The Collection - 4CD+2BD (Limited Deluxe Box Set)

Release: 05/12/2025

Ultravox’s 1984 best of compilation The Collection sold over 2 million copies worldwide, upon its original release, including 3x platinum in the UK. It gathers the bands first 14 singles released between 1980 and 1984. Most notable tracks include the iconic Vienna, the anti-nuclear war anthem Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, new wave synth driven classics like All Stood Still, Hymn and The Voice, and the single that was recorded for this compilation, Love’s Great Adventure. This newly remastered compilation has been expanded to a 4CD/2Blu-ray Deluxe Edition. The set includes a second volume of The Collection with a further 14 singles from 1986 to 2024, alternative and unreleased versions. 10 newly created 80s style 12” Extended Versions which the band were known for, mixed by Midge Ure, Steven Wilson, Blank & Jones amongst others. A CD of all their B-sides and 2 Blu-ray discs with nearly 4 hours of footage featuring all their groundbreaking promotional videos with alternative versions and a collection of their appearances on BBC TV from Top of The Pops and live performances. Format: Limited Edition pressing of 5,000 units worldwide, 12” sized Box Set with 6 Discs (4CD/2Blu-ray) houses in a Rigid Slipcase, two 20 page booklets, featuring previously unseen photos and images and lyrics.

Tracklist:
1. CD The Collection
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Single Version]
Hymn [Single Version]
The Thin Wall [Single Version]
The Voice [Single Version]
Vienna [Single Version]
Passing Strangers
Sleepwalk
Reap The Wild Wind
All Stood Still [Single Version]
Visions In Blue [Single Version]
We Came To Dance [Single Version]
One Small Day
Love’s Great Adventure
Lament [Single Version]

2. CD The Collection II
(* Previously Unreleased)

All Stood Still [Alternative Version]*
The Thin Wall [Steven Wilson Single Mix]
Serenade [2025 Single Remix]*
White China [Steven Wilson Remix Edit]
Brilliant [Radio Edit]*
Same Old Story [Radio Edit]*
Hymn [Alternative version]*
New Europeans [Moments From Eden Live]
Rise [Live]
Live [Single Edit]
Lament [Alternative version]*
All Fall Down [Radio Edit]*
All In One Day [Single Edit]
Vienna [Alternative Version] *

3. CD The Remixes
(* Previously Unreleased)

Hymn [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix]*
Sleepwalk [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] *
The Thin Wall [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix]*
Visions In Blue [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix]*
Reap The Wild Wind [12” Re-Mix Extra]*
Love’s Great Adventure [Blank & Jones so8os Reconstruction]*
All Stood Still [Midge Ure 12” Re-Mix*
New Europeans [Extended Re-Mix Extra]*
Same Old Story [12” Re-Mix]*
We Came To Dance [12” Re-Mix]*
*previously unreleased

4. CD The B-sides
Waiting
Passionate Reply
Herr X
Alles Klar
Keep Talking (Cassette Recording During Rehearsal)
I Never Wanted To Begin
Paths And Angles
Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)
Monument
Break Your Back
Overlook
Easterly
Building
Heart Of The Country [Instrumental]
Man of Two Worlds [Instrumental]
All In One Day [Instrumental]
Dreams?
Stateless

5. Blu-ray Promotional Videos & Additional Videos
Passing Strangers
Vienna [Uncut Version]
The Thin Wall
The Voice
Reap The Wild Wind
Hymn
Visions In Blue
We Came To Dance
One Small Day
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Lament
Love’s Great Adventure
Same Old Story
All Fall Down
Rise [Live]
Vienna [Live In St Albans 1980]
Sleepwalk [Live In St Albans 1980]
Vienna [Uncut Version]
Reap The Wild Wind [Extended Version]
Visions In Blue [Uncensored Version]
The Thin Wall [Steven
Wilson Single Edit]
Reap The Wild Wind [Steven Wilson Stereo Edit]
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Piano Version]
Quartet [Australian Electronic Press Kit August 1982]
Extended Special Re-Mix [Part 1]
Extended Special Re-Mix [Part 2]
The Collection [TV Advert]

6. Blu-ray At The BBC
Sleepwalk [Top Of The Pops 14.8.1980]
Vienna [Top Of The Pops 15.1.1981]
All Stood Still [Top Of The Pops 11.6.1981]
The Thin Wall [Top Of The Pops 27.8.1981]
The Voice [Top Of The Pops 12.11.1981]
Hymn [Top Of The Pops 16.12.1982]
We Came To Dance [Top Of The Pops 8.6.1983]
One Small Day [Top Of The Pops 9.2.1984]
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Top Of The Pops 31.5.1984
Lament [Top Of The Pops 5.7.1984]
Love’s Great Adventure [Top Of The Pops 18.10.1984]
Mine For Life [Old Grey Whistle Test 5.11.1982]
Visions In Blue [Old Grey Whistle Test 5.11.1982]
Hymn [Old Grey Whistle Test 5.11.1982]
Billy Currie Interview [Riverside 1/11/1982]
Hymn [The Kenny Everett Show 28.12.1982]
Visions In Blue [ORS 18.2.1983]
Hymn [ORS 18.2.1983]
I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) [ORS 18.2.1983]
One Small Day [ORS 2.3.1984]
White China [ORS 2.3.1984]
Man Of Two Worlds [ORS 2.3.1984]
White China [One For The Road 18.8.1984]
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [One For The Road 18.8.1984]
Love’s Great Adventure [Saturday Superstore 20.10.1984]
Same Old Story [Wogan 12.9.1986]
All Fall Down [Wogan 14.11.1986]