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The anthem, officially named ‘Leeds Leeds Leeds’, was released in 1972. 50 years on, Leeds-based record label Laserdiscs is releasing a 13-track album available exclusively on vinyl that pays homage to the anthem and its co-writer Les Reed OBE, who died in 2019.

It features tracks mastered and remastered by Andy ‘Hippy’ Baldwin, a mastering engineer who has worked with the likes of Oasis and Stormzy. Kevin Smith, owner of Laserdiscs, said: “It was instigated by Les Reed’s grandson Dom. He phoned me up the day after his funeral and asked if we could so something as a tribute to his grandad. I said we had a brilliant idea, it was the 50th anniversary of ‘Marching on Together’ coming up, I told him we’d put an album out and dedicate it to his grandad.

"We got everything ready but didn’t realise some plants had 24 to 48-week waiting lists for pressing vinyl because of the demand. We’re a bit behind but we’ll get it out for Christmas. It’s fantastic, we’ve got remixes and remastered songs, and we’re really excited that Andy ‘Hippy’ Baldwin came on board.”