"Dándole largas al asunto..." (primera parte)

Si eres amante de las versiones extendidas de una canción o andas en búsqueda de ese remix que no aparece en nigun lugar o a lo mejor anhelas un CD con varios tracks expandidos, Eighties News te recomienda estas interesantes compilaciones.

El sello Disky publicó el pasado 21 de Julio del 2005 este set de 3 CDs conteniendo 30 tracks.

Algunos de ellos son sonados éxitos en los charts y otros, himnos en las discotecas. Lo interesante de esta colección es que todos los temas están en versiones extendidas originales del sencillo de doce pulgadas e íntegramente grabadas sin ediciones.

El listado incluye artistas de la talla de Ultravox, OMD, Thomas Dolby, Talk Talk, China Crisis, Haircut 100, Culture Club, Talking Heads, Kajagoogoo, Heaven 17, The Blue Nile, The Power Station y Spandau Ballet, entre otros.

Tracklist de "80's Extended 12 Inch Mix" (29 tracks en 3 CDs):

01."You Take Me Up" - The Thompson Twins
02."Gold" - Spandau Ballet
03."Imagination" - Belouis Some
04."Temptation" - Heaven 17
05."Vienna" - Ultravox
06."Calling All the Heroes" - It Bites
07."Love Like Blood" - Killing Joke
08."Let's Go All the Way" - Slyfox
09."Tinseltown in the Rain" - The Blue Nile
10."Slippery People" - Talking Heads
11."Such a Shame" - Talk Talk
12."Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club
13."Rise to the Occasion" - Climie Fisher
14."Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo
15."Living in a Box" - Living In A Box
16."Joan of Arc" - OMD
17."Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" - Ultravox
18."Kiss Me" - Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy
19."Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" - Scritti Politti
20."Call Me" - Blondie
21."Favourite Shirts" - Haircut 100
22."Digging Your Scene" - Blow Monkeys
23."Some Like It Hot" - The Power Station
24."Thomas Dolby" - Hyperactive
25."Roadblock" - Stock, Aitken & Waterman
26."White Wedding" - Billy Idol
27."Dum Dum Girl" - Talk Talk
28."Wishful Thinking" - China Crisis
29."Good Heart" - Fergal Sharkey

El 28 de Agosto de 2006, BMG International lanza esta original compilación (al juzgar por su portada) "Fantastic 80's: Extended". Un set de 2 CDs conteniendo 26 tracks algunos extended mixes y otros en los llamdos 'special mixes'.

"Fantastic '80s: Extended" le brinda la oportunidad al fan dedicado de tener esas versiones difíciles de conseguir en el formato original vinil y que muchas veces no estaban disponibles en tiedas de discos y sólo en disoctecas para consumo de clientes. Mezclas exclusivas y verdaderas rarezas en versiones posee de inicio a fin este interesante compilado.

Tracklist de "Fantastic '80s: Extended":

CD1:
01. "Take on Me" [Extended Mix] - a-ha
02. "Relax" [New York Mix] - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
03. "Down Under" [Extended Mix] - Men at Work
04. "Maneater" [Extended Club Mix] - Daryl Hall, John Oates
05. "Dr. Beat" [Long Version] - Miami Sound Machine
06. "I Owe You Nothing" [The Shep Pettibone Remix] - Bros
07. "Misfit" [Extended Mix] - Curiosity Killed the Cat
08. "You Got It" (The Right Stuff) [The New Kids in the House Mix] - NKOTB
09. "Walk Like an Egyptian" [Extended Dance Mix] - Bangles
10. "Love & Pride" [USA Summer Mix] - King
11."Tell It to My Heart" [Dub Mix] - Taylor Dayne
12. "Girl You Know It's True" [Maxi Version-Super Club Mix] - Milli Vanilli
13. "Billie Jean" [Original 12'' Version] - Michael Jackson
CD2:
01. "I Want Your Sex" [Mongomery Mix/Rhythm 1-Lust] - George Michael
02. "Wishing Well" [Three Coins in a Fountain Mix] - Terence Trent D'Arby
03. "Heart and Soul" [Remix] - T'Pau
04. "You Came" - Kim Wilde
05. "Digging Your Scene" [12" Mastermind Remix] - The Blow Monkeys
06. "Don't Turn Around" [12" Mix] - Aswad
07. "Surrender" [12" Version] - Swing Out Sister
08. "Living in a Box" [12" Club] - Living in a Box
09. "Love Plus One" - Haircut 100
10. "Don't Talk to Me About Love" [Extended Version] - Altered Images
11. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" [Murder Mix] - Dead or Alive
12. "Never Gonna Give You Up" [Cake Mix] - Rick Astley
13. "Easy Lover" - Philip Bailey, Phil Collins

