Keychains and Snowstorms: The Soft Cell Story

~ Release by Soft Cell (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Comes in box, with 80 page hardback book, and two tri-fold sleeves, each holding 5 discs.
The DVD carries a “12” film classification for moderate sex references, drug references.

Outer shrinkwrap cover has promo sticker on front with the following text:-
"Includes the original 12” singles and b-sides, plus new extended mixes by Dave Ball.
Demos, sessions, live, rare and unreleased music and Non-Stop Euphoric Dubbing.
Promo Videos, TV appearances including Top Of The Pops, The Tube and More, Live at Amnesia 1981 and Non-Stop Exotic Video Show.
80 page hardback book including rare and unseen photos and new essay by Simon Price."

First 500 purchased via uDiscover and Lexer Music came with a Mutant Moments E.P. poster.

Annotation last modified on 2018-09-17 06:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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CD 1: The Phonogram 12” Hits 1981-84
#TitleRatingLength
1Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
remixer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
performer:
Soft Cell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1981)
cover recording of:
Tainted Love
lyricist and composer:
Ed Cobb
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
58:57
2Bedsitter
recording of:
Bedsitter
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
7:52
3Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
recording of:
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
8:56
4Torch
recording of:
Torch
writer:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter) and Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
8:29
5What
recording of:
What
lyricist and composer:
H.B. Barnum
publisher:
Hidle Music, Metropolis Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
6:10
6Where the Heart Is
recording of:
Where the Heart Is
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
9:46
7Numbers
recording of:
Numbers
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
9:49
8Soul Inside
recording of:
Soul Inside
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
11:12
9Down in the Subway
recording of:
Down in the Subway
lyricist and composer:
Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire)
7:50
CD 2: The Phonogram B-Sides 1981-84
#TitleRatingLength
1Tainted Dub / Where Did Our Love Go?
8:51
2Facility Girls (12” version)
recording of:
Facility Girls
writer:
Soft Cell
7:17
3Fun City
recording of:
Fun City
writer:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter) and Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
7:33
4Insecure Me (12” version)
8:16
5So (12” version)
8:44
6It’s a Mug’s Game (12” version)
recording of:
It’s a Mug’s Game
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
8:11
7Barriers (12” version)
recording of:
Barriers
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
7:10
8You Only Live Twice (12” version)
recording of:
You Only Live Twice
lyricist:
Leslie Bricusse
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
You Only Live Twice (from the James Bond Film)
6:58
9Her Imagination
recording of:
Her Imagination
writer:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter) and Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
5:20
10007 Theme
3:27
11Disease & Desire
4:04
12Born to Lose
2:55
CD 3: New Extended and Reworked Mixes
#TitleRatingLength
1Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Dave Ball Lateral mix)
remixer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
recording of:
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
7:08
2Youth (Dave Ball Wasted on the Young mix)
remixer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
recording of:
Youth
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
5:41
3Secret Life (extended mix)
recording of:
Secret Life
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
5:17
4Chips on My Shoulder (extended mix)
recording of:
Chips on My Shoulder
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
6:14
5Facility Girls (2018 mix)
recording of:
Facility Girls
writer:
Soft Cell
7:43
6Heat (alternative version)
recording of:
Heat
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
6:04
7Kitchen Sink Drama (extended mix)
recording of:
Kitchen Sink Drama
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
5:27
8The Art of Falling Apart (extended mix)
recording of:
The Art of Falling Apart
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
8:47
9Martin (Dave Ball Hallowe’En mix)
remixer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
recording of:
Martin
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
6:14
10Barriers (Dave Ball Broken Down Angels mix)
recording of:
Barriers
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
7:09
11Meet Murder, My Angel (extended mix)
recording of:
Meet Murder My Angel
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
6:00
12Slave to This (Life of Existence mix)
recording of:
Slave to This
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
5:47
CD 4: Rarities, Alternative Versions and Curios
#TitleRatingLength
1The Girl With the Patent Leather Face (original version)4:57
2A Man Could Get Lost (Daniel Miller vocal edit)
recording of:
A Man Could Get Lost
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music
3:18
3Memorabilia (Non - Stop Ecstatic Dancing version)
recording of:
Memorabilia
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) (until 2019) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019-present) (from 2019 to present)
5:27
4Forever the Same (Unreleased extended version)
recording of:
Forever the Same
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
