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Picture Book

Imported ed., Collector's Edition

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Simply Red Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	Come to My Aid
2	Sad Old Red
3	Look at You Now
4	Heaven
5	Jericho
6	Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
7	Holding Back the Years
8	Open Up the Red Box
9	No Direction
10	Picture Book
11	Money's Too Tight to Mention (The Cutback Mix)
12	Come to My Aid (Survival Mix)
13	Holding Back the Years (12" Extended Mix)
14	Jericho (12" Extended Mix)
15	Open Up the Red Box (12" Extended Mix)

Disc: 2

1	Granma's Hands [DVD][Live]
2	Sad Old Red [DVD][Live]
3	Open Up the Red Box [DVD][Live]
4	The Right Thing [DVD][Live]
5	No Direction [DVD][Live]
6	I Won't Give Up [DVD][Live]
7	Holding Back the Years [DVD][Live]
8	Picture Book [DVD][Live]
9	Love Fire [DVD][Live]
10	Jericho [DVD][Live]
11	I Won't Feel Bad [DVD][Live]
12	Suffer [DVD][Live]
13	Infidelity [DVD][Live]
14	Money's Too Tight (To Mention) [DVD][Live]
15	Come to My Aid [DVD][Live]
16	Jericho [DVD][Live][Instrumental]
17	Heaven [DVD]
18	Move on Out [DVD][Live]
19	Look at You Now [DVD][Live]

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2008 two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) Collector's Edition of Mick Hucknall and the gang's debut album featuring five bonus remixes on the CD plus a DVD that contains a Montreux Jazz Festival 1986 concert, filmed at the time of the album. Picture Book was originally released in 1985 and spawned two hit singles 'Holding Back the Years' and 'Money's too Tight to Mention' which are still popular favorites for many fans. The extended 16 page booklet includes extra pictures and brand new essay by Brian Southall (co-author of the first official and authorized Simply Red story If You Don't Know Me By Now). Housed in a special six panel digipak. Rhino UK.

Product details

Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 0.51 x 4.96 inches; 4 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Wea Int'l
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 24, 2008
Label ‏ : ‎ Wea Int'l
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0018BDAM0
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

Best Sellers Rank: #434,539 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #839 in Blue-Eyed Soul
- #2,910 in Contemporary Blues (CDs & Vinyl)
- #8,611 in Adult Contemporary (CDs & Vinyl)

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J. McChesney

Still a great album

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023

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I had not heard this Simply Red album in quite a while, but it is just as good and soulful as I remembered.
This purchase was also for a used album listed as "very good" and I was not disappointed at the quality. Just started occasionally purchasing some older albums as used and the quality has never disappointed.

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joesurfsand

RED'S FIRST (CD RELEASE) REMAINS HIS BEST!

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2014

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I was first exposed to SIMPLY RED in the mid 1980's when under "deprived" circumstances (okay, when in prison, if you must know!) A Black inmate gave me a copied cassette tape. As a long time soul music lover, I was "whacked." Whoever came up with "Blue Eyed Soul" must have been looking at Red! But with release AND switching from Cassettes to CD's Red's stuff dropped into obscurity.
Fast forward nearly 20 years and when I again accidently bumped into "Red" watching a you-tube video, I was gobsmacked!
NOw having some money, I bought not only PICTURE BOOK but some of his later CD's - totaling about four. And while the others do have their great tunes - here and there - none of them matches the raw, youthful passion and creative brilliance of PICTURE BOOK.
I listen to a lot of music and there just ain't nobody out there who sounds at all like Mick Hucknall. Listening to his stuff is like eating a marshmallow you've toasted on a camp fire to intentionally let burn: an intense raunchy high pitched voice which wants to curdle your ears (the burned part of the 'mallow) while at the same time you get a smooth sweetness (the lush instrumental backings.) Taken together, it's sensory overload!
As I note, Red's later releases, some of them very tuneful with a wider commercial appeal, for me cannot replicate the raw intensity and striking originality of this first, most youthful offering (Picture Book.)
The first cut, "Come To My Aid" has always been a bit TOO frenetic for my personal taste, but the Jazzy SAD OLD RED, the ironic HEAVEN, and the struttin' high-heels funky RED BOX remain timeless classics. But sitting by itself as a pinnacle piece of music remains HOLDING BACK THE YEARS. Lush, melodic and anguished - how do you beat that?
Beware! Succumb to this and you will have it singing inside your head, endlessly (for awhile, at least.)
Buy this CD for that gem alone, and enjoy all the other fine cuts, as "icing on your cake."

