80s 12" singles

[Weekender]

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?

https://www.discogs.com/release/33498-Visage-Fade-To-Grey
German release
There's also a 6:44 version on the US 1981 EP: https://www.discogs.com/master/77045-Visage-Visage

 

[Seeker_UK]

I keep seeing and hearing an extended mix called the 12" version, but when was it released and on what formats?

As @Weekender and @Amber Audio state, it was a German maxi that also got reissued in 88 as a CD45 - https://www.discogs.com/master/798520-Visage-Fade-To-Grey

The extended version was also on "Fade To Grey (The Singles Collection)" from 83. https://www.discogs.com/master/76893-Visage-Fade-To-Grey-The-Singles-Collection

 

[tiggers]

Thanks all, nice to know where it fits in.

 

[Weekender]

Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night (Extended Cheeky Mix) https://www.discogs.com/release/333989-Rolling-Stones-Undercover-Of-The-Night-Extended-Cheeky-Mix
Couple of killer Frankie Knuckles mixes:
Loose Ends - Hanging on a String
Bit of a cheat from 92 but OG is 80s: https://www.discogs.com/release/80189-Loose-Ends-Hangin-On-A-String-Frankie-Knuckles-Remix
Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic mix)
https://www.discogs.com/release/94620-Rufus-Chaka-Khan-Aint-Nobody-Remix-Version

 

[Wilson]

 

[Weekender]

Godley & Creme - Cry (Extended Version)
https://www.discogs.com/release/585695-Godley-Creme-Cry-Extended-Version

George Duke - Brazilian Love Affair
https://www.discogs.com/release/201104-George-Duke-Brazilian-Love-Affair

 

[Seeker_UK]

 

[Mr.Nic]

Some great suggestions, however this Nile Rodgers mix sounds epic on 12" vinyl. It's the 80s 12" that other 80s 12"s aspire to be...

 

[omega3]

Around 1979, I bought the 12" vinyl "Le Freak" from a newsagent that doubled as a record store upstairs (as they often did in ye olde days).
I always thought it surreal that, out of all the locations the genius Nile Rodgers could have played in Scotland, one he chose was in the lochside park only a few hundred metres from that newsagent. Still there, but the upstairs record shop went decades ago.)

 

[flapland]

Starting to work through a few of my collection

New Order-Ceremony . First Version
OMD - Souvenir 10"
OMD - Talking Loud and Clear, but the B side Julia's Song which is a two different mix's compared to the one on Junk Culture.
Soft Cell- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
ABC - The Look of Love Parts One, Two, Three and Four
S'Express - Theme from S'Express. Also love the cut-away of a Class 56 loco on the cover.

 

[LostAtSea]

Plenty of 80's 12"s here, sadly all in crates and somewhat inaccessible right now. Perhaps I might play the below when I get it all sorted...

Hot Water (mastermix) - Level 42
Single Life - Cameo
Radio Musicola - Nik Kershaw
Warning SIgn - Nick Heyward
Quadrastate - 808 State
Meltdown - Quartz
West End Girls (10") - PSB
Keep Your Eye On Me - Herb Alpert
Rescue Me - Debbie Malone
Let's Get Brutal - Nitro Deluxe
I Owe You Nothing - Bros
Superfly Guy (Fluffy Bagel mix) - S-Express
Ya Bad Chubbs (crib mix) - Chubb Rock
Chief Inspector - Wally Badarou
Boops (Here To Go) - Sly & Robbie
Peel Sessions - The Smiths
We'll Be Right Back - Steinski & Mass Media
Living On Video - Trans-X
That's How I'm Living - Tony Scott

 

[LostAtSea]

..and a few more

Who Do You Love - Bernard Wright
Spy In The House Of Love (Jeffrey B Young Licensed To Ill mix) - Was (Not Was)
Battlestations - Wham
Mr Big Stuff - Heavy D & The Boyz
See Me - Luther Vandross
Hairdresser On Fire - Morrissey
Twilight - Maze
Bass (How Low Can You Go) - Simon Harris

 

[vince rocker]

Have we had "Shipbuilding" yet? R Wyatt version. A classic song and performance about one of the most important events of the 80s. A great sounding 12.

 

[gavreid]

Have we had "Shipbuilding" yet? R Wyatt version. A classic song and performance about one of the most important events of the 80s. A great sounding 12.

I don't think Costello released it a single, I do like the Chet Baker solo though!

 

[ex brickie]

Loads of great songs in this thread - here are some of my early additions for 12"ers (I might add more)

Visage - Night Train is quite a banging 12"
Not much mention of Spandau Ballet or Duran Duran 12"s here. I like Spandau Ballet Chant No.1 12"
ABC - Look of Love DJ mix
UB40 - Dream A Lie and Don't Slow Down
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Jacksons - Walk Right Now
Chic - Good Times
The Jam - Precious (AA side of Town Called Malice but there's a European maxi single long version)
Bowie - Heroes
Soft Cell - What!

If we talk about guilty pleasures - Have a listen to Harold Faltermeyer 12"s and Falco!

 

[jgs]

The Cure - inbetween days, I shared a flat as a student with someone who played the only that track off the album incessantly years later I saw the 12 inch single in a secondhand stall, and I couldn't help myself.

 

[irons1965]

The The - Uncertain Smile

My favourite version, all 10 mins of it!

 

[irons1965]

QUOTE="Weekender, post: 4566500, member: 3829"]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 (£££)[/QUOTE]

Taking of Lotus Eaters, the follow up to First Picture... was 'You Don't Need Someone New' had an excellent extended mix on 12"....The bass is fantastic

 

[Amber Audio]

Mine too, there’s a 7 min version out there on a promo

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[irons1965]

Mine too, there’s a 7 min version out there on a promo

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I've got the yellow 12 and the ordinary black
vinyl 12 with insert - Fabulous and the definitive version.
I remember being disappointed at the Soul Mining version when I bought the LP.