EXCLUSIVE TO THE SDE SHOP • REGION-FREE BLU-RAY AUDIO • DAVID KOSTEN DOLBY ATMOS MIX • DAVID KOSTEN 5.1 MIX • STEREO MIXES • INSTRUMENTAL MIXES • #53 IN THE SDE SURROUND SERIES • RELEASE DATE: 5 DECEMBER 2025

Fine Young Cannibals' 1989 album The Raw & The Cooked will be released as this SDE exclusive blu-ray, in November.

The album was a smash hit, reaching No 1 in many countries, including the UK, USA, Canada and Australian and contains hit singles, including 'Don't Look Back', 'I'm Not The Man I Used to Be' and the band's two USA number ones, 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing'.

The album includes tracks co-produced with David Z who worked extensively with Prince, notably 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'I'm Not Satisfied', but the rest of the album, including 'Good Thing', was mostly produced by the band with engineering credits being shared by Julian Mendelsohn, Robin Goodfellow, Dave Anderson and John Potoker.

David Kosten has rebuilt a 2025 stereo version of the album from the master tapes and from that created an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix of The Raw & The Cooked. The blu-ray also includes 2025 5.1 mixes from Kosten, headphones-only Binaural Mixes and Instrumental versions of each (Atmos, 5.1, Stereo and Binaural). Note, that no multi-track tapes could be found for 'Don't Let It Get You Down' so David made use stem-splitting technology for that track to create Atmos, 5.1 and instrumental versions (the stereo is the original).

Additionally, the blu-ray features the original 1989 master, the 2013 remaster and a new 2025 remaster of The Raw & The Cooked.

Audio stream summary for The Raw & The Cooked SDE blu-ray (11 versions of the album!!)

2025 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix
2025 David Kosten 5.1 Mix
2025 David Kosten Stereo Mix*
2025 David Kosten Binaural Mix (headphones only)
2025 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
2025 David Kosten 5.1 Instrumental Mix
2025 David Kosten Stereo Instrumental Mix
2025 David Kosten Binaural Instrumental Mix (headphones only)
Original 1989 Stereo Master (bonus tracks as per original years)
2013 Stereo Remaster (including bonus tracks)
2025 Stereo Remaster (including bonus tracks)

Finally the blu-ray features the four bonus tracks listed below, all available in Atmos and the various audio streams described above. This means that the blu-ray contains all of Fine Young Cannibals UK top 40 hit singles.

Johnny Come Home
Blue
Suspicious Minds
The Flame

The Raw and the Cooked Blu-ray Audio is #53 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will released on 5 December 2025. It will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

Do not miss out. This product is a limited edition and has a 14 day pre-order window, which closes on 8 October 2025. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date.

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