’80s British Gold

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CD 1
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1Video Killed the Radio StarBuggles4.354:14
2Fade to Grey
recording of:
Fade to Grey
writer:
Billy Currie, Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis) and Midge Ure
publisher:
Island Music Ltd.
Visage4:02
3Tainted Love
engineer:
Paul Hardiman
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
mixer:
Harvey Goldberg
electronic instruments and other instruments:
Dave Ball (UK electronic musician, part of Soft Cell)
vocals:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Tainted Love by Soft Cell
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 10) and Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs
cover recording of:
Tainted Love
lyricist and composer:
Ed Cobb
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
Soft Cell3.92:41
4Hungry Like the Wolf
engineer and producer:
Colin Thurston
performer:
Duran Duran (English rock band) (in 1982)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1998)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 398)
recording of:
Hungry Like the Wolf
writer:
Simon Le Bon (Singer for Duran Duran), Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor (of Duran Duran), John Taylor (UK bassist for Duran Duran) and Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)
Duran Duran3.253:26
5Images of Heaven
recording of:
Images of Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Peter Godwin
Peter Godwin5:02
6I Ran (So Far Away)
performer:
A Flock of Seagulls (in 1982)
recording of:
I Ran
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (English guitarist from A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
A Flock of Seagulls4.53:46
7The Look of Love
engineer:
Gary Langan
producer:
Trevor Horn
bass guitar:
Mark Lickley
keyboard:
Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa)
lead vocals:
Martin Fry
strings arranger:
Anne Dudley (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1982), Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1982), Phonogram Ltd. (in 1982) and Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1982)
mixed at:
SARM Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1982)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 4) and The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 73)
partial recording of:
The Look of Love
writer:
Martin Fry, David Palmer (drummer (ABC/The The)), Stephen Singleton and Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa)
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Neutron Music, Neutron Music Ltd., Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company)
recording of:
The Look of Love
writer:
Martin Fry, David Palmer (drummer (ABC/The The)), Stephen Singleton and Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa)
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Neutron Music, Neutron Music Ltd., Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company)
ABC4.13:30
8Mad World
recording of:
Mad World
lyricist and composer:
Roland Orzabal
publisher:
BMG Blue, BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
music quoted on:
Двигай телом
Tears for Fears3:45
9Love My WayThe Psychedelic Furs3.93:34
10Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
engineer and producer:
Steve Levine
mixer:
Steve Levine and Jon Moss
bass guitar:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist)
membranophone and percussion:
Jon Moss
additional vocals:
Helen Terry (UK singer)
lead vocals:
Boy George
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
recording of:
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
writer:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist), George O’Dowd, Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) and Jon Moss
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Culture Club3.94:23
11Come On Eileen
producer:
Clive Langer, Kevin Rowland and Alan Winstanley (English record producer)
recording of:
Come On Eileen
writer:
Kevin Adams, James Mitchell Paterson and Kevin Rowland
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
lyrics quoted on:
Kom igen Lena!
Dexys Midnight Runners54:14
12Our HouseMadness4.153:22
13Always Something There to Remind MeNaked Eyes4.153:42
14Nobody’s Diary
producer:
Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records), Eric Radcliffe and Yazoo (80s British synthpop duo, aka Yaz)
recording of:
Nobody’s Diary
lyricist and composer:
Alison Moyet (singer)
Yazoo4.54:31
15True
producer:
Steve Jolley, Spandau Ballet and Tony Swain (songwriter, producer)
performer:
Spandau Ballet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1983)
recording of:
True
lyricist and composer:
Gary Kemp
publisher:
Reformation Publishing Co. Ltd. and Reformation Publishing Inc.
music quoted on:
It’s True
Spandau Ballet3.655:34
CD 2
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1One Thing Leads to Another
producer:
Rupert Hine
recording of:
One Thing Leads to Another (The Fixx song)
writer:
Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram and Adam Woods (drummer)
The Fixx3:25
2She Blinded Me With Science
recording of:
She Blinded Me With Science
lyricist:
Thomas Dolby and Tim Kerr (songwriter working with Thomas Dolby)
composer:
Thomas Dolby
publisher:
Participation Music Inc.
Thomas Dolby55:08
3Let’s Go to Bed
producer:
Steve Nye (producer, engineer and pianist), Chris Parry and Phil Thornalley
mixer:
Chris Parry
drums (drum set):
Steve Goulding (English drummer for the Rumour, Mekons, etc.)
guitar and keyboard:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
keyboard:
Laurence Tolhurst