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MusicFan361

Picture Book - Simply Red

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2023

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All good on this first Simply Red record. Nearly 40 years later they remain both musically and vocally excellent.❣️

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William hall

Excellent cd good sound

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2023

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Excellent cd good sound. Fast service no damage perfect

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great cd

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023

Very good music

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2023

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Very impressed with the quick delivery and excellent condition of CD . Thank you.

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QUALITY MUSIC AT ITS BEST

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2008

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This cd is one of the very best first recordings by any artist and it is issued here in this amazing Collector's Edition. Simply Red has always been underrated here in the US. They have had the random huge single but overall successs here has not happened. Such a loss. This is quality r@b, jazz and pop in its purest form. Mike Hucknall has very emotive vocals and a very intense range.

Sadly, Simply Red has said that they shall be recording no more new sets. A great loss but these excelent collector's editions of their best albums helps ease the pain. This, their first album, is presented here digitally remastered for superior sound quality. It also introduces us to the group with hits such as MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION, HOLDING BACK THE YEARS and HEAVEN. There are also some other excellent cuts such as SAD OLD RED and LOOK AT YOU NOW. The cd also contains 5 bonus tracks which are remixes of the albums top cuts. Quality music and an excellent introduction to the group.

But this is not all. There is also a dvd of Simply Red performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1986. It's an amazing dvd with 19 cuts. The sound and picture are amazing and Simply red are even better live. This collector's edition is a must have for any Simply Red fan or fan of quality jazz/r@b.

Highly recommend.

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David F

Great service & a great bargain

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020

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Great service by @sfielderman the record came with a signed note which lent a personal touch to the transaction

This was a used record at a very low price but no scratches or other defects to ruin my listening experience!

Steve <sfielderman> included a hand written note that gave the transaction a personal touch!

I love buying from small business people who believe in service!

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Benedet gianpiero

Tutto okay

Reviewed in Italy on December 22, 2023

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Tutto okay

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Pierre C

Arrivé dans les temps en bonne condition.

Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2021

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Toujours agréable de se retremper dans les années 80.

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Ann Armstrong

Fast fast delivery I

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2023

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Lovely listening to old songs

Locke

Für Fans

Reviewed in Germany on August 30, 2023

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Schnelle Lieferung, Produkt und Verpackung okay, kein Grund zur Beanstandung, somit also 5 Sterne.

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Nebulus

Blue-Eyed Soul, Red Head Soul o Simplemente Simply Red

Reviewed in Spain on October 23, 2017

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Tiene este primer disco de Simply Red algo muy de agradecer y es que no está sobreproducido, abigarrado, sobrecargado de postproducción y masterización a saco. No hay compresión sonora. Tiene algo de proto-disco, de seminal, como de maqueta, como de a medio guisar y se agradece sobre todo cuando uno se hace -como es este el caso que ocupa esta reseña- con una primera impresión en vinilo 100% analógica.
La claridad de las voces, el aire entre las notas, la separación de instrumentos, la calidez sonora está a años luz de cualquier versión CD o descarga digital y esa escueta pero correcta producción hace que suene muy natural y cercano.
La lástima de todos estos discos Post Crisis del Petróleo del 73 y pre DIGITALIZACIÓN MASIVA DE LA PRODUCCIÓN es que por dicha crisis el PVC (petróleo) con el que están hechos los discos se encareció tanto que los discos son finos como el papel de fumar lo que los hace más frágiles y dificulta su conservación pues pueden alabearse con facilidad.
A eso le añadimos que el cartón de la carpeta es fino y patatero como él solo, lo normal en la época. La funda interior aunque de un grosor muy escaso sí que viene forrada internamente con plástico antiestático, ¡todo una rareza y un punto a favor!
Su conservación es sobresaliente para ser una copia con 32 años de antigüedad sin ninguna tara tanto en disco como en artwork.
No le doy 5 estrellas por todo lo anteriormente expuesto pero en cuanto a sonido sí que tiene esas 5 estrellas.

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