As the Eagles gear up for their highly anticipated Sphere residency in Las Vegas, UMe has announced that it will release a 40th Anniversary vinyl edition of Don Henley’s triple-platinum Building the Perfect Beast album on October 4.
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Building the Perfect Beast will be available as a 2-LP set for the first time, remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
The album features the hit singles “The Boys of Summer,” “All She Wants to Do Is Dance,” “Sunset Grill,” and “Not Enough Love in the World.” The new 2-LP release will also feature the vinyl debut of the album’s complete tracklist, as “A Month Of Sundays” was only available previously on the CD, cassette, and digital versions.
A newly remastered digital version of the album will be available on the same date for streaming and download. The remastered version of “The Boys Of Summer” is available now on streaming services.
In addition to featuring four hit singles, Building The Perfect Beast garnered five Grammy nominations and won the award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male for “The Boys Of Summer.” Don Henley was also the biggest winner of the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home four Moonmen, including Video of the Year for “The Boys of Summer,” which was also the year’s most nominated video.
Best known as co-founder of the legendary rock band, the Eagles, as well as an influential solo artist, Don Henley has maintained an extraordinary commitment to music and various philanthropic efforts throughout his career, including a dedication to environmental issues and artists’ rights.
Raised in a small East Texas town, Henley was drawn to the sounds of exotic music broadcast from distant radio stations in New Orleans, Nashville, and Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. These stations introduced him to the blues, bluegrass, gospel, jazz, and rock and roll, paving the way for his future as an artist.
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