Here is my first attempt at compiling a potential tracklist for an ABC boxset of the Neutron (Mercury records) years 1981-1989.
I am open to suggestions and corrections. I have probably missed at least one mix of One Better World or The Real Thing.
It won't include the 1990 Remix of The Look of Love as it's not that great and includes a Kraftwerk sample that would probably cost a lot to use.
It doesn't include live tracks but a separate CD or CDs could include:
The Hammersmith show, from the 2004 Deluxe.
The 3 tracks from Boston 1982 or the full show available from US radio archives.
There were also radio broadcasts from Paris and Hamburg which may survive in radio station archives.
In addition to that, lost demos were recovered some time ago by Martin Fry and the best tracks could find a way in the tracklist. In particular there are outtakes from Beauty Stab. I've never heard them.
ABC
THE NEUTRON YEARS 1981-1989
CD 1 THE LEXICON OF LOVE
1. Show Me 4.02
2. Poison Arrow 3.22
3. Many Happy Returns 3.58
4. Tears Are Not Enough 3.29 [remixed album version]
5. Valentine's Day 3.40
6. The Look of Love (Part One) 3.29
7. Date Stamp 3.51
8. All of My Heart 5.18
9. Ever 2 Gether 5.30
10. Look of Love (Part Four) 0.56
Bonus tracks
11. Tears Are Not Enough [1981 Single Version produced by Steve Brown] 3.35
12. Alphabet Soup 5.25
13. Theme from "Man-Trap" 4.18
14. "Man-Trap" (The Lounge Sequence) 4.18
15. All of My Heart (Single Edit) 4.50
16. Overture (From The Lexicon of Love) 3.58
CD 2 BEAUTY STAB
1.That Was Then But This Is Now 3.33
2.Love's a Dangerous Language 3.39
3.If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely 3.55
4.The Power of Persuasion 3.31
5.Beauty Stab 2.06
6.By Default by Design 4.07
7.Hey Citizen! 3.55
8.King Money 4.02
9.Bite the Hand 3.06
10.Unzip 2.49
11.S.O.S. 4.48
12.United Kingdom 3.19
Bonus tracks
13. Vertigo 1.54 [B-side That Was Then But This Is Now]
14. "Selections from the magnificent new ABC long player Beauty Stab" 5.46
15. That Was Then But This Is Now (Unedited) 5.59
16. S.O.S (edit) 4:30
CD 3 - HOW TO BE A ZILLIONAIRE
1.Fear of the World 3.51
2.Be Near Me 3.39
3.Vanity Kills 3.29
4.Ocean Blue 3.33
5.15 Storey Halo 5.35
6.A to Z 2.50
7.(How to Be a) Millionaire 3.35
8.Tower of London 3.39
9.So Hip It Hurts 4.19
10.Between You & Me 3.19
Bonus tracks
11.How to Be a Millionaire (original 7" mix) 3.34
12.How to Be a Billionaire 3.41
13.What's Your Destination? 3.36
14.Judy's Jewels 2.00
15.Ocean Blue (Single Remix) 3.34
16.Tower of London (Instrumental) 3.38
17.Tower of London (Alternate mix) 3.39 *From the compilation ABC 2*
CD 4 ALPHABET CITY
1.Avenue A 0.53
2.When Smokey Sings 4.18
3.The Night You Murdered Love 4.53
4.Think Again 3.40
5.Rage and Then Regret 3.33
6.Ark-Angel 4.55
7.King without a Crown 4.40
8.Bad Blood 3.56
9.Jealous Lover 3.36
10.One Day 5.35
11.Avenue Z 0.42
Bonus tracks
12.When Smokey Sings (7") 4.21 *with countdown but no big deal if not*
13.Chicago (Part 1) 3.41
14.The Night You Murdered Love [edit from German 12"] 4.13
15.Minneapolis 2.57
16.King without a Crown (Single Remix) 4.45
17.24 Carat Plastic 3.31
18.The Night You Murdered Love (Bonus Beats) 4.52
CD 5 UP
1.Never More Than Now 6.02
2.The Real Thing 4.52
3.One Better World 5.45
4.Where Is the Heaven? 6.25
5.The Greatest Love of All 5.33
6.North 5.39
7.I'm in Love with You 4.33
8.Paper Thin 5.52
Bonus tracks
9.One Better World (single edit) 3.40
10.The Real Thing (Single Edit) 3.34
11.The Greatest Love of All (Single Edit) 3.31
12.Paper Thin (1986 Demo) 6.23
13.The Real Thing (pickering-park mix-instrumental) 4:01
14.The Greatest Love of All (Kraushaar Remix) 5.50
15.Never More Than Now (Kraushaar Remix) 5.56
CD 5 - SHORT MIXES 1
