Various. so8os (So Eighties).

Absolutely AMAZING, MUST HAVE release! BLANK & JONES Presents:  – “So80s” – A 3-CD-Deluxe Box including exclusive so80s Mix by Blank&Jones plus all 12” versions unmixed and unedited digitally remastered from the original master tapes, 36 page booklet including all original record artworks and an extensive 2,000 words essay! CD 1 was exclusively mixed by Blank & Jones and it already strikes with sensations like non-stop-mixes of legendary bands like by Yazoo, Depeche Mode, O.M.D. and Ultravox. Never before there was anybody else allowed mixing their music with other artists’ sound. However Blank & Jones didn’t have the ambition to make
a Hit- or a Mega-Mix. They only wanted to show their respect to the music of the chosen bands. That’s why they stayed close to the original recordings and took care of the harmony. The track lists of CD 2 and 3 on which names like Simple Minds, Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk, Erasure, Human League, Duran Duran and many others appear, looks like a ‘Who Is Who’ list of the 80s. You can imagine that Blank & Jones also have surprises for the hardboilded fans of 80s music. They were able to spot the legendary 12” mix of O.M.D’s filmhit ‘If You Leave’ and Kajagoogoo’s original 12” version of ‘Too Shy’ which was not even on the officially remastered version of the debut album ‘White Feathers’. It’s the first time that ’C’est La Vie’ of Robbie Nevil (a worldwide pop and dance hit in 1986 mixed by the guru Arthur Baker) can be found in a compilation like that. Blank & Jones renounced remixes on purpose on so80s (so eighties), in fact they searched for the long versions of the bands. The mixes were mixed in the same sessions as the original ones. THE FINEST COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL CLASSIC 12“ CLUB & EXTENDED MIXES. Released on Sound Colours and available November 6th, 2009.