SHARE: REPACKED!!! The Unknown Beauty Of The 80's Volume 233

[Rissan]

### SORRY for those who downloaded this volume already, the counter was on 67 just a moment ago, but I was triggered by something last night when I did some research on Paul Haig.
### Turned out I completely missed the production work of Alan Rankine (with Paul Haig) on the first album of Stephen Harrison. Then the search continued and I found the Long version of Kites by 39, Lyon Street and the b-sides of the
### Pleasure Ground singles. so I changed the track list of CD02, Also because I had chosen the wrong track of Boris Grebenshikov, and added an extra disc to this volume.
### My apoligizes for bringing this volume up so quickly but on the other hand you receive an extra disc of listening as a bonus. There is a new link at this bottom of this post.

Volume 233 The Associates Collection…

Or what were Alan Rankine and Billy MacKenzie up to in the eighties.

Part of The Unknown Beauty Of The 80’s compilation series.

Alan Rankine and Billy Mackenzie are best known for his membership of The Associates and their solo work. Besides that Alan Rankine was one of the household producers of Les Disques Du Crépuscule records and played on various, sometimes also produced, singles and albums.

On The Other hand Billy MacKenzie delivered his solo work mainly during the nineties, and worked a lot with Yello in the eighties. When featured on other artists recordings, it was basically his (backing) vocals, although he produced the bands The Sensational Creed, Sweden Thrü The Ages and Jih.

With this volume I honour the production and guest appearances of Alan Rankine and Billy MacKenzie for various artists during the eighties.

CD01 Alan Rankine

01. Leslie Grantham, Craig Armstrong - Winners And Lovers (2:19) *
02. After This - Hollow Hills (3:48) *
03. Grace River - Super Heaven (4:31) *
04. The Pale Fountains - Love's A Beautiful Place (4:15) *
05. Chris Yates - Nursery Room (4:56) *
06. Winston Tong - Theoratical China (5:43) *
07. Fiction Factory - Panic (4:22) #
08. James Cuts - Sexify You (feels so good) (5:37) *$^
09. The Escape - Amsterdam (3:54) *#
10. Pail Haig - Heaven Helps You Now (4:03) *
11. The Twinsets - Heartbeat (2:44) *
12. Anna Domino - Tempting (7:05) *
13. Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig (7") (3:23) *
14. Sunset Gun - Be Thankful For What You've Got (3:44) *$
15. The Pale Fountains - Palm Of My Hand (3:48) *
16. Skids - Fields (4:29) !
17. Alan Rankine - Loaded (5:57) *#S^%
18. Grace River - Grace River (4:13) *

Producer *
Keyboards #
Guitar $
Bass ^
Featuring !
Written %

CD02 Billy MacKenzie

01. Sweden Thrü The Ages – It Helps to Cry (4:55) #
02. British Electric Foundation ft. Billy MacKenzie – The secret Life Of Arabia (3:58) *
03. Jih – Wake Up (5:01) #*
04. Paul Haig – Chained (4:38) $
05. Boris Grebenshikov – That Voice Again (5:42) *
06. Yello – Otto di Catania (3:24)
07. Sweden Thrü The Ages – The Sweetest Sound (2:43) #
08. Jih – Take Me To The Girl (5:16) #*
09. Stephen Emmer – Wish On (3:28)
10. Holger Hiller – Oen Im Eck (version) (2:41)
11. Uno With Billy MacKenzie – Cinemas Of The World (3:56)
12. The Sensational Creed – Down Pericomoscopes (5:03) #
13. Jih – Come Summer Come Water (3:55) #*
14. Yello – Call It Love (5:07) *
15. Sweden Thrü The Ages – Each Day (4:01) #
16. Skids – Fields (7”) (3:32) *
17. Yello ft. Billy MacKenie – The Rhythm Divine (version two) (5:50) *
18. British Electric Foundation ft. Billy MacKenzie – it’s Over (2:42) *S
19. Billy MacKenzie – Ice Cream Factory (3:57) #*

(backing) Vocals *
Production #
Writing $

CD03 Bonus Disc

01. Stephen Harris - Let Go (2:55) AR*
02. Yello - Of Course I'm Lying (5:59) BM*
03. Holger Hiller - Whippets (3:27) BM*
04. Pleasure Ground - Insane (3:32) AR*#%
05. Stephen Harris - Pack On Your Back (3:41) AR*
06. Yello ft. Billy MacKenzie - Moon On Ice (4:15) BM*$
07. Pleasure Ground - In Another Life (4:44) AR*#%
08. 39, Lyon Street - Kites (full length version) (4:48)
09. Yello - Goldrush I (6:34) BM*
10. Holger Hiller - We Don't Write Anything On Paper Or So (2:56)
11. Pleasure Ground - Nursery Room (4:46) AR*#%
12. Stephen Harrison - Sad And Blue (3:15) AR*
13. Yello - Goldrush II (6:14) BM*
14. Billy MacKenzie - Cream Of Ice Cream Factory (4:50) BM*#$
15. Pleasure Ground - The Girl I Met In Arkansas (5:29) AR*#%

The link: ...

Enjoy!

[WLR]

Thank you Rissan, this caught my attention with the Associates connection, never realized they did so much work in the 80s outside of The Associates music.

[Gazebo Music]

Ris, your knowledge is most impressive my friend! Thank you for taking the time to share these! Job very nicely done! Cheers

[crichert]

Thank you, Ris! I always appreciate the time and effort you put into sharing these collections!!

[Fred80s]

Fantastic selection.

Many Thanks, Rissan.