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Blank & Jones series continues this time as a 2 cd set only as opposed to the 3 like the previous ones. Release date is next month in Jan. although if ordered through their shop you might receive it before the end of the year . Here's the tracklist:


CD 1 65:49

01. Rise To The Occasion (Extended Mix) - Climie Fisher 6:10
02. That Was Yesterday (Extended Remix) - Foreigner 6:14
03. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (Extended Version) - Tina Turner 6:08
04. Young Turks (Full Length Version) - Rod Stewart 5:02
05. State Of Shock (Dance Mix) - The Jacksons & Mick Jagger 5:41
06. Your Touch (Club Version) - Bonnie Pointer 6:35
07. Hey DJ (Extended Version) - The World’s Famous Supreme Team 6:07
08. The Right Stuff (Remix) - Bryan Ferry 6:34
09. We Run (Extended Single Mix) - Strange Advance 6:07
10. Working In A Goldmine (DJ) - Aztec Camera 4:01
11. Call It Love (Trego Snare Version 2) - Yello 6:46

CD 2 76:03

01. Forever Dancing (12“ Version) - The Beloved 8:35
02. We Need Protection (Screamix) - Picnic At The Whitehouse 6:04
03. Heartbreak Beat (Extended Mix) - The Psychedelic Furs 8:07
04. So Much For Love (Rock Mix) - The Venetians 5:39
05. Fascinated (12“ Version) - Company B 7:32
06. Magic’s Wand (Special Extended Mix) - Whodini 11:19
07. Vanity Kills (The Mendelsohn Mix) - ABC 6:15
08. Be Free With Your Love (Extended Dance Mix) - Spandau Ballet 6:40
09. Sleeping Bag (Extended Mix) - ZZ Top 6:11
10. Strong Me Strong (12“ Version) - Yellowman 5:15
11. Vor all den Jahren (Full Length Version) - Stahlnetz 4:05

the abc- vanity kills (mendelsohn mix) is the only track i'm interested in.

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negative1 wrote:the abc- vanity kills (mendelsohn mix) is the only track i'm interested in.

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Maybe it's vinyl sourced. I don't remember it ever being on cd before. The Mendelsohn mix of King Without A Crown that was on one of the earlier so80s cds was also from vinyl.

Just like the Through The Barricades Deluxe earlier this year, the Spandau track suggests that we probably will have a deluxe of Heart Like A Sky (their 2nd CBS record) next year? (?!)

According to the Men themselves, all tracks are from the original tapes.

discoginfo wrote:According to the Men themselves, all tracks are from the original tapes.

exactly, thats why i'm interested.

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negative1 wrote:

discoginfo wrote:According to the Men themselves, all tracks are from the original tapes.

exactly, thats why i'm interested.

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I'm definitely interested in the ABC track as well. Great mix. The last few So80s offerings sounded very good actually and the tracks I was most interested in on those were definitely not vinyl rips.

This is the first release off of the So80's series that I actually have no interest in buying at all. There are a few good tracks but they are already available on cd. The remaining stuff other than the ABC track they are really scraping the bottom of barrel. There are so many other good 80's extended mixes that still need to be on cd. Also bummer that it only has 2 discs.

Sean wrote:This is the first release off of the So80's series that I actually have no interest in buying at all. There are a few good tracks but they are already available on cd. The remaining stuff other than the ABC track they are really scraping the bottom of barrel. There are so many other good 80's extended mixes that still need to be on cd. Also bummer that it only has 2 discs.

you should read the comments about that. they have NO CONTROL over what the labels will let them release, and what they are allowed to have access to.

also the time it takes to clear the licenses is very long.

sure, there are tons of tracks you could wish for, but they are not likely to happen.

it's up to fans to do the work, like at burning the ground site, which has hundreds of rare tracks, promos, and others that have never been on cd.

there's plenty of other places to look for, besides commercial releases.

yes, the labels and artist aren't getting compensated, but most fans have those releases, or it's a good advertisement if you like the band to get more of their stuff.

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I understand what you are saying Negative1 but I just feel like this tracklisting is really weak compared to the previous 10 volumes. I have always thought B&J have some control over the content but from what you are saying, I guess not. Just a little bummed because I always look forward to these So80s releases and the tracklisting on this one (which we have waited awhile for) did absolutely nothing for me.

I agree with Sean on this too. i always look forward to the so80s collection and will probably buy this one too... but the tracks are very weak.. no real zingers in there except Picnic at the Whitehouse for me. The fact that Blank and Jones have revealed their limitations to track access tells us that they would have picked other tracks too but they can't --i believe they are not all that thrilled about the final track list themselves. But nonetheless being a collector I am the problem to this marketing scheme because I am going to own one anyhow...

been checking out the remasters of the abc track and some others.

they sound great.
very good job on them.

too bad, there's not many other tracks on here worth getting.

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