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Coming on vinyl: MEMS 25th Anniversary Edition and TOM 40th Anniversary EP

The new edition comes on silver vinyl

Minor Earth | Major Sky (2000) is set to be reissued on 2LP vinyl as a 25th Anniversary Edition on December 12th, by Warner Music Germany.

The only difference from the previous 2019 2LP vinyl release of the same album (which is still readily available) seems to be the addition of four live tracks from Vallhall in 2001; “Minor Earth | Major Sky”, “The Sun Never Shone That Day”, “Velvet”, “Summer Moved On” and silver-coloured vinyl instead of black.

With the added live versions there will be more tracks spread across the two 180g LPs; 9 tracks on LP1 (6 on the 2019 version) and 8 tracks on LP2 (7 on the 2019 version).

The 25th Anniversary Edition can be pre-ordered from Amazon UK and Amazon Germany (paid links).

RSD EP on Ruby Red vinyl.

There will also be a 40th Anniversary Edition EP of “Take On Me” released by Rhino as part of the Record Store Day 2025 Black Friday event on November 28th.

It seems only 3000 copies will be available worldwide, pressed on Ruby Red 12″ vinyl. The EP is available only in participating record stores on November 28th and then online on November 29th.

Here is the tracklist:

A1. Take On Me (40th Anniversary Extended Version)
A2. Take On Me (1984 Single Version)
A3. Take On Me (1985 Single Version)
A4. Take On Me (1985 Instrumental Version)
B1. Take On Me (2018 Symphonic Version)
B2. Take On Me (2017 Acoustic)
B3. Take On Me (2017 MTV Unplugged)
B4. Take On Me (1991 Live In South America)

More info on recordstoreday.com and recordstoreday.co.uk.

Minor Earth | Major Sky and Lifelines remasters coming soon

The vinyl editions of the new Minor Earth | Major Sky and Lifelines remasters

The long-awaited remasters of Minor Earth | Major Sky (2000) and Lifelines (2002) will finally be released next month, 27 September.

Both albums will be available in 2CD Deluxe Editions, which will include previously unreleased songs such as “Sole Survivor”, “To Show It is to Blow It”, “Life’s Not Fair” (early version of “I Wish I Cared”) and “One in a Million” (early version of “White Canvas”), plus a-ha versions of “We’ll Never Speak Again” and “The Breakers”.

The 2CD Deluxe Edition of Minor Earth | Major Sky has a total of 33 tracks, while Lifelines has 37 tracks. The booklets include new liner notes by Kieron Tyler.

Both albums will also be available on vinyl for the first time, but only featuring the original album tracks.

Pre-order here:
Minor Earth | Major Sky (2CD Deluxe Edition): Amazon.de   Amazon.co.uk
Minor Earth | Major Sky (2LP Vinyl): Amazon.de   Amazon.co.uk

Lifelines (2CD Deluxe Edition): Amazon.de   Amazon.co.uk
Lifelines (2LP Vinyl): Amazon.de   Amazon.co.uk

Two sample tracks are already available for download/streaming now; “The Sun Never Shone That Day” (Early Version) and “Forever Not Yours” (Demo).

Read the full press release on a-ha.com.

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