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80s 12" singles

The Martin Rushent/Human League 12s obviously; and their kinda precursor Pete Shelley - Homosapien.
I'll have a riffle throught the racks later looking for some other ideas
 
I adore the format and in the last couple of years made up 30 sixty minute cassettes entirely from 12” mixes.

I’ll put up some of my favourites later, there’s gold in them thar grooves.
 
Oh, Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm has to be in there, as well as all the Compass Point 12s
 
guey said:
…and their kinda precursor Pete Shelley - Homosapien.
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I think it’s ‘I Don’t Know What It Is’ or its B side that has a wonderful deliberate vinyl scratch/skate-sound from the main bit into the instrumental bit. Kind of like they couldn’t figure out how to get from part A to part B so just scraped their way there! Great sounding 12”, must dig it out for a spin.
 
Tony L said:
It’s got a dark label, US-style tip-on sleeve and Atmosphere is actually the B side. Pics in Discogs here. The drums are just insane on it, right in the room with you. Crazy dynamic. The UK copy sounds blunted in comparison which is really surprising as IIRC it’s a Porky cut. For some reason the US copy pre-existed the UK copy, I remember it being around but being very hard to get hold of. I eventually found a copy second hand years later.

PS Same thing with New Order’s Ceremony, though that has two different mixes not just mastering. If you’ve only heard the one with the blue and cream sleeve you’ve just not heard it. The original mix in the green sleeve packs a hell of a punch.

The mix on Substance is the less good one.
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Cheers Tony, I've got both versions of Ceremony and you're right, the green sleeve version is epic. Thanks for the info on Atmosphere I will look out for it.
 
Yazoo - Situation
freeez - Iou
Simple minds - Waterfront
Grace jones - Demolition man
mantronix - who is it
Primal Scream - higher than the sun
 
Here we go...not necessarily 1980s, some B sides and a few 10” singles.

Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Grace Jones - Private Life
The The - Sweet Bird Of Truth
B-52s - Roam
Beck - Dreams
Specials - Ghost Town
FYC - Good Thing
This Mortal Coil - 16 Days
Metallica - Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters
Steely Dan - F.M. (No Static At All)
King Sun D Moet - Hey Love
Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
The Pixies - Velouria
Suede - Animal Nitrate
Colourbox - Punch
Shriekback - All Lined Up
Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - TV Drug Of The Nation
The Black Crowes - Remedy
The Blue Nile - Stay
Sparks - Number 1 Song In Heaven
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
M - Pop Muzik
Grandmaster Melle Mell & The Furious Five - White Lines and The Message
Ian Dury - Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)
Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out
Can - I Want More
Chic - Le Freak
Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat
King Crimson - Sleepless
The Blasters - Dark Night
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Ciccone Youth - Into the Groove(y)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Flying Lizards - Money
Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
Brian Eno - Ali Click
Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll
Moby - Natural Blues
Jungle Brothers - Doin' Our Own Dang
The Untouchables - Free Yourself
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
Material - Mantra
Renegade Soundwave - Biting My Nails
Prince - Gett Off
Groove Armada - I See You Babe
Urban Species - Brother
Arrested Development - Tennessee
Killing Joke - Requiem
P.J. Harvey - Man Size
Telex - Moscow Diskow
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
The Rolling Stones - Doom & Gloom
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine
New Order - Blue Monday
R.E.M. - E-Bow The Letter
Outkast - Hey Ya!
All Saints - Pure Shores
Ultravox - Slow Motion
Air - Sexy Boy
The Whispers - It's A Love Thing
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Revolt Into Style
XTC - The Disappointed
Nicolette - No Government
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Madonna - Justify My Love
Magazine - Sweetheart Contract
Malcolm X - No Sell Out
FatBoy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
Gary Numan - Cars
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Sinead O’Connor - Mandinka
The Cramps - The Crusher
The Crystal Method - Comin’ Back
Sly & Robbie - Boops
Kraftwerk - Expo 2000
INXS - Mystify
Yello - La Habanera
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Monsoon - Ever So Lonely
The Wolfgang Press - Time
Ofra Haza - Im Nin' Alu
Run DMC - Walk This Way
Cameo - Word Up
Apache Indian - Boom Shack-A-Lak
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
The Breeders - Cannonball
The Kane Gang - Gun Law
Was Not Was - Out Come The Freaks
Radiohead - Creep
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
Royksopp - Happy Up Here
The Beat - Hands Off She's Mine
Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
ABC - Poison Arrow
Blancmange - The Day Before You Came
Shara Nelson - Down That Road
Wiseblood - Motorslug
The Primitives - Crash
The Indian Givers - Fake I.D.
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
Ruthless Rap Assassins - Just Mellow
Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart - Yalili Ya Aina
Morcheeba - Tape Loop
Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Oasis - Some Might Say
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
Babybird - You're Gorgeous
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Little Axe - Ride On (Fight On)
Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark
Elvis Costello - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Sophie George - Girlie Girlie
A Certain Ratio - Backs To The Wall (instrumental)
Madness - Our House
Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Art Of Noise - Beat Box
Me'shell Ndegeocello - Who Is He And What Is He To You
Prefab Sprout - King Of Rock 'N' Roll
OMD - Enola Gay
Heaven 17 - Temptation
Clock DVA - Final Program
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
Cameo - She's Strange
Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - The Rattler
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
RHCP - Under The Bridge
FSOL - Papua New Guinea
Holger Hiller - Jonny
The Slits - Typical Girls
The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
Explorers Of The Nile - We Are All Egyptians
 
