(i'm leaving out live b-sides, because i will go on record as saying that they irritate me; and the first album reissue picks up a few from the "this is the house" single anyway. but i'm not mentioning them! I'M NOT!)
[b]"in the garden" era:[/b]
this is the house- alternate version, and very good.
[b]"sweet dreams" era:[/b]
step on the beast
the walk part 2 (fabulous)
invisible hands
dr. trash
let's just close our eyes (the walk reworked)
i could give you a mirror (alternate)
sweet dreams extended (on the first greatest hits, but not here?)
(they put the horrible '91 remixes of "dreams" and "love is a stranger"!!! WHY?)
[b]"touch" era:[/b]
who's that girl? extended
right by your side (party mix)
right by your side (extended)
right by your side (special :59 version)
i've got an angel (dub)
(sadly, there was never a proper 12" "here comes the rain"- oh sure, there was a 12" release, but it's the album version with like 5 seconds more in the fade. gyp! no dub effects or drum machine breaks. wah!)
sexcrime 1984 extended
ministry of love extended
(don't be fooled! the extended julia is the album version)
(and where did the extended room 101 i have on mp3 come from? it's not official is it?)
[b]"be yourself tonight" era:[/b]
here comes that sinking feeling -alternate
would i lie to you extended (non-e.t.)
there must be an angel- special dance mix (stripped down and fab)
[b]"revenge" era:[/b]
when tomorrow comes (orchestral)
(and here is where they start the live version b-sides. which i find tedious! depeche mode did this too, as if to prove to everyone that their songs actually sounded good out of the studio too! don't hate us cuz we play synthesizers! and remember, as far as live version b-sides go i'm not listing them here)
[b]"savage" era:[/b]
beethoven -dance mix
you have placed a chill- dance mix
do you want to break up? - dance mix
you have placed a chill - acoustic
you have placed a chill - chill mix
(and so starts the acoustic versions, which reach crisis point by next album)
(it's nice to have the "shame" mix on the reissue, but where is the "you have placed a chill" and "break up" mixes? and what about the crazy-hard-to-find fan-club-flexi dance mix of "i've got a lover back in japan"?
wah!)
[b]"we too are one" era:[/b]
revival- extended dance mix
rich girl
when the day goes down- acoustic
don't ask me why- acoustic
my my baby's gonna cry- acoustic
king and queen of america dub mix- (really good, btw)
missionary man- acoustic (hey! two albums ago! thanks!)
my my baby's gonna cry remix
[b]"greatest hits" era:[/b]
well, don't despair if you want that awful coldcut remix and nightmare mix! they are inexplicably on the sweet dreams reissue! and don't fit! and there's tons of stuff that could have gone on instead! BOO RCA!
[b]"peace" era:[/b]
who cares? just kidding, but there weren't a ton of remixes anyway.
so there we have it, but i probably left a thing or two (like live versions) out here and there. now i see what ms. lennox was grousing about when the promos leaked out two years ago- there's a lot left off!
and i wonder if maybe we are getting the eventual boxset treatment, like the cure's "join the dots"... i hope so. the fact that the 12" versions were sparingly included on the reissues leads me to believe that. of course, maybe it will never happen, as a comprehensive duran duran b-sides has never happened. (and yes, i know, they are on cd finally in the singles boxsets. but not all on one cd.)
comments? concerns?
i do this because i CARE.
[b]edit: two songs also floating around: "revenge part 2" from the soundtrack to a movie called "rooftops" (late 80's); annie's vocals on a robert gorl song called "charlie cat" (1984). oh, and i mention an excellent chris and cosey collaboration two posts down.[/b]