HEAVEN 17-Another Big Idea1996-2008(LTD)

This four LP box set contains three studio albums –Bigger Than America, Before After,andNaked As Advertised–as well as the concert album How Live Is. In 1988, after their fifth album for the Virgin label, Martyn Ware, Ian Craig Marsh and Glenn Gregorydecided to rest Heaven 17. In 1996, after various British Electric Foundation and individual projects, the ensemble re-grouped to record the first album in this set, “Bigger Than America”. The album featured the singles “Designing Heaven”and “We Blame Love”. In 1998, Heaven 17 decided to play live for the first time, and a concert was recorded and released in 1999 as “How Live Is”. A brand new studio album, “Before After”,the last to feature Ian Craig Marsh, was released in 2005and featured the singles “I’m Gonna Make You Fall In Love With Me”and “Hands Up To Heaven”, as well as acover version of “Don’t Fear The Reaper”. In 2008 “Naked As Advertised –Versions 08”featured new interpretations of Heaven 17 and Human League classicsalongside a cover version of “Party Fears Two”. The records are pressed on coloured 180 gram vinyl: “Bigger Than America” (opaque blue), “Before After” (white), “Naked As Advertised” (transparent green), and “How Live Is” (process blue).