Leírás
Pop, New Wave, Pop Rock, Synth Pop,
Remaszterizált Limited edition 8CD Box kiadvány, 2026.
Comprehensive collection of 1980s pop band Kajagoogoo. Best known for their 1983 hit single ‘Too Shy’, which reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart, and the top 10 around the world. The band have been actively involved in the set, contributing ideas and speaking to John Earls (Classic Pop) for the extensive sleeve notes. Newly mastered by Tony Dixon.
Kajagoogoo signed to EMI Records in July 1982 with Nick Rhodes co-producing the band’s first single, ‘Too Shy’ with Duran Duran’s EMI producer Colin Thurston. The single was released on 10 January 1983 and topped the UK Singles Chart. Follow-up singles ‘Ooh To Be Ah’ and ‘Hang On Now’ also both reached the UK Top 20, and the group’s debut album ‘White Feathers’ reached No. 5 in the UK Albums Chart.
As success came, tensions began to rise in the band, culminating in Limahl leaving and Nick Beggs taking over as lead singer. The first single by the new four-piece lineup, ‘Big Apple’, was released in September 1983 and reached the UK Top Ten. They followed this up with singles ‘The Lion’s Mouth’, ‘Turn Your Back On Me’. And the subsequent new album, ‘Islands’.
In the US, the band first adopted the Kaja moniker at this time, and a different edition of the ‘Islands’ album was released as ‘Extra Play‘. This box set compiles for the first time the bands three albums as well as their post-Warners albums and a large number of mixes, B-Sides and instrumentals.
YouTube video:
„Too Shy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkpG4XApJ28
Felvételek:
8CD Box:
DISC ONE:
White Feathers:
1. White Feathers
2. Too Shy
3. Lies And Promises
4. Magician Man
5. Kajagoogoo (Instrumental)
6. Ooh To Be Ah
7. Ergonomics
8. Hang On Now
9. This Car Is Fast
10. Frayo
DISC TWO:
Islands:
1. The Lion’s Mouth
2. Big Apple
3. The Power To Forgive
4. Melting The Ice Away
5. Turn Your Back On Me
6. Islands
7. On A Plane
8. Part Of Me Is You
9. The Loop
DISC THREE:
Crazy People’s Right to Speak:
1. Do I
2. Shouldn’t Do That
3. Your Appetite
4. Rivers
5. Sit Down And Shut Up
6. Afraid Of You
7. Jigsaw
8. Fear Of Falling
9. Charm Of A Gun
10. You Really Take My Breath Away
DISC FOUR:
Mixes and B-Sides:
1. Introduction – B-Side
2. Take Another View – B-Side
3. Interview Rooms – B-Side
4. Animal Instincts – B-Side
5. Too Shy – Instrumental Mix
6. Hang On Now – Instrumental Mix
7. The Pump Rooms of Bath – Instrumental
8. The Garden – Instrumental
9. Monochromatic – Live
10. Too Shy – Midnight Mix
11. Ooh To Be Ah – The Construction Mix
12. Hang On Now – Extended Version
13. Big Apple – Metro Mix
14. Turn Your Back On Me – Extended Dance Mix
15. The Lion’s Mouth – The Beast Mix
16. Hurricane – B-Side
17. Whatever You Want – B-Side
DISC FIVE:
Mixes:
1. Too Shy – Midnight Mix Version Two
2. Turn Your Back On Me – Flipped Disc Mix
3. Turn Your Back On Me – Dub Mix
4. Turn Your Back On Me – Thompson & Barbiero US Mix
5. Turn Your Back On Me – Bonus Beats
6. Turn Your Back On Me – Disciplined
7. Shouldn’t Do That – Undisciplined
8. Shouldn’t Do That – Chainsaw Party Mix!
9. White Feathers – Manhattan Clique Remix Edit
10. White Feathers – Manhattan Clique Remix Instrumental
11. White Feathers – Manhattan Clique Remix
DISC SIX:
Live in Tokyo 1984:
1. Big Apple
2. Monochromatic
3. On A Plane
4. Islands
5. The Power To Forgive
6. Too Shy
7. Lies And Promises
8. Melting The Ice Away
9. The Lion’s Mouth
10. White Feathers
11. The Loop
12. Turn Your Back On Me
13. Ooh To Be Ah
14. Part Of Me Is You
15. Kajagoogoo
DISC SEVEN:
Death Defying Headlines:
1. Death Defying Headlines
2. Space Cadet
3. Dreaming Of The Same Thing
4. High Life
5. Death Defying Headlines (The Dance Remixes)
6. Dreaming Of The Same Thing
7. Space Cadet
8. Death Defying Headlines
9. High Life
DISC EIGHT:
Gone To The Moon:
1. Gone To The Moon
2. Smile
3. Tracy
4. Moon In Motion
5. First Girl On Mars
6. Tears
7. The Last Day
8. Excerpts From The Falling Man
9. Table For One
10. Nightingales
11. Spring’s Eternal Dance
12. Rocket Boy
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