EMI offer the gift of Sound & Vision
EMI are set to release a series of budget ‘Sight & Sound‘ CD+DVD compilations on 13 August featuring big name artists such as Duran Duran, Culture Club and The Human League.
Available only in Europe, the two-disc sets feature some rather quirky ‘greatest hits’ selections on CD and abbreviated video career summaries on DVD.
Although by no means definitive, these compilations could offer something to appeal to collectors, with their single edits, occasional twelve-inch remixes and even the odd B-side, along with hit singles and favourite album tracks.
Being on the budget imprint EMI Gold, don’t expect 5.1 surround sound or flashy menus on the DVD element, but there are some solid offerings, even if none of the releases have any more than twelve videos. The Duran Duran DVD in particular is a good summary of the band up until 1985, and even includes the long uncensored version of Girls On Film.
These releases are all available for under £6 on amazon.co.uk. For those outside Europe this works out to be less than £5 without the VAT. In total eight of these compilations are being released: Duran Duran, Culture Club, The Human League, Marillion, The Stranglers, UB40, Thunder and Hot Chocolate.
Click ‘continue reading’ below to view full track listings for all releases and pre-order links.
Duran Duran Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
CD
- 1. Girls on Film
- 2. Planet Earth
- 3. Fame
- 4. Careless Memories (Single Version)
- 5. Is There Something I Should Know
- 6. Hold Back The Rain
- 7. Save A Prayer (Single Version)
- 8. My Own Way (Single Version)
- 9. Rio
- 10. New Religion
- 11. The Chauffeur
- 12. Hungry Like the Wolf
- 13. Lonely In Your Nightmare
- 14. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Live)
- 15. New Moon On Monday
DVD
- 1. Planet Earth (2003 – Remaster)
- 2. Girls On Film (Long Uncensored Version) (2003 – Remaster)
- 3. Hungry Like The Wolf (2003 – Remaster)
- 4. Save A Prayer (2003 – Remaster)
- 5. Rio (2003 – Remaster)
- 6. Is There Something I Should Know (2003 – Remaster)
- 7. Union Of The Snake (2003 – Remaster)
- 8. The Reflex (2003 – Remaster)
- 9. Wild Boys (7″ Final Edit) (2003 – Remaster)
- 10. A View To A Kill (2003 – Remaster)
Culture Club Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
CD
- 1. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (2002 – Remaster)
- 2. White Boy (Dance Mix) [2003 – Remaster]
- 3. Church Of The Poison Mind (2002 – Remaster)
- 4. The War Song (2003 – Remaster)
- 5. I’m Afraid Of Me (Remix) [2003 – Remaster]
- 6. It’s A Miracle (2002 – Remaster)
- 7. Time (Clock Of The Heart) [2002 – Remaster]
- 8. Victims (2002 – Remaster)
- 9. I’ll Tumble 4 Ya (2002 – Remaster)
- 10. Miss Me Blind (2002 – Remaster)
- 11. The Medal Song (2003 – Remaster)
- 12. Karma Chameleon (2002 – Remaster)
- 13. I Just Wanna Be Loved
- 14. Mistake Number 3 (2002 – Remaster)
- 15. Love Is Love (2002 – Remaster)
DVD
- 1. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (2004 – Remaster)
- 2. Time (Clock Of The Heart) (2004 – Remaster)
- 3. I’ll Tumble 4 Ya (2004 – Remaster)
- 4. Church Of The Poison Mind (2004 – Remaster)
- 5. Karma Chameleon
- 6. Victims (2004 – Remaster)
