These are my guilty pleasure and always have been. Prompted by a comment in another thread around the LP12's difficulty in playing 45s I decided to start a thread. What I love about the 80s 12" mixes were that unlike a lot of modern remixes they (for the most part) keep the essence of the song intact and enhance upon it by reworking it in a structured way. When this worked the versions ended up (for me at least) as the go to versions. I still have around 400 12" singles from the time, but I may be missing some good ones so what are your favourites? Here is my top 12 to give you a hint of where I'm at
Soft Cell - Torch
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
Human League - Sound of the Crowd
New Order - Temptation
Blancmange - Blind Vision
Altered Images - I COuld be Happy
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
Propaganda - Duel
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribe (Annihilation)
Soft Cell - Torch
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
Human League - Sound of the Crowd
New Order - Temptation
Blancmange - Blind Vision
Altered Images - I COuld be Happy
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
Propaganda - Duel
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribe (Annihilation)