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Johnny Marr “Spirit Power & Soul (Vince Clarke Remix)”

sfilzen — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:05:29 +0000

Johnny Marr “Spirit Power & Soul (Vince Clarke Remix)” Record Store Day 2022 limited edition release, 12″ single, pink vinyl. A perfect pairing: the ex-Smiths guitar master and the ex-Depeche Mode/Yazoo synthpop powerhouse together at last. “Spirit Power & Soul,” released at the end of August 2021, was the lead single from Marr’s latest LP Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (2022). The track was already dance-floor ready but Clarke’s remix has brought it to another level, adding in his best 80’s dark synthpop sound and a heavier industrial-dance beat. The flipside has the lovely guitar-forward “Human,” with whispers of Marr’s signature jangle and Smiths-melancholia. “Human” is the last track on Fever Dreams Pts 1-4.

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Yaz (Yazoo) “Don’t Go”

sfilzen — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:54:47 +0000

Yaz (Yazoo) “Don’t Go” 1982. Sire Records/Mute Records. Today, July 3rd, is Vince Clarke’s birthday (b. 1960). Prolific and the master of synthpop, Clarke collaborated with Alison Moyet to form Yazoo after he left Depeche Mode after the release of DM’s debut album Speak & Spell, briefly teamed up with Eric Radcliffe in ‘83 to form The Assembly before founding Erasure in 1985.

“Don’t Go” appeared on Yazoo’s 1982 LP Upstairs at Eric’s and the single hit #3 in the UK and #1 on the US dance chart. This 12″ single features two remixes, inspirationally titled “Re-Mix” and “Re-Re-Mix.” Not a lot of difference between them (though the intros have different vibes) other than the length (4:08 and 4:20 respectively, however the label is misprinted, giving the lengths as 5:08 and 3:20). The flipside is “Winter Kills (album version),” an atmospheric, piano twinkled, blues-club sultry track sung gorgeously by Alison Moyet. It also appears on Upstairs at Eric’s.

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Yazoo “Upstairs At Eric’s”

sfilzen — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:28:45 +0000

Yazoo “Upstairs At Eric’s” 1982. Today, June 18th, is Yazoo singer Alison Moyet’s birthday (b. 1961). Yazoo, known as Yaz in the US due to a legal conflict with Yazoo Records, were classic Brit synth-pop duo active mainly in the early 1980′s.

“Upstairs At Eric’s” reached #2 on the UK charts and spawned three hit singles: the wonderfully upbeat poppy “Don’t Go,” the sweet ballad “Only You” and the absolute perfect 80′s new wave club track “Situation,” which was originally the B-side to “Only You” and appears on the US release (which this copy is) in a remixed version to the B-side as a replacement to the UK album track “Tuesday.” The entire album is wonderfully sparse, with just bip-boppy keyboards (Vince Clark, formerly of Depeche Mode) and Moyet’s rich bluesy vocals. It feels ultimately simple, young and fresh.

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