Baxter Dury - Allbarone Versions (1LP)

When is a record ever finished? Baxter Dury’s eighth album, Allbarone, seemed to be done and dusted after release last autumn, yet super-producer Paul Epworth (Adele, U2) decided it was a good idea to work on extensions of five of tracks from the album. Not just extensions - full on electro-disco mixes that take tracks apart from the edges and reorder them into relentless dance floor tools built to perfectly soundtrack the small hours.

Each track finds a groove and takes its journey right through the middle of the original track, to create classic 12" extended remixes, adding a whole load of echoing dub over flickering percussion tracks, madly addictive basslines and gloriously languid disco rhythm tracks. From Kubla Khan’s hefty low-end groove to Alpha Dog’s deconstructed nightclub dub via Schadenfreude’s Eurodisco bass and fizzing hi-hat pulse, Paul Epworth’s phenomenal new mixes lift Baxter’s tracks up to another level.

Finally, Allbarone done, and it's become the perfect soundtrack to whatever you’re doing this weekend.

1. Kubla Khan (Paul Epworth extended version)
2. Allbarone (Paul Epworth extended version)
3. Alpha Dog (Paul Epworth extended version)
4. Schadenfreude (Paul Epworth extended version)
5. Return of the Sharp Heads (Paul Epworth extended version)