VA - Extended 80's - The Definitive 12inch Collection (2014)

This exceptional 3CD set features the biggest hits and most sought after extended mixes that were so special to the 80s. The biggest artists of the era are featured including Wham!, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Human League, Tears For Fears, Soft Cell and Spandau Ballet. It includes many sought after mixes including the Dance Mix of Sledgehammer, the Night Version of Girls On Film, The Extended Version of All Cried Out and the 12inch New York Mix of Relax.

Tracklist:

CD 1

1. Relax (NY 12” mix)…Frankie Goes to Hollywood (7:25)
2. Situation (extended)…Yazoo (5:45) (US LP version)
3. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go…Soft Cell (9:06)
4. Girls on Film (night version)…Duran Duran (5:31) (this is the slightly shorter night version without the camera sound effects at the beginning)
5. Everything She Wants (12”)…Wham! (6:29) (the US 12” version with the “my situation never changes” bridge)
6. Don’t You Want Me (Oliver Lieb Mix)…Human League (6:43) (90s remix)
7. Atomic (Diddy’s 12” mix)…Blondie (6:51) (90s remix)
8. Sledgehammer (dance mix)…Peter Gabriel (5:09) (this is neither of the mixes from my U.S. 12” single. And it’s more of a vocal dub…doesn’t feature all the lyrics)
9. It’s My Life (U.S. Mix)…Talk Talk (6:13)
10. (Feels Like) Heaven (extended remix)…Fiction Factory (5:53)
11. Absolute (Gary Langan mix)…Scritti Politti (6:12)
12. Shout (US Dub)…Tears for Fears (6:46)

CD 2

1. Lullaby (extended)…The Cure (7:43)
2. Spellbound (12”)…Siouxsie & The Banshees (4:39)
3. Pretty in Pink (Berlin Mix)…Psychedelic Furs (6:49)
4. Never Stop (Discotheque mix)…Echo & the Bunnymen (4:46)
5. Quiet Life (12”)…Japan (4:50)
6. Fade to Grey (extended)…Visage (5:36)
7. Close (to the Edit) (closely closely enough’s enough mix)…Art of Noise (7:15)
8. You Spin Me Round (murder mix)…Dead or Alive (8:01)
9. Welcome to the Pleasuredome (escape act video mix)…Frank goes to Hollywood (5:09)
10. Digging your Scene (long version)…Blow Monkeys (6:26)
11. Poison Arrow (US remix)…ABC (6:55)
12. Really Saying Something (extended)…Bananarama with Fun Boy Three (4:01)
13. Our House (12”)…Madness (5:59)

CD 3

1. Chant No 1 (12”)…Spandau Ballet (5:15)
2. Pull Up to the Bumper (12” remix)…Grace Jones (7:17)
3. Sometimes (12”)…Erasure (5:17)
4. I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me (extended)…Nik Kershaw (6:31)
5. Love of the Common People (extended)…Paul Young (5:51)
6. Breakout (NAD mix)…Swing Out Sister (5:49) (This is the mix on the 12” single that is simply an extended version—the other versions were all remixed)
7. A New England (12”)…Kirsty MacColl (6:50)
8. All Cried Out (extended)…Alison Moyet (6:46) (just the album version)
9. Duel (Bitter Sweet Mix)…Propaganda (7:35)
10. Genetic Engineering (extended)…OMD (5:08)
11. All Stood Still (12”)…Ultravox (5:05)
12. Pacific State (origin mix)…808 State (5:46)
13. Sign of the Times (12”)…The Belle Stars (5:17)