{"title":"Eg and Alice","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"eg-and-alice-24-years-of-hunger-35th-anniversary-2cd-deluxe","title":"Eg and Alice \/ 24 Years of Hunger 35th anniversary 2CD deluxe edition","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(175, 12, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eSDE EXCLUSIVE • 35TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF THE CULT CLASSIC 1991 ALBUM • 2CD SET IN DELUXE DVD-SIZED CASEBOUND BOOK PACKAGING • BONUS DISC FEATURES 11 UNRELEASED TRACKS, 3 REMIXES \u0026amp; 2 B-SIDES •  36-PAGE BOOK WITH NOTES FROM EG AND ALICE • STRICTLY LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSDE Records\u003c\/strong\u003e is proud to present a 35th anniversary deluxe reissue of the ‘lost’ cult classic album \u003cem\u003e24 Years Of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eEg and Alice\u003c\/strong\u003e. The 2CD set features the original CD running order as well as \u003cstrong\u003eeight unheard tracks, early demos\u003c\/strong\u003e, two B-sides and three remixes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1991 duo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEg and Alice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e released \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, their only album, on Warner Music (WEA). The album was very well received critically at the time (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQ Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gave it four stars, praising its \"curiously unforgettable songs\" and later saying it had \"the class of Steely Dan and the intriguing detachment of the Blue Nile\") but sadly it came and went in the blink of an eye. Its two singles made little impact commercially after which Alice Temple left. It was over. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEg stayed with the label and issued a solo album in 1996, but later pursued a very successful career as a songwriter and producer, crafting songs for others including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill Young's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e UK No 1 'Leave Right Now'. White also co-wrote and produced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Morrison's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e top 5 hit 'You Give Me Something', \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdele's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 'Chasing Pavements', and many others. To date, he's won three Ivor Novello Awards and has a few Grammy nominations for his songwriting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lFMAd-eVhC4?si=Dm9F4s5IAdtO-gPV\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBack to the early 1990s, and in Alice's words \"Eg and I were both completely obsessed at the time with\u003cstrong\u003e Prince, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan and Curtis Mayfield\u003c\/strong\u003e\" and those artists very much influence \u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e an album which also has hints of Prefab Sprout, Talk Talk and a dash of The Blue Nile (as Q pointed out).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first single was '\u003cstrong\u003eIndian\u003c\/strong\u003e' (there was no video) which you can hear above and the sparse funk of 'Doesn't Mean That Much To Me' followed after the album's release. The opening track '\u003cstrong\u003eRockets\u003c\/strong\u003e' is a wonderful example of the sophistication of \u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e and the album, remarkably, was mostly recorded in Eg's kitchen in Notting Hill on two Fostex E16 analogue 16-track tape recorders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice:\u003c\/strong\u003e “The studio took over the kitchen completely in the end, because of this proper old school analogue set-up. It got bigger and bigger, and there were wires everywhere. Eg put it all together and had his soldering iron out\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEg:\u003c\/strong\u003e “I got in deep shit from the neighbour underneath. It was a hot summer, and we just played with the windows open! So, we were getting in trouble... including from the Police\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_3zrNoxZ2LA?si=hiHDE0z6UUBTZfR-\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e has been \u003cstrong\u003eout-of-print for well over three decades\u003c\/strong\u003e and has never been reissued, anywhere. \u003cstrong\u003eSDE Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, the recently formed label from SDE, is proud to have chosen Eg and Alice's only long-player as its first release on CD, issued with the full co-operation and involvement of Eg White and Alice Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reissue is a \u003cstrong\u003e2CD deluxe edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, which features the full 11-track version of \u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e – the original 1991 master, at Eg's request – on CD 1 and a fantastic bonus CD of mostly \u003cstrong\u003eunreleased songs\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003edemos \u003c\/strong\u003e(newly mastered) from Eg and Alice's personal archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as demos of key album tracks such as 'Rockets', 'New Year's Eve' and 'Indian' this second disc features \u003cstrong\u003eeight unreleased songs\u003c\/strong\u003e written and recorded in demo form – to a high level of sophistication, the word 'demo' doesn't do them justice – by Eg and Alice in the years leading up to the release of \u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e. Amongst them is 'Highway', the very first song the pair recorded together; a demo that has remained unheard for over 35 years. In fact, the bonus CD offers two quite different versions of 'Highway' as Eg and Alice sought to develop the song. Demo 1 of 'Highway' can be heard below as a taster of the bonus CD which is almost like an alternate version of the album with all the new songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5Y5til_IzU?si=VYGbn42vlaEwvZmP\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album reissue has \u003cstrong\u003ebeen a decade in the making\u003c\/strong\u003e. SDE approached both Eg and Alice back in 2016 and interviewed them individually, at length, in 2019. Those conversations have been edited into the 'in their own words' feature where \u003cstrong\u003ethe duo\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003etalk you through the album track-by-track\u003c\/strong\u003e and discuss the recording, release and promotion of the album; over 5,000 words. The interview is in the pages of this deluxe set. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is somehow never dulled by repeated listening, and \u003cstrong\u003eSDE's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e hope is that this new edition will introduce the album to a wider audience who will be similarly seduced by its charms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. For those that already cherish this record, the deluxe edition expands the story with the unheard songs, the demos and comprehensive notes from Eg and Alice.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5ARyAgm2tk?si=wD7Bh5yC_3iRHp4N\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2CD set is presented in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehigh quality DVD-sized casebound book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e deluxe edition, with a matt-\u003c\/span\u003elaminated and spot varnished front cover. 36 pages offer the above testimony about \u003cem\u003e24 Years of Hunger \u003c\/em\u003eand previously unseen photos of Eg and Alice during the recording of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis special physical edition is limited to 1,000 units worldwide and is an SDE exclusive available only from the SDE shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SDE Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56739530867071,"sku":"EGALICE","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/4478\/files\/Eg_Alice_24YearsOfHunger_Cover_3Dstkr.jpg?v=1768474724"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thesdeshop.com\/collections\/eg-and-alice.oembed","provider":"theSDEshop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}