20 years of 'Back to Black': anniversary edition out as stars celebrate Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's landmark album is reissued today with unreleased demos. At the anniversary concert in London, Jorja Smith, Lianne La Havas and Jessie Reyez sang.
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To mark 20 years of 'Back to Black', a deluxe anniversary edition came out today via Island. According to NME it includes four previously unreleased demos, rare B-sides, bonus tracks and Amy Winehouse's show at Amsterdam's Paradiso on 8 February 2007. The album was released on 27 October 2006, has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and won Winehouse five Grammys in 2008, including Record of the Year for 'Rehab'.
On Wednesday, the Amy Winehouse Band played the whole album at London's Roundhouse, joined by original producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi. Corinne Bailey Rae sang the title track with Ronson on piano, Jessie Reyez took on 'Rehab' and Yebba 'Love Is A Losing Game'; for the closing 'Valerie' all the guests shared the stage – among them Jorja Smith, Lianne La Havas and FLO.
'Doing justice to the legacy of 'Back To Black' is the order of the night,' said Ronson. Salaam Remi marvelled: 'I can't believe it's been 20 years already.' The BBC will show the concert later in October; BBC Radio 2 airs the recording on 26 October from 7pm to 9pm UK time.