EXCLUSIVE: Paul Young / No Parlez limited edition blu-ray audio

Paul Young / No Parlez limited edition blu-ray audio

SDE Exclusive • Dolby Atmos Mix • 5.1 Mix • Instrumental Mixes •  Bonus tracks • Newly mastered original stereo mix • #17 in the SDE Surround Series • Release date: 15 March 2024

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Paul Young's solo debut No Parlez, released in 1983, was one of the most popular albums of the 1980s in the UK. Released in July 83, the album become a commercial phenomenon, taking up residence in the top 10 where it remained for an astonishing 32 consecutive weeks (baring one seven day spell at #11) until March 1984. It features the top 10 hits 'Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)' (#1), 'Come Back and Stay' (#4) and 'Love of the Common People' (#2).

Now, four decades on, this titan of 80s pop is getting a literal super deluxe treatment with an SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio edition that will surely be the last word on No Parlez, with no fewer than EIGHT different audio mixes, including a brand new immersive Dolby Atmos Mix, a 5.1 mix, a new stereo mix and much more.

All the original 24-track, two-inch analogue tapes were located, heat-treated ('baked') and captured to digital in startling 192 kHz/24-bit clarity. The process sees the album meticulously rebuilt in stereo, with painstaking attention to detail, before the immersive audio Atmos and 5.1 mixes are created. This is detailed and time-consuming work and there is nothing automated about it! Producer and artist David Kosten has undertaken this work (he created the Atmos Mix for Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells) and No Parlez will never sound better!

There are EIGHT versions of No Parlez on this blu-ray audio with the first six (below) featuring 3 bonus tracks: Behind Your Smile (B-side), Yours (B-side) and I've Been Lonely For So Long (No Parlez outtake).

Blu-ray content summary:

1. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 Dolby Atmos Mix
2. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 5.1 Mix (TBC, although expected to be 96/24)
3. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 New Stereo Mix (96/24)
4. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
5. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 5.1 Instrumental Mix (TBC, although expected to be 96/24)
6. No Parlez + bonus tracks 2024 New Stereo Instrumental Mix (96/24)
7. 1983 Mix Newly Mastered - Unlimited (no peak limiting applied) (96/24)
8. 1983 Original 1983 CBS CD Master (48/24)

#8, above, is the original CD/Cassette version of No Parlez with the five extended mixes (see full tracklisting, below).

The blu-ray features no video and will be region-free so international fans won't have any issues playing the disc. It also ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

This limited edition blu-ray is not available anywhere else. Do not miss out. Pre-order closes on 23 December 2023.

This SDE-exclusive blu-ray of No Parlez will be released on 15 March 2024 via Edsel

Click the circular 'Pre-order' button at the top of this page to secure your copy. 

TECHNICAL NOTES: This blu-ray audio requires a blu-ray player. Decoding the Dolby Atmos mix requires a Dolby Atmos-certified soundbar or a Dolby Atmos-compatible AV Receiver/Amp. The Dolby Atmos mix will 'fold down' to 5.1 if a Dolby Atmos decoder is not detected.

No Parlez: UK Vinyl First Pressing version with 3 bonus tracks (as below) in the following audio streams:

1. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 Dolby Atmos Mix
2. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 5.1 Mix (TBC, although expected to be 96/24)
3. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 New Stereo Mix (96/24)
4. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
5. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 5.1 Instrumental Mix (TBC, although expected to be 96/24)
6. No Parlez + bonus tracks - 2024 New Stereo Instrumental Mix (96/24)

Come Back and Stay 4:57
Love Will Tear Us Apart 5:00
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) 5:18
Ku Ku Kurama 4:19
No Parlez 4:57
Love of the Common People 4:56
Oh Women 3:35
Iron Out the Rough Spots 4:47
Broken Man 3:54
Tender Trap 4:32
Sex 4:49

Bonus tracks

7. No Parlez: UK Vinyl First Pressing version newly remastered with no peak limiting 

Come Back and Stay – 4:57
Love Will Tear Us Apart  5:00
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)  5:18
Ku Ku Kurama – 4:19
No Parlez – 4:57
Love of the Common People – 4:56
Oh Women  – 3:35
Iron Out the Rough Spots – 4:47
Broken Man  – 3:54
Tender Trap – 4:32
Sex  – 4:49