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Some of you may be interested in this , some 80's bands doing some fairly decent cover versions ( some not so good) , but includes bands such as china crisis, black , ABC , Heaven 17 all doing cover versions , blacks version of wicked games sounds particularly good

https://play.google.com/store/music/alb ... mxda&hl=en

Also ABC's cover of High & Dry sounds pretty good.

looks interesting.

will check it out.

*UPDATE : ordered it for $5 off amazon

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omar wrote:Also ABC's cover of High & Dry sounds pretty good.

love it... never heard of the original..


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here's 3 more videos.

curiosity killed the cat - long train running



kim carnes - under my thumb



china crisis - its too late





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The original is a pretty good song it is by radiohead but I like the spin ABC have put on it

I guess most if not all of these will be on youtube....some of em are certainly worth a listen

magnum wrote:I guess most if not all of these will be on youtube....some of em are certainly worth a listen

i doubt it... it was released a few months ago in argentina, and the domestic release is coming up, mostly digital.

just buy a cheap used copy.

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got this yesterday and fully recommend it . just playing CD2 now with the 12" versions

What it is good is that the producers have worked with the bands to introduce elements of the bands signature sounds from the time

e.g. Black wicked game uses saxophone and clarinet sound that was prominent in Blacks sweetest smile so it sound like it could of come off that album

ABC high and dry uses some of the similar sounds that were on be near me and sounds like it could of come off the how to be a zillionaire album

China crisis seem to use some old equipment ( drums at the beginning) and some of the guitar playing sounds like Christian

Even Sam fox ( which I really dislike) has done a half decent version of bad girls and they have used the same type of PWL sound that was used for dead or alive and some of their other PWL singles


Anyway really good and really pleased with it

here is my review of the tracks,
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the best tracks
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1-1 –Curiosity Killed The Cat Long Train Runnin' 3:44
1-2 –ABC High & Dry 4:24
1-10 –Wang Chung Girls And Boys 3:39
1-5 –Heaven 17 Rocket Man 4:38
1-6 –Go West Human 4:21

ok
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1-3 –China Crisis It's Too Late 4:10
1-4 –Black Wicked Game 4:49
1-12 –Johnny Hates Jazz Mr. Tambourine Man 5:32

didnt care or bother to listen to
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1-7 –Belinda Carlisle Have You Ever Seen The Rain 3:41
1-8 –Kim Carnes Under My Thumb 3:22
1-9 –Samantha Fox Hot Stuff 3:21
1-11 –Kim Wilde Love Will Keep Us Together 3:50
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you can check them out here if you want:
retrorex.rar
Link:
http://www55.zippyshare.com/v/WCHHtXhr/file.html



the only mix that is really good is the abc track, and possibly
the wang chung one..

all the rest are barely different, and not that much longer.

they really didn't need to do the extended mixes....

since it was a cheap $5, it was an ok purchase for fans of those groups.

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I absolutely love love love this 2 disc set. Our New Wave/80's heroes doing oldies covers. What's so cool is each artist sounds so on top of their game and these oldies sound like 80's songs. Heheh, I know I know, 80's is considered oldies now too.

$5? Physical? Where?

Neil Kelly wrote:$5? Physical? Where?

amazon.com, there's many up there now for $7 with $3 shipping in the US,

thought you saw it, since you put a comment on there about the music.

http://www.amazon.com/80s-Re-Covered-Va ... +recovered


if you're in the UK , they start around UKP 6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/80s-Re-Covered- ... +recovered

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