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Reg: The Assembly - Never Never

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Reg: The Assembly - Never Never

Postby funkygreentabs » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:34 am

The Assembly was a synth pop project started in 1983 in Basildon, England, by:

Vince Clarke (songwriting, keyboards, backing vocals)
Eric Radcliffe (songwriting, production)

Clarke founded The Assembly shortly after disbanding Yazoo with vocalist Alison Moyet upon completion and distribution of their 1982 album You and Me Both. The project never became a full-fledged band and resulted in only one EP release, containing one UK hit "Never Never" (which featured a then cutting-edge sampled guitar track triggered note for note on a Fairlight CMI). Ex-Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey was hired to sing on this track. The other track on the single, "Stop/Start," was an instrumental featuring Clarke's signature songwriting style with syncopation that gradually becomes the downbeat of the musical phrase. Clarke and Radcliffe had planned to use a different singer on each track, but none were released after "Never Never". A video for "Never Never" was filmed.

The Assembly marked the most-involved phase of Clarke's long-term professional relationship with engineer Radcliffe who had contributed significant sonic influences to the recordings of early Depeche Mode and Yazoo. Clarke went on to form Erasure with vocalist and co-songwriter Andy Bell in 1985. Although Erasure worked with Radcliffe on some of their early work, they eventually expanded their sonic palette with producers like Flood (aka Mark Ellis), who brought Clarke and his catchy tunes back into the commercial pop limelight for rest of the 1980s and early 1990s.

"Never Never" was re-released on cd-single in 1996 with four tracks, containing both the normal and extended versions of both the title song and "Stop/Start

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assembly
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Postby Opera Prima » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:19 am

The Assembly - Never Never
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 25754A98E4


The extended version of Stop/Start is also very nice [:)]
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Postby funkygreentabs » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:54 am

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The extended version of Stop/Start is also very nice [:)]
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Wow, thanks! I would the love Start/Stop extended version.
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Postby Opera Prima » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:12 am

Here it is

The Assembly - Stop Start (Extended Version)
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... C10568CB4B

Enjoy!
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Postby funkygreentabs » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:50 am

Thanks again! Is Never Never the extended version also?
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Postby Opera Prima » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:21 am

No, I don't think so... at least I don't have it noted down as 'extended' in my archives.
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Postby TragicMagic » Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:45 pm

In case its not... here is the 12" Vinyl Version:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 1F19DFE4AE

(Sorry, the person who ripped it didn't clean it very well.. if at all).

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Postby Rissan » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:33 pm

Here are from the CD single:

Stop/Start (7" version)
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 540C892109

And a good version of Never Never (12" version)
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... F273D6030F
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Postby funkygreentabs » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:09 pm

Thanks all! What great stuff that I had no idea existed until a week ago. Friggin awsome!
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