That Japan's breakthrough record Quiet Life was released in both 1979 and 1980 is uniquely fitting for a band who were about to step out of the glam rock, post punk shadows of the late 70s and deliver an as yet genre-less record that would come to define the 80s.

Quiet Life was the third, final and most successful release on the Hansa Records label. A forerunner for the alternative/new wave sound of the new decade, the album would become one of the great classic British albums.

The record is now the subject of a major new reissue featuring a brand new Abbey Road half-speed remaster of the original album, alt mixes, b-sides, singles, rarities and live material – including the sought after ‘lost’ Live at Budokan show from March 1980 previously only available as the 4 track EP ‘Live in Japan’.

CD2 – A Quieter Life: Alternative Mixes and Rarities

"European Son" ("Steve Nye 7” Remix 1982")* (10/02/21)
"Life In Tokyo" ("Steve Nye 7” Special Remix 1982")
"Quiet Life" (Original German 7” Mix 1980)
"I Second That Emotion" ("Steve Nye 7” Remix 1982")
"All Tomorrow’s Parties" ("Steve Nye 7” Remix Version 1983")
"European Son" ("John Punter 12” Mix 1980")
"Life In Tokyo" ("Steve Nye 12” Special Remix Version 1982")
"I Second That Emotion" ("Steve Nye 12” Remix Version 1982")
"All Tomorrow’s Parties" ("Steve Nye 12” Remix Version 1983")
"European Son" ("Steve Nye 12” Remix Version 1982")
"Quiet Life" (Japanese 7” Mix 1980) [18/01/21]

CD3 – LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN 27/03/1980

Intro
Alien ...Rhodesia
Quiet Life
Fall In Love With Me
Deviation
All Tomorrow’s Parties
Obscure Alternatives
In Vogue
Life In Tokyo
Halloween
Sometimes I Feel So Low
Communist China
Adolescent Sex
I Second That Emotion
Automatic Gun