Alternative Declaration Limited Edition LP / CD Pre-Order this Sunday at 1900 UK [Release date August 4th]

The Alarm – [Alternative] Declaration [40th Anniversary]

LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES.
Pre Order this Sunday from 1900 UK exclusively via www.thealarm.com.
Release date August 4th 2024
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[ALTERNATIVE] DECLARATION Double Red VINYL LP with alternative versions of each of the 12 songs on Declaration, plus Anniversary mixes and classic songs from the band’s repertoire of 1983/84. The album sleeve features the famous Alarm Red Poppy that was originally created by designer Robert Olsen in 1982. Robert also hand made this red Poppy variation, made up of all the lyrics of Declaration in 1984.
DECLARATION [In Session from Abbey Road Studios 1984] Double Digipak CD containing all the original songs from the official Declaration release, plus some additional singles, b-sides and previously unheard outtakes with a special running commentary from each of the original Alarm members that was recorded by US DJ George Gimarc at Abbey Road Studios in 1984.
Each collection contains a signed and numbered card by Mike Peters
This Collectors Limited Edition Set is priced at £49.99 plus postage and handling charges
[Alternative Declaration] LP Cover with Declaration Lyric Poppy art by Robert Olsen 1 of only 250

All the songs and more from The Alarm’s classic debut album Declaration, as captured at various recording sessions throughout the UK in 1983/4/5.

Produced by the band themselves, [Alternative] Declaration also includes seminal Alarm fan favourites such as What Kind Of Hell, For Freedom, Unsafe Building and more, along with two brand new 40th Anniversary mixes of classic Alarm singles, Sixty Eight Guns and Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?
 

This is the version of Declaration that the first generation of Alarm fans wanted to hear, recorded by the original incarnation of the band at its untamed best, stripped back and bursting with electro-acoustic guitar energy, passionate vocals and blazing harmonica.

 

“This is a legacy project”, says Mike Peters. “I have always wanted this era of the band to be documented and with the coming together of [Alternative] Declaration, my mind can now rest in peace knowing that the way we conducted ourselves and performed with such commitment back in 1983/84 is finally available to be heard once and for all. Hearing the contemporary interviews with each member talking about the songs and the times brings back very special memories of a piv0tal time in all our lives.”
This is the sound of The Alarm that was left behind by the arena rock production of the official Declaration release, and this brand new collection finally unleashes the original sound and fury of the band with a sonic template and drive, similar to SLF’s Inflammable Material (1979), or the “we’re a garage band” ethos of the debut Clash album (1977).
 
Prepare to be transported back to 1983/4 when The Alarm emerged as one of the most exciting new alternative rock bands in both the UK and USA and listen to the pure adrenalin rush of the songs that would eventually catapult the group into world renown and the higher echelons of the music charts around the world.

 [Alternative] Declaration is released as a Limited Edition Collector’s Double Red Vinyl LP / CD package of only 250 copies.

Each of the 250 copies of Alternative Declaration also comes with a double CD that has the original sings from the original and released Declaration album along with a running commentary from all four original Alarm band members intrdoucing the songs and talking about their experiences, hopes and dreams. The commentary was recorded at Abbey Road studios while the band were completing the record in early 1984 by US DJ George Gimarc.

The Double LP also features an A2 size poster with archive designs from 1983/84 Alarm concerts around the world plus comprehensive sleeve notes from Mike Peters.
The [Alternative] Declaration Double LP is pressed on red vinyl and the running order is listed below.
[Alternative] Declaration will be avilable to pre-order exclusively at www.thealarm.com from  1900 UK 
Release date August 4th 2024.

Click here : store.thealarm.com

Each Limited Edition Set is priced at £49.99 plus postage and handling charges
The Alarm – [Alternative] Declaration Red Vinyl LP
Side One
Declaration
Marching On
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?
Third Light
Sixty Eight Guns
We Are The Light
Side Two
Shout To The Devil
Blaze Of Glory
The Deceiver
Tell Me
The Stand
Howling Wind
Side Three
For Freedom
What Kind Of Hell?
Unsafe Building
Up For Murder
Unbreak The Promise
Side Four
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? [2024 40th Anniversary Remix]
Sixty Eight Guns [2023 40th Anniversary Remix]
A Legal Matter 
Bound For Glory
Bells Of Rhymney
Sixty Eight Guns [Part Two] [2013 30th Anniversary Remix]
The Alarm – Declaration [In Session From Abbey Road Studios 1984]
Disc one
Introduction by The Alarm
Declaration
Chapter 02: Mike Peters
Marching On
Chapter 04: The Alarm
We Are The Light
Chapter 06: Eddie Macdonald
Third Light
Chapter 08: Dave Sharp & Eddie Macdonald
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?
Chapter 10: Dave Sharp & Mike Peters
Howling Wind
Chapter 12: Mike Peters & Eddie Macdonald
Sixty Eight Guns
Chapter 14: Dave Sharp
Reason 41
Chapter 16: Mike Peters & Nigel Twist
Shout To The Devil
Chapter 18: The Alarm
Thoughts of a Young Man [Part One]
Chapter 20: Dave Sharp
Blaze Of Glory
Chapter 22: Eddie Macdonald
Disc Two
Chapter 01: Introduction by Mike Peters
What Kind Of Hell
Chapter 03: Dave Sharp & Mike Peters
Tell Me
Chapter 05: Mike Peters
The Deceiver
Chapter 07: Mike Peters & Eddie Macdonald
The Stand
Chapter 09: Mike Peters
For Freedom
Chapter 11: Dave Sharp
Unsafe Building
Chapter 13: Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald & Mike Peters
Across The Border
Abbey Road Studio Outtakes
Declaration
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?
Second Generation

The Alarm – [Alternative] Declaration [40th Anniversary]

[Alternative] Declaration will be avilable to pre-order exclusively at www.thealarm.com from  1900 UK 
Release date August 4th 2024.

Click here : store.thealarm.com

Each Limited Edition Set is priced at £49.99 plus postage and handling charges