Share: 3 rare Yazoo edits plus...

[Fred Taghon]

I don't think I've shared these yet, and if I did, it wasn't in FLAC...

A few years ago I re-created the U.S. 7" single and 7" dub edits of Yazoo's 1982 classic "Situation", since they've never been officially released on CD. I used the audio from the "The Best Of Yaz" 1999 CD (for the U.S. 7" Edit) and "Situation (Remixes)" 1999 CD-Single (for the U.S. 7" Dub Version) to re-create these edits...

01 Situation (U.S. 7" Edit) [3:44]
http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/53624352/file.html

02 Situation (U.S. 7" Dub Version) [3:10]
http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/37389161/file.html


Last night, realizing that the 1990 UK 7" remix ("Deadline Mix Edit") by Francois Kevorkian is extremely hard to find on CD, I re-created that as well. There was a second edit on the UK promo CD, but I have not been able to find an audio source of that version to re-create it.

I feel the original "Deadline Mix Edit" is actually kind of a sloppily assembled mix, but my re-creation here is faithful to the original nonetheless. But then I decided to make my own refined version of it that felt a little less choppy and rushed, with smoother transitions. The only "mixing" I did was to use a short segment from the 1990 "Space Mix" (also remixed by Francois Kevorkian) and add it into the "Deadline Mix" audio towards the end for a more natural transition. Everything else is just elements of the "Deadline Mix" from the "Situation (Remixes)" 1999 CD-Single, edited here and there. It turned out so well I thought I would share it here. Hope you enjoy these tracks...

03 Situation (Deadline Mix Edit) [2:41]
http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/92460049/file.html

04 Situation (Fred's Deadline Mix Edit) [3:34]
http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/51049842/file.html

[elviscaprice]

Great job, Fred.
Just to let you know the UK 7" (Deadline Mix Edit) is available on DVD from the video collection in PCM. But great job non the less.

[Fred Taghon]

[quote][i]Originally posted by elviscaprice[/i]
<br>Great job, Fred.
Just to let you know the UK 7" (Deadline Mix Edit) is available on DVD from the video collection in PCM. But great job non the less.
[/quote]

It never even dawned on me to take the audio from the DVD! Thanks for the reminder. I'm glad you enjoyed the tracks...

[crichert]

Cool - thank you!

[Bellenger1981]

Fred, thank you for taking the time to re-create these rare edits and for sharing them in high quality!

FYI: The U.S. 7" edit of "Situation" is available on "Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story" box set from 2005.

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks for this. Absolutely incredibly (even more so that i didn't think of this when i first read it and only when i came back here 2 mins later as not too much else to read) i was playing Yazoo's Situation as i was reading this. Just downloaded it recently from BTG who has put his magic to the 2 track 1982 U.S. 12" for those interested

[Fred Taghon]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Bellenger1981[/i]
<br>Fred, thank you for taking the time to re-create these rare edits and for sharing them in high quality!

FYI: The U.S. 7" edit of "Situation" is available on "Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story" box set from 2005.
[/quote]

I was not aware of that box set, thank you for the info! I checked on it at discogs.com and there is also a version of "Oh L'Amour" by Erasure on the same set, but the time given is 3:36 which is longer than than the UK [3:04] and USA [3:25] album versions and the single version [3:12]. Can you shed some light on what version THIS is? The only version I know of close to that length is the USA 7" Promo of the Funky Sisters Remix Edit [3:35] (which happens to be another rare 7" edit I recently re-created lol).

[Fred Taghon]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Neil Kelly[/i]
<br>Thanks for this. Absolutely incredibly (even more so that i didn't think of this when i first read it and only when i came back here 2 mins later as not too much else to read) i was playing Yazoo's Situation as i was reading this. Just downloaded it recently from BTG who has put his magic to the 2 track 1982 U.S. 12" for those interested
[/quote]

That's funny because I regularly visit Paul's BTG blog, and after I finished the edits, was surprised to see "Situation" as that day's post as well hehehe. The stars were aligned....

[Fred Taghon]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Fred Taghon[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by Bellenger1981[/i]
<br>Fred, thank you for taking the time to re-create these rare edits and for sharing them in high quality!

FYI: The U.S. 7" edit of "Situation" is available on "Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story" box set from 2005.
[/quote]

I was not aware of that box set, thank you for the info! I checked on it at discogs.com and there is also a version of "Oh L'Amour" by Erasure on the same set, but the time given is 3:36 which is longer than than the UK [3:04] and USA [3:25] album versions and the single version [3:12]. Can you shed some light on what version THIS is? The only version I know of close to that length is the USA 7" Promo of the Funky Sisters Remix Edit [3:35] (which happens to be another rare 7" edit I recently re-created lol).
[/quote]

I answered my own question regarding the mix of "Oh L'Amour" on the "Just Say Sire" Box Set. I found an mp3 of it and can confirm it IS in fact the U.S. 7" Promo Funky Sisters Remix edit.

[Bellenger1981]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Fred Taghon[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by Fred Taghon[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by Bellenger1981[/i]
<br>Fred, thank you for taking the time to re-create these rare edits and for sharing them in high quality!

FYI: The U.S. 7" edit of "Situation" is available on "Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story" box set from 2005.
[/quote]

I was not aware of that box set, thank you for the info! I checked on it at discogs.com and there is also a version of "Oh L'Amour" by Erasure on the same set, but the time given is 3:36 which is longer than than the UK [3:04] and USA [3:25] album versions and the single version [3:12]. Can you shed some light on what version THIS is? The only version I know of close to that length is the USA 7" Promo of the Funky Sisters Remix Edit [3:35] (which happens to be another rare 7" edit I recently re-created lol).
[/quote]

I answered my own question regarding the mix of "Oh L'Amour" on the "Just Say Sire" Box Set. I found an mp3 of it and can confirm it IS in fact the U.S. 7" Promo Funky Sisters Remix edit.
[/quote]
Excellent. It's a nice box set.