FGTH - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Fruitness Mix)
ABC - Lexicon of Love singles
Bauhaus - Searching for Satori (check In Fear of Dub)
Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You
Coati Mundi - Me no Pop I
Dusty Springfield - Nothing has been proved
Soul II Soul - Singles from Club Classics
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love singles
Ten City - That's the Way Love Is
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra / Macho City
Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger
Roxy Music - Take a Chance With Me (but you want the remix of The Main Thing on the B side)
Yello - Bostich
The Associates - Party Fears Two
Visage - Fade to Grey
Thomas Dolby - Windpower
The Cure - A Forest (£££)
 
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Love And Rockets: No New Tale to Tell.
The Stranglers: The Skin Deep.
Dr Calculus: Perfume from Spain, inversion..
The Stone Roses: I wanna be Adored.
Ledernacken: Amok -original 83' version.
Peter Gabriel: BIKO.
The Smiths: Sheila take a Bow. ..."How Soon is Now" was already posted but needs mentioning twice IMO.

Are a few of my personal 12" favs that I didn't see already posted.
 
For twelves that are quite different to the album versions:

New Order - Shellshock (edited for "Substance")
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version)
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call ("House Phone" version)
Timezone - World Destruction
The Mission - Tower of Stength (Bombay Mix)
All About Eve - Every Angel
The Chameleons - Tears
Tangerine Dream - Warsaw in the Sun
Tangerine Dream - Streethawk

I recommend the "So80s" series by Blank and Jones which are jam packed with 12" mixes.
https://www.discogs.com/label/1027967-So80s-Soeighties
 
Seeker_UK said:
It took a long time to hear the original - when I got the box of "Movement" although it had been on the "Total" compilation as well.
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I think the 4 x LP singles boxset has that version as well

Just looked on Discogs and was surprised how much the boxset is "fetching"!!!
 
fegs said:
I think the 4 x LP singles boxset has that version as well

Just looked on Discogs and was surprised how much the boxset is "fetching"!!!
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Probably cheaper than trying to get the original 12s now?
 
fegs said:
I'll have a dig through mine tomorrow

One that does spring to mind though is

Swansway - Soul train

great tune
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Wow, not heard that for decades. Don’t have the 12” but know the tune. Will have to scan youtube for that to hear it tomorrow.
 
daytona600 said:
Yazoo - Situation
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I still remember buying Only You on 7” and finding Situation on the B-Side. It was played a lot in the nite club I used to go to on the Isle O Wight in 1982 (Zanies in Sandown)

The 12” version is a fantastic dance tune. I only have the 7” with Situation on the B-Side. Killer, must find that out .
 
Weekender said:
Visage - Fade to Grey
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Interesting you should post this as I have the 12" of Fade to Grey bought all the way back on initial release and it's the same version as the 7" yet I keep seeing and hearing an extended mix called the 12" version, but when was it released and on what formats?
 
tiggers said:
Interesting you should post this as I have the 12" of Fade to Grey bought all the way back on initial release and it's the same version as the 7" yet I keep seeing and hearing an extended mix called the 12" version, but when was it released and on what formats?
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