Spandau Ballet – The Twelve Inch Mixes

Spandau Ballet – The Twelve Inch Mixes

The Twelve Inch Mixes is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 30 June 1986 by Chrysalis Records.

Biography:
Spandau Ballet were a popular British band in the 1980s. Members were Tony Hadley on vocals, brothers Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp on guitar and bass, with Gary also supplying background vocals, Steve Norman on saxophone and John Keeble on the drums. Gary Kemp also wrote most of the group’s music and lyrics.

Initially inspired by a mixture of synth-pop and funk as typified by the track “Chant No. 1” which reached No 2 in the national charts and was notable for inclusion of the horn section from the group Beggar & Co, which proved a fruitful collaboration on record.

Immensely popular in the UK, the New Romantic group eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop act. As with their friendly rivals Duran Duran they ‘broke America’, albeit briefly – the title track of their 3rd album True peaked in the Top 5 of the Singles charts. The song gained a new life in the 1990’s and beyond by being sampled in the songs “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” by P.M. Dawn and N Dey Say by Nelly.

Lead singer Tony Hadley later appeared on the track Out Of The Blue from the album The Time Machine.

EC0971	Spandau Ballet – The Twelve Inch Mixes
Label:	Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Catalog#:	CDP32 1574-2
Format:	CD compilation
Made in:	UK
Released:	30 Jun 1986
Barcode:	0 094632 157423
Style:	New Wave, Synth-pop

============================================================================ Spandau Ballet – The Twelve Inch Mixes ============================================================================
01. Gold (12′ Mix)
02. Lifeline (12′ Mix)
03. Round And Round (12′ Mix)
04. Only When You Leave (12′ Mix)
05. Instinction (12′ Mix)
06. Highly Re-strung (12′ Mix)
07. True (12′ Mix)
08. Communication (12′ Mix)
09. I’ll Fly For You (12′ Mix)
10. To Cut A Long Story Short (12′ Mix)
11. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (12′ Mix)
12. The Freeze (12′ Mix)
13. Musclebound (12′ Mix)
Total Time: 01:13:21 

Companies etc ▼
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
• Record Company – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus 

Notes▼
The version of track 10 is about 30 secs. shorter on this version than on most other releases and the original 12″. 

Barcode and Other Identifiers ▼
• Barcode: 5 013136 157420
• Matrix / Runout: CCD 1574