The 12" single!
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Stumbled across a set of Simple Minds albums containing a load of 12" versions of their songs. Some really good versions on there.
It got me to think of this long-lost genre of expanded versions of single hits. A lot of them were just looped bits added at the beginning and the end. But some were almost entirely new bits of music.
One that sticks in my mind is Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The single was pretty good. The 12" version is a different level.
Any others?
It got me to think of this long-lost genre of expanded versions of single hits. A lot of them were just looped bits added at the beginning and the end. But some were almost entirely new bits of music.
One that sticks in my mind is Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The single was pretty good. The 12" version is a different level.
Any others?
Back in the 80s a lot of "album" artist songs were cut to a 3min edit for Radio.
Pretty much all Marillion singles were longer as the 12" version.
Edited to say, just looking at U2 New Years day and that was a longer version on the 12 as well. Seems quite a common thing.
Pretty much all Marillion singles were longer as the 12" version.
Edited to say, just looking at U2 New Years day and that was a longer version on the 12 as well. Seems quite a common thing.
Edited by worsy on Wednesday 10th December 09:48
StevieBee said:
Stumbled across a set of Simple Minds albums containing a load of 12" versions of their songs. Some really good versions on there.
It got me to think of this long-lost genre of expanded versions of single hits. A lot of them were just looped bits added at the beginning and the end. But some were almost entirely new bits of music.
One that sticks in my mind is Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The single was pretty good. The 12" version is a different level.
Any others?
There are multiple versions of WTTP. It got me to think of this long-lost genre of expanded versions of single hits. A lot of them were just looped bits added at the beginning and the end. But some were almost entirely new bits of music.
One that sticks in my mind is Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The single was pretty good. The 12" version is a different level.
Any others?
A few that come to mind:
Tina Turner: One of the Living. A quite bland tune from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, but the 12" Special Club Mix still sounds great 40 years later.
Art of Noise: Paranoimia with Max Headroom. The 12" is so much better than the standard single.
Toni Childs: Don't Walk Away. Bit of an obscure '80s tune but so much better on the 12"
Donna Summer: I Feel Love. Can't talk about 12" singles without mentioning the Patrick Cowley 15.45 12" mix. Although I think it's too long and prefer the shorter 8.45 'b' side.
Those late '70s Atlantic Records 12"s from Sister Sledge, Chic, etc. were pretty good, although I never really got them at the time.
Tina Turner: One of the Living. A quite bland tune from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, but the 12" Special Club Mix still sounds great 40 years later.
Art of Noise: Paranoimia with Max Headroom. The 12" is so much better than the standard single.
Toni Childs: Don't Walk Away. Bit of an obscure '80s tune but so much better on the 12"
Donna Summer: I Feel Love. Can't talk about 12" singles without mentioning the Patrick Cowley 15.45 12" mix. Although I think it's too long and prefer the shorter 8.45 'b' side.
Those late '70s Atlantic Records 12"s from Sister Sledge, Chic, etc. were pretty good, although I never really got them at the time.
marcosgt said:
Well, THE 12" single is Blue Monday, of course. Which famously cost more to make than they sold it for!
My favourite is Hard Times/Love Action by the Human League. The tracks merge into one another on the 12" single.
M
Good shout , Tainted love deserves a mention as well.My favourite is Hard Times/Love Action by the Human League. The tracks merge into one another on the 12" single.
M
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