My Red Book is Rick Astley's seventh studio album. It was due for release sometime in early 2013 and it would have been his first album of original material since 2001's Keep it Turned On (His 2005 album, Portrait, was all covers). Two singles from the album were released (Lights Out, way back in 2010, and Superman in late 2012) and promotional copies were given out to fans. For whatever reason, the album wasn't released and to this day, it hasn't seen the light of day. It is unknown why Rick chose not to release the album and there is little to no information about it online (there isn't a Wikipedia page and it's not listed on his official website). The aim of this blog post is to give people a chance to hear the album as, despite being more than two years overdue, it hasn't been leaked online. I had actually been searching for a download of the album for a while but I had no luck. All I could find was a bootleg with the studio versions of Superman and Lights Out, another track, Relying on You, that wasn't even from My Red Book and terrible quality live recordings of some of the other tracks. I recently had a bit of luck though. I managed to find a CDr of the album on Discogs so I ordered it. I'll admit, I was worried that it was going to be a fake. About two weeks later, the album arrived so I opened it, put it into my PS3 and, to my surprise, it was the real thing. Listening to the album made me wonder even more why it wasn't released. Rick was heavily involved in the production of the album and he plays guitar and drums on a lot of the tracks. This gives the album more of a warm, live band sound which is quite different to his early synth-pop stuff. This isn't something that I'd usually do, but I've decided to make the tracks available to download. There hasn't been any word on an official release yet and I really feel like this is his best work. If it ever does get released, I'll delete the files straight away; I might even buy the CD myself. Until then, here's a link to download it:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/rxizb5
23 Comments
BKOne
3/30/2015 05:28:23 am
Thank you so much!!!
Simon RICHARDS
8/28/2015 11:10:20 am
Hi when I clicked on the link the songs are not there.
Mart
8/28/2015 11:48:43 am
Here you go (unfortunately not lossless):
Mart
2/14/2016 12:18:13 am
Hi Simon, can you share your unreleased stuff?
Simon
4/9/2016 05:46:51 pm
I still could not down loads the Rick Astley my red book tracks
Simon RICHARDS
4/9/2016 05:51:01 pm
I still haven't got the Rick Astley My Redbook tracks .
Eligius
5/25/2015 06:21:20 pm
Thanks you
Mart
8/19/2015 12:59:58 am
Hi, Love it. Thanx. Is there maybe a way to share it also lossless?
Ste
2/2/2016 08:59:32 pm
Hey man thanks for sharing this with us, always wondered what had happened to this album. It's awesome that it exists!
Adam Priestley
2/28/2016 10:54:37 am
I think this album is going to be released in april, because he is touring the uk to celebrate his new album and this could be it
bda
3/26/2016 12:52:57 pm
Adam, the album released in april is a totally new album with different songs!! can't wait! although I do wish he would re-release Red Book!
Adam Priestley
3/27/2016 11:43:58 am
I see, and I think he should release my red book at some point
Mart
4/8/2016 11:32:28 pm
David, would you be so kind to share it lossless with scanned covers please. If you would like something in return, I have some special remixes and megamixes that you probably don't have. Please let me know. Thanks.
Adam
4/9/2016 09:10:17 am
He just released the songs on his new album and let it rain and i like the sun are on it. I think this means that my red book won't be released because he won't put those songs on two alums
Mart
4/24/2016 09:01:28 am
Again to David or anyone who has the album. Can you please make a lossless rip of it and if posssible make scans of the covers. Please let me know what I can do in return. Thank u.
Jan
6/10/2016 08:23:30 am
Thank you so much for giving me the chance to listen to this soul balming songs. I love this album.
sj
9/24/2017 06:11:17 am
Thanks for your sharing. I love Rick's 50, but I always wonder why "my red book" wasn't released and I wanna listen all of that. Your explaining and sharing makes me happy. thank you so much.
Amelia
6/26/2018 07:09:27 pm
The links provided above unfortunately don't work anymore. I'm really looking for this album, it would be awesome if someone could upload it again.
Mew
9/20/2019 08:31:27 pm
https://www.sendspace.com/file/lk4t6u
Mew
9/20/2019 08:38:57 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/rickastley/comments/9g0ww3/my_red_book_album/
Martin
8/3/2020 01:10:30 pm
Still no true lossless files. Anyone?
Paul
3/1/2023 08:39:38 pm
Hi, is there any chance of uploading this again please? I’ve purchased superman and lights out through official means but can’t get the rest anywhere else! Thank you Leave a Reply. |