“Any package shining further light on the their singular brilliance is to be welcomed”: Be-Bop Deluxe’s The Albums – 1974-1976

Be-Bop Deluxe – The Albums 1974-76.

Still prolific despite various health issues, Bill Nelson has released literally hundreds of esoteric, often instrumental solo albums since his avant- garde electronic act Bill Nelson’s Red Noise folded in 1979. But it’s his output with mid-70s art-rock wonders Be-Bop Deluxe which remains most celebrated – and rightly so.

This CD clamshell set corralling Be-Bop’s opening triptych – 1974’s Axe Victim, 1975’s Futurama and 1976’s Sunburst Finish – comes just a couple of years after all three records were separately re-released.