The Blanc Tapes

Tracklist

• CD 1: Happy Families
• 1
  I Can't Explain
  4:00
• 2
  Feel Me
  5:05
• 3
  I've Seen The Word
  3:00
• 4
  Wasted
  4:17
• 5
  Living On The Ceiling
  4:10
• 6
  Waves
  4:06
• 7
  Kind
  3:55
• 8
  Sad Day
  4:04
• 9
  Cruel
  4:52
• 10
  God's Kitchen
  2:54
• 11
  Living On The Ceiling (Extended Version)
  5:37
• 12
  God's Kitchen (12" Mix)
  4:27
• 13
  Feel Me (12" Instrumental)
  5:06
• 14
  Waves (Original Version - No Strings)
  4:22
• CD 2: Bonus Tracks
• 1
  Sad Day (Original Version)
  3:08
• 2
  Feel Me (Extended 12" Version)
  6:57
• 3
  Business Steps
  4:26
• 4
  Black Bell (Demo)
  4:20
• 5
  Melodic Piece (Demo)
  2:28
• 6
  Your Hills (Rehearsal)
  2:44
• 7
  I Can't Explain (Demo)
  3:17
• 8
  Waves (Demo)
  4:43
• 9
  I've Seen The Word (1979 Demo)
  3:03
• 10
  Holland (Demo)
  2:45
• 11
  I've Seen The Word (Demo)
  2:23
• 12
  Feel Me (Mike Howlett Dub Version)
  6:47
• CD 3: Radio 1 Session (John Peel, 13.2.82)
• 1
  I Would
  4:04
• 2
  Living On The Ceiling
  3:11
• 3
  Waves
  3:59
• 4
  Running Thin
  2:18
• 5
  God's Kitchen
  2:53
• 6
  Feel Me
  5:17
• 7
  Kind
  3:47
• 8
  Cruel
  3:47
• 9
  God's Kitchen
  3:32
• 10
  Living On The Ceiling
  4:32
• 11
  I've Seen The Word
  3:35
• 12
  I Can't Explain
  4:22
• 13
  Waves
  4:37
• 14
  Feel Me
  5:39
• CD 4: Mange Tout (Dancing Around Our Handbags)
• 1
  Don't Tell Me
  3:30
• 2
  Game Above My Head
  3:57
• 3
  Blind Vision
  3:54
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Time Became The Tide
  4:49
• 5
  That's Love, That It Is
  4:22
• 6
  Murder
  5:57
• 7
  See The Train
  2:04
• 8
  All Things Are Nice
  5:00
• 9
  My Baby
  3:58
• 10
  The Day Before You Came
  5:49
• 11
  Game Above My Head (Long Version)
  7:09
• 12
  Blind Vision (Long Version)
  9:37
• 13
  Don't Tell Me (Extended)
  6:22
• 14
  Vishnu (Short Version)
  4:44
• 15
  Blind Vision (Martyn Ware Demo)
  2:21
• CD 5: Bonus Tracks
• 1
  Time Became The Tide (Demo)
  6:43
• 2
  If You Want To Be Hip (Demo)
  3:45
• 3
  It Never Rains (Demo)
  3:14
• 4
  Murder (Demo)
  4:52
• 5
  Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is
  3:23
• 6
  On Our Way To?
  5:35
• 7
  That's Love, That It Is (Extended)
  6:33
• 8
  Vishnu (Full Length)
  5:19
• 9
  Get Out Of That
  4:24
• 10
  All Things Are Nice (Version)
  4:09
• 11
  The Day Before You Came (Extended)
  7:57
• 12
  Don't Tell Me (Remix)
  6:50
• 13
  That's Love, That It Is (Remix)
  7:29
• 14
  Blind Vision (Instrumental/Dub Version)
  6:41
• CD 6: Radio 1 Session (David Jensen, 17.3.83)
• 1
  Time Became The Tide
  3:49
• 2
  Murder
  3:17
• 3
  Blind Vision
  4:15
• 4
  Vishnu
  4:44
• 5
  Living On The Ceiling
  4:46
• 6
  Game Above My Head
  4:01
• 7
  I Can't Explain
  4:09
• 8
  My Baby
  4:17
• 9
  Blind Vision
  4:25
• 10
  Don't Tell Me
  4:07
• 11
  God's Kitchen
  3:05
• 12
  Murder
  5:31
• 13
  The Day Before You Came
  6:18
• 14
  That's Love, That It Is
  4:44
• 15
  Kind
  4:24
• 16
  Feel Me
  5:59
• CD 7: Believe You Me
• 1
  Lose Your Love
  4:06
• 2
  What's Your Problem?
  4:09
• 3
  Paradise Is
  3:48
• 4
  Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?
  4:34
• 5
  22339
  5:18
• 6
  Don't You Love It All
  4:34
• 7
  Believe
  3:47
• 8
  Lorraine's My Nurse
  2:31
• 9
  Other Animals
  4:32
• 10
  No Wonder They Never Made It Back!
  4:34
• 11
  John
  4:24
• 12
  Lose Your Love (7" Single Version)
  4:03
• 13
  I Can See It (Extended)
  7:54
• 14
  Lose Your Love (This Club Mix)
  6:45
• 15
  Mixing On The Ceiling (Megamix)
  10:37
• CD 8: Bonus Tracks
• 1
  Side Two
  7:31
• 2
  A Remedial Course (Demo)
  7:03
• 3
  Believe (Demo)
  3:42
• 4
  Scream Down The House
  4:07
• 5
  Gentle On My Mind (Demo)
  4:31
• 6
  M Diver (Alternate Dream) (Demo)
  4:07
• 7
  River Of Life (Demo)
  3:12
• 8
  Lose Your Love (Extended)
  10:18
• 9
  What's Your Problem? (Extended)
  6:59
• 10
  Don't You Love It All (Demo)
  3:14
• 11
  Lose Your Love With Helen (Demo)
  2:48
• 12
  Reaching Out (Demo)
  5:03
• 13
  I Can See It (7" Single Version)
  4:05
• 14
  Lose Your Love In London (Unreleased Mix)
  3:47
• CD 9: Radio 1 Session (Janice Long, 29.9.85)
• 1
  Believe
  3:25
• 2
  Don't You Love It All
  3:40
• 3
  Lose Your Love
  4:03
• 4
  Paradise Is
  3:53
• 5
  Don't Tell Me
  4:27
• 6
  What's Your Problem?
  5:01
• 7
  That's Love That It Is
  4:37
• 8
  Don't You Love It All
  4:00
• 9
  Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?
  4:12
• 10
  God's Kitchen
  3:13
• 11
  Lose Your Love
  3:53
• 12
  Paradise Is
  4:13
• 13
  Other Animals
  3:56
• 14
  Game Above My Head
  4:06
• 15
  Living On The Ceiling
  4:38
• 16
  I've Seen The Word
  3:18
• 17
  Kind
  4:35
• 18
  Blind Vision
  5:32

