Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet SDE exclusive blu-ray audio

Spandau Ballet’s classic compilation Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet was first released in the year 2000 and spans the band’s career from 1980 to 1989. It features 17 top 40 hits singles, including ‘Gold’, ‘True’, ‘Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)’, ‘Through The Barricades’, ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’ and many more.

For the first time, this collection is available in immersive Dolby Atmos, mixed by spatial audio master Steven Wilson, and for a limited time will be available to pre-order as a physical release via this SDE exclusive blu-ray audio (region-free).

19 songs are available in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, including an exclusive bonus track, ‘How Many Lies?’, the third single from 1986’s Through The Barricades. Additionally, PCM Stereo instrumental versions of all tracks are available for the first time.

To complement the new mixes, the original stereo mix of Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet are included on this blu-ray disc (18 tracks).

Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet audio streams on the blu-ray

• Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
• Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
• Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
• Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
• Original Stereo Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)

Additionally, the blu-ray also delivers 17 bonus tracks: classic and rare 12-inch mixes of hit singles from the 1980s (stereo-only, 48 kHz / 24 bit). This are as follows:

1. To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1)
2. The Freeze (Special Mix)
3. Muscle bound (12” Version)
   
4. Glow (12” Version)
   
5. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix)
   
6. Paint Me Down (Remix - aka box set version)
   
7. Instinction (Remix - aka box set version)
   
8. Lifeline (Dub Mix)
   
9. Communication (Club Mix)
   
10. Gold (Extended Version)
    
11. Only When You Leave (Extended Mix)
    
12. I’ll Fly For You (Glide Mix)
    
13. Highly Strung (Extended Version)
    
14. Fight For Ourselves (Extended Remix)
    
15. Through The Barricades (Extended Version)
    
16. Raw (Amnesia Mix)
    
17. Be Free With Your Love (Extended Dance Mix)

This Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #76 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The SDE blu-ray audio is TIME LIMITED release; the pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 16 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. 

Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet is released on 6 November 2026, via Parlophone.