10:57
5Heat (US 7" version)
recording of:
Heat
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:02
6Loving You, Hating Me (Special USA mix)
recording of:
Loving You, Hating Me
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
7:45
7Martin
recording of:
Martin
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
10:15
8Hendrix Medley (Hey Joe | Purple Haze | Voodoo Chile)
10:25
9Numbers (7" DJ version)
recording of:
Numbers
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
4:20
10Down in the Subway (7" remix version)
recording of:
Down in the Subway
lyricist and composer:
Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire)
4:21
11L'Esqualita (7" version)
recording of:
L’esqualita
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:21
12Soul Inside (demo)
recording of:
Soul Inside
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
5:23
13So (Dave Ball demo outtake)
3:16
CD 5: The Early Years 1978-81
#TitleRatingLength
1Memorabilia (original Daniel Miller mix)
mixer:
Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records)
recording of:
Memorabilia
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) (until 2019) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019-present) (from 2019 to present)
7:47
2Persuasion (original Daniel Miller mix)
mixer:
Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records)
recording of:
Persuasion
writer:
Soft Cell
7:35
3Metro MRX (Flexipop version)
recording of:
Metro MRX
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
2:09
4A Man Could Get Lost (Daniel Miller demo)
recording of:
A Man Could Get Lost
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music
3:51
5The Girl With the Patent Leather Face (demo)
4:27
6Tainted Love (demo)
cover recording of:
Tainted Love
lyricist and composer:
Ed Cobb
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
2:47
7Bedsitter (demo)
recording of:
Bedsitter
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
3:47
8Potential (From Mutant Moments EP)
recording of:
Potential
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
3:26
9L.O.V. E Feelings (From Mutant Moments EP)
recording of:
L.O.V.E. Feelings
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
3:25
10Metro MRX (From Mutant Moments EP)
recording of:
Metro MRX
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
2:09
11Frustration (From Mutant Moments EP)
recording of:
Frustration
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
3:32
12Red Tape, Sticky Tape (Previously Unavailable demo)
2:18
13Martin (original 1980 demo)
recording of:
Martin
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
2:01
14Paranoid (Black Sabbath Cover)2:31
15Science Fiction Stories (demo)
3:16
16Bleak Is My Favourite Cliché (demo)
recording of:
Bleak Is My Favourite Cliché
writer:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter) and Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
2:08
17Cleaning Fanatic (demo)
2:39
18Mix (demo)
4:20
19A Man Could Get Lost (early version)
recording of:
A Man Could Get Lost
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music
2:54
20Walking Make Up Counter (live at Leeds Polytechnic, December 1979)
2:52
21Occupational Hazard (live at Leeds Polytechnic, December 1979)
2:39
22Persuasion (live at Leeds Polytechnic, December 1979)
performer:
Soft Cell
3:28
23Dave's Theme (Previously Unreleased demo)
3:29
CD 6: In Session / Reunion / Cruelty Without Beauty
#TitleRatingLength
1Entertain Me (Richard Skinner session)
recording of:
Entertain Me
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
3:45
2Seedy Films (Richard Skinner session)
recording of:
Seedy Films
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
3:57
3Chips on My Shoulder (Richard Skinner session)
recording of:
Chips on My Shoulder
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:20
4Youth (BBC Whistle Test)
recording of:
Youth
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3:14
5Sex Dwarf (BBC Whistle Test)
recording of:
Sex Dwarf
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Metropolis Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
5:16
6Soul Inside (David Jensen BBC radio 1 session)
live recording of:
Soul Inside
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
5:11
7Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most)? (David Jensen BBC radio 1 session)
recording of:
Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most)
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:30
8God Shaped Hole (remix)
5:02
9Divided Soul (Hooker mix)
recording of:
Divided Soul
5:17
10Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime4:11
11Monoculture (Dave Ball extended version)
remixer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
recording of:
Monoculture
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
6:15
12The Night
cover recording of:
The Night
writer:
Bob Gaudio and Al Ruzicka
54:18
13Darker Times
recording of:
Darker Times
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell) and Ingo Vauk
4:24
14Last Chance
recording of:
Last Chance
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:31
15Together Alone
recording of:
Together Alone
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
5:46
16Caligula Syndrome
recording of:
Caligula Syndrome
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:52
17Desperate
recording of:
Desperate
lyricist:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
composer:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
4:49
CD 7: Non-Stop Euphoric Dubbing (Continuous mix) And Remixes
CD 8: Live in Los Angeles, 1983 (Part 1)
CD 9: Live in Los Angeles, 1983 (Part 2) And Other Live Recordings
DVD-Video 10: Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Other Clips