Seminal Happy Mondays Album 'Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches' to Get Box Set Treatment in August.

London Records' first major reissue program for Happy Mondays starts with landmark album Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches. 

With all original audio remastered from the Factory Records master tapes, the album will be available starting on August 21 on multiple formats.

The 5LP Super Deluxe Edition has the original album plus the fabled Hallelujah and Madchester Rave On EPs, the Baby Big Head Bootleg Album recorded Live at Elland Road on June 1, 1991 - with a fold-out A2 tour poster from the same legendary gig, classic and newly commissioned remixes, plus a ‘Madchester’ slipmat.

Also included is a 60-page 12” x 12” hardback book containing liner notes written by author & journalist James Brown, who worked for the NME during the Pills ‘N’ Thrills era and went on to found Loaded magazine. Original Central Station Design members: Pat Carroll & Karen Jackson, now known as Sublime Limbo, together with Samuel Carroll contribute the essay ‘Postcards from the Edge: The Art and Anarchy of Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches’, which outlines the philosophy behind the album’s artwork. Among many previously unseen images, the book includes the album artwork that was scrapped just before it went to print, after Shaun had a new idea.

4CD Edition: Includes original album, Hallelujah + Madchester Rave On, Baby Big Head Bootleg Album (Live at Elland Road, 1991), classic and new remixes, and the 60-page book with contents as above but in paperback.

2CD Edition: All original audio remastered from Factory Records master tapes. Includes original album + classic & new remixes and brand new liner notes by James Brown.

1LP Editions (Dinked Vinyl Pill Edition (Blue / Yellow Split Color), Red Vinyl, Picturedisc, Standard Black Vinyl): Include original album + new liner notes by James Brown.

Cassette: Includes original album on half-and-half colored cassette, housed in a clear shell.

Originally released in November 1990, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches featuring UK hits “Step On”, “Kinky Afro” and “Loose Fit”; the album reached No.4 in the UK album charts.

Even before the album’s release, by summer 1990 Happy Mondays were headlining major shows, including Glastonbury’s Friday night slot. The following year, they played to vast crowds in Brazil at Rock in Rio and stadium audiences back home. 

The ill-fated recording of 1992’s Yes Please! and the collapse of Factory Records later the same year marked the beginning of the end of the first incarnation Happy Mondays, who split in 1993, with Shaun going on to form the UK success Black Grape.

Happy Mondays have reformed several times, and last year undertook their first headline tour since the passing of founder member Paul Ryder in 2022. Most recently, Happy Mondays celebrated the 35th anniversary of Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches with a UK Tour.

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PILLS ’N’ THRILLS AND BELLYACHES 2026 REISSUE

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TRACK LISTINGS:

All audio remastered from original Factory Records tapes.

1LP

Side One - Album Remastered
A1. Kinky Afro
A2. God's Cop
A3. Donovan
A4. Grandbag's Funeral
A5. Loose Fit

Side Two - Album Remastered
B1. Dennis And Lois
B2. Bob's Yer Uncle
B3. Step On
B4. Holiday
B5. Harmony

5LP
Side One - Album Remastered
A1. Kinky Afro
A2. God's Cop
A3. Donovan
A4. Grandbag's Funeral
A5. Loose Fit

Side Two - Album Remastered
B1. Dennis And Lois
B2. Bob's Yer Uncle
B3. Step On
B4. Holiday
B5. Harmony

Side Three - Madchester - Rave On
C1. Hallelujah
C2. Holy Ghost
C3. Clap Your Hands
C4. Rave On

Side Four - Hallelujah
D1. Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)
D2. Hallelujah (Club Mix)
D3. Rave On (Club Mix)
D4. W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix)

Side Five - Baby Bighead Bootleg
E1. Hallelujah (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
E2. Donovan (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
E3. Kinky Afro (Live at Elland Road, 1991)

Side Six - Baby Bighead Bootleg
F1. Clap Your Hands (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
F2. Loose Fit (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
F3. Holiday (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
F4. Rave On (Live at Elland Road, 1991)

Side Seven - Baby Bighead Bootleg
G1. E (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
G2. Tokoloshe Man (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
G3. Dennis And Lois (Live at Elland Road, 1991)