vocals:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Fiction Records (not for release label use! please use "Fiction" for that instead)
recording of:
Let’s Go to Bed (in 1982-11)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Laurence Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
The Cure3.73:34
4Cruel Summer
producer:
Steve Jolley and Tony Swain (songwriter, producer)
lead vocals:
Sara Dallin (in 1983-04), Siobhan Fahey (in 1983-04) and Keren Woodward (in 1983-04)
performer:
Bananarama (in 1983-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records 90 Ltd. (renamed on 26th Aug 2011 as Warner Records 90 Ltd.) (in 1983)
recording of:
Cruel Summer (in 1983-04)
lyricist:
Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain (songwriter, producer) and Keren Woodward
composer:
Leo Birenberg, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Steve Jolley, Kari Kimmel (singer, songwriter, composer, producer, piano, guitar), Tony Swain (songwriter, producer) and Keren Woodward
publisher:
Reverb Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Bananarama43:30
5Long Hot Summer
recording of:
Long Hot Summer
lyricist and composer:
Paul Weller
publisher:
Stylist Music Ltd.
The Style Council7:01
6In a Big Country
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
publisher:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1983)
music videos:
In a Big Country by Big Country
recording of:
In a Big Country
lyricist:
Stuart Adamson
composer:
Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler (English rock bassist with Big Country) and Bruce Watson
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Big Country Music Ltd., BMG Gold Songs and Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1983)
Big Country2.93:55
7It’s My Life
producer:
Tim Friese‐Greene
recording of:
It’s My Life
writer:
Tim Friese‐Greene and Mark Hollis
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.), Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Talk Talk3.653:53
8Wouldn’t It Be Good
recording of:
Wouldn’t It Be Good
lyricist and composer:
Nik Kershaw
publisher:
Arctic King, Imagem Music GmbH (subsidiary of Dutch music publishers Imagem), Imagem Music UK, Imagem Songs Ltd., Irving Music, Inc., Mamal, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division and Yamaha Music EH(CM)
part of:
Gotcha! (1985 film soundtrack)
Nik Kershaw4:13
9Hold Me Now
engineer and mixer:
Phil Thornalley
producer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) and Alex Sadkin
music videos:
Hold Me Now by Thompson Twins
recording of:
Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)
writer:
Alannah Joy Currie, Joseph Martin Leeway and Thomas Alexander Bailey (Thompson Twins)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc. and Point Music (publisher)
part of:
50 First Dates
Thompson Twins4.54:47
10Things Can Only Get Better
recording engineer and mixer:
Stephen W. Tayler (UK engineer)
programming:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
producer:
Rupert Hine
brass:
The TKO Horns
instruments:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
background vocals:
Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Naomi Thompson and Caron Wheeler
lead vocals:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
recorded at and mixed at:
Farmyard Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Things Can Only Get Better
lyricist and composer:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
publisher:
Howard Jones Music Ltd.
Howard Jones53:57
11You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)Dead or Alive4.153:16
12Everytime You Go Away
producer:
Laurie Latham
vocals:
Paul Young (English pop singer and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1985)
cover recording of:
Everytime You Go Away
lyricist and composer:
Daryl Hall
publisher:
Hot Cha Music Co., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), フジパシフィックミュージック, 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Paul Young4.54:28
13Something About You
engineer and mixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
assistant producer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
producer:
Wally Badarou and Level 42
recording of:
Something About You
writer:
Wally Badarou, Boon Gould, Phil Gould, Mark King and Mike Lindup
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Island Visual Arts Ltd., Music of Windswept, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Level 422.53:45
14Holding Back the Years
assistant engineer:
Chris Dickie
engineer and mixer:
Femi Jiya
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
bass:
Tony Bowers (in 1985)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Chris Joyce (in 1985)
guitar:
Sylvan (in 1985)
keyboard and background vocals:
Fritz McIntyre (in 1985)
trumpet:
Tim Kellett (in 1985)
lead vocals:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) (in 1985)
performer:
Simply Red (in 1985)
recorded at:
RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985) and Soundpush Studio in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1985)
mixed at:
Air Recording Studio No. 1 (located at Oxford Street 1970–1991) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985)
recording of:
Holding Back the Years (in 1985)
lyricist:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red)
composer:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) and Neil Moss
Simply Red44:30
15Life in a Northern TownThe Dream Academy4.354:15

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ASIN:US: B000NJWSPI [info]

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part of:Gold (UMG compilation series) (order: 24)