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Packed with 50 extended mixes of 1980s singles across 4 CDs, this collection opens with New Order's Blue Monday, acknowledged as the best selling 12" single of all time in the UK. The first CD also contains original twelve inch versions of hits by Duran Duran, Talk Talk, Spandau Ballet, a-ha and Howard Jones amongst many others. The second disc digs deep into pure pop and once The Tabloid Mix of Mel & Kim's Respectable opens proceedings, extended versions of smashes from Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue, Bucks Fizz and Nu Shooz keep the energy level high.
CD three goes long with Simply Red, Alison Moyet and Tina Turner before taking in rarer 12" gems from Hollywood Beyond, Blue Zoo and Re-Flex which have been hard to find on CD. The closing disc focuses on soul and dance music, opened by Chaka Khan and Sister Sledge before delving into the work of remix legend Shep Pettibone for a run of his 12" mixes, wrapping up with White Lines (Don't Do It) by Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel.
Tracklist
CD1
1. New Order - Blue Monday
2. Duran Duran - Girls On Film
3. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
4. Talk Talk - It's My Life
5.Howard Jones - What Is Love?
6. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!
7. Spandau Ballet - Gold
8. Madness - Our House
9. Nena - 99 Red Balloons
10. Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
11. Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart
12. Japan - Quiet Life
13. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
CD2
1. Mel & Kim -Respectable
2. Rick Astley -Never Gonna Give You Up
3. Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late
4. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
5. Hazell Dean - Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)
6. Rochelle - My Magic Man
7. Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts
8 . Bucks Fizz - If You Can't Stand The Heat
9. Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side
10. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
11. Ten City - That's The Way Love Is
12. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
CD3
1. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
2. Alison Moyet - Invisible
3. Simply Red - The Right Thing
4. Howard Hewett - Stay
5. Laura Branigan - Self Control
6. Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White
7. Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
8. Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry
9. Belouis Some - Imagination
10. Red Box - For America
11. Hollywood Beyond - What's The Colour Of Money?
12. Aztec Camera - Oblivious
13. Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop
CD4
1. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
2. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
3. Shalamar -There It Is
4. Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
5. Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love
6. First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
7. Aurra - Such A Feeling
8. Instant Funk- (Just Because) You'll Be Mine
9. Leroy Burgess -Heartbreaker
10. Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
11. Midnight Star - Midas Touch
12. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It)