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ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:27 pm
by omar
Out on Oct 9th on Spectrum. This 3 cd "Essential" is a budget release along the likes of the previous 3 cd sets By Level 42 and the Human League. Nothing new here but I'm wondering if the track listing that's advertised will be somewhat different on the cds...⠀

Disc 1


1 Poison Arrow
2. Tears Are Not Enough
3. Overture
4. That Was Then But This Is Now
5. Many Happy Returns
6. Date Stamp
7. Show Me
8. Theme from 'Mantrap'
9. The Night You Murdered Love
10. Love's a Dangerous Language
11. The Power of Persuasion
12. Hey Citizen!
13. How To Be A Millionaire
14. Tower of London
15. Storey Halo


Disc 2


1. The Look of Love (Pt. 1)
2. All of My Heart
3. S.O.S.
4. Be Near Me
5. Vanity Kills
6. Ocean Blue (Single Mix)
7. Poison Arrow (Jazz Remix)
8. Bad Blood
9. Rage and Then Regret
10. When Smokey Sings (The Miami Mix)
11. The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story)
12. King Without a Crown (Monarchy Mix)
13. Vanity Kills (U.S.A. Remix)
14. How to Be a Millionaire (Bond Street Remix)


Disc 3


1. When Smokey Sings
2. One Better World
3. The Real Thing
4. I'm in Love With You
5. North
6. Paper Thin
7. King Without a Crown
8. Tears Are Not Enough (12" Remix)
9. Alphabet Soup (12" Remix)
10. The Look of Love (USA Remix)

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:34 am
by negative1
yawn.

but will buy it anyways.

later
-1

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:26 pm
by xymox970
This used to be the best ABC compilation thusfar:

https://www.discogs.com/ABC-The-Ultimat ... ase/825627

It looks like it will remain so.

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:34 pm
by omar
Again the chance to release a comprehensive singles collection 1981-89 is ignored. There's too many ABC cds out there with the same album versions for many of the songs. The following should've been included:

1. Tears Are Not Enough (Original 7")
2. How To Be A Millionaire (UK 7")
3. Ocean Blue (Pacific Mix)
4. When Smokey Sings (7")
5. The Night You Murdered Love (Radio Edit)
6. King Without A Crown (7" Mix)
7. The Real Thing (7" Mix)

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:25 am
by WLR
:D Going for this, that said, CD3 could do with a few more tracks!

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:56 pm
by audiodile
With as many remixes as haven't been on CD yet, honestly not sure why you'd basically just duplicate existing compilations.

The only reason to buy this will be if it's cheap and you've only been an ABC fan for a year. Disappointing.

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:18 am
by negative1
There's nothing disappointing about this.

It's a budget release, as part of 40 titles on this catalog.
They've done human league, big country, level 42, and a lot more.

All are budget releases. Probably just easy to get license.

There is no need to get new tracks or unreleased tracks,
because there is no interest, and that would raise the price.

If bands want to put out new compilations, they will go
super deluxe or boxsets, or anniversary releases, which
is not the case here.

later
-1

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:51 am
by BigManRestless
It would have been nice to have the Wall Street Mix of Zillionaire rather than Bond Street *again*.

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:02 am
by omar
BigManRestless wrote:It would have been nice to have the Wall Street Mix of Zillionaire rather than Bond Street *again*.


or even the Nickel & Dime Mix?

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:23 pm
by postpunkmonk
xymox970 wrote:This used to be the best ABC compilation thusfar:

https://www.discogs.com/ABC-The-Ultimat ... ase/825627

It looks like it will remain so.

Agreement there!

Re: ABC " Essential" 3CD

PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:55 pm
by Glenn
BigManRestless wrote:It would have been nice to have the Wall Street Mix of Zillionaire rather than Bond Street *again*.


The Wall Street Mix was on the Remix Collection CD even though they mis-titled it as the Bond Street Mix.

https://www.discogs.com/ABC-The-Remix-C ... ter/766513