Y is the highly influential and innovative debut album by The Pop Group, released in 1979. In the same year The Pop Group released their debut single She is Beyond Good & Evil / 3:38

This is the 40th anniversary definitive 3CD edition of Y remastered from the original tapes and featuring the ten track album Alien Blood, and the live album Y Live.

Alien Blood is the result of the band’s meticulous process revisiting the original 2" tapes of their studio sessions and recordings, unearthing never-before-heard material. Alien Blood reveals the life of Y before everything was finalized, exposing revelatory dimensions within these iconic works.

The Y Live album is an essential addendum to the original release, one that captures all the fierce urgency of The Pop Group’s live performances at the time. Comprised of Y era recordings captured at a variety of locations including New York, Manchester & Brussels, Y Live exemplifies what had proved so thrilling about The Pop Group. A snapshot of a time when the group were sharing stages with future acolytes including Cabaret Voltaire, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Public Image Ltd, Mark Stewart describes the recordings as attempts to ‘paint the impossible’.

CD1 - Y
1. Thief Of Fire (Remastered)
2. Snowgirl (Remastered)
3. Blood Money (Remastered)
4. Savage Sea (Remastered)
5. We Are Time (Remastered)
6. Words Disobey Me (Remastered)
7. Don't Call Me Pain (Remastered)
8. Boys From Brazil (Remastered)
9. Don't Sell Your Dreams (Remastered)
10. She Is Beyond Good And Evil (Remastered)
11. 3:38 (Remastered)

CD2 - Alien Blood
1. Kiss The Book
2. Don't Call Me Pain (First Mix)
3. Thief Of Fire (Bass Addict)
4. Words Disobey Me (Dennis the Menace Mix)
5. Don't Sell Your Dreams ('A' Mix)
6. Boys From Brazil (Ridge Reels)
7. Savage Sea (Sparse)
8. Snowgirl (Take 3)
9. Blood Money (Slow Thief)
10. We Are Time (Ricochet)

CD3 - Y Live
1. Thief Of Fire (Live)
2. Snowgirl (Live)
3. Blood Money (Live)
4. Savage Sea (Live)
5. We Are Time (Live)
6. Words Disobey Me (Live)
7. Don't Call Me Pain (Live)
8. Boys From Brazil (Live)
9. Don't Sell Your Dreams (Live)

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