[2017-08-04] Blancmange "Happy Families", "Mange Tout" and "Believe You Me" 3CD sets and Amazon exclusive box (Edsel UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:48 pm

All three 3CD sets will be collected in this deluxe box set:

Description
The Blanc Tapes contains 3 CD media books In a rigid slipcase: Happy Families, Mange Tout and Believe You Me. Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe burst onto the scene in 1982 with the huge hit "Living On The Ceiling". "Happy Families", their first album, also features the singles "Feel Me", "God's Kitchen" / "I've Seen The Word" and "Waves". Happy Families contains 12" mixes and a non-album b-side, as well as nine previously unreleased demos and rehearsals from Neil Arthur's own collection. CD 3 contains two previously unreleased BBC Radio 1 sessions (featuring two otherwise unrecorded songs) and a BBC live concert. The book features a new note by Neil Arthur, plus photos and the rarely-printed lyrics. Blancmange's second album, 'Mange Tout', (1984) features the hits "Blind Vision", "That's Love That It Is", "Don't Tell Me" and their version of Abba's "The Day Before You Came" and contains 12" mixes and non-album b-sides, as well as five previously unreleased demos and rehearsals from Neil Arthur's own collection (featuring two otherwise unrecorded songs). CD 3 contains a previously unreleased BBC Radio 1 session and a 60 minute BBC live concert recorded at Hammersmith Palais. The book features a note by Neil Arthur, plus photos and the rarely-printed lyrics. Released in 1985, Blancmange's third album, 'Believe You Me', was produced by Stewart Levine and features the singles "Lose Your Love", "What's Your Problem" and "I Can See It" and contains 12" mixes and non-album b-sides, as well as eight previously unreleased demos and rehearsals from Neil Arthur's own collection. CD 3 contains a previously unreleased BBC Radio 1 session and a 60 minute BBC live concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon. The book features a note by Neil Arthur, plus photos and the rarely-printed lyrics.

This Amazon Exclusive Edition contains a print signed by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe and is limited to just 500 copies.

[tracklisting]Happy Families

CD 1

1. I Can’t Explain
2. Feel Me
3. I’ve Seen the Word
4. Wasted
5. Living On The Ceiling
6. Waves
7. Kind
8. Sad Day
9. Cruel
10. God’s Kitchen
11. Living On The Ceiling [extended version]
12. God’s Kitchen [12″ mix]
13. Feel Me [12″ instrumental]
14. Waves [original version – no strings]

CD 2

1. Sad Day [original version]
2. Feel Me [extended 12″ version]
3. Business Steps
4. Black Bell [demo]
5. Melodic Piece [demo]
6. Your Hills [rehearsal]
7. I Can’t Explain [demo]
8. Waves [demo]
9. I’ve Seen The Word [1979 demo]
10. Holland [demo]
11. I’ve Seen The Word [demo]
12. Feel Me [Mike Howlett dub version]

CD 3: At The BBC

RADIO 1 SESSION [13.2.82]

1. I Would
2. Living On The Ceiling
3. Waves
4. Running Thin

RADIO 1 SESSION [5.6.82]

5. God’s Kitchen
6. Feel Me
7. Kind
8. Cruel

IN CONCERT, PARIS THEATRE [13.11.82]

9. God’s Kitchen
10. Living On The Ceiling
11. I’ve Seen The Word
12. I Can’t Explain
13. Waves
14. Feel Me
Mange Tout

CD 4

1. Don’t Tell Me
2. Game Above My Head
3. Blind Vision
4. Time Became The Tide
5. That’s Love, That It Is
6. Murder
7. See The Train
8. All Things Are Nice
9. My Baby
10. The Day Before You Came
11. Game Above My Head [long version]
12. Blind Vision [long version]
13. Don’t Tell Me [extended]
14. Vishnu [short version]
15. Blind Vision [Martyn Ware demo]

CD 5

1. Time Became The Tide [demo]
2. If You Want To Be Hip
3. It Never Rains [demo]
4. Murder [demo]
5. Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is
6. On Our Way To?
7. That’s Love, That It Is [extended]
8. Vishnu [full length]
9. Get Out Of That
10. All Things Are Nice [version]
11. The Day Before You Came [extended]
12. Don’t Tell Me [remix]
13. That’s Love, That It Is [remix]
14. Blind Vision [instrumental/dub version]

CD 6: At The BBC

RADIO 1 SESSION [17.3.83]

1. Time Became The Tide
2. Murder
3. Blind Vision
4. Vishnu

IN CONCERT, HAMMERSMITH PALAIS [24.5.84]

5. Living On The Ceiling
6. Game Above My Head
7. I Can’t Explain
8. My Baby
9. Blind Vision
10. Don’t Tell Me
11. God’s Kitchen
12. Murder
13. The Day Before You Came
14. That’s Love, That It Is
15. Kind
16. Feel Me
Believe You Me

CD 7

1. Lose Your Love
2. What’s Your Problem?
3. Paradise Is
4. Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone?
5. 22339
6. Don’t You Love It All
7. Believe
8. Lorraine’s My Nurse
9. Other Animals
10. No Wonder They Never Made It Back!
11. John
12. Lose Your Love [7″ single version]
13. I Can See It [extended]
14. Lose Your Love (This Club Mix)
15. Mixing On The Ceiling [Megamix]

CD 8

1. Side Two
2. A Remedial Course [demo]
3. Believe [demo]
4. Scream Down The House
5. Gentle On My Mind [demo]
6. M Diver (Alternate Dream) [demo]
7. River Of Life [demo]
8. Lose Your Love [extended]
9. What’s Your Problem [extended]
10. Don’t You Love It All [demo]
11. Lose Your Love With Helen [demo]
12. Reaching Out [demo]
13. I Can See It [7″ single version]
14. Lose Your Love In London [unreleased mix]

CD 9: At The BBC

RADIO 1 SESSION [29.9.85]

1. Believe
2. Don’t You Love It All
3. Lose Your Love
4. Paradise Is

IN CONCERT, HAMMERSMITH ODEON [8.2.86]

5. Don’t Tell Me
6. What’s Your Problem
7. That’s Love That It Is
8. Don’t You Love It All
9. Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone?
10. God’s Kitchen
11. Lose Your Love
12. Paradise Is
13. Other Animals
14. Game Above My Head
15. Living On The Ceiling
16. I’ve Seen The Word
17. Kind
18. Blind Vision[/tracklisting]

Amazon UK Exclusive Edition (shown above)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07214BNMN/?tag=imwan-21

Standard Edition
US - Available soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071X934SM/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071X934SM/?tag=imwan-21

The individual 3CD sets will also be available on the same date:

Happy Families
US - Available soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JR8NLP/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071JR8NLP/?tag=imwan-21

Mange Tout
US - Available soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JR7C2X/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071JR7C2X/?tag=imwan-21

Believe You Me
US - Available soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JR7C2W/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071JR7C2W/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:05 am

The Amazon exclusive version of The Blanc Tapes box appears to have already sold out, so a standard edition has now been made available:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071X934SM/?tag=imwan-21

[2017-08-04] Blancmange "Happy Families", "Mange Tout" and "Believe You Me" 3CD sets and Amazon exclusive box (Edsel UK)

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