Bronski Beat was formed in London in 1983 by Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville and signed to London Records. They had immediate success with their first single “Smalltown Boy” which reached # 3 in the UK. This was followed another Top 10 hit in “Why”, which paved the way for Top 5 album “The Age Of Consent”. Further hits came with “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and another Top 3 single with a version of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” (with Marc Almond on guest vocals), before Jimmy Somerville left to form The Communards in 1985 with Richard Coles.
This slip-cased 2 CD edition features as many of the non-album single sides and remixes as can be fitted on (including all of the remix album “Hundreds And Thousands”), selected by Somerville expert Heiko Bollman. Many tracks appear on CD for the first time.
The booklet contains the lyrics, photos, singles sleeves, and a note from Jimmy.
Tracklisting CD1:
| No. |
Track |
Time |
| 1 |
Why? |
-- |
| 2 |
It Ain't Necessarily So |
-- |
| 3 |
Screaming |
-- |
| 4 |
No More War |
-- |
| 5 |
Love and Money |
-- |
| 6 |
Smalltown Boy |
-- |
| 7 |
Heatwave |
-- |
| 8 |
Junk |
-- |
| 9 |
Need-a-Man Blues |
-- |
| 10 |
I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me |
-- |
| 11 |
Smalltown Boy [7” edit] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 12 |
Why [remix] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 13 |
I Feel Love Medley (Source Mix) (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 14 |
It Ain’t Necessarily So [12” version] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 15 |
Red Dance |
-- |
Tracklisting CD2:
| No. |
Track |
Time |
| 1 |
Heatwave [Goldberg remix] |
-- |
| 2 |
Why? [Goldberg remix] |
-- |
| 3 |
Run From Love [Meita remix] |
-- |
| 4 |
Hard Rain [Goldberg remix] |
-- |
| 5 |
Smalltown Boy [Goldberg remix] |
-- |
| 6 |
Junk [Goldberg remix] |
-- |
| 7 |
I Feel Love [Fruit Mix] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 8 |
Hard Rain [demo] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 9 |
Screaming [demo] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 10 |
Signs (And Wonders) (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 11 |
The Potato Fields (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 12 |
Run From Love [radio version] (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 13 |
Puit D’Amour (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 14 |
Close To The Edge (Bonus Track) |
-- |
| 15 |
Cadillac Car (Bonus Track) |
-- |
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