successful incarnation of the band on board.

Ure said 1986: "After the two year break the differences that might have been very small two years ago, had magnified during that time, we had grown apart. Quartet's last reissue was in 2009 as a deluxe edition, and this brand new one essentially duplicates that version, once more sharing a slew of bonus tracks and a live DVD for the world at large. Hearing this even played through a sound bar is something quite spectacular, just don’t wake the neighbours, as the wife told me. In a band meeting before the new recording began in 1986, Warren Cann was sacked from the band due to musical differences. At the same time, Leigh chose John Foxx and Allen chose Chris Cross as their respective stage names.Filename Z:\OdW\Ultravox\1983 - Monument The Soundtrack (CCD 1452)\Ultravox - Monument The Soundtrack (CCD 1452). Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was their 1981 hit " Vienna". During his two-decade career, he’s interviewed the likes of Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Ozzy Osbourne, and has been ranted at by John Lydon.

Edit: just checked and no record of Serenade being played at all and no record of WCTD before Spain 1984.Similarly, the collection of early monitor mixes find Ultravox in far more muscular form than the finished result.

Their debut was co-produced by Steve Lillywhite and Brian Eno (who next co-wrote and performed with Bowie on Low).In this case, it’s a 6-CD, 1 DVD audio version that’s on offer, complete with a 20-page book, which contains newly written notes by Ure and the band, unseen photos, with lyrics and a reproduction Quartet tour programme. This Steven Wilson mix (Porcupine Tree) of Ultravox's Quartet album was featured in the recent deluxe edition box set. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.