- 7. It’s A Miracle (2004 – Remaster)
- 8. Miss Me Blind (2004 – Remaster)
- 9. The War Song (2004 – Remaster)
- 10. The Medal Song (2004 – Remaster)
The Human League Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
CD
- 1. Love Action (I Believe In Love) (Edit)
- 2. Mirror Man (Extended Version)
- 3. Open Your Heart
- 4. The Sound of the Crowd (Complete) [12” Version]
- 5. Don’t You Know I Want You
- 6. Life On Your Own
- 7. Seconds
- 8. Hard Times (Instrumental Version)
- 9. Do or Die
- 10. Heart Like a Wheel
- 11. The Lebanon (7” Version)
- 12. Get It Right This Time
- 13. Louise
- 14. Kiss the Future
- 15. Human (Extended Version)
- 16. Let’s Get Together Again
DVD
- 1. Love Action (I Believe in Love) (2003 – Remaster)
- 2. Open Your Heart (2003 – Remaster)
- 3. Don’t You Want Me (2003 – Remaster)
- 4. Mirror Man (2003 – Remaster)
- 5. (Keep Feeling) Fascination (2003 – Remaster)
- 6. The Lebanon (2003 – Remaster)
- 7. Life On Your Own (2003 – Remaster)
- 8. Together in Electric Dreams (2003 – Remaster)
- 9. Louise (2003 – Remaster)
- 10. Human (2003 – Remaster)
Marillion Sight + Sound [Pre-order]
CD
- 1. Market Square Heroes
- 2. Hooks in You (7” Version)
- 3. He Knows You Know (Edited 7” Version)
- 4. Garden Party (Edited Version)
- 5. Punch And Judy (7” Version)
- 6. Assassing (7” Version)
- 7. Cinderella Search (7” Version)
- 8. Kayleigh (Single Edit)
- 9. Lady Nina (Single Edit)
- 10. Lavender (Single Version)
- 11. Easter (7” Edit)
- 12. Heart Of Lothian
- 13. Incommunicado (Edit)
- 14. Sugar Mice
- 15. Warm Wet Circles (7” Remix)
DVD
- 1. He Knows You Know
- 2. Garden Party
- 3. Assassing
- 4. Kayleigh
- 5. Lavender
- 6. Heart Of Lothian
- 7. Incommunicado
- 8. Sugar Mice
- 9. Warm Wet Circles
- 10. Sympathy
The Stranglers Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
CD
- 1. (Get a) Grip (On Yourself) (1996 – Remaster)
- 2. Peaches (1996 – Remaster)
- 3. Go Buddy Go (1996 – Remaster)
- 4. Something Better Change (1996 – Remaster)
- 5. No More Heroes
- 6. 5 Minutes (1996 – Remaster)
- 7. Nice N’ Sleazy
- 8. Walk On By
- 9. Duchess
- 10. Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
- 11. Waltzinblack
- 12. Golden Brown
- 13. Strange Little Girl
- 14. Big Thing Coming
- 15. The Spectre Of Love
DVD
- 1. (Get a) Grip (On Yourself)
- 2. Something Better Change
- 3. Peaches (2001 – Remaster)
- 4. Hanging Around
- 5. Five Minutes (GB-040-01-00450)
- 6. No More Heroes
- 7. Nice ‘n’ Sleazy (2001 – Remaster)
- 8. Duchess
- 9. Golden Brown
- 10. Strange Little Girl
UB40 – Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
- 1. Food for Thought (2010 – Remaster)
- 2. King (2010 – Remaster)
- 3. My Way of Thinking (12″ Version) (2010 – Remaster)
- 4. One in Ten
- 5. Present Arms In Dub
- 6. Cherry Oh Baby
- 7. Many Rivers to Cross
- 8. Red Red Wine (12” Version)
- 9. If It Happens Again
- 10. Don’t Break My Heart (2009 – Remaster)
- 11. Rat in Mi Kitchen (Edit)
- 12. Sing Our Own Song (Edit)
- 13. Maybe Tomorrow
- 14. Kingston Town
- 15. Homely Girl
- 16. Bring Me Your Cup (Edit)
- 17. Promises and Lies
- 18. Come Back Darling
DVD
- 1. Kingston Town (2002 – Remaster)
- 2. Red Red Wine (2002 – Remaster)
- 3. Food for Thought (2002 – Remaster)
- 4. If It Happens Again (2002 – Remaster)
- 5. Tell Me Is It True (2002 – Remaster)
- 6. Many Rivers to Cross (2002 – Remaster)
- 7. Sing Our Own Song (2002 – Remaster)
- 8. One in Ten (2002 – Remaster)
- 9. Don’t Break My Heart (2002 – Remaster)
- 10. Until My Dying Day (2002 – Remaster)
- 11. Come Back Darling (2002 – Remaster)
- 12. (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You (2002 – Remaster)
Thunder Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
CD
- 1. She’s So Fine
- 2. Dirty Love
- 3. Higher Ground
- 4. Backstreet Symphony
- 5. Love Walked In
- 6. Gimme Some Lovin’
- 7. An Englishman On Holiday
- 8. Stay With Me
- 9. Low Life In High Places
- 10. Everybody Wants Her
- 11. A Better Man
- 12. Gimme Shelter
- 13. Moth To The Flame
- 14. River Of Pain
- 15. In A Broken Dream
- 16. All The Way From Memphis (Live)
DVD
- 1. She’s So Fine (2005 – Remaster)
- 2. Dirty Love (2005 – Remaster)
- 3. Backstreet Symphony (2005 – Remaster)
- 4. Gimme Some Lovin’ (2005 – Remaster)
- 5. Love Walked in (2005 – Remaster)
- 6. Low Life in High Places (2005 – Remaster)
- 7. Everybody Wants Her (2005 – Remaster)
- 8. A Better Man (2005 – Remaster)
- 9. Like A Satellite (2005 – Remaster)
- 10. Stand Up (2005 – Remaster)
- 11. River Of Pain (2005 – Remaster)
- 12. In a Broken Dream (2005 – Remaster)
Hot Chocolate Sight + Sound [ Pre-order]
CD
- 1. So You Win Again
- 2. You Sexy Thing (Single Version)
- 3. Put Your Love in Me
- 4. Love Is Life
- 5. You’ll Always Be a Friend
- 6. Rumours
- 7. I Believe (In Love)
- 8. A Child’s Prayer
- 9. Don’t Stop It Now
- 10. I’ll Put You Together Again
- 11. Emma
- 12. Brother Louie
- 13. Man to Man
- 14. Cheri Babe
- 15. Mindless Boogie
- 16. You Could’ve Been a Lady
- 17. Going Through The Motions
- 18. Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac
- 19. Disco Queen
- 20. Every 1’s a Winner
DVD
- 1. You Sexy Thing (2000 – Remaster)
- 2. Emma (2000 – Remaster)
- 3. Heaven Is In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac (2000 – Remaster)
- 4. Going Thru The Motions (2000 – Remaster)
- 5. Man To Man (2000 – Remaster)
- 6. Put Your Love In Me (2000 – Remaster)
- 7. So You Win Again (2000 – Remaster)
- 8. No Doubt About It (2000 – Remaster)
- 9. Every 1’s A Winner (2000 – Remaster)
- 10. Tears On The Telephone (2000 – Remaster)
- 11. Girl Crazy (2000 – Remaster)
- 12. It Started With A Kiss (2000 – Remaster)
Like the look of the Human League release shame it is missing ‘One Man’ but it is probably not EMI related
i shall certainly be getting the Marillion and Stranglers sets! the Duran Duran one is tempting, but with a shed load of Duran CDs and DVDs i am not sure i am the target market for it!
That’s all ‘OK’. But why is there no such Kim Wilde CD+DVD compilation yet? The videos for “Kids In America”, “Chequered Love”, “Cambodia”, “View From A Bridge”, “Child Come Away”, “Love Blonde”, “Dancing In The Dark”, “You Came (2006 version)” and “Perfect Girl”, all would be ideal to have on a DVD for the very first time at last. Why is Britain’s most successful female solo singer of all time so unfairly missed off when it comes to promo videos DVD matters, I’ll never ever understand. All the aforementioned videos came out under the EMI license.