Frankie Goes To HollywoodWelcome To The Pleasuredome

Label:

ZTT – Element 06

Series:

Element Series – 06

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue
CD , Compilation
All Media , Remastered, Deluxe Edition , Digipak

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

Welcome To The Pleasuredome
1-1 The World Is My Oyster Including Well… And Snatch Of Fury (Stay) 1:59
1-2 Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Acoustic GuitarSteve Howe
13:41
1-3 Relax (Come Fighting) 3:57
1-4 War (And Hide)
Written-ByWhitfield, Strong*
6:14
1-5 Two Tribes 3:28
1-6 (Tag) / For The Victims Of Ravishment
Written-ByFGTH*
0:35
1-7 Ferry (Go)
Written-ByMarsden*
1:49
1-8 Born To Run
Written-BySpringsteen*
3:59
1-9 San José (The Way)
Written-ByBacharach, David*
3:11
1-10 Wish (The Lads Were Here) 2:49
1-11 Including The Ballad Of 32 4:49
1-12 Krisco Kisses 2:59
1-13 Black Night White Light 4:09
1-14 The Only Star In Heaven 4:16
1-15 The Power Of Love
Arranged By [Strings]Anne Dudley
5:32
1-16 Bang 1:08
Post-bang, And Other Things
2-1 Relax (Greatest Bits) 16:50
2-2 One September Monday 4:50
2-3 The Power Of Love (12” Version) 9:30
2-4 Disneyland 3:19
2-5 Two Tribes (Between Rulers And Ruling)
Transferred By [Transfer Of Demo Track]Mark O'Toole
4:12
2-6 War (Between Hiding And Hidden)
Transferred By [Transfer Of Demo Track]Mark O'Toole
Written-ByWhitfield, Strong*
3:58
2-7 Pleasuredome (Cut Rough)
Transferred By [Transfer Of Demo Track]Mark O'Toole
5:43
2-8 One February Friday 4:57
2-9 The Ballad Of 32 (Mix 2) 10:58
2-10 Who Then Devised The Torment? 0:21
2-11 Relax (Greek Disco Mix) 6:17
2-12 Watusi Love Juicy
EngineerBob Kraushaar
Engineer [Assistant]Paul Wright
4:04
2-13 The Last Voice 1:15

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ZTT Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©ZTT Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Union Square Music Ltd.
  • Licensed ToUnion Square Music Ltd.
  • Published ByPerfect Songs
  • Published ByJobete Music Co., Inc.
  • Published ByEMI Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published ByUniversal/Dick James Music Ltd
  • Published BySony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published ByWarner Chappell Music Ltd.
  • Published ByUniversal/MCA Music Ltd.

Credits

  • Bass, VocalsMark O'Toole
  • Computer [Software, Hardware And The Fifth Dimension]Jonathan Jeczalik*
  • Design [1984 Design]ZTT of Basing Street*
  • Design [Repackaged By]Philip Marshall
  • DrumsPeter Gill
  • Engineer [The Lads Were Engineered By]Stuart 'Blushing' Bruce*
  • Engineer, Producer [Production Assistant], Guitar [The Lipson Service Guitar, Including Dark Side Of The Mood Solo On The Title Track]Steve Lipson*
  • Executive-ProducerIan Peel
  • GuitarBrian Nash
  • Keyboards [Additional]Anne Dudley
  • Keyboards, Percussion [Pottery]Andrew Richards*
  • Liner Notes [The Fun And Games Of Fame On The Run]Ian Peel
  • Mastered ByIan Cooper
  • Other […acted During The Bang]Christopher Barry, Patrick Allen, Paul Morley
  • PaintingLo Cole
  • Percussion, Other [Cignals]Louis Jardim*
  • Photography By [Black & White, Dutch Pink]Anton Corbijn
  • Photography By [Party]Steve Romney
  • Photography By [Pleasure Guard-in]Peter Ashworth
  • Photography By [Pre-bang Liverpool]John Stoddart (2)
  • Photography By [Video]a. j. Barratt*
  • Photography By [Wargames]Eric Watson (3)
  • Producer [Produced And All That By]Trevor C. Horn*
  • Vocals, Other [I Came To Dance]Paul Rutherford
  • Voice [The Voice]Holly Johnson
  • Written-ByGill* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5, 1-10 to 2-5, 2-7 to 2-13)

Notes

[sticker]
Deluxe double CD edition
Includes three #1 hits:
Relax, Two Tribes, the Power Of Love
Plus bonus disc of previously unreleased 12" remixes, demos, outtakes and B-sides,
detailed liner notes and previously unseen artwork
SALVOMDCD03 (is) Element 06
"it was a pleasure"

Comes in 6pp digipak with 28-page booklet.

