Pure 80s Pop

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Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
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1Do 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 Club3.94:29
2If It Happens Again
engineer:
Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician)
producer:
Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and UB40
bass guitar:
Earl Falconer
drums (drum set) and electronic drum set:
Jim Brown (UB40 drummer)
guitar:
Robin Campbell
keyboard:
Michael Virtue
trumpet:
Astro (UB40 toast, trumpet & percussion)
vocals:
Ali Campbell (UB40’s former vocalist)
recording of:
If It Happens Again
lyricist and composer:
Jim Brown (UB40 drummer), Ali Campbell (UB40’s former vocalist), Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Terrence Oswald Wilson (aka Astro of UB40), Brian Travers and Michael Virtue
UB403.353:44
3Keep on Movin’
recording of:
Keep On Movin’
lyricist and composer:
Jazzie B
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1989)
Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler3:42
4Good LifeInner City4:03
5It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do ItFun Boy Three & Bananarama2:49
6We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes OffJermaine Stewart44:05
7You Sexy Thing
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1975)
recording of:
You Sexy Thing (in 1975)
writer:
Errol Brown and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
Chocolate, Finchley Music Corp. and RAK Publishing Ltd
Hot Chocolate3.84:04
8Solid
recorded in:
U.S.A.
producer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1984)
produced for:
Hopsack & Silk Productions Inc.
recording of:
Solid
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
publisher:
Nick‐O‐Val Music Co. Inc.
Ashford & Simpson2.53:22
9F.L.M.
engineer:
Mark McGuire (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stock Aitken Waterman
drums (drum set):
A. Linn (Linn 9000)
guitar:
Matt Aitken
keyboard:
Matt Aitken and Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman)
remixer:
Pete Hammond (UK producer aka "Mixmaster")
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Supreme Record Company Ltd. (in 1987)
recording of:
F.L.M.
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
All Boys Music (in 1987) and Hammer Musik GmbH (in 1987)
Mel & Kim3:33
10Echo Beach
assistant engineer:
Laurence Diana
engineer:
Richard Manwaring
producer:
Mike Howlett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dindisc Ltd (in 1980)
recorded at:
The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1979-08)
part of:
Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 87)
recording of:
Echo Beach
lyricist and composer:
Mark Gane
publisher:
Virgin Music (publisher and label, only for releases with Virgin MUSIC logo) (in 1980)
Martha and the Muffins43:37
11Too Late for Goodbyes
recording of:
Too Late for Goodbyes
lyricist and composer:
Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon3:31
12Living in a Box
recording of:
Living in a Box
lyricist and composer:
Steve Piggott and Marcus Vere
publisher:
Brampton Music International
Living in a Box3.353:03
13Geno
engineer:
Barry Hammond
producer:
Pete Wingfield (keyboardist, singer, producer, songwriter)
recording of:
Geno
writer:
Al Archer and Kevin Rowland
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
Dexys Midnight Runners3.353:28
14Some Guys Have All the Luck
cover recording of:
Some Guys Have All the Luck
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Fortgang
Maxi Priest3:36
15Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
drum machine programming:
Fred Maher
synthesizer [Fairlight] programming:
EBN (synthesizer programmer)
engineer:
Jason Corsaro and Lew Hahn
producer:
Arif Mardin
mixer:
Jason Corsaro
drums (drum set):
Steve Ferrone
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jnr.
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan, David Frank (American keyboardist, producer, writer; The System) and David Gamson
background vocals:
Tawatha Agee, B.J. Nelson and Fonzi Thornton
vocals:
Green
arranger:
Gamson and Green
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
lyricist and composer:
Green Gartside
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), Jouissance Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Scritti Politti34:48
16Everything I Own
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1987)
cover recording of:
Everything I Own
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
Laetrec Music, Screen Gems, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Boy George2.353:57
17Walking on Sunshine
producer:
Pat Collier and Katrina and the Waves (British-American rock band)
recording of:
Walking on Sunshine
lyricist:
Kimberley Rew (in 1983)
composer:
Kimberley Rew
publisher:
Kyboside Music, Megasongs Limited and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Katrina and the Waves42:47
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ASIN:UK: B0017SEUL4 [info]