| | Retro: Active 4 CD
The fourth excellent volume of this series of treasure troves for 80's aficionados. Includes rare 12" mixes that collectors absolutely must have for themselves, like Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark-Secret, Blancmange-Livng On The Ceiling, The Cure-In Between Days, The Smiths-This Charming Man, Tin Tin-Hold It and many more greats!
The extended version of the Cure's "In Between Days," the 12" mix of Blancmange's "Living on the Ceiling," one of François Kevorkian's many mixes of the Smiths' "This Charming Man," and the 12" mix of Underworld's "Underneath the Radar" highlight the fourth volume of Hi-Bias' Retro: Active series. Several tracks in the series have been either tough to find or impossible to obtain on CD, so the label is -- in a sense -- plugging a few gaps, rather than recycling the same versions of the same songs that you can find on dozens of thoughtless compilations. Ten of this volume's 12 tracks were previously unavailable on CD. ~ Andy Kellman
Retro: Active 4 Songs | 1. | New Song - Howard Jones (Extended mix) |
| 2. | In Between Days - The Cure (Extended mix) |
| 3. | Hold It - Tin Tin (Extended Version) |
| 4. | Burning Flame - Vitamin Z (Extended Dance mix) |
| 5. | Underneath the Radar - Underworld (12" remix) |
| 6. | This Charming Man - The Smiths (New York Vocal mix) |
| 7. | Don't Walk Past - Blue Peter (F Version) |
| 8. | All That I Wanted - Belfegor (Extended Club mix) |
| 9. | Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw |
| 10. | Letter From Afar, A - B-Movie (Big mix) |
| 11. | Secret - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Original 12" mix) |
| 12. | Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange (12" mix) |
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