Second Helpings: The Best of Blancmange

~ Release by Blancmange (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Matrix: 828 043-2 01 > MADE IN GERMANY BY PDO
No SIDs.
SPARS code: AAD
Price code: BA 900
Stereo
Confirmed disc ID: xLAx8LA7RP5twF8u3SU0zhnaJT8-

Track 12 is previously unreleased.
Printed in booklet: All titles composed by Arthurt/Luscombe, which is incorrect as track 10 is a cover recording.

Sub-Optimal Credits

Annotation last modified on 2022-07-24 15:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1God’s Kitchen
producer:
Mike Howlett
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1982)
recording of:
God’s Kitchen
writer:
Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
2:55
2I’ve Seen the Word
producer:
Mike Howlett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1982)
recording of:
I’ve Seen the Word
writer:
Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:06
3Feel Me
producer:
Mike Howlett
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
background vocals [backing voices]:
Madeline Bell and Stevie Lange (backing vocalist/studio singer, aka Stevie Lange)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1982)
recording of:
Feel Me
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
5:07
4Living on the Ceiling
producer:
Mike Howlett
sitar:
Deepak
tabla:
Dinesh
remixer:
John Williams (English A&R executive, producer, songwriter...) and Dennis Weinreich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1982)
recording of:
Living on the Ceiling
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
54:02
5Waves
producer:
Mike Howlett
background vocals [backing voices]:
Madeline Bell and Stevie Lange (backing vocalist/studio singer, aka Stevie Lange)
remixer:
John Williams (English A&R executive, producer, songwriter...) and Dennis Weinreich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Waves
lyricist and composer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:08
6Game Above My Head
producer:
Blancmange and John Williams (English A&R executive, producer, songwriter...)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Game Above My Head
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:59
7Blind Vision
assistant engineer:
Linda Randazzo
engineer:
Jay Mark
producer:
John Luongo
bass:
Neil Jason (bassist)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
percussion:
Bashiri Johnson
saxophone:
Crispin Cioe and Arno Hecht (American saxophonist)
trombone:
Paul Litteral
trumpet:
Robert Funk (trombonist, trumpet player)
background vocals:
Brenda Jay Nelson (backing singer), Jocelyn Brown and Dolette McDonald
conductor:
James Bion Dolillo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1983)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Blind Vision
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd. and Cherry Red Music (publisher) (in 1983)
53:59
8That’s Love, That It Is
producer:
John Luongo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1983)
recording of:
That’s Love That It Is
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:21
9Don’t Tell Me
producer:
Peter Collins (producer)
guest madal and tabla:
Pandit Dinesh
guest sitar:
Deepak Khazanchi
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1984)
recording of:
Don’t Tell Me
writer:
Neil Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Stephen Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:31
10The Day Before You Came
producer:
Peter Collins (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1984)
cover recording of:
The Day Before You Came
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
EMI Waterford Music (from 1982 to present), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1982 to present) and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1982 to present)
4:26
11What’s Your Problem
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1985)
recording of:
What’s Your Problem
writer:
Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:12
12Your Time Is Over
producer:
John Luongo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1990)
recording of:
Your Time Is Over
writer:
Arthur (singer, songwriter, producer) and Luscombe
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
5:49

Credits

Release

artwork:Green Ink (task: direct art)
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
STEMRA (Netherlands rights society for composers and music publishers)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1990)
marketed by:Barclay
Metronome Musik GmbH (marketing & distribution dept. spun off from Metronome Records GmbH — do not use as a release label)
glass mastered at:PDO Germany (PolyGram Hanover / PDO / PMDC / Universal M & L, Germany) in Langenhagen, Niedersachsen, Germany
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/134316 [info]