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The synthpop legends visit SDE for a video interview

Heaven 17‘s Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware visit SDE HQ and recline on the sofa to discuss in detail their forthcoming anthology Play To Win: The Virgin Years, a 10-disc extravaganza that includes albums, B-sides, remixes, demos and more.

This is part one of a two-part video and runs for 24 minutes. Part two will follow next week!

Update: Watch Part 2 of this interview

Play To Win: The Virgin Years is out on 29 March 2019 as a 10CD set via Edsel. Play To Win: The Virgin Albums, a 6LP coloured vinyl variant, is out on the same day (via Demon Records). CD boxes with the signed print, still available.

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Play to Win: The Virgin Years – 10CD box set

CD 1: PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT

Pavement Side

  1. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
  2. Penthouse And Pavement
  3. Play To Win
  4. Soul Warfare

Penthouse Side

  1. Geisha Boys And Temple Girls
  2. Let’s All Make A Bomb
  3. The Height Of The Fighting
  4. Song With No Name
  5. We’re Going To Live For A Very Long Time

Bonus tracks – A-Sides

  1. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [7” version]
  2. I’m Your Money
  3. Play To Win [7” version]
  4. Penthouse And Pavement [7” version]
  5. The Height Of The Fighting (He-La-Hu)

Bonus tracks – B-Sides

  1. The Decline Of The West [by B.E.F]
  2. B.E.F. Ident [by B.E.F]
  3. Are Everything
  4. Play
  5. Honeymoon In New York [by B.E.F]
  6. He-La-Hu*

CD 2: THE LUXURY GAP

  1. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
  2. Who’ll Stop The Rain
  3. Let Me Go
  4. Key To The World
  5. Temptation
  6. Come Live With Me
  7. Lady Ice And Mr Hex
  8. We Live So Fast
  9. The Best Kept Secret

Bonus tracks – A-Sides

  1. Let Me Go [US 7” version]
  2. Temptation [7” version]
  3. Come Live With Me [7” version]
  4. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (Part 1)

Bonus tracks – B-Sides

  1. Let Me Go [instrumental]
  2. Let’s All Make A Bomb [new version]
  3. Song With No Name [new version]
  4. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (Part 2)

CD 3: HOW MEN ARE

  1. Five Minutes To Midnight
  2. Sunset Now
  3. This Is Mine
  4. The Fuse
  5. Shame Is On The Rocks
  6. The Skin I’m In
  7. Flamedown
  8. Reputation
  9. And That’s No Lie

Bonus tracks – A-Sides

  1. This Is Mine [7” version]
  2. …(And That’s No Lie) [7” version]

Bonus tracks – B-Sides

  1. Counterforcce
  2. Counterforce II
  3. Skin
  4. Mine [instrumental]
  5. The Heaven 17 Megamix 

CD 4: PLEASURE ONE

  1. Contenders
  2. Trouble
  3. Somebody
  4. If I Were You
  5. Low Society
  6. Red
  7. Look At Me
  8. Move Out
  9. Free

Bonus tracks – A-Sides

  1. The Foolish Thing To Do [featuring Jimmy Ruffin] [Version 1]
  2. Contenders [7” version]
  3. Contenders [US 7” edit]
  4. Trouble [7” version]

Bonus tracks – B-Sides

  1. My Sensitivity (Gets In The Way) [featuring Jimmy Ruffin]
  2. The Foolish Thing To Do [featuring Jimmy Ruffin] [Version 2]
  3. The Foolish Thing To Do [featuring Jimmy Ruffin] [instrumental]
  4. Excerpts from ‘Diary Of A Contender’

CD 5: TEDDY BEAR, DUKE & PSYCHO 

  1. Big Square People
  2. Don’t Stop For No One
  3. Snake And Two People
  4. Can You Hear Me?
  5. Hot Blood
  6. The Ballad Of Go Go Brown
  7. Dangerous
  8. I Set You Free
  9. Train Of Love In Motion
  10. Responsibility
  11. The Last Seven Days
  12. The Foolish Thing To Do

Bonus tracks – A-Sides

  1. The Ballad Of Go Go Brown [version]
  2. Train Of Love In Motion [7” version]

Bonus tracks – B-Sides

  1. Slow All Over
  2. Work
  3. Giving Up

CD 6 : DEMONSTRATION DISC: THE LOST DEMOS 1980

  1. Penthouse And Pavement [original demo]
  2. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [original demo]
  3. Play To Win [original demo instrumental]
  4. Soul Warfare [original demo]
  5. Are Everything [original demo]
  6. BEF Ident [alternate version]
  7. Decline Of The West [alternate version]
  8. Rise Of The East [alternate version]
  9. Music To Kill Your Parents By [alternate version]
  10. Uptown Apocalypse [alternate version]
  11. A Baby Called Billy [alternate version]
  12. Rhythmic Experiment 1
  13. Rhythmic Experiment 2
  14. Boys Of Buddha Experiment
  15. At The Height Of The Fighting [original rhythm track]
  16. Rhythmic Loop Experiment
  17. Funky Experiment
  18. Song Experiment
  19. Heavy Drum Experiment
  20. Play To Win [original demo with vocals]

Bonus tracks

  1. Groove Thang
  2. Temptation [original demo]

CD 7: SPECIAL FORTIFIED DANCE MIXES TO ENHANCE DANCEABILITY #1

  1. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [12” version]
  2. I’m Your Money [12” version]
  3. Play To Win [12” version]
  4. Penthouse And Pavement [12” version]
  5. Let Me Go [12” version]
  6. Temptation [12” version]
  7. Who’ll Stop The Rain [12” version]
  8. Come Live With Me [12” version]
  9. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry [Parts I & II – uninterrupted single version]
  10. Sunset Now [extended version]
  11. This Is Mine [extended version]
  12. …(And That’s No Lie) [remixed to enhance its danceability]

CD 8: SPECIAL FORTIFIED DANCE MIXES TO ENHANCE DANCEABILITY #2

  1. Penthouse And Pavement [Remix]
  2. Let Me Go [Endless Version]
  3. Play To Win [Endless Version]
  4. Contenders [Dance Version]
  5. Contenders [Go Go Version]
  6. (Big) Trouble
  7. The Ballad Of Go-Go Brown [Extended Version]
  8. Train Of Love In Motion [The Mainline Mix]
  9. Temptation [Brothers In Rhythm Remix]
  10. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [Rapino Club Mix]
  11. Penthouse And Pavement [Tommy D’s Master Remix]
  12. Let Me Go [“Hon, Its Flawless” Mix]

CD 9: SPECIAL FORTIFIED DANCE MIXES TO ENHANCE DANCEABILITY #3

  1. Play [12” version]
  2. Penthouse And Pavement [instrumental 7” version]
  3. Penthouse And Pavement [instrumental 12” version]
  4. Who’ll Stop The Rain [US dub version]
  5. We Live So Fast [12” version]
  6. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry [dub version]
  7. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry [The Extended Dance Version]
  8. This Is Mine [Filmix]
  9. This Is Mine [Cinemix]
  10. Contenders [US Club Mix]
  11. Trouble [US Club Mix]

CD10: SPECIAL FORTIFIED DANCE MIXES TO ENHANCE DANCEABILITY#4

  1. Temptation [Brothers In Rhythm Remix Edit]
  2. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [Rapino Edit]
  3. Penthouse And Pavement [Tommy D’s Master Edit]
  4. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [Democratic Edit]
  5. Let Me Go [I Trance Alone Mix]
  6. Temptation [Brothers In Rhythm instrumental]
  7. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [Democratic Rapino]
  8. Penthouse And Pavement [Mr Big Buckles And His Amazing Ride]
  9. Temptation [7″ backing track]
  10. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [Democratic Instrumental]
  11. Penthouse And Pavement [Original Vibe Mix]
  12. Let Me Go [Let Me House You]
  13. Penthouse And Pavement [D’s Super Disco Dub Mix]
  14. Temptation [Orchestral Theme From Temptation]

Play to Win: The Virgin Albums 5LP coloured vinyl box

Penthouse and Pavement

Pavement Side

  1. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
  2. Penthouse And Pavement
  3. Play To Win
  4. Soul Warfare

Penthouse Side

  1. Geisha Boys And Temple Girls
  2. Let’s All Make A Bomb
  3. The Height Of The Fighting
  4. Song With No Name
  5. We’re Going To Live For A Very Long Time

The Luxury Gap

Side One

  1. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
  2. Who’ll Stop The Rain
  3. Let Me Go
  4. Key To The World

Side Two

  1. Temptation
  2. Come Live With Me
  3. Lady Ice And Mr Hex
  4. We Live So Fast
  5. The Best Kept Secret

How Men Are

Side One

  1. Five Minutes To Midnight
  2. Sunset Now
  3. This Is Mine
  4. The Fuse
  5. Shame Is On The Rocks

Side Two

  1. The Skin I’m In
  2. Flamedown
  3. Reputation
  4. And That’s No Lie

Pleasure One

Side One

  1. Contenders
  2. Trouble
  3. Somebody
  4. If I Were You
  5. Low Society

Side Two

  1. Red
  2. Look At Me
  3. Move Out
  4. Free

Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho

Side One

  1. Big Square People
  2. Don’t Stop For No One
  3. Snake And Two People
  4. Can You Hear Me?
  5. Hot Blood

Side Two

  1. The Ballad Of Go Go Brown
  2. Dangerous
  3. I Set You Free
  4. Train Of Love In Motion
  5. Responsibility
  6. The Last Seven Days
  7. The Foolish Thing To Do

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