[back sleeve]
Element 06. ℗ 2010 ZTT Records Ltd, under exclusive license to Union Square Music Ltd.
© 2010 ZTT Records Ltd / Union Square Music Ltd.
Salvo is a Union Square Music label.

"25 years on, the definitive edition of an 80s masterpiece.
Includes the original double album remastered, plus classic B-sides, Trevor Horn's epic 12" remixes of Relax and The Power of Love, and archive audio interviews.
CD2 also features previously-unheard studio demos of War, Two Tribes and Welcome to the Pleasuredome, an early, eleven minute version of Ballad of 32, and a completely unreleased song from the end of the Pleasuredome era, Watusi Love Juicy.
Beautifully expanded artwork includes previously-unseen photos, paintings, and new liner notes."

[spine]
"IQ number one becomes Part Six in Zang Tuum Tumb's post-Bang Element Series, having previously appeared as number four in the fishy Action Series. “Ain't that peculiar?”
A product of Zang Tumb Tuum – the organisation of pop. “Under the charm of the Dionysian.”"

[booklet]
Published by Perfect Songs Ltd except
1-4 & 2-6 published by Jobete Music Co Inc, EMI Music Ltd;
1-7 published by Universal/Dick James Music Ltd;
1-8 published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd;
1-9 published by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd, Universal/MCA Music Ltd.

Post–BANG sources:
All songs sourced from original master tapes, courtesy of the Zang Tuum Tumb Tape Library. Track 9 transferred from Sony U-matic master dated 26.09.84.
Track 12 transferred from Ampex master, dated 08.09.86 (engineered by Bob Kraushaar, assisted by Paul Wright).
Special thanks to Mark O’Toole for transfers of demo tracks 5-7: Pleasuredome dated 08.06.84, War dated 22.03.84, Two Tribes dated 22.03.84.
The original B-sides of Relax and Two Tribes were One September Monday and The Happening, a/k/a One February Friday.
Relax (Greatest Bits) previously released on cassette only (CTIS 102).
Disneyland/Mickey originally released on Zang Tuumb Tumb Sampled (IQ6).
Who Then Devised The Torment? previously released on cassette only (CTIS 105).
The Last Voice previously released on vinyl only (12 ZTAS 3), and Relax (Disco Mix) previously released on Greece-only promo vinyl

Track 1-2 "Welcome to the pleasure dome" with vocals in the 'Snatch of fury' part ("Life goes on day after day...")

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 698458990327
  • Rights Society: MS
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variants 1, 4 & 9): | SALVOMCD03/A | 033117 |
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variants 2, 6 & 7): SALVOMDCD03/A *053327
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variant 8): | SALVOMCD03/A | 045085 |
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variant 1 & 9): | SALVOMCD03/B | 033118 |
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variants 2, 6 & 7): SALVOMDCD03/B *053326
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variants 3, 4 & 8): | SALVOMCD03/B | *041676 |
  • Mastering SID Code (Both CDs, variants 1, 2, 3, 4 & 9): IFPI LD12
  • Mastering SID Code (Both CDs, variant 6 & 7): IFPI LD11
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 1, variant 8): IFPI LD12
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 2, variant 8): IFPI LD11
  • Mould SID Code (Both CDs, variant 1): IFPI 5Q74
  • Mould SID Code (Both CDs, variant 2): IFPI 5Q77
  • Mould SID Code (Both CDs, variant 3 & 8): IFPI 5Q85
  • Mould SID Code (Both CDs, variants 4 & 6): IFPI 5Q75
  • Mould SID Code (Both CDs, variant 7): IFPI 5Q77
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 9): IFPI 5Q93
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 9): IFPI 5Q92

Other Versions (5 of 201)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Welcome To The Pleasuredome (2×LP, Album, Stereo, AR, Gatefold) ZTT 7 90232-1-H, 90232-1-H US 1984
Recently Edited
Welcome To The Pleasuredome (2×LP, Album, EMI Pressing, Gatefold) ZTT ZTT IQ1 UK 1984
Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Cassette, Album, Stereo, Red Ink) ZTT ZCIQ 1 UK 1984
Recently Edited
Welcome To The Pleasuredome (2×LP, Album, Picture Disc, Stereo) ZTT NEAT 1 UK 1984
Recently Edited
Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Cassette, Album) ZTT ISLC2-1012, ZCIQ 1 Canada 1984

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  • pueblofunky's avatar
    pueblofunky
    "All songs sourced from original master tapes, courtesy of the Zang Tuum Tumb Tape Library."

    and then they produce a remastering with reduced dynamic range ??? What a waste of time and money ...

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