THE BEAT – known in the USA as THE ENGLISH BEAT – will release a 5CD boxset via Shout! Factory on July 10th. The set – entitled ‘The Complete Beat’ – will feature all three of The Beat’s studio albums (‘I Just Can’t Stop It’, ‘Wha’ppen?’ and ‘Special Beat Service’) each with additional bonus tracks, plus two CDs of bonus material in the form of 12″ mixes, dub versions and live tracks, including three never-before-released John Peel sessions.

THE BEAT / THE ENGLISH BEAT - The Complete Beat

TRACKLISTING
CD1 – I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) [EXPANDED] – Mirror In The Bathroom / Hands Off… She’s Mine / Two Swords / Twist & Crawl / Tears Of A Clown / Rough Rider / Click Click / Ranking Full Stop / Big Shot / Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret / Noise In This World / Can’t Get Used To Losing You / Best Friend / Jackpot
CD2 – Wha’ppen? (1981) [EXPANDED] – Too Nice To Talk To / Doors Of Your Heart / All Out To Get You / Monkey Murders / I Am Your Flag / French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud) / Drowning / Dream Home In NZ / Walk Away / Over And Over / Cheated / Get-A-Job / The Limits We Set / Psychedelic Rockers / Hit It / Which Side Of The Bed?
CD3 – Special Beat Service (1982) [EXPANDED] – I Confess / Jeannette / Sorry / Sole Salvation / Spar Wid Me / Rotating Head / Save It For Later / She’s Going / Pato And Roger A Go Talk / Sugar & Stress / End Of The Party / Ackee 1 2 3 / What’s Your Best Thing / March Of The Swivel Heads / Cool Entertainer / A Go Talk (Tappy Luppy Dub)
CD4 – 12″ & Dub Versions – Hands Off… She’s Mine (Extended) / Twist & Crawl (Extended) / Stand Down Margaret (Dub) / Too Nice To Talk To (Dubweiser) / Psychedelic Rockers (Dubweiser) / Doors Of Your Heart (Extended) / Drowning (Dub) / Hit It (Extended) / Which Side Of The Bed? (Extended) / Save It For Later (Extended) / What’s Your Best Thing (Dub) / Cool Entertainer (Extended) / Jeanette (Extended) / March Of The Swivel Heads (Extended) / I Confess (Dave Allen Remix)
CD5 – Peel Sessions & Live In Boston – Peel Session – November 5, 1979 (Tears Of A Clown, Ranking Full Stop, Click Click, Mirror In The Bathroom, Big Shot) / Peel Session – September 22, 1980 (Too Nice To Talk To, Psychedelic Rockers, Monkey Murders, Walk Away) / Peel Session – March 29, 1982 (Spar Wid Me, To The End Of The Party, She’s Going, Save It For Later, Sole Salvation, Pato And Roger A Go Talk) / Opera House – November 19, 1982 (Best Friend, Tears Of A Clown, Twist & Crawl, Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret)