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Release Round-Up: Week of February 8
The Beatles, Love (iTunes Version) (Apple/EMI) Another Beatles album drops on iTunes: the 2006 soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil attraction – and this version has two previously unreleased bonus...
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Paul Rutherford Says “Oh World” Once More
Since The Second Disc has started, we’ve seen some pretty neat catalogue projects tied to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, namely reissues of the band’s original two LPs from ZTT/Salvo and a 12″ remix...
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Release Round-Up: Week of February 21
Various Artists, ZTT: The Art of the 12″: Volume Two (ZTT/Salvo) A double-disc set of rare and unreleased dance mixes of vinyl classics, with a few rarities thrown in for good measure – and, as our...
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The Art of the 12-Inch, Part Deux: Unheard Paul McCartney Collaboration...
What do you do? No one else can dance like you! So what’s all the fuss? There ain’t nobody that spies like us! It’s not often that we get the opportunity to write about Paul McCartney, forever fab,...
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Frankie Say “Sexmix” from ZTT; Rare Remixes Featured on New Compilation
The past few years has seen a flurry of catalogue activity from iconic U.K. label Zang Tuum Tumb. The ongoing Element Series, distributed by England’s Salvo Music imprint, has seen artists from 808...
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Release Round-Up: Week of August 7
The Beach Boys, Japanese 2012 Remasters (EMI) Released last week across the sea, these new Japanese remasters of 12 of the boys of summer’s first LPs (spanning from 1963 to 1971 but, alas, incomplete)...
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In Case You Missed It: “Frankie Said” is a Force from Above
Two albums and seven singles might not seem like enough to base a whole compilation from – unless, of course, you’re Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The barrier-breaking Liverpudlian quartet haven’t been...
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Razor & Tie Hires a Bunch of Stiffs (and ZTT, Too)
“If It Ain’t On Stiff, It Ain’t Worth a F***!” declared a famous slogan for the venerable punk and New Wave label. This month, that worth-a-f*** spirit extends to catalogue label Razor & Tie, who...
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Slaves to the Rhythm: ZTT Celebrates 30 Years with New Two-Disc Compilation...
To mark their three wild, wonderful decades on the bleeding edge of U.K. pop and rock, ZTT Records will release a new two-disc compilation in October. The Organization of Pop: Music from the First...
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Release Round-Up: Week of October 15
Eric Clapton, Unplugged: Expanded and Remastered Edition (Reprise/Rhino) The guitar god’s ’90s comeback was done on an acoustic. The Grammy-winning, best-selling album and the acclaimed episode of MTV...
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When Two Tribes Go To Pledge: ZTT Crowdfunds Deluxe Frankie Goes to Hollywood...
There was very little about Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s debut album, Welcome to The Pleasuredome, that wasn’t grandiose. From their outsized, obsessively cultivated image (thanks to ZTT Records, the...
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