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3 CD digipak out on Nov. 25t on Cherry Red.

DISC ONE
SHOWPEOPLE + BONUS TRACKS
1 WONDERFUL TO BE WITH
2 THE END OF THE AFFAIR
3 ONE DAY IS A LIFETIME
4 DR LOVE
5 REMEMBER ME
6 CRY ME A RIVER
7 JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
8 THIS TIME TOMORROW
9 ARE YOU THERE (WITH ANOTHER GIRL)
10 I MAY BE WRONG
11 ECSTASY
12 THIS IS IT?
BONUS TRACKS
13 JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED (12” MIX)
14 CRY ME A RIVER (SMOOCH MIX)
15 BABY IT’S TRUE (DISCOTHEQUE VERSION) +
16 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR (EXTENDED VERSION) +

DISC TWO
A-SIDES, B-SIDES & RARITIES
1 LOVE MAN
2 IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT
3 DANCE CARD
4 SHE’S HAD ENOUGH OF YOU
5 BEAT THE BEAT
6 GLAMOURPUSS
7 BABY IT’S TRUE
8 YOU LOOK SO GOOD
9 WOE, WOE, WOE +
10 (BEWARE) BOYFRIEND
11 IT’S HAPPENING
12 RAVE
13 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR
14 THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE
15 LET’S MAKE THIS LAST (DE LOREAN STYLE) +
16 WOULD YOU DANCE WITH A STRANGER
17 WHAT’S GOING ON
18 STOP AND START
19 LOVE AND LEARN
20 I’M JUST HAPPY TO DANCE WITH YOU
21 LET ME DREAM

DISC THREE
2022 REMIXES + BONUS TRACKS

1 BABY IT’S TRUE (2022 REMIX) +
2 BEAT THE BEAT (2022 REMIX) +
3 GLAMOURPUSS (2022 REMIX) +
4 ECSTASY (2022 REMIX) +
5 RAVE (2022 REMIX) +
6 SHE’S HAD ENOUGH OF YOU (2022 REMIX) +
7 YOU LOOK SO GOOD (2022 REMIX) +
8 GLAMOURPUSS (SCENARIO) (2021 REMIX) +
9 JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED (U.S. REMIX) +
10 ECSTASY (ALTERNATIVE VERSION)
11 ONE DAY IS A LIFETIME (ALTERNATE VERSION) +
12 TU NO ME LLORES (CRY ME A RIVER – SPANISH VERSION)
13 WOULD YOU DANCE WITH A STRANGER (INSTRUMENTAL) +
14 WONDERFUL (7” DJ EDIT) +
15 LET’S MAKE THIS LAST (STEREO SHIFT MIX LOOP ONE) +
16 LET’S MAKE THIS LAST (STEREO SHIFT MIX LOOP TWO) +

+ DENOTES APPEARING ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME

I added it to my existing discography: http://www.discog.info/mari-wilson.html
There are still some question marks. If anyone has more details, do let me know.
Or what is missing, she released lots of stuff during these years, also on various artists compilations and rare limited cassettes.
For example, the longer version of Let's Make This Last that appeared on the 1992 compilation CD is missing.
It could be the Special Edit by Dave Moore/Teddy Johns from the 1985 LP Do They Mean Us. Also not sure exactly what versions are on the original DJ 7"
https://www.discogs.com/release/6045991-Mari-Wilson-Lets-Make-This-Last-
/JW

PS I just found this. Not sure how to download (?) the discs, if possible.
https://postpunkmonk.com/2015/10/09/revo-remastering-mari-wilson-showpeople-footlights-edition/

discoginfo wrote:PS I just found this. Not sure how to download (?) the discs, if possible.
https://postpunkmonk.com/2015/10/09/revo-remastering-mari-wilson-showpeople-footlights-edition/

It's not actually possible. My blog is not a file sharing thing. It's just the edition of the album I compiled on my own some years ago. It had all of the Compact Organization material, plus rarities that had followed from later periods. But Mari's webmaster also found that PDF that is hosted in that post for download and they engaged me to provide the illustrated discography on her website. Which was based on the one I'd done for myself earlier hosted in the post. It looks like a few things missing here and there. I'm most disappointed that the "Born Lucky" live cassette material was missing as it's a pretty fabbo record of the big 9-piece band. I'll be posting about this today on PPM and analyzing what's there and what's not.

Thanks Postpunkmonk. So, is the "1992 Cd Version" of Let's make this last, really the "Special Edit by Dave Moore/Teddy Johns" from the 1985 various artists LP "DO THEY MEAN US"? Or, is it perhaps the "Club Mix" from the 1984 DJ 7"?

discoginfo wrote:Thanks Postpunkmonk. So, is the "1992 Cd Version" of Let's make this last, really the "Special Edit by Dave Moore/Teddy Johns" from the 1985 various artists LP "DO THEY MEAN US"? Or, is it perhaps the "Club Mix" from the 1984 DJ 7"?

I honestly don't know. I still need "Do They Mean Us?" and "Pens, Guns & Riffs!" Sad, I know. but the shipping from overseas is a deal killer. That, and my withered budget! If I were a betting man, I suspect it might be the DJ 7" promo mix. Given the nature of the 1985 mix.

I happen to have Pens, Guns & Riffs as a vinyl rip from a friend.

Good to see "Just what i always wanted" US 12" MIX finally on CD

Wonderful track list. Wish they hadn't left out one of my favourites "Use Him", but "Let's Make This Last (Loops 1 & 2) finally on CD. Even "Woe Woe Woe" with the chitchat at the end? Btw it's really not missing much without the 1992 CD version of LMTL, since it's basically just the "Loop 1" version with a bit of CD scratching at the beginning, which is a bit unnecessary IMHO. Not much to complain about here other than that, the remix of "Ecstasy" on that Mari Wilson Revival Maxi-cd would've been nice. But still, will probably be getting this. Hope they don't screw up the mastering.

Unfortunately, but perhaps not surprisingly, the tracks are brickwalled! In comparison to the 1992 "Just What I Always Wanted" CD & 2007 Platinum Collection CD, which were nicely and carefully mastered.
A friend of mine, who did the analysis of the original LP tracks on CD 1, said: "[They] have been very poorly mixed/mastered as they are far too amplified and compressed.
Yes they are louder and therefore initially might sound superior, but in truth they’re not. If you simply turn up the volume on the original CDs [1992/2007] then are better quality."
Here, I planned to add a picture of the audio graphs in comparison, but don't know how....
/JW
http://www.discog.info/mari-wilson.html

Super annoying. And not surprising.

Oh well. I'm still awaiting my copy of Neasdon... not shocked at all that the sound's messed up (although a few reviews on Amazon are praising it). Luckily i still have my Platinum Collection cd so I'm not that upset. I've heard the Japanese 2010 CD of Show People is worth getting if available.