Newly remastered deluxe editions of four of Dio‘s studio albums will be given a new release on February 21st via BMG/Niji Entertainment Group Inc.. The albums set for the deluxe treatment include:
- “Angry Machines“
- “Magica“
- “Killing The Dragon“
- “Master Of The Moon“
Wyn Davis handled the remastering of the releases while Marc Sasso was recruited to update the artwork for the outings. Vinyl, 2-CD and digital format releases are all planned, with each album sporting bonus tracks. The first LP pressings of the albums will feature a lenticular album art print. Furthermore, the “Magica” LP set will also come with a bonus 7″ single featuring the bonus track “Electra“, which was originally planned for a scrapped “Magica 2” album.
The track listings for the deluxe editions of each album run as follows:
“Angry Machines“:
Disc 1:
01 – “Institutional Man”
02 – “Don’t Tell The Kids”
03 – “Black”
04 – “Hunter Of The Heart”
05 – “Stay Out Of My Mind”
06 – “Big Sister”
07 – “Double Monday”
08 – “Golden Rules”
09 – “Dying In America”
10 – “This Is Your Life”
Disc 2 – Live on “Angry Machines” Tour 1997:
01 – “Jesus Mary and The Holy Ghost – Straight Through The Heart”
02 – “Don’t Talk To Strangers”
03 – “Double Monday”
04 – “Hunter Of The Heart”
05 – “Holy Diver”
06 – “Heaven and Hell”
07 – “Long Live Rock and Roll”
08 – “Man On The Silver Mountain”
09 – “Rainbow In The Dark”
10 – “The Last In Line”
11 – “The Mob Rules”
12 – “We Rock”
“Magica“:
Disc 1:
01 – “Discovery”
02 – “Magica Theme”
03 – “Lord Of The Last Day”
04 – “Fever Dreams”
05 – “Turn To Stone”
06 – “Feed My Head”
07 – “Eriel”
08 – “Chalis”
09 – “As Long As It’s Not About Love”
10 – “Losing My Insanity”
11 – “Otherworld”
12 – “Magica” (Reprise)
13 – “Lord Of the Last Day” (Reprise)
Disc 2 – Live on “Magica” Tour 2001:
01 – “Discovery”
02 – “Magica”
03 – “Lord Of The Last Day”
04 – “Fever Dreams”
05 – “Eriel”
06 – “Chalis”
07 – “Losing My Insanity”
08 – “Otherworld”
09 – “Electra” – Studio Track
10 – “Magica Story” – Studio/Spoken Word
“Killing The Dragon“:
Disc 1:
01 – “Killing The Dragon”
02 – “Along Comes A Spider”
03 – “Scream”
04 – “Better In The Dark”
05 – “Rock and Roll”
06 – “Push”
07 – “Guilty”
08 – “Throw Away Children”
09 – “Before The Fall”
10 – “Cold Feet”
Disc 2 – Live on “Killing The Dragon” Tour 2002/2003:
01 – “Holy Diver”
02 – “Heaven and Hell”
03 – “Rock and Roll”
04 – “I Speed At Night”
05 – “Killing The Dragon”
06 – “Stand Up And Shout”
“Master Of The Moon“:
Disc 1:
01 – “One More For The Road”
02 – “Master Of The Moon”
03 – “The End Of The World”
04 – “Shivers”
05 – “The Man Who Would Be King”
06 – “The Eyes”
07 – “Living The Lie”
08 – “I Am”
09 – “Death By Love”
10 – “In Dreams”
Disc 2 – Bonus / Live on “Master Of The Moon” Tour 2004/2005:
01 – “Heaven and Hell”
02 – “Rainbow In The Dark”
03 – “Rock and Roll Children”
04 – “The Eyes”
05 – “Prisoner Of Paradise” – Studio Track
Wendy Dio, widow of the band’s late frontman Ronnie James Dio, commented of these new re-releases:
“I am very excited to be working with BMG, a label that still has a passion for rock music. They will be making the complete DIO catalogue available again with some interesting surprises.”
Several of the bonus tracks from the re-releases have been made available online via streaming services and can be found below:
