[2025-10-31] Sheena Easton "Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol II" 5CD/1DVD box set (Cherry Pop UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:18 pm

Amazon USA
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Amazon Canada
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Description
• Lavish 5CD + 1DVD box set encompassing the latter half of ‘80s pop superstar Sheena Easton’s EMI tenure, all remastered from the original vault tapes – plus B-sides, rare 12” mixes and 39 previously-unreleased recordings from the era.

• Featuring a total of 84 tracks, this follow-up to ‘Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol I’ includes collaborations with the likes of Prince and Nile Rodgers on US smash hits including the Grammy-nominated ‘Strut’, purple funk juggernaut ‘Sugar Walls’ and ‘Do It For Love’.

• Includes the debut release of her ‘lost’ 1986 album ‘Shockwave’ overseen by R&B super-producers Narada Michael Walden, Nick Martinelli and Keith Diamond.

• Plus the first-ever comprehensive DVD collection of all of Sheena’s EMI promo videos – from ‘Modern Girl’ to the Prince-penned fantasia ‘Eternity’ – plus bonus 1984 interview and more.

• 48-page booklet includes stunning rare photography and illuminating new interviews with songwriters and producers including Narada Michael Walden, David Leonard, Greg Mathieson and Adele Bertei.

Having rocketed to overnight fame in the UK in the early ‘80s as pop’s first reality TV star thanks to the BBC’s ‘The Big Time’, Sheena soon established herself as a truly international sensation, relocating to America where she began collaborating with the likes of Prince, Nile Rodgers and Narada Michael Walden. Her genre-crossing approach resulted in her being the first artist in US history to score top 3 hits in each of Billboard’s key charts: Hot 100, R&B, Dance, Adult and Country.

As part of Cherry Red’s on-going reissue campaign of the vocalist’s EMI catalogue, this sumptuous 5CD + 1DVD box set collects Easton’s latter studio sets: starting with her platinum-plus new wave bestseller ‘A Private Heaven’ via the Nile Rodgers-produced R&B-dance flavoured ‘Do You’, and concluding with the beautiful ballad-heavy ‘No Sound But A Heart’. It also marks the first release of her lost 1986 pop-dance sessions with Nick Martinelli, Shep Pettibone and more, plus a bonus disc of slamming 12” mixes, several unreleased or appearing on CD for the first time.

It also boasts the long awaited, first-ever DVD compilation of all her EMI promo videos – from early global smashes like ‘Morning Train (9 To 5)’ and her Bond theme ‘For Your Eyes Only’ to US chart-topper ‘Sugar Walls’ and her lavish final EMI video for Prince’s ‘Eternity’, as well as rare interview footage and bonus clips including her Spanish hit duet with Luis Miguel ‘Me Gustas Tal Como Eres’.

Tracklist
[CD1: A Private Heaven]
1. Strut
2. Sugar Walls
3. Hungry Eyes
4. Hard To Say It’s Over
5. Swear (Single Version)
6. Love And Affection (Alternate Version)†
7. Back In The City (Alternate Mix)†
8. You Make Me Nervous
9. All By Myself (Long Version)†
10. Double Standard
Bonus Tracks:
11. Have You Ever Been In Love
12. Letters From The Road
13. Straight Talking
14. Fallen Angels (Alternate Version)†
15. Have You Ever Been In Love (Alternate Version)*
16. Hungry Eyes (Remix)*
17. Hard To Say It’s Over (Rock Mix)†
18. Love And Affection (Acoustic Version)†
19. You Make Me Nervous (Alternate Mix)†
20. Have You Ever Been In Love (Piano Version)†

[CD2: Do You – The Uncut Nile Rodgers Sessions]
1. Do It For Love (Break Mix)
2. Don’t Break My Heart (Alternate Mix)†
3. Magic Of Love
4. Don’t Turn Your Back
5. Jimmy Mack (Alternate Mix)†
6. Can’t Wait Till Tomorrow
7. Young Lions (Alternate Mix)†
8. Kisses
9. Money Back Guarantee (Alternate Mix)†
10. When The Lightning Strikes Again (Alternate Mix)†
The 7” Edits:
11. Do It For Love (Single Version)
12. Jimmy Mack (Edited Version)
13. Magic Of Love (Edited Version)
14. Can’t Wait Till Tomorrow (Single Version)
15. Money Back Guarantee (Edited Version)
16. Magic Of Love (Long Edited Version)

[CD3: Shockwave – The 1986 Sessions]
1. So Far So Good (Original Version)†
2. Five Star Affair†
3. Shockwave
4. Is It True†
5. Natural Love
6. Sweet Talker (KD Album Version)†
7. Anything Can Happen†
8. Young Hearts Run Free†
9. Rhythm Of Romance†
10. Don’t Wake Me Up From My Dream†
11. Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone Album Version)†
Bonus Tracks:
12. Young Hearts Run Free (Single Version)†
13. Rhythm Of Romance (Single Version)†
14. Don’t Wake Me Up From My Dream (Single Version)†
15. The Last To Know (Single Version)†
16. Sweet Talker (Alternate Version)†
17. It’s Christmas All Over The World

[CD4: No Sound But A Heart]
1. Eternity
2. Still Willing To Try
3. Still In Love
4. Wanna Give My Love
5. The Last To Know
6. No Sound But A Heart
7. What If We Fall In Love (Duet with Eugene Wilde)
8. No Ordinary Love
9. Floating Hearts
Bonus Tracks:
10. Eternity (Original 7” Version)†
11. Wanna Give My Love (Alternate Version)†
12. No Sound But A Heart (Alternate Version)†
13. Eternity (Original 12” Version)†
14. Wanna Give My Love (Acoustic Version)†
15. No Sound But A Heart (Acoustic Version)†
16. Eternity (Alternate Version)†
17. Still Willing To Try (Piano Version)†

[CD5: The 12” Mixes]
1. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Club Mix)
2. Strut (Dance Mix)
3. Sugar Walls (Long Version)
4. Swear (Dance Mix)
5. Do It For Love (Dance Mix)†
6. Jimmy Mack (Extended Version)
7. So Far So Good (Long Mix)†
8. Anything Can Happen (12” Extended Version)
9. Sweet Talker (12” Version)*
10. No Sound But A Heart (KD Mix)†
11. Wanna Give My Love (12” Version)*
12. No Ordinary Love (12” Version)*
13. Eternity (Shep Pettibone Alt Mix)†
14. Ice Out In The Rain (12” Remix)

[DVD: The EMI Video Collection 1980-1987]
1. Modern Girl
2. Morning Train (9 To 5)
3. One Man Woman
4. Take My Time
5. When He Shines
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. Just Another Broken Heart
8. You Could Have Been With Me
9. Machinery
10. Are You Man Enough
11. I Wouldn’t Beg For Water
12. Ice Out In The Rain
13. We’ve Got Tonight (Duet with Kenny Rogers)
14. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
15. Almost Over You
16. Back In The City
17. Strut
18. Sugar Walls
19. Swear
20. Do It For Love
21. Jimmy Mack
22. Magic Of Love
23. So Far So Good
24. Eternity
Bonus Videos:
25. Me Gustas Tal Como Eres (Duet with Luis Miguel)
26. Magic Of Love (Alternate Version)
27. Ice Out In The Rain (Remix)
28. Best Kept Secret – TV Advert
29. A Private Heaven – Interview

† previously unreleased
* never before available on CD

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2025 1:08 am

The USA pre-order link in the first post is now active.

[2025-10-31] Sheena Easton "Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol II" 5CD/1DVD box set (Cherry Pop UK)

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