1.The Look of Love (Part One) 3.28
2.The Look of Love (Part Two) 3.44
3.The Look of Love (Part Three) 4.17
4.The Look of Love (Part Four) 0.56
5.The Look of Love (Part Five - US mix edit) 5.43
6.All of My Heart (DJ Edit) 4.27
7.How to Be a Millionaire Accapella 3.30
8.Be Near Me (Ecstasy Mix) 4.45
9.Fear of the World (In Cinemascope Remix by Julian Mendelsohn) 4.40
10.Ocean Blue (Pacific Mix by Julian Mendelsohn) 3.37
11.When Smokey Sings (The Miami Mix - DJ Edit) 5.08
12.The Night You Murdered Love (Canadian 7" mix) 4.18 *Available digitally on out of print German CD collection Don't Stop The 80s Vol 2*
13.The Night You Murdered Love (The Reply) 4.50
14.King without a Crown (Monarchy Mix - Abridged Version) 4.17
15.One Better World (Percapella Mix) 3.56
16.One Better World (Pickering-Park Mix) 4.24
CD 6 SHORT MIXES 2
1.Into the Valley of the Heathen Go (Lexicon of Love Out-Take, 5/82) 2.00
2.Alphabet Soup (Swapshop Version, 29/11/81) 3.13
3.Tears Are Not Enough (Phonogram Demo, 20th July 1981) 3.32
4.Show Me (Phonogram Demo, 20th July 1981) 4.03
5.Surrender (Phonogram Demo, 20th July 1981) 3.29
6.Be Near Me (Munich Disco Remix) 5.00 [Edit]
7.(How to Be a) Trillionaire (Harajuku Mix) 3.38
8. When Smokey Sings [Alternate Mix] 4.21 *also the version used on Top of The Pops*
9..When Smokey Sings (Bonus Beats by Phil Mixmaster
Harding) 4.38 *instrumental*
10.The Night You Murdered Love (Radio Edit) 4.13 *Only very minor difference between this and the edit from German 12" so can be left off*
11.Chicago 1.48
12.Minneapolis 1.58
13.King Without A Crown (US promo edit) 3.27
14.One Better World (Organ Mix by Blaze) 5.09
15.The Real Thing (Alternative mix) 3.56 *from the compilation ABC 2*
16.The Real Thing (Frankie Knuckles Dub Mix) 5.18
CD 7 LONG MIXES 1
1.Tears Are Not Enough 7.55
2.Alphabet Soup 8.02
3.Poison Arrow (Re-Mix by Trevor Horn) 6.52
4.The Look Of Love (Special Remix) [a.k.a. Part Five] 7.37
5.How to Be a Zillionaire (Bond St. Mix) 6.05
6.Be Near Me (Munich Disco Mix by Martyn Webster) 5.28
7.Vanity Kills (The Abigails Party Mix by Martyn Webster) 5.09
9.Ocean Blue (Atlantic Mix by Julian Mendelsohn) 5.12
9.When Smokey Sings (The Miami Mix by Phil Mixmaster Harding) 7.02
10.The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story) 8.14
11.King without a Crown (Monarchy Mix) 8.39
CD 8 LONG MIXES 2
1.How to Be a Zillionaire (Wall St. Mix) 7.33
2.Vanity Kills (The Mendlesohn Mix) 6.14
3.When Smokey Sings (The Detroit Mix by Julian Mendelsohn) 6.47
4.The Night You Murdered Love (The Sheer-Chic Remix by The Funky Sisters/Pete Hammond) 6.31
5.King without a Crown (The Mendelsohn Mix) 5.16
6.One Day (Instrumental with Real Strings) 5.47
7.One Better World (Club Mix by Blaze) 5.55
8.The Real Thing (Pickering-Park Mix by Graeme Park/Mike Pickering) 6.33
9.One Better World (pickering-park mix) 6.10 *early fade*
10.The Real Thing (Bruce Forest DJ mix) 7.19
CD 9 LONG MIXES 3
1.How to Be a Zillionaire (Nickle & Dime Mix) 5.23
2.Tower of London (Extended Mix) 5.54
3.Vanity Kills (U.S.A. 1986 Remix) 5.40
4.ABC Megamix 8.53
5.Chicago (parts 1 & 2) 6.38
5.One Better World (Garage Mix by Blaze) 6.02
6.The Real Thing (Bruce Forest Mix) 7.37
7.One Better World (pickering-park mix) 6.25 *no fade*
7.The Real Thing (Frankie Knuckles Mix) 7.03
8.The Greatest Love of All (Mayday Mix by Derrick May) 6.01
9.The Real Thing (Pickering Park Mix) 5.21 *from black label promo NTXDJ 115*
CD 10 DJ MIXES/NON NEUTRON - OPTIONAL & DEPENDING ON LICENSING
1.The Look of Love (Ultimix, 1987) 8.11
2.How To Be A Millionaire (Ultimix, 1986) 9.11
3.Be Near Me (Hot tracks,1987) 9.08
4.When Smokey Sings (Hot tracks,1987) 7.02
5.One Better World (Remix by Sanny X, 1989) 5.20