When posting the first Dub '85 selection in January, following on from Dub '83 in September 2023, I said that I would eventually get around to Dub '84.
Today is not that day, however, as I revisit 1985 for another dozen dubs of popular hits (well, some of them were popular, anyway).
By the mid-80s, 12" remixes and dubs had become the norm to the extent that even James Brown and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts were getting in on the act. And, believe it or not, this is the first time that Red Hot Chili Peppers have appeared on this blog.
Others like Pet Shop Boys, Big Audio Dynamite, Bangles and Talking Heads are much more familiar round these parts. I've included Swing Out Sister but you've been spared Simply Red on this occasion.
Oh, and I've managed to string out this week's ad-hoc German theme for one more day, by including Gina X and Zeus B. Held.
I dug (or should that be dubbed?) myself into a hole with the previous couple of Dub posts, by providing a slipshod facsimile of a rather wonderful Saturday morning quiz. Rol's solicitor is sending the heavies round Sunday lunchtime. Oh well, here we go....
1) It will be no surprise that Zeus B. Held, Shep Pettibone, Belouis Some and Gina X are pseudonyms. But which artist's real name is Neville?
2) What is the connection between Swing Out Sister and A Certain Ratio?
3) Which video variously features a pair of flippers, a shuttlecock, a party hat and a bird perched on a doughnut?
4) Which of today's line-up performed at Live Aid?
5) In 1985, which producer/remixer appeared in the pages of The Scum newspaper, photo depicting them smashing their TV with a hammer in protest at Doctor Who being 'rested' by Michael Grade?
Answers will be posted in the Comments below on Sunday morning.
1) Living In America (Dubstramental) (Remix By Dan Hartman): James Brown
2) Hit That Perfect Beat (Instant Dub) (Remix By Ian Levine): Bronski Beat
3) Walking Down Your Street (Dub Version By Steve Beltran): Bangles
4) Hollywood (Africa) (Dub Mix By Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero) (Cover of 'Africa' by The Meters): Red Hot Chili Peppers
5) No G.D.M. (Dub Version By Zeus B. Held): Gina X
6) A Party (Dub) (Remix By Paul 'Groucho' Smykle) (Edit): Big Audio Dynamite
7) And She Was (Dub) (Remix By Eric 'ET' Thorngren & David Byrne): Talking Heads
8) The Broken Years (Dub) (Remix By Gary Langan): Hipsway
9) West End Dub (Remix By Shep Pettibone): Pet Shop Boys
10) Imagination (Dub Mix By Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero): Belouis Some
11) Blue Mood (Dubbed Up Mix By Paul Staveley O'Duffy): Swing Out Sister
12) Bombs Away (Dub Version By Mark Berry & Mark Richardson) (Cover of 'Cherry Bomb' by The Runaways): Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