Universal Japan lanzó el 3 de Noviembre de 2005 esta peculiar compilación titulada "80's 12 Inch Special" que contiene 20 tracks divididos en dos CDs de súper éxitos lanzados en su momento en formato vinil en versiones extendidas.

En este festín alargado desfilan estrellas ochenteras como Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Aztec Camera, Visage, Japan, Tears For Fears, Prince and the New Power Generation, Scritti Politti, Murray Head, Big Country, Phil Collins, ABC y Falco, entre varios otros.

Este import es esencial ya que al estar dividido en dos CDs, los temas están en sus respectivas verisiones completas.

Tracklist de "80's 12 Inch Special":

01. "Rock Me Amadeus" (12" American Edit) - Falco
02. "Look Of Love" (USA 12" Remix) - ABC
03. "Shout" (US Remix) - Tears For Fears
04. "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (12" Version) - Cindy Lauper
05. "Rhythm Of The Night" (Dance Mix) - DeBarge
06. "Fresh" (Mark Berry Remix) - Kool and The Gang
07. "In A Big Country" (12" Version) - Big Country
08. "Puttin' On The Ritz" - Taco
09. "Tainted Love" (12" Version) - Softcell
10. "Sussudio" (Extended Remixed Version) - Phil Collins
11. "One Night In Bangkok" (Original Mix) - Murray Head
12. "Relax" (Original Version/New York Mix) - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
13. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (Extended) - Tears For Fears
14. "Here Comes The Rain Again" - Eurythmics
15. "Obsession" (US 12" Mix) - Animotion
16. "Fade To Grey" - Visage
17. "Maniac" (Extended Mix) - Michael Sembello
18. "19" (Extended Version) - Paul Hardcastle
19. "Lessons In Love" - Level 42
20. "Raspberry Beret" (New Mix) - Prince and the NPG

Para los amantes del baile, Universal UK tuvo la apetecible idea de ensamblar el box set "12"/80s/Dance" el pasado 14 de Marzo del 2006.

3 CDs con 10 tracks cada uno compilando extended mixes de clásicos bailables fragmentado en tres géneros distintos: Pop, Club y Soul & Funk.

Auténticas rarezas contenidas aqui y disponibles por primera vez en formato CD que sirven como ejemplos son "Road Block" de Stock Aitken & Waterman; "Down On The Street" de Shakatak; "Sexomatic" de The Bar-Kays y "Close to the Edit" de Art of Noise.

Tracklist de "12"/80s/Dance":

CD1:
01. Wham – "Everything She Wants"
02. Stock Aitken Waterman – "Road Block"
03. Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round"
04. Level 42 – "Lessons in Love"
05. Shakatak – "Down On The Street"
06. Shalamar – "Friends"
07. Hall & Oates – "I Can’t Go For That"
08. Swing Out Sister – "Breakout"
09. Mel & Kim – "Showing Out"
10. Art of Noise – "Close To The Edit"
CD2:
01. Donna Summer – "State Of Independence"
02. Eric B. & Rakim – "Paid In Full"
03. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
04. Freeez – "IOU"
05. Farley Jackmaster Funk – "Love Can’t Turn Around"
06. Inner City – "Big Fun"
07. Black Box – "Ride On Time"
08. In Deep – "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life"
09. The Chimes – "Heaven"
10. Was Not Was – "Out Come The Freaks"
CD3:
01. Cameo – "Single Life"
02. Stephanie Mills – "The Medicine Song"
03. Bar-kays – "Sexomatic"
04. Ready For The World – "Oh Sheila"
05. Colonel Abrams – "Trapped"
06. Lionel Ritchie – "All Night Long"
07. The Temptations – "Treat Her Like A Lady"
08. Rockwell – "Sombody’s Watching Me"
09. Booker Newbury III – "Love Town"
10. Oliver Cheatham – "Get Down Saturday Night"