Straight Shooter (Deluxe Remaster)

LPA

1. Good Lovin Gone Bad
2. Feel Like Makin Love
3. Weep No More
4. Shooting Star

LPB

1. Deal with the Preacher
2. Wild Fire Woman
3. Anna
4. Call On Me

LPC

1. Good Lovin Gone Bad (Alternate Vocal & Guitar)
2. Feel Like Makin Love (Take Before Master)
3. Weep No More (Early Slow Version)
4. Shooting Star (Alternate Take)

LPD

1. Deal with the Preacher (Early Version)
2. Wild Fire Woman (Alt Vocal & Guitar)
3. Anna (Alternate Vocal)
4. Call On Me (Alternate Take)

Bad Company has influenced bands from Bon Jovi to Five Finger Death Punch, who recently had a #1 hit with their cover of the song “Bad Company.”  They have also helped shaped the sound of an entire rock era with iconic powerhouse rock anthems “Can’t Get Enough,” “Rock Steady,” along with the ever popular ballads “Ready for Love,” “Seagull,” and  Grammy®-nominated “Feel Like Makin’ Love.” The British rockers recently unearthed the original multi-track tapes from their first two albums and discovered previously unreleased tracks, takes, and mixes from those sessions.

For the first time ever, the band has remastered Bad Company (1974) and Straight Shooter (1975) using the original tapes to create new Deluxe Editions. It was paramount to founding member Paul Rodgers that the CD and LP be copied from the original tapes to guarantee the best sound possible. Each set includes a newly remastered version of the original album, along with a number of rare and unreleased recordings. The CD versions of these Deluxe Editions include all of the newly discovered bonus tracks, while their 180-gram vinyl counterparts offer a selection of the bonus material.

The band released its second album Straight Shooter in April 1975, 40 years to the month of the new deluxe edition. The album rose to #3 on the U.S. album chart and was certified 3x platinum behind the hit singles “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad” as well as the rock radio staple “Shooting Star.”

Of the 14 bonus tracks, all are previously unreleased except the b-side “Whiskey Bottle.” Among the standouts is a stripped-down version of “Shooting Star,” a remix of “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad” with alternative guitar and vocals tracks, as well as two lost gems, never released before: “See The Sunlight” and “All Night Long.”