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by **1980-F** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:26 pm

I've just discovered that the B-side of A Flock Of Seagulls' "Nightmares" has an obscure German name and now I'd like to hear it. Does anyone have it?

by **siouxmoux** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:57 pm

I found Rosenmontag on Listen as track #6 its a odd Instrumental track. It differently and B-side track.
http://tinyurl.com/av6m2

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by **1980-F** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:39 am

I should have checked the album track lists before. Thank you siouxmoux!

by **Ape Module** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:34 am

So cool! I recently scored most of the AFOS b-sides (on vinyl, of course), but I have no way to put them to CD-R or mp3 yet.

Has there ever been a release of AFOS rarities or b-sides? I seem to have a memory of seeing one on eBay but it looked to be "homemade" and it sold for a fortune.

by **Ollie Stench** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:16 am

I ripped all the b-sides of the singles I have (9 tracks). I stopped buying AFOS stuff after the second album.

Pick Me Up
Windows
Talking (instrumental)
Factory Music
Tanglimara
The Traveler (live)
The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin
Rosenmontag
Committed

by **NuWaveRx** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:19 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Ollie Stench[/i]
<br>I ripped all the b-sides of the singles I have (9 tracks). I stopped buying AFOS stuff after the second album.

Pick Me Up
Windows
Talking (instrumental)
Factory Music
Tanglimara
The Traveler (live)
The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin
Rosenmontag
Committed
[/quote]

There are some great b-sides from stuff released later:
Living in Heaven
Lost Control (Totally)
The Effect of the Sun
AFOS Hits Medley

To name a few

by **cryo** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:23 pm

Since someone brought up "Committed" here, I had a question maybe someone can help me out with.

I'd been looking for that song for a LONG time. Recently two good things happened: 1) I came across my original 45 with that as the B-side (bought in 82 or 83 I guess); and 2) I found out that the newly released (in the US, just last month?) Listen has the 12" version as an extra track, and picked it up.

So my question is: Is there any source for the 7" version on CD? In looking for it years ago, I thought that some odd "import" CD had that song, but didn't pay attention to the version.

I figure with all this talk about "only rare and out of print versions" somebody's got to know the answer! Thanks!

by **1980-F** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:40 pm

Hi Cyro!

I found this on Amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B ... 63-6939750

Quite expensive though... [:(]

by **siouxmoux** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:28 am

What no yousendit.com links yet??

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by **1980-F** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:50 am

Ok, I'll begin. Hope some others may follow...

AFOS - The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin
http://www.mytempdir.com/441144

by **cryo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:30 am

1980-F-

re: Committed

Thanks for the info on that German best-of disc. It looks like the thing I saw years back when looking for that song. You wouldn't by chance know for sure what version of the song is on there? From what I could get out of the German review, they don't even mention it. The extended version on the new US CD is around 5:38, and from memory the 7" I have is about 2:42.

It's funny, but they used to play that song so much here that I guess I never thought it was "rare" until I started looking recently. It's a great song. If nothing else, I'm sure SOMEONE else will end up on the forum looking for the same info some day...

by **1980-F** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:51 am

cyro,

I'm quite sure the version on this best of CD is the short version you're looking for.
I've found a 2:51 version on Limewire and its ID3 tags were saying "Best of A Flock Of Seagulls, Track 12" which fits to the information from Amazon.

There seem to exist two different tracklists for Listen:

Version 1 (siouxmoux):

1. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
2. Nightmares
3. Transfer Affection
4. What Am I Supposed To Do
5. The Fall
6. Rosenmontag
7. Electrics
8. The Traveller
9. 2:30
10. Over The Border
11. It's Not Me Talking
12. Quicksand
13. The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin

Version 2 (cyro):

1. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
2. Nightmares
3. Transfer Affection
4. What Am I Supposed to Do
5. Electrics
6. Traveller
7. 2:30
8. Over the Border
9. Fall
10. (It's Not Me) Talking
11. Committed [Extended Version][*]
12. Quicksand [*]
13. I Ran [Live][*]

by **cryo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:49 pm

Thanks a bunch for the confirmation on that track, 1980-F. I'm probably not going to go right out and drop 20 euro on it, but I'm certainly gonig to place it on my "watch" list to see if I can find it used. I had an MP3 of that version too, but it was clearly from a dirtier 45 than even mine and it was at 128k.

I also noticed that the "new" Listen I got was different than the one I already had; I didn't really pay it much attention, because it's not really my favorite album from them. But I seem to remember that there was a third Listen CD as well with different extras?

by **fanciz** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:53 pm

I have Version 2 of Listen, it's a Superfecta release.

by **Rissan** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:56 pm

There are two versions of Listen. The first one is the Jive version which has the original LP tracklist featured on the back, but contains the B-Sides Rosenmontag and The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin as extra tracks. The second one is the Superfecta release with the bonustracks Committed, Quicksand and I Ran (live).

I have a CD-r containing all b-sides and 12" versions of the released singles of the first three albums.

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