Return Of The Karaoke Kings

Side 1 of a cassette compilation of cover versions, recorded sometime around late 1996, possibly early 1997.

Side 2 previously ushered in the weekend at your local spit 'n' sawdust bar with a few bottles of cheap Becks, salt & vinegar crisps, ripped seats, sticky carpets and the landlord's obsessive collection of novelty bottle openers glued to the upper skirt of the bar. 

 

Side 1 therefore must be the other end, when you realise karaoke night has become morning, the lock-in is over and the landlord's kicking you all out, with the grim realisation that the clocks went forward an hour whilst you were slaughtering T.Rex, Sister Sledge and Fat Larry's Band and you're one hour closer to the end of the weekend than you expected. 

 

On the bright side, the greasy spoon across the road is opening soon and may have the cure for the karaoke hangover you're nursing.

Take it away, people!

1) Get Back (Album Version): Laibach vs. The Beatles (1988)

2) Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?: Revolting Cocks vs. Rod Stewart (1993)

3) Know Your Rights (Edit): Primal Scream vs. The Clash (1994)

4) Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) (Bonus Mix): The Leather Nun vs. ABBA (1986)

5) Tuff Titty Rap / Into The Groove(y) (12" Version): Ciccone Youth vs. Madonna (1986)

6) Kiss (Single Mix); Age Of Chance vs. Prince (1986)

7) Funtime (Album Version): Boy George vs. Iggy Pop (1995)

8) Smells Like Teen Spirit: Tori Amos vs. Nirvana (1992)

9) Lundi Bleu (Version Française De Blue Monday) (Radio Edit): The Times vs. New Order (1991)

10) Rock-A-Hula-Baby (Album Version): Pop Will Eat Itself vs. Elvis Presley (1990)

11) I Put A Spell On You: Marilyn Manson vs. Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1996)

1986: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! EP: 4

1986: Kiss EP: 6

1986: The White(y) Album: 5

1988: Let It Be: 1

1990: The Last Temptation Of Elvis: 10

1992: Lundi Bleu EP: 9

1992: Silent All These Years EP: 8

1993: Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? EP: 2

1995: Cheapness And Beauty: 7 

1996: Lost Highway OST: 11

1997: Kowalski EP: 3

 

Side One (46:12) (Box) (Mega)

Side Two here

Another Kick Up The Eighties

Side 2 of a cassette compilation, recorded 22nd January 1990 and looking back on the 1980s.

 

Whereas Side 1 was firmly rooted in the first half of the decade, Side 2 is split 50/50, slightly favouring 1986 to 1989 and 7" and 12" single versions. A few songs have appeared previously, others albeit in different versions/remixes, whilst some I'm surprised to find haven't featured before now. Incredibly, this is the first time that Faith No More have been on this blog, full stop. Introduce Yourself, indeed.

 

I realise I could have waited a couple of days to post this on the 33rd anniversary of originally recording this compilation but I saw that I'd previously uploaded Side 1 on a Friday and I decided to do the same here. Let's face it, Side 2 is definitely more Friday than Sunday listening!

 

This one's for Dave. Fourteen years and still miss you lots.

1) Burning Down The House (Album Version): Talking Heads (1983)

2) House (Flashback Mix): The Psychedelic Furs (1989)

3) How Soon Is Now? (Single Edit): The Smiths (1985)

4) Spellbound (Album Version): Siouxsie & The Banshees (1981)

5) We Care A Lot (Album Version): Faith No More (1987)

6) River Euphrates (Single Version): Pixies (1988)

7) Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix): Depeche Mode (1987)

8) All We Ever Wanted Was Everything: Bauhaus (1982)

9) Deus (10" Remix): The Sugarcubes (1988)

10) Kiss (Leeds v. The Bronx) (Remix By DJ Chakk) (Cover of Prince): Age Of Chance (1986)

11) Perfect Blue (Album Version): Lloyd Cole & The Commotions (1985)

 

1981: Juju: 4 

1982: The Sky's Gone Out: 8

1983: Speaking In Tongues: 1

1985: Easy Pieces: 11

1985: How Soon Is Now? (7" single): 3 

1986: Kiss (Jack-Knife Remixes) (limited edition 12" single): 10

1987: Introduce Yourself: 5

1987: Never Let Me Down Again (limited edition 12" single): 7

1988: Deus (limited edition 10" single): 9

1988: Gigantic / River Euphrates (12" single): 6

1989: House (12" single): 2

 

Side Two (45:45) (Box) (Mega)

Side One here

Dirty Discollision!

Further inspired by yesterday's post, I realised that every track had subsequently been covered by other artists. So, here for your listening (dis)pleasure, is the dirty disco diversion from the Discollision compilation, 15 years later.

 

1) Pop Muzik: Tricky (1999)
2) Funky Town: World Domination Enterprises (1988)

3) Relight My Fire (Single Version): Tokyo Discotheque Orchestra ft. Silva (2015)

4) Stayin' Alive (12" Edit By Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne): Happy Mondays (1992)
5) Love Hangover (Remix By Mark Arthurworrey): Associates (1982)
6) Moskow Diskow: Señor Coconut & His Orchestra (2008)

7) Supernature: Lene Lovich (1987)
8) Everybody Dance (Chic Inspirational Mix): Evolution ft. Yvonne Shelton (1993)
9) I’m A Man: Ty Segall (2018) 

10) More, More, More (Demo): Babes In Toyland (1995)

11) Heart Of Glass (Auchterhouse Mix By Robert Gordon): Associates (1988)
12) Disco Inferno: Age Of Chance (1986)

Dirty Discollision! (54:06)

 

And here's yesterday's compilation, ever so slightly extended, as a palliative.

 

1) Pop Muzik (Full Length Disco Mix By Nick Launay): M (1979)
2) Funky Town (12" Disco Mix): Lipps, Inc. (1979)

3) Relight My Fire (12" Progressive Vocal Edit By John Luongo & Michael Barbiero) (Re-Edited By Ben Liebrand): Dan Hartman ft. Loleatta Holloway (1979)

4) Stayin' Alive (Tom Moulton Disco Mix): Bee Gees (1977)
5) Love Hangover (12" Disco Mix): Diana Ross (1976)
6) Moskow Diskow (Disco Mix) (English 12" Version): Telex (1979)

7) Supernature (Full Length Album Version): Cerrone (1977)
8) Everybody Dance (12" Disco Mix): Chic (1977)
9) I'm A Man (Khayem's So Macho Outrovert Re-Edit): Macho (1978) 

10) More, More, More (A Tom Moulton Mix): Andrea True Connection (1976)

11) Heart Of Glass (Long Version By Mike Chapman): Blondie (1978)
12) Disco Inferno (Full Length 12" Disco Mix): Trammps (1976)

 

Discollision! (1:25:19)