As mentioned, Sade's six albums of smooth, sultry R&B are collected and remastered in a new vinyl box set, This Far, due out on October 9 via Sony Legacy. 1984's Diamond Life, 1985's Promise, 1988's Stronger Than Pride, 1992's Love Deluxe, 2000's Lovers Rock, and 2010's Soldier Of Love are all pressed on 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl for the set, and presented in a white casebound box.
Here are more details about the meticulous remastering process, done at Abbey Road Studios:
Revisiting the audio, the band and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios worked from high resolution digital transfers of the stereo master mixes, from the original studio recordings, remastered at half-speed using Miles’ own unique restored Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe, to perform the 12 sides of vinyl lacquer cuts. The elaborate, half-speed mastering process produced exceptionally clean and detailed audio whilst remaining faithful to the band’s intended sound. No additional digital limiting was used in the mastering process, so the six albums benefit from the advantage of extra clarity and pure fidelity, preserving the dynamic range of the original mixes for the very first time.
The six album sleeves have been meticulously reproduced in exact detail with authentic paper and printing methods, perfectly replicated for the first time since their original release, and assembled in the outer box which was designed by Tom Hingston Studios in London.
And here's the exploded view:
See the full tracklist below.
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SADE - THIS FAR TRACKLIST
DIAMOND LIFE SIDE A SMOOTH OPERATOR YOUR LOVE IS KING HANG ON TO YOUR LOVE FRANKIE'S FIRST AFFAIR WHEN AM I GOING TO MAKE A LIVING SIDE B CHERRY PIE SALLY I WILL BE YOUR FRIEND WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER
PROMISE SIDE A IS IT A CRIME THE SWEETEST TABOO WAR OF THE HEARTS JEZEBEL SIDE B MR WRONG NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME FEAR TAR BABY MAUREEN
STRONGER THAN PRIDE SIDE A LOVE IS STRONGER THAN PRIDE PARADISE NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN US HAUNT ME TURN MY BACK ON YOU SIDE B KEEP LOOKING CLEAN HEART GIVE IT UP I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY SIEMPRE HAY ESPERANZA
LOVE DELUXE SIDE A NO ORDINARY LOVE FEEL NO PAIN I COULDN’T LOVE YOU MORE LIKE A TATTOO SIDE B KISS OF LIFE CHERISH THE DAY PEARLS BULLETPROOF SOUL MERMAID
LOVERS ROCK SIDE A BY YOUR SIDE FLOW KING OF SORROW SOMEBODY ALREADY BROKE MY HEART ALL ABOUT OUR LOVE SLAVE SONG SIDE B THE SWEETEST GIFT EVERY WORD IMMIGRANT LOVERS ROCK IT’S ONLY LOVE THAT GETS YOU THROUGH
SOLDIER OF LOVE SIDE A THE MOON AND THE SKY SOLDIER OF LOVE MORNING BIRD BABYFATHER LONG HARD ROAD SIDE B BE THAT EASY BRING ME HOME IN ANOTHER TIME SKIN THE SAFEST PLACE
