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Mute records have released the tracklisting for the forthcoming 21st anniversary edition of The Innocents, and I think you're going to like it!

CD 1 – THE INNOCENTS (remastered)
This is the original Innocents album in a remastered edition and it sounds great, I'm sure you know the tracklisting already, but here it is again just in case...

A Little Respect
Ship Of Fools
Phantom Bride
Chains Of Love
Hallowed Ground
Sixty-Five Thousand
Heart Of Stone
Yahoo!
Imagination
Witch In The Ditch
Weight In The World
When I Needed You (Meloncholic Mix)
River Deep Mountain High (Private Dance Mix)

CD 2 – B-SIDES, REMIXES & RARITIES (remastered)
Something for everyone on this CD, which includes the much sought after 7" version of River Deep Mountain High, the US mixes of Chains Of Love and A Little Respect and four previously unreleased tracks from the BBC's 'In Concert' recording of Erasure at London's Hammersmith Odeon on The Innocents tour back in 1988.

Ship Of Fools (Shiver Me Timbers Mix)
When I Needed You
River Deep Mountain High (7" Version)
Chains Of Love (The Unfettered Mix)
Don’t Suppose (Country Joe Mix)
The Good The Bad and the Ugly (The Dangerous Remix)
A Little Respect (12" House Mix)
Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor (Mark Freegard Mix))
Love Is Colder Than Death
Phantom Bride (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)
Heart Of Stone (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)
Hallowed Ground (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)
Witch In The Ditch (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)

DVD - The Innocents Live / The Videos / BBC Performances / MP3 Edition
This is a fantastic disc which not only features The Innocents concert from Birmingham's NEC (originally released as a VHS video in 1989) with remixed and remastered audio, plus the two tracks from that concert that have never been released before, but there is also the videos for the three singles taken from the original album, a selection of TV performances from the BBC archives and The Innocents live in MP3 format for you download to your computer or music player!

The Innocents Live – NEC Birmingham 15/11/88
Chains Of Love
A Little Respect
The Circus
The Hardest Part
Push Me Shove Me
Spiralling
Hallowed Ground
Oh L’Amour
Who Needs Love Like That
Stop!
Victim Of Love
Ship Of Fools
Knocking On Your Door
Sometimes
Witch In The Ditch (previously unreleased)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (previously unreleased)

The Innocents At The BBC
Ship Of Fools – Going Live!
A Little Respect – Top Of The Pops
The Innocents Live (BBC 35-minute TV Special - First Broadcast December 12th 1988)

The Innocents - Promotional Videos
Ship Of Fools
Chains Of Love
A Little Respect

The Innocents Live - Downloads
MP3 files of The Innocents Live

"and I think you're going to like it!"

that wasn't me i just cut and pasted it lol

Yes, I know, I'm like 10 years late, but where/how was "River Deep Mountain High (7" Version)" released originally?

Believe it was the Australian 7" from comments at the time of this release. Track length doesn't match the Discogs listing though. CD reissue track is 3:19 but the 7" listing on Discogs shows 7:03 which seems like it could be wrong. The booklet just states 'Rare 7" Mix' without listing the source.

Discogs link for Aussie 7":
https://www.discogs.com/Erasure-River-D ... se/3677686

It was only in Australia that this song was an A-side, but in the rest of the world it was an extra track on the SHIP OF FOOLS 12" and CD-maxi, but only as a long 7 minute version called "Private Dance Mix by Erasure" and a 5:42 version called "Warm Depths Mix by Pascal Gabriel". This is strange.. and the CD has no "star" that denotes whether any track is previously unreleased.

PS the Australian 7" listed here
https://www.discogs.com/Erasure-River-Deep-Mountain-High-Ship-Of-Fools/release/3677686

lists the duration as 7:01, BUT if you look at the scans, the duration is not on it.
So, either the person who submitted it clocked it, or guessed/assumed.
The truth is still out there...

I'm not being flippant,
but with all of these remasters,
can't anyone get it right the first time?

oldwaver2 wrote:I'm not being flippant,
but with all of these remasters,
can't anyone get it right the first time?

Absolutely spot on, they remaster the remastered, they should get it right first time! I have to be honest most of the remastered releasesd these days sound awful.