This 1LP/4CD set includes the original quadruple-platinum album on both CD and LP. The remainder revisits the making of the album with unreleased studio recordings and early mixes, plus a complete 1984 concert from the band’s Heartbeat City tour. It’s accompanied by a color booklet filled with photos, new track-by-track notes by keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and an essay from drummer David Robinson, who designed all of the band’s album covers, including the sleeve for Heartbeat City.

HEARTBEAT CITY (DELUXE EDITION) highlights the album sessions with a demo for the Top 10 hit “Drive,” along with unreleased recordings of tracks like “Stranger Eyes” and “Jacki” (later renamed “Heartbeat City”). The set also includes multiple versions of “Shooting For You,” an outtake from the 1980s Panorama that was revived during the making of Heartbeat City.

The set also features a complete concert recorded at The Summit in Houston on September 11, 1984. Originally released on VHS and Laserdisc as The Cars – Live 1984-1985, the performance appears on CD for the first time here, expanded to include previously unreleased versions of “Candy-O” and “My Best Friend’s Girl.” The band opened the show with “Hello Again” and packed 17 songs into a 70-minute set that featured half the new album, including “You Might Think” and “Magic,” alongside earlier hits like “Good Times Roll” and “Let’s Go.”

* Previously Unreleased
+ Previously Unavailable on CD

Label
Rhino
Genre
Pop & Rock LP - SIDE A
Hello Again
Looking For Love
Magic
Drive
Stranger Eyes
LP - SIDE B
You Might Think
Its Not The Night
Why Cant I Have You
I Refuse
Heartbeat City
CD1: Original Album
Hello Again
Looking For Love
Magic
Drive
Stranger Eyes
You Might Think
Its Not The Night
Why Cant I Have You
I Refuse
Heartbeat City
CD2: B-Sides & Remixes, Early Versions & Demo Recordings, Alternate Versions
Breakaway
Hello Again (Remix Version)
Hello Again
Drive (Demo)
Stranger Eyes (Early Version) *
Its Not The Night (Early Version) *
One More Time (Early Version Of Why Cant I Have You)
Baby I Refuse (Early Version Of I Refuse)
Jacki (Early Version Of Heartbeat City)
Shooting For You (First Version) *
Shooting For You (Re-Recorded Version) *
Shooting For You (Re-Recorded Version - Alternate Mix)
CD3: Bonus Tracks - Early Mixes
Hello Again (Early Mix) *
Looking For Love (Early Mix) *
Magic (Early Mix) *
Drive (Early Mix) *
Stranger Eyes (Early Mix) *
You Might Think (Early Mix) *
Its Not The Night (Early Mix) *
I Refuse (Early Mix) *
Heartbeat City (Early Mix) *
Breakaway (Early Mix) *
Shooting For You (First Version - Early Mix) *
Shooting For You (Re-Recorded Version - Early Mix) *
CD4: Heartbeat City – Live (The Summit, Houston, TX – September 11, 1984)
Hello Again+
Its Not The Night+
Touch And Go+
Candy-O *
Good Times Roll+
Jimmy Jimmy+
Moving In Stereo+
Just What I Need+
A Dream Away+
Cruiser+
Drive+
You Might Think+
My Best Friends Girl *
Magic+
Lets Go+
Heartbeat City+
Youre All Ive Got Tonight+

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