ELECTRONIC 80s - by Michael Bailey: DEAD OR ALIVE - YOUTHQUAKE (Europe 'Rewind' CD FLAC EX) (Re-Up)

Friday, September 2, 2022

DEAD OR ALIVE - YOUTHQUAKE (Europe 'Rewind' CD FLAC EX) (Re-Up)

Hello and Welcome Back... One of my All Time Fav Albums..

Released in 1985, 'Youthquake' was the 2nd studio album by U.K band 'Dead or Alive' which seen 4 singles flower from the album, those being 'Spin Me Round', 'Lover Come Back To Me', 'In Too Deep' & 'My Heart Goes Bang...

For me, this is one of my Favorite albums...

When i brought a copy of this album back in 1987, I used to walk everywhere (for hours on end) and I had just brought a AIWA Walkman (almost sounded as good as a CD) with my Sony Fontopia headphone with the little bass ports (remember them)?

The quality of the Tape recording was excellent with good bass and crisp highs (I think from memory, it was recorded on a chrome cassette).

For ages, i have been trying to get that same sound. I have the U.S CD version of this album but i have found it to be very harsh and abrasive.. not very enjoyable.. (don't have a Japan Version :( )

Finally, on my quest for lush sound, i came across a European version on CD (Sony Music Rewind - The Collector's Series) that sounds very close to the Cassette tape sound, not only that but it has a few hidden quirks that the audio cassette had, which were =

#1 begins with an additional vocal 'Rock It' repeated 4 times before the song begins.
#7 begins at full volume as opposed to fading in as on other issues.
#10 begins with an additional vocal 'You can be the first in line'.

Wicked... The album on offer is the 1985? Europe CD (Mentioned above) in FLAC EX Format which includes 2 bonus tracks, 'Spin Me Round' (Performance Mix) & 'Lover Come Back To Me' (Extended Mix).. Same as the Cassette Version... Yay

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