Saturday Deluxe / 2 May 2015
It’s the weekend! For a change of pace this week on Saturday Deluxe, SDE is bringing back a favourite feature… Second Hand News! For the uninitiated, this is a a feature that takes a look under the skin of some charity shop / thrift store purchases. Basically, an excuse to talk about old records! Hope you enjoy and would love to read some comments!
Second Hand News / May 2015
Wham! / I’m Your Man 12-inch picture disc (£3.99)
After a ludicrously busy 1984, Wham!‘s world tour – including the famous trip to China – kept them busy during much of 1985 and they only released one single (not counting the Last Christmas reissue). I’m Your Man was that single and it became their third number one. This picture disc (showing a scene from the video) had the same Extended Version / Do It Right (Instrumental) /Acappella track listing as the standard 12-inch. The fairly rare three-track cassette single (still have mine) replaced the instrumental with the short single version – the only format other than the seven-inch vinyl single to feature it.
The Police / Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86 12-inch single (£1.99)
The Laurie Latham co-produced Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86 re-recording has come in for a lot of stick over the years, but I don’t mind it. This Police 12-inch also included the six minute ‘Dance Mix’ version which you’d think might be exclusive to this vinyl but the longer remix was featured (uncredited) on some (all?) editions of 1993’s Message in a Box set. This four-track single includes a live version of the original as well as the original studio version. Latham and The Police also completed a reworking of De Do Do Do De Da Da Da in the same sessions but this has only surfaced (so far) on the 5.1 layer of the SACD of Every Breath You Take: The Classics.
First Light / First Light (50p)
Three years before the soon-to-be reissued smash 19, Paul Hardcastle started a band called First Light with a guy called Derek Green. This vinyl version of their eponymous debut seems to be a German release and on the front it reads “Contains all 3 Maxi-singles + unreleased track She’s A Mystery”. The artwork may be a bit naff, but the music is satisfying electro funk/pop and Steve Levine produces one track.
Paul Young / No Parlez LP (£1)
Okay, to be fair there is nothing particularly rare about finding a vinyl copy of Paul Young‘s No Parlez in a charity shop (!), but upon closer inspection the ‘removable’ sticker on the outside indicates that this was a limited edition that included a bonus 12-inch of Young’s first single Iron Out The Rough Spots (“special remixed version”). Interestingly, there doesn’t appear to have been a commercial 12-inch issued for Iron Out The Rough Spots, so this bonus vinyl must have been the first time it was issued to the public. The catalogue number is XPR1234 and the B-side was Behind Your Smile.
Wings / Good Night Tonight 12-inch (£1.99)
Paul McCartney signed a lucrative deal with Columbia Records in America in the late seventies, but the first album under the deal was Back To The Egg which didn’t feature this highly successful non-album single. The first ever Macca 12-inch, this includes an extended seven minute version of Goodnight Tonight and was backed with Daytime Nightime Suffering one of Paul’s very best B-sides. It also has a very groovy indeed inner sleeve (see above). Neither Getting Closer or Arrow Through Me, which were pulled from Back To The Egg as singles in the US, did anything like the business of Goodnight Tonight which must have really irked Columbia.
Stevie Wonder / Gotta Have You US 12-inch (£1)
The third single from Stevie Wonder‘s somewhat forgotten soundtrack to Spike Lee’s 1991 film Jungle Fever. This US 12-inch features three versions of the track and the B-side Feeding off the Love of the Land is an updated version of a song that featured on 1990 charity album Nobody’s Child.
Supertramp / It’s Raining Again US promo 12″ (£1.99)
Unusual Supertramp promotional 12-inch featuring two tracks off their 1982 album ...Famous Last Words… Although the label enticingly calls It’s Raining Again the ‘CHR Mix’ and Waiting So Long the ‘Special AOR Mix’, these sound like the standard album versions.
Suzanne Vega / 12″ Promo (£1)
Ah, the mystery of the white label. All I knew, before purchase, was that this was Suzanne Vega, but for the investment of just £1 seemed worth the ‘risk’ of picking this up just to see what this was. It turns out to be the DNA featuring Suzanne Vega version of Tom’s Diner. Vocal version on the A-side and instrumental on the B-side. Not bad.
Simply Red / Holding Back The Years 12-inch (£1)
A reissued Holding Back The Years was Simply Red‘s fifth single in 1986 and a US number one. The song didn’t quite make it to the top spot in the UK where it stalled at number 2. It would be another nine years until the band had their one and only UK number one with Fairground. This twelve inch features the Adrian Sherwood mixed Picture Book In Dub.
