Some records just refuse to stay finished.
Baxter Dury is back with a fresh spin on his eighth album ‘Allbarone’ — and this time he brought reinforcements. The man has tapped super-producer Paul Epworth (yes, the Adele and U2 guy) to take five tracks from the record and blow them wide open into full-blown electro-disco extended mixes. The result, ‘Allbarone Versions,’ drops July 24 via Heavenly Recordings, with a double 12″ to follow on August 28.
First up: Alpha Dog (Paul Epworth Extended Version) — out now, and it’s a deconstructed nightclub dub that takes the original apart at the seams and rebuilds it into something built purely for 3am dance floors.
The Backstory
‘Allbarone’ felt done and dusted after dropping last autumn. Then Epworth got his hands on it. Instead of simple remixes, he went full extended-mix architect — pulling tracks apart from the edges and reordering them into relentless club tools. Think classic 12″ extended mix territory: echoing dub, flickering percussion, madly addictive basslines, and that gloriously languid disco pulse running underneath everything.
The whole EP moves through a serious range of moods. Kubla Khan gets a hefty low-end groove overhaul, Alpha Dog goes full deconstructed nightclub dub, and Schadenfreude leans into fizzing hi-hat pulses and Eurodisco bass that just won’t quit. Epworth’s mixes don’t just extend these tracks — they elevate them.
So yeah — ‘Allbarone’ is finally, actually done. And it just became the perfect soundtrack for whatever you’re getting into this weekend.
Track list
1. Kubla Khan (Paul Epworth Extended Version)
2. Allbarone (Paul Epworth Extended Version)
3. Alpha Dog (Paul Epworth Extended Version)
4. Schadenfreude (Paul Epworth Extended Version)
5. Return of the Sharp Heads (Paul Epworth Extended Version)
Listen & Pre-Save
🎧 Listen to Alpha Dog (Paul Epworth Extended Version)
📀 Pre-save ‘Allbarone Versions‘
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