Panorama (Expanded Edition)

LPA

1. Panorama
2. Touch and Go
3. Gimme Some Slack
4. Don’t Tell Me No
5. Getting Through

LPB

1. Misfit Kid
2. Down Boys
3. You Wear Those Eyes
4. Running Up To You
5. Up and Down

LPC

1. Shooting For You (previously unissued)
2. Be My Baby (previously unissued)
3. The Edge (previously unissued)
4. Don’t Go To Pieces (b-side of “Don’t Tell Me No”)

Following the massive success of The Cars’ multi-platinum debut in 1978, the band kept its platinum-album streak rolling with Candy-O and Panorama, releases that include memorable hits like “Let’s Go,” “It’s All I Can Do” and “Touch and Go.”

For the first time ever, the band has expanded those classics to create versions that include rare and unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for each album. Band member Ric Ocasek recently supervised the remastering of these albums for last year’s boxed set The Cars: The Elektra Years, ensuring superior sound quality on these new versions.

Expanded Editions of CANDY-O and PANORAMA will be available on July 28. Presented in gatefold sleeves, the vinyl versions include music on three sides with an etching on the fourth. In addition, the music on these Expanded Editions will be released digitally and available via streaming outlets.

The Cars returned in the summer of 1980 with Panorama, which became the band’s third consecutive platinum album and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Album Chart. The album became a fan favorite thanks to songs like “Touch And Go,” “Up And Down,” and “Gimme Some Slack.”

PANORAMA:EXPANDED EDITION builds on the original album’s 10 songs with four bonus tracks. They include the B-side “Don’t Go To Pieces,” as well as unreleased songs like “Shooting For You,” and “Be My Baby.” For this release, Wild once again pens the liner notes, along with reminisces from keyboardist Greg Hawkes.”

The five original members of The Cars – Ric Ocasek, the late Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson – recorded six studio albums together for Elektra Records and have sold more than 23 million albums in the U.S. alone.