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The Human League
The Human League were founded in 1977 with Phil Oakey, Marsh and Ware
(later Heaven 17 and BEF) and Adrian Wright. Richard X has taken
many of The Human League's sounds and mixed them in with today's bands.
However, he recently released a compilation - The Golden Hour of the
Future which brought together some previously unreleased recordings.
Some of it is pretty hard listening to be honest - in fact, the 12"
Dance Like a Star features better tracks than the CD (in my opinion).
When Phil and Adrian went their separate ways in 1981, Dare was
released and became a seminal album and must have for any record
collection. Their last albums was Secrets, and was a cracker.
There is a connection between many of the artists I have liked over the
years and they are Chris Thomas and Martin Rushent. The latter
produced Dare (and Generation X's first album) and also Altered Images I
noticed and Chris Thomas produced Hysteria who I'm assuming is the same
Chris Thomas that produced the Sex Pistols and a lot of INXS records.
Connections all over the place!!
I waited years and years to see them, I missed them in their 1994
tour as I was too ill to go (bought the tickets but was in the grip of
glandular fever) and eventually got to see them at Hackney
Ocean in late 2003. However, they did not come on until 10.30 and
had to leave at 11.00 so only got to see a few songs - was very
aggrieved.
Need to know more, then click below for some superb
(unofficial) web sites:
I've collected quite a few Human League bits and pieces, below are
some of the 12"'s I've collected though some have definitely
disappeared!!
| Code |
Format |
Type |
Title |
Other Songs |
Comment |
| VF-1 |
Vinyl |
12" |
The Dignity of Labour Pts 1-4 |
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| Fast 4 |
Vinyl |
7" |
Being boiled |
Circus of Death |
Original |
| VIP-5906 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Holiday '80 |
Marianne, Dancevision,
Toyota City, Rock'n'Roll / nightclubbing, Being boiled |
Japanese 12" with large
inner pic ring |
| SV105 |
Vinyl |
7" |
Holiday '80 |
Marianne, Dancevision,
Toyota City, Rock'n'Roll / nightclubbing, Being boiled |
Double pack 7" |
| VS351-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Empire
state human |
Introducing |
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| VS416-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
The Sound of the crowd |
The Sound of the crowd
instrumental |
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| VS453-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Open
your heart |
Non-stop |
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| VS435-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Hard times / love action |
Hard times / love action
(instrumental) |
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| VP2192 |
Vinyl |
LP |
Dare |
|
Picture disk - white on black vinyl - also
some white on white and black on black floating around |
| |
Vinyl |
7" |
Don't you want me |
|
American Jukebox version |
| VS522-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Mirror Man |
You remind me of Gold |
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| VS522 |
Vinyl |
7" |
Mirror Man |
You remind me of Gold |
Normal and picture disk |
| SP12501 |
Vinyl |
EP |
Fascination |
Keep feeling fascination, mirror man, hard
times, i love you too much, you remind me of gold, fascination
improvisation |
EP strangely on the A & M label - might be a
US release |
| VS672-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
The Lebanon |
Thirteen / Lebanon
instrumental |
|
| VS688-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Life on
your own |
The world Tonight, Life on your own
(extended) |
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| VS723-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Louise |
The Sign |
With free poster |
| VS800-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Be my lover now |
Be my lover now
instrumental |
Phil Oakey and Georgio
Moroder |
| VS880-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Human |
Human acapella version and instrumental |
|
| VS900-12 |
Vinyl |
12" |
I need your loving |
Acapella, dub and
instrumental versions |
|
| VS900-12 DJa |
Vinyl |
12" |
I
need your loving extended |
Dub version |
Part one of 2 set - so missing one of them! |
| VST1303 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Soundtrack to a generation
Orbit mix |
Edit and instrumental
version |
|
| SAM 1740 |
Vinyl |
2 x 12" |
Stay
with me tonight biff and memphis remix |
Biff and memphis dub mix, space kittens vocal
mix, space kittens future dub |
Double 12" promo |
| KLANG62 |
Vinyl |
12" |
All I ever wanted
alter ego mix |
|
One sided German promo |
| 10HL 004 |
Vinyl |
10" |
Open your
heart strand remix |
Sound of the crowd extended family vocal mix |
10" promo |
| 12HL 001 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Sound of the crowd - Trisco's
popclash mix |
Love action - salmon &
jenkins mix, Open your heart - laid remix |
12" promo |
| 12HL 003 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Don't you
want me - Majik Johnson Original Booty mix |
Love action - Salmon & Jenkins Dub, The Sound
of the Crowd Freaksoldskooljam |
12" promo |
| 12HL 002 |
Vinyl |
12" |
Sound of the crowd -
Freaksblamredo |
Love action - Brooks red
line vocal mix, Fascination - Groove collision TMC mix |
12" promo |
| Mel 3A |
Vinyl |
12" |
Dance like a star |
C'est grave, Titled U.N., Dance like a star
V2, Treatment, Last man on earth |
12" also as The Future |
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