Message Of Love: Pretenders Singles 1979-2017

A nice little project I put together after getting a huge Pretenders discography. Even then, I had to search for a bunch of really difficult to find B-sides. This is the whole story and surprisingly listenable, it came out really nice - everything you'd expect with its share of rarities that it a wonderful way to explore Chrissy and the boys' music. All @ 320 and each single is tagged with its original cover. Please let me know if you find any errors or omissions.

1 Stop Your Sobbing [2-79] 2:39
2 The Wait (Single Version) [2-79] 3:10
3 Kid [7-79] 3:07
4 Tattooed Love Boys [7-79] 2:59
5 Brass In Pocket [11-79] 3:06
6 Swinging London [11-79] 1:55
7 Nervous But Shy [11-79] 1:45
8 Talk Of The Town (U.K. Single Version) [3-80] 3:15
9 Cuban Slide [3-80] 4:34
10 Space Invader (US B-Side Brass In Pocket) [2-80] 3:26
11 The Phone Call (US B-Side Stop Your Sobbing) [5-80] 2:29
12 Message Of Love [2-81] 3:31
13 Porcelain [2-81] 3:55
14 What You Gonna Do About It (Flexipop Flexi-Disc) [4-81] 2:46
15 Stop Your Sobbing (Demo) (Flexipop Flexi-Disc) [4-81] 2:23
16 Day After Day [9-81] 3:48
17 In The Sticks [9-81] 2:43
18 Louie Louie (US) [9-81] 3:29
19 I Go To Sleep [11-81] 2:57
20 The English Roses [11-81] 4:28
21 Waste Not Want Not {US B-Side) [12-81] 3:45
22 Back On The Chain Gang [9-82] 3:54
23 My City Was Gone (Single Edit) [9-82] 4:30
24 Middle Of The Road (US A-Side) [11-83] 4:15
25 2000 Miles [11-83] 3:41
26 Fast or Slow (The Law's the Law) (UK B-side) [11-83] 3:14
27 Watching The Clothes (UK B-Side) [2-84] 2:53
28 Show Me (US A-Side) [3-84] 4:12
29 Thin Line Between Love And Hate [5-84] 3:41
30 Time The Avenger (Live Version) [5-84] 4:29
31 Don't Get Me Wrong (Single Version) [8-86] 3:47
32 Dance! [8-86] 4:34
33 Hymn To Her [12-86] 4:39
34 Room Full Of Mirrors [12-86] 4:37
35 My Baby [3-87] 4:08
36 Tradition of Love (Remix) [3-87] 6:14
37 If There Was A Man [8-87] 2:54
38 Where Has Every Body Gone (12" Promo) [8-87] 3:38
39 Kid (Remix) [10-87] 3:11
40 Stop Your Sobbin' (Original Demo Version, 1978) [10-87] 2:21
41 Windows Of The World (4-8Cool 2:59
42 1969 (4-8Cool 2:53
43 Never Do That [5-90] 3:21
44 Not A Second Time [5-90] 2:11
45 Sense Of Purpose [10-90] 3:05
46 Spirit Of Life [10-90] 4:06
47 I'm Not In Love [1993] 3:51
48 I'll Stand By You [4-94] 4:02
49 Rebel Rock Me [4-94] 3:08
50 Bold As Love [4-94] 3:25
51 Night In My Veins [6-94] 3:18
52 Angel Of The Morning [6-94] 4:10
53 977 [10-94] 3:55
54 I'll Stand By You (Live) [10-94] 4:07
55 Kid '95 (Unplugged Live) [1995] 4:02
56 Isle Of View (Unplugged Live) [1995] 0:46
57 Creep (Unplugged Live) [1995] 4:03
58 Nails in the Road (Promo) [1996] 3:25
59 Goodbye (G.I. Jane Version) [1997] 4:35
60 Goin' Back (Promo) [1997] 4:05
61 Human (Tin Tin Out Mix) [1999] 3:57
62 The Homecoming (Street Version) [1999] 4:23
63 Human (Class Mix) [1999] 4:01
64 Popstar [1999] 3:35
65 Needle And The Damage Done [1999] 3:48
66 Samurai (Street Version) [1999] 5:47
67 Loving You Is All I Know ((Promo) [1999] 3:49
68 Complex Person (Radio Edit) [2003] 2:48
69 You Know Who Your Friends Are [2003] 3:31
70 Complicada (Complex Person - Spanish) [2003] 2:50
71 The Losing [2003] 4:51
72 Time (Junior's Radio Version) [2003] 3:31
73 Saving Grace [2003] 3:20
74 The Homecoming [2003] 4:23
75 Boots of Chinese Plastic [8-08] 2:31
76 Love's a Mystery [2008] 3:02
77 Break Up the Concrete [2008] 2:41
78 Holy Commotion (LP Version) [2016] 4:13
79 Alone (LP Version) [2016] 3:50
80 Let's Get Lost (Feat. Neil Tennant) [2017] 3:03

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Marvin Gaye - Come Get To This: The Complete Singles

I made this as a reaction to the "new" You're The Man LP.  I love it and hate it at the same time.  One of these days, I'll reconfigure it to reflect closer to what the 1972 album could/should/would have been like.  The other reason is all of those seemingly hundreds of greatest hits-style repackages out these.  In the 35 years since Marvin passed, his legacy has been tainted, IMO, by the mismanagement of his catalog.  This is my attempt to partially put it right.

In the beginning, this project was easy: just grab the track from the Complete Motown Singles Collections.  After 1972, this project entered the Twilight Zone.  Single mixes/edits were scattered across different collections and in many cases, did not exist at all. It was like being on some ridiculous treasure hunt, without the fun.

Enter the "BF Edited" versions.  On some of these tracks, where I could, I did fade-ins, fade-out and cut them to the actual single length.  If you think this is blasphemous, please think of these, as I do, as placeholders for whenever the correct version finally appears. I think they turned out pretty good.  I challenge you to guess which ones I edited without looking at the tracklist!

As you can see below, every single in his lifetime is included, including duets, rarities, and a couple promo-only with a final volume of posthumous singles.  This set turