A "NEW" McCARTNEY TRACK

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Posted on 18.01.12

Zang Tuum Tumb, the Big Beat Colossus and a battalion of Fairlights and Synclaviers, equipped with light pens and 8-inch floppy disc drives, line up to present... The Art of the 12" – Volume 2. A celebration/revelation extrapolation of the extended remix. To quote Chance by Act, “why quit now?”

Following the success of ZTT & Salvo's The Art of the 12” compilation – released almost exactly one year ago, we're back with Volume II. Two new, 75+-minute CDs compile the best and the rarest ZTT 80s 12” remixes, with a few special detours into related and off-shoot tracks, including:

Paul McCartney – Spies Like Us: 12” remix by Art of Noise, previously unreleased
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Julia's Song: 12”, previously unreleased on CD
Thomas Leer – Heartbeat: 12” remix, previously unreleased on CD
Scritti Politti – Absolute: dub mix by Art of Noise's Gary Langan
Godley & Creme – Cry: 12” remix by Trevor Horn

But these are more than just 12” remixes, these are full-on wide-screen cinematic extensions: for the first time on CD, The Art of the 12” II presents the 15-minute Keep The Peace version of Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Graham Massey/808 States' two-part, 10-minute take on the AoN classic, Moments in Love.

The resplendent Teutonic beats of Propaganda are back in full effect: The Art of the 12”, Volume II features two tracks previously only available on vinyl: Dr Mabuse Der Spieler and Dr Mabuse (Special Instrumental Mix) as well as a hitherto unheard 12” of Sorry For Laughing. Propaganda's Claudia Brucken teams up with Thomas Leer for another previously unreleased track: the Whammy Mix of Act's Chance.

Add in never-before-heard 12” mixes by Instinct, Frankie Goes To Hollywood (of both War! and Relax), Nasty Rox Inc., and rare-as-f*** mixes of the Mint Juleps (with Horn at the helm, sampling Martin Luther King), Das Psycho Rangers and Art of Noise, and add in six micromixes – the pioneering interludes as used on The Art of the 12” Volume I to break up the long-form madness – and you have the first essential compilation of classic pop in 2012.

Disc One

1. “you are warmly invited to come inside” – 01:38
2. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Keep The Peace) – 15:19
3. Paul McCartney: Spies Like Us (Art of Noise Remix) – 05:26
4. Godley & Creme: Cry (Extended Remix) – 07:25
5. Instinct: Swamp Down (12” Mix) – 06:43
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Julia's Song (Extended Version) – 08:33
7. 808 State Vs. Art of Noise: Moments in Love (Massey Mix One) – 05:39
8. Thomas Leer: Heartbeat (Extended Mix) – 08:44
9. “bassline interlude” – 01:00
10. Act: Chance (Whammy Mix) – 07:20
11. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: War (Coming Out of Hiding) – 03:16
12. Propaganda: Dr Mabuse der Spieler (An International Incident) – 05:38

Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11: previously unreleased
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12: previously unreleased on CD

Disc Two

1. Scritti Politti: Absolute (Version) – 06:11
2. Art of Noise: Close Up – 07:37
3. Propaganda: Sorry For Laughing (12" Mix) – 05:30
4. das Psych-oh! Rangers: he He Radical (Episode 2) – 07:05
5. “piano interlude” – 01:00
6. Nasty Rox Inc.: What It Is (Live Instrumental Wonder) – 04:00
7. Mint Juleps: Every Kinda People (Parts I, II and III) – 14:00
8. Anne Pigalle: He Stranger (Parts I, II and III) – 07:27
9. 808 State Vs. Art of Noise: Moments in Love (Massey Mix Three) – 05:13
10. “the flash forward” – 03:21
11. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax (Man Has a Sense for the Discovery of Beauty, Part I) – 02:30
12. “zang tuum interlude” – 00:30
13. Art of Noise: Close Up (Hop) – 05:10
14. Propaganda: Dr. Mabuse (Special Instrumental Mix) – 05:27
15. “cadenza” – 01:30

Tracks 5, 6, 9, 11: previously unreleased
Tracks 3, 4, 14: previously unreleased on CD