Old Vinyl (Continued)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Just in case you haven't had enough Frankie here's the first album containing a big bundle of the tracks covered by the singles but remixed again.
I used to have the vinyl version but I can't find it? I don't remember selling it so it must have been "borrowed" by some thieving git?
So I hope this CD version is the same (although I'm guessing ZTT made this slightly different so we would all shell out for it again).
Star billing on this album to another different version of the title track (this time 13:40's worth).

01 - The World Is My Oyster
02 - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
03 - Relax
04 - War
05 - Two Tribes
06 - (Tag)
07 - Fury
08 - Born To Run
09 - San Jose
10 - Wish The Lads Were Here
11 - The Ballad Of 32
12 - Krisco Kisses
13 - Black Night White Light
14 - The Only Star In Heaven
15 - The Power Of Love
16 - Bang

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome 12XZTAS7

Briefly owned the standard 12" version of this but this version is superior by a mile so I just kept this one.
The 12 minute version of Pleasuredome features a nice opening dialogue (possibly by Geoffrey Palmer?) before launching into the main track.
Great collection of tracks on the B side with cover versions of T-Rex's Get it on and a live version of Springsteen's Born to run plus Happy hi.

01 - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (Fruitness)
02 - Get It On
03 - Happy Hi
04 - Born To Run (Live)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 12ZTAS5

Frankie's Christmassy tune came in a nice gift sleeve which was impossible not to tear if you wanted the listen to the record.
The nine and a half minute version of Power features Red Dwarf's Chris Barrie doing his best Mike Read and Ronald Reagan impressions before the song.
I wasn't sure where track 3 ends and 4 begins, also they are listed in the wrong order on the disc.

01 - The Power Of Love
02 - The World Is My Oyster
03/04 - Scrapped And Trapped + Holier Than Thou

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes XZTAS3

This one features a remixed version of Two tribes coming in at just under eight minutes, the B-side appears to be the same as the other disc.
Tracks 3 and 4 were listed in the wrong order on disc and cover.

01 - Carnage (Two Tribes)
02 - War (Hide Yourself)
03 - One February Friday
04 - Two Tribes (Surrender)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 12ZTAS3

Two 12" versions, this one featuring a nine minute version of Two tribes, the B side includes their version of Edwin Starr's War, and an alternate version of Two Tribes plus an interview style track,
This one came in a plain sleeve but has different pics on the record label from the other version.

01 - Two Tribes (Annihilation)
02 - War (Hide Yourself)
03 - One February Friday
04 - Two Tribes (Surrender)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 12ZTAS1

Yes I admit I fell for the second great Rock n' Roll swindle of buying the multiple releases of every Frankie track during their golden period of the mid eighties.
This one was bought on 7", 12" and cassette.
I have the 7" and 2 x 12" versions left, although I didn't realise when buying them that my 2 12" version were exactly the same apart from one having a picture sleeve and one a plain black one.
I have some decent versions of the cassette versions with alternate mixes, here's the 12" version.

01 - Relax (Sex Mix)
02 - Ferry Cross The Mersey
03 - Relax

Frankie - Relax on the Tube 1983

The first version of Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood as featured on "The Tube" back in 1983.
The song was then titled "Relax (In Heaven Everything Is Fine)" and obviously underwent a massive Trevor Horn overhaul before hitting the shops and becoming an all time classic.

Big In Japan

Big In Japan

Big in Japan are more famous for the members of the band who went on to bigger and better things after leaving than they ever were at the time, still worth a listen though.
Former band members included Holly Johnson (Frankie GTH), Budgie (Siouxsie, Slits, Creatures), Bill Drummond (KLF, Timelords etc), Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds), David Balfe (Teardrop Explodes).
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Discography
Brutality Religion and a Dance Beat (split single) (1977)
Big In Japan , Do The Chud (The Chuddy Nuddies)
From Y To Z and Never Again EP (1978)
Nothing Special, Cindy And The Barbi Dolls, Suicide A Go Go, Taxi
From "Street To Street A Liverpoool Album" Compilation (1978)
Match Of The Day
From "To The Shores Of Lake Placid" Compilation (1982)
Society For Cutting Up Men (SCUM)
Peel Session (1979)
Suicide High Life, Goodbye, Don't Bomb China
Demo's (1979)
Society For Cutting Up Men, Boys Cry, Big In Japan, Space Walk, Match Of The Day, Taxi, Nothing Special
TV Appearance So It Goes (1978)
Suicide A Go Go