Side Eight - Baby Bighead Bootleg
H1. God's Cop (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
H2. Step On (Live at Elland Road, 1991)
H3. Bob’s Yer Uncle (Live at Elland Road, 1991)

Side Nine - Remixes
I1. Step On (Stuff It In Mix)
I2. Kinky Groovy Afro Remix (12")
I3. Loose Fit (Perfecto 12" Mix)
I4. Tokoloshe Man

Side Ten - Remixes
J1. Hallelujah (Daniel Avery Edit)
J2. Loose Fit (Shadow Child Edit)
J3. Gods Cop (Anna Prior Edit)
J4. Step On (Paul Oakenfold Edit)
J5. Hallelujah (Ewan Pearson Remix)

4CD
CD1 - Album Remastered
01 Kinky Afro (2026 Remaster)
02 God's Cop (2026 Remaster)
03 Donovan (2026 Remaster)
04 Grandbag's Funeral (2026 Remaster)
05 Loose Fit (2026 Remaster)
06 Dennis And Lois (2026 Remaster)
07 Bob's Yer Uncle (2026 Remaster)
08 Step On (2026 Remaster)
09 Holiday (2026 Remaster)
10 Harmony (2026 Remaster)

CD2 Madchester - Rave On + Hallelujah
01 Hallelujah (2026 Remaster)
02 Holy Ghost (2026 Remaster)
03 Clap Your Hands (2026 Remaster)
04 Rave On (2026 Remaster)
05 Hallelujah, MacColl Mix (2026 Remaster)
06 Hallelujah Club Mix (2026 Remaster)
07 Rave On Club Mix (2026 Remaster)
08 W.F.L. Think About The Future Mix (2026 Remaster)

CD3 Baby Bighead Bootleg
01 Hallelujah, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
02 Donovan, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
03 Kinky Afro, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
04 Clap Your Hands, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
05 Loose Fit, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
06 Holiday, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
07 Rave On, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
08 E, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
09 Tokoloshe Man, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
10 Dennis And Lois, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
11 God's Cop, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
12 Step On, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
13 Bob’s Yer Uncle, Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)
14 W.F.L., Live at Elland Road 1991 (2026 Remaster)

CD4 Remixes
01 Step On Stuff It In Mix (2026 Remaster)
02 Kinky Groovy Afro Remix 12" (2026 Remaster)
03 Loose Fit, Perfecto 12" Mix (2026 Remaster)
04 Tokoloshe Man (2026 Remaster)
05 Hallelujah Daniel Avery Edit
06 Loose Fit Shadow Child Edit
07 Gods Cop Anna Prior Remix Edit
08 Step On Paul Oakenfold Edit
09 Hallelujah Ewan Pearson Remix (2026 Remaster)

2CD
Cat No: LMS1725733

CD1 Album Remastered
01 Kinky Afro (2026 Remaster)
02 God's Cop (2026 Remaster)
03 Donovan (2026 Remaster)
04 Grandbag's Funeral (2026 Remaster)
05 Loose Fit (2026 Remaster)
06 Dennis And Lois (2026 Remaster)
07 Bob's Yer Uncle (2026 Remaster)
08 Step On (2026 Remaster)
09 Holiday (2026 Remaster)
10 Harmony (2026 Remaster)

CD2 Remixes
01 Hallelujah Club Mix (2026 Remaster)
02 Rave On Club Mix (2026 Remaster)
03 W.F.L. Think About The Future Mix (2026 Remaster)
04 Step On Stuff It In Mix (2026 Remaster)
05 Kinky Groovy Afro Remix 12" (2026 Remaster)
06 Loose Fit Perfecto 12" Mix (2026 Remaster)
07 Tokoloshe Man (2026 Remaster)
08 Hallelujah (Daniel Avery Remix)
09 Loose Fit (Shadow Child Remix)
10 Gods Cop (Anna Prior Remix)
11 Step On (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
12 Hallelujah (Ewan Pearson Remix)

Cassette
Cat No: LMS1725741

Side One - Album Remastered
A1. Kinky Afro
A2. God's Cop
A3. Donovan
A4. Grandbag's Funeral
A5. Loose Fit

Side Two - Album Remastered
B1. Dennis And Lois
B2. Bob's Yer Uncle
B3. Step On
B4. Holiday
B5. Harmony