[…] Last year saw the release of the massive vinyl box 1982-2010 (via Pylon Records) and you can watch an unboxing video of that set here. […]
Ugg, wish I had heard about that 20% coupon before it expired. Would have pushed me to pull the trigger on this order.
Hi Josh,
This is James from Pylon Records, the coupon is still valid for another week, we got so many late emails, so we extended it, please try it, look forward to your order,
Best Regards,
James
Now this comment nailed it for me! I ordered the color vinyl box! Hooray! Thank you James! Now I just have to get some more old colored NE Vinyl, some of the german Intercord Releases! :-)
James. Trying to order buy pylon20 not working???
Stephen, It is 20PYLON, looking forward to your order Kind Regards, James
Nice video Paul. Really cool box set here. I bought the related CD reissues and they are also well-packaged and sound great. Quality work. Was great to get the Vince Clarke mix of Ascend on CD.
Also a shout out for James from Pylon Records who is posting in this thread. Great customer service when I ordered the CDs as well as their recent Xymox Twist of Shadows 2 CD reissue. He exchanged several emails with me related to their projects and releases and others they would like to do. Look out for the upcoming Red Flag Naive Art 2 CD reissue from them as well. Believe it is out this month…
Yeah, a shout out to James at Pylon, he’s a really decent guy,I ordered the NE coloured vinyl Boxset as soon as it was released,I had doubts about buying such a large boxset and shipping to the UK ,he was really helpful and customer service was second to none
Thx a lot James!
The 20% primo was a no brainer… just ordered the colored Box!
NOW time to remember those college clubbing Nights….
Much appreciated!
I was on the fence, but a $42 USD savings using the discount code made me order, and US shipping was only $10.75!! Looks great! If download codes are included, it’ll be perfect!!
Now that’s what I call excellent customer service – the record company replying to questions about the packaging/shipping AND a discount code!
The above is just one reason that I miss ‘real’ record companies – before Universal/Sony swallowed most of them and we now get what we are given… like it or lump it.
I totally agree with you William, it’s very rare that someone from any company does this. Well done and thank you James from Pylon, you seem like the kind of person that loves their job and does it well. Cheers, I’ll buy one when I recover from Xmas!.
I have this boxset, which is real nice, but baffled why they didn’t include Industrial Complex with the set. Its even noted on the boxset itself. Pretty dumb. Not to mention, I’ve scoured the internet, but cannot locate a vinyl copy that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
Hi Bridge,
First of all Thank You For The Support, really appreciate it.
Industrial Complex is owned by Major records out of Germany, the record has been in print as late as 2017, there are so many different versions of it already pressed that another pressing would just be unfair to the fans, and there are distributors who are sitting on copies and I am sure they will move them now, they categories it as dead stock in their inventory, hopefully they can now show it on their lists. We have secured some copies, so if you dont mind emailing the site, I can help you complete your box with a copy. There was a lot of money spent on packaging, and paying licensing, royalties to Geffen and we just could not put in Industrial Complex, it would push the price way up there, publishers want to get paid.
Look forward to your email,
Kind Regards,
James
Thanks James. Great customer service by the way (responding on this site)!
I will contact you for a copy. Cheers!
I am only able to watch 1.35 minutes of the video!!!1 ARRGGGG I have most of the boxset, but it does look good. Any idea how good the remastering is?
Cheers
Steve
sorry, I’ve fixed the problem.
Thank you!
Hi Steve,
Every Cd and vinyl has been remastered from original tapes, this took over 2 years to put together and the vinyl was mastered and cut at Cohearant Audio. There is already tons of press about the mastering. Please use the 20PYLON promo code to get discount.
Best,
James
Hi James, can you tell me why the original mixes of KIA, Time Slips By and For Fun(mix) were left off the Belief 2cd reissue? many thanks.
Thanks, Paul. Well, I’ll see when it arrives. Just ordered it anyway and asked them to wrap it in at least 5 cm styrofoam on all sides. Postage to Europe is a whopping 75 $.
Anybody know if the slated Mute reissues about to happen will come with similar box set?
No, The box is exclusive to Pylon Records, it designed by Douglas and the label.
Lovely item. Was it packed well when it arrived? I’d like to order from that website it but I fear damage during transport from the USA to Europe. Could you describe the packing for us? Thanks.
Can’t really remember, to be honest, but pretty sure it was totally fine. No damage at all.
Please use the promo code 20PYLON to get a discount and everything is double boxed, we have been doing this for years.
would love this but so expensive
Hi Andy,
This is James from Pylon Records there is promo code that expires tomorrow, 20PYLON, which you can use during check out and get 20% off. All boxes are double boxed with 275 Lbs burst rate carton, so you will be fine. We ship all around the world for years and no issues.
If you have more questions please email the site we can help
Kind Regards,
James