12 Inch Dance: 80s Pop

This is a great alternative to the endless re-hashed 80's compilations that tend to flood the market. Not only does this collection feature 30 great hits, the 12" versions are actually pretty damn good and not versions that are completely unrecognisable from the original song! (Although Mel and Kim's "Respectable" sounds suspiciously like "Showing Out" to me!). The sound quality on this CD is also worth a mention. Far too often, cheap compilations sound cheap. Not so on this CD. The sound quality is brilliant. Really pleased with this purchase....and I hope we see volume 2 soon.

Great installment in a great series. I was looking forward to the 'Owner of a lonely Heart' mix, but it turned out to be a dud! I'm still glad to have it. So many others were great (3 CDs after all). As usual, there is a good mix of the very common and the more obscure. There is always a limit to how long these series can go on for; but I hope that there's plenty of treasure in the vaults for quite a few more installments...

As another review states, there are so many 80s compilations out there. This one stands out, however, and there a few tracks that the team at '12 inch dance' have been able to license that you'll be hard pushed to find elsewhere (The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Tina Turner, peter Cetera). The sound quality is excellent too. Incidently, Chris Rea is on the third CD, but is replaced with Go West on the download..due to licensing issues. If you buy the CD on amazon you in effect get the Go West free if you want to download the album to your pc :) Only mentioned that because a previous reviewer questioned it. I look forward to the next batch of releases from this lot because the previous '12 inch dance' compilations have proved mightily fine too.

A very solid 12" compilation with a lot, sadly, of the usual suspects that tend to appear time after time. (Gold, The Reflex, Sun Always Shines on T.V., Don't You (Forget About Me). There's a few additions that certainly make their addition worthwhile. Shep Pettibone's timeless mix of True Faith is the absolute definition of this. PSB's It's A Sin is very decent mix also that's new to these type of collections. The full 9.13 of Echo & The Bunnymen's Killing Moon is a belter too. There's still a few very strange additions in Peter Cetera's Glory of Love - no idea why this 'mix' seems worthy of a 12" collection. I scratch my head at why a song is placed on such collections when they are barely extended, mixed or relevant to what the collection is surely about. I've also got to give a nod to Yes' Owner Of A Lonely Heart "Extended Remix" - which is pretty much Trevor Horn mucking around with a few loops and buttons to bear little to the original! It's worth a listen, just don't expect your usual Extended Version. (Second only to Nik Kershaw's Dancing Girls for messing about for no apparent reason!) Mel & Kim's Respectable is much along the same lines, but works slightly better as it doesn't ramble on aimlessly as much! Still, an enjoyable collection for those that wish to collect 80's mixes.

Great compilation, buyers note: A-ha - The Sun Always Shines is the Extended VERSION (8'26) which is (in my opinion) actually the excellent and superior dance remix, as opposed to the standard Extended MIX (7'09") which is as stated, and is available on Classic Pop 12 Inch (Rhino). Worth buying just for this track alone.

There are so many of these 80's compilations around that it's difficult to decide which ones to actually purchase. Here I was swayed by the inclusion of Simple Minds' Don't You (Forget About Me), Aha's The Sun Always Shines On TV and Echo and The Bunnymen's The Killing Moon - three extensions versions that don't always seem to appear very often. Of course, over three CD's there are going to be tracks you're going to skip - step forward Peter Cetera, Mel & Kim, et al. A major disappointment is Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes. With Trevor Horn at the helm it had the potential to be one of the all time classic 12-inchers. However, it can safely be filed under 'disaster'. All in all, a bit of a hit and miss, which probably sums up the eighties music scene in general. Note: the version of Shout by Tears For Fears is the US Remix, not the Extended Version - a pity.

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Love having 12 inch single versions of these 80's songs on cd. Too many favorites to list but I am pleased to have "It's a sin" in its 12 inch version on a compilation like this.

You can't beat 3 cds for $9, particularly when they have some rare re-mixes of 80s classics. Faves are here like A-ha, Howard Jones, Banarama and so on. Plus a few who were really only big in the clubs or the UK like Ultravox, Fun Boy Three or Mel & Kim--who really should have been bigger stars here. They were doing Kylie stuff almost before Kylie--Minogue that is. Still, for a dance trip down memory lane, put on your tight black pants, lace up those Chuck Taylors and put on your thinnest necktie and let's all dance with tears in our eyes!

EXCELLENT produit à un très bon prix, je vous recommande fortement ce coffret CD. Pour tous les bons collectionneurs de musiques Pop souvenirs des années 80. Ce coffret contient 30 succès des années 80 réunies sur 3 CD tous en version 12’’ et version longue et remixer. Ne manquer pas cette chance de vous procurez ce coffret. Idéal pour le DJ.

Muy buenos temas de los 80 en versiones 12 pulgadas, con un sonido y calidad alucinante, imprescindible en tu discoteca particular. Disfrútalo en cualquier momento. Un saludo.

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La dernière compilation que je viens d'acquérir , 3 c'est pas mal encore une fois GENIAL ...Les meilleures années (80) quand même ...