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Release credits

• Arno Hecht
  saxophone [3]
• B.J. Nelson
  background vocals [3]
• Bashiri Johnson
  percussion [3]
• Blancmange
  producer [2]
• Bob Funk
  trumpet [3]
• Bryan Evans
  engineer [13]
• Crispin Cioe
  saxophone [3]
• David Rhodes
  electric guitar [9], guest [9], guitar [1.2, 1.9-10, 4.3]
• Deepak Khazanchi
  guest [1], sitar [1]
• Dolette McDonald
  background vocals [3]
• Greg Walsh
  arranger [13], producer [13]
• Hollywood Paul Litteral
  trombone [3]
• James Biondolillo
  conductor [3]
• Jay Mark
  engineer [3]
• Jocelyn Brown
  background vocals [3]
• John Fryer
  engineer [5]
• John Luongo
  producer [5.9, 4.3]
• John Williams
  producer [2]
• Linda Randazzo
  assistant [3]
• Madeline Bell
  background vocals [2]
• Mike Howlett
  producer [2-3, 9-10]
• Neil Arthur
  arranger [13], producer [5]
• Neil Jason
  bass [3]
• Pandit Dinesh
  guest [1], madal [1], tabla [1]
• Peter Collins
  producer [1]
• Rick Phylip-Jones
  double bass [9], guest [9]
• Stevie Vann
  background vocals [2]
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