Second REO Speedwagon box set, ‘Classic Years’, due in February 2019

Following the HNE Recordings box set containing the albums from REO Speedwagon’s ‘Early Years’ in the summer of 2018 [full review here], the band’s legacy will be celebrated further in the new year with a second box set, appropriately titled ‘Classic Years: 1978-1990.

That twelve year stretch bore most of the band’s massive hits – including ‘Keep On Lovin’ You’, ‘Don’t Let Him Go’ and ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ – and their run of albums from 1978’s ‘You Can Tune A Piano…’ through to 1986’s ‘Wheels Are Turning’ found REO perfecting the AOR sound for which they’re best known.


Despite massive sales, most of these albums have been out of print in the UK for some time, so the box is a welcome reissue and a great opportunity to revisit old favourites.  Better still, for the bigger REO fan, the box set contains various bonus tracks including a selection of live tracks previously issued on a promo only LP and the bonus disc with the 30th Anniversary Edition of ‘Hi-Infidelity’ is also present.

A full tracklist can be found below.  ‘The Classic Years: 1978-1990’ will be released on February 22nd 2019.

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DISC ONE:

YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO BUT YOU CAN’T TUNA FISH (1978)
1. ROLL WITH THE CHANGES
2. BLAZIN’ YOUR OWN TRAIL AGAIN
3. TIME FOR ME TO FLY
4. LUCKY FOR YOU
5. THE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING TUNA TROT
6. SAY YOU LOVE ME OR SAY GOODNIGHT
7. RUNNIN’ BLIND
8. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR WOMAN IS TONIGHT?
9. SING TO ME BONUS TRACKS
10.ROLL WITH THE CHANGES (SHORT VERSION)
11.ROLL WITH THE CHANGES (LONG VERSION)
12.TIME FOR ME TO FLY (EDIT)

LIVE AGAIN [PROMO 1978]
13.SON OF A POOR MANN
14.(I BELIEVE) OUR TIME IS GONNA COME
15.FLYING TURKEY TROT
16.KEEP PUSHIN’
17.RIDIN’ THE STORM OUT
18.PIANO INTERLUDE
19.157 RIVERSIDE AVENUE

DISC TWO:
NINE LIVES (1979)
1. HEAVY ON YOUR LOVE
2. DROP IT (AN OLD DISGUISE)
3. ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
4. EASY MONEY
5. ROCK & ROLL MUSIC
6. TAKE ME
7. I NEED YOU TONIGHT
8. MEET ME ON THE MOUNTAIN
9. BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN

BONUS TRACKS
10.EASY MONEY (EDIT)
11.157 RIVERSIDE AVENUE (LIVE)
12.RIDIN’ THE STORM OUT (LIVE)

DISC THREE:
HI INFIDELITY (1980)
1. DON’T LET HIM GO
2. KEEP ON LOVING YOU
3. FOLLOW MY HEART
4. IN YOUR LETTER
5. TAKE IT ON THE RUN
6. TOUGH GUYS
7. OUT OF SEASON
8. SHAKIN’ IT LOOSE
9. SOMEONE TONIGHT
10. I WISH YOU WERE THERE

DISC FOUR:
BONUS TRACKS / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMOS
1. SOMEONE TONIGHT
2. TOUGH GUYS
3. IN YOUR LETTER
4. FOLLOW MY HEART
5. TAKE IT ON THE RUN
6. DON’T LET HIM GO
7. KEEP ON LOVING YOU
8. SHAKIN’ IT LOOSE
9. I WISH YOU WERE THERE
10. DON’T LET HIM GO (EDIT)
11. TAKE IT ON THE RUN (EDIT)

LIVE PROMO
12. DON’T LET HIM GO
13. KEEP ON LOVING YOU
14. TAKE IT ON THE RUN
15. IN YOUR LETTER
16. KEEP ON LOVING YOU (89 REGGAE VERSION)

DISC FIVE:
GOOD TROUBLE (1982)
1. KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN’
2. SWEET TIME
3. GIRL WITH THE HEART OF GOLD
4. EVERY NOW AND THEN
5. I’LL FOLLOW YOU
6. THE KEY
7. BACK IN MY HEART AGAIN
8. LET’S BE-BOP
9. STILLNESS OF THE NIGHT
10. GOOD TROUBLE

DISC SIX:
WHEELS ARE TURNIN’ (1984)
1. I DO WANNA KNOW
2. ONE LONELY NIGHT
3. THRU THE WINDOW
4. ROCK ‘N ROLL STAR
5. LIVE EVERY MOMENT
6. CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING
7. GOTTA FEEL MORE
8. BREAK HIS SPELL
9. WHEELS ARE TURNIN’

BONUS TRACKS
10. I DO WANNA KNOW (SHORT VERSION)
11. LIVE EVERY MOMENT (EDIT)
12. WHEREVER YOU’RE GOIN’ (IT’S ALRIGHT) (REMIX)
13. GOTTA FEEL MORE (RADIO MIX LONG VERSION)
14. GOTTA FEEL MORE (RADIO MIX SHORT VERSION)
15. WHEREVER YOU’RE GOIN’ (IT’S ALRIGHT) (THE GOONIES OST)

DISC SEVEN:
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (1987)
1. NEW WAY TO LOVE
2. THAT AIN’T LOVE
3. IN MY DREAMS
4. ONE TOO MANY GIRLFRIENDS 5. VARIETY TONIGHT
6. SCREAMS AND WHISPERS
7. CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEART
8. OVER THE EDGE
9. ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN 10.TIRED OF GETTIN NOWHERE BONUS TRACKS
11.VARIETY TONIGHT (EDIT) 12.I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU (THE HITS)
13.HERE WITH ME (THE HITS)
14.HERE WITH ME (RADIO EDIT)

DISC EIGHT:
THE EARTH, A SMALL MAN, HIS DOG AND A CHICKEN (1990)
1. LOVE IS A ROCK
2. THE HEART SURVIVES
3. LIVE IT UP
4. ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE
5. LOVE IN THE FUTURE
6. HALF WAY
7. LOVE TO HATE
8. YOU WON’T SEE ME
9. CAN’T LIE TO MY HEART
10.L.I.A.R
11.GO FOR BROKE

BONUS TRACKS
12.ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE (ALBUM VERSION-MORE GUITAR)
13.ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE
(SINGLE VERSION-MORE VOCAL)
14.JUST FOR YOU (RADIO EDIT)
15.JUST FOR YOU (THE BALLADS,FULL LENGTH VERSION)
16.’TIL THE RIVERS RUN DRY (THE BALLADS)

DISC NINE:
1. DON’TLETHIMGO(KEMPERARENA1985)
2. TOUGHGUYS(KEMPERARENA1985)
3. TAKEITONTHERUN(KEMPERARENA1985)
4. I DO WANNA KNOW (KEMPER ARENA 1985)
5. CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING (KEMPER ARENA 1985)
6. KEEP THE FIRE BURNING (ROCKFORD METRO CENTRE 1983)
7. ROLL WITH THE CHANGES (ROCKFORD METRO CENTRE 1983)
8. THAT AIN’T LOVE (KIEL AUDITORIUM, ST LOUIS 1987)
9. BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN (BLAISDELL ARENA, HONOLULU 1989)
10.LIVE IT UP (CLUB EASTBROOK, GRAND RAPIDS)
11.ROLL WITH THE CHANGES (DENVER, CO 1981)
12.RIDIN’ THE STORM OUT (DENVER, CO 1981)
13.KEEP ON LOVIN’ YOU (INDIANAPOLIS, IN 1984)
14.JOHNNY B. GOODE (INDIANAPOLIS, IN 1985)
15.CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING (GRAND RAPIDS, MI 1990)
16.SAY YOU LOVE ME OR SAY GOODNIGHT ALPINE VALLEY, WI 1980)
17.TIME FOR ME TO FLY (ST. LOUIS, MO 1987)