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Besides the vinyl releases of Wham!’s Fantastic and Make It Big, Wham! will also be releasing deluxe editions of Fantastic and Make It Big on BluRay Audio.

Fantastic BluRay Audio includes:

Dolby Atmos & 96/24 Stereo

1. Bad Boys
2. A Ray of Sunshine
3. Love Machine
4. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
5. A Ray of Sunshine (Instrumental Remix)
6. Love Machine (Instrumental Remix)
7. Club Tropicana
8. Nothing Looks The Same in the Light
9. Come On
10. Young Guns (Go For It!)
11. Nothing Looks The Same in the Light (Instrumental Remix) 

Bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos & Stereo

1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) – single version 3.32
2. Young Guns (Go For It) – single version 3.43
3. Young Guns (Go For It) UK 12” mix 5.11
4. Blue (Armed With Love) 3.56

 Bonus tracks in Stereo-only 

1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Club Mix] 4.20
2. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Social Mix] 6.45
3. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Unsocial Mix] 6.38
4. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Special Club Remix] 3.05
5. Young Guns (For For It) – Special US 12” Remix 6.53
6. Going For It 4.39
7. Bad Boys (12” Extended Club Mix) 4.58
8. Bad Boys (instrumental) 3.21
9. Club Tropicana (instrumental) 3.31
10. Club Fantastic Megamix 3.57

Make It Big BluRay Audio includes:

Dolby Atmos & 96/24 Stereo

1. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 3.51
2. Everything She Wants 5.03
3. Heartbeat 4.44
4. Like A Baby 4.15
5. Freedom 5.02
6. If You Were There 3.39
7. Credit Card Baby 5.10
8. Careless Whisper 6.32

Bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos & Stereo

1. Careless Whisper (Single Version) 5.03
2. Freedom (version from The Final) 5.20
3. Last Christmas 4.26
4. Everything She Wants (Remix edit) 5.30
5. Freedom (Long Version) 7.09
6. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix) 6.45
7. Everything She Wants (Remix) 6.30
8. I’m Your Man 4.07
9. The Edge of Heaven 4.37
10. Battlestations 5.31
11. Where Did Your Heart Go? 5.50

Bonus tracks in stereo (only)

1. A Ray of Sunshine (specially recorded for ‘The Tube’)
2. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (instrumental) 4.02
3. Freedom (instrumental) 5.10
4. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix Edit) 4.47
5. I’m Your Man (Extended Stimulation)
6. Do It Right (Instrumental)
7. I’m Your Man (Acappella)
8. Blue (Recorded Live in China)
9. I’m Your Man (version from Music From The Edge Of Heaven version)
10. Wham! Rap ’86

These versions are currently only available through SDE Shop.

Fantastic (sponsored link) and Make It Big (sponsored link) will be released on vinyl on March 22, 2024. It’s the first time in more than 30 years that they have been released on vinyl.

According to Amazon, the track listing for Wham!’s Fantastic (sponsored link) is:

1. Bad Boys
2. A Ray of Sunshine
3. Love Machine
4. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
5. Club Tropicana
6. Nothing Looks the Same In the Light
7. Come On!
8. Young Guns (Go for It!)

Wham!’s first album, Fantastic debuted at #1 in the UK in 1983 and sold millions of copies worldwide. Fantastic is available on standard weight black vinyl.

According to Amazon, the track listing for Wham!’s Make it Big (sponsored link) is:

1. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
2. Everything She Wants
3. Heartbeat
4. Like a Baby
5. Freedom
6. If You Were There
7. Credit Card Baby
8. Careless Whisper

Wham!’s second album, Make It Big was released in 1984. It is available with the US cover on standard weight black vinyl.

Andrew Ridgeley said: “It’s a wonderful testament to the enduring nature of Wham!’s music that our legions of loyal fans and the younger cohorts of music fans desire to own the music in their original formats.”

George Michael Entertainment added: “We are delighted that these two classic albums are once again available on vinyl for a whole new generation to enjoy.”

Will you be buying Fantastic or Make It Big on vinyl? Let us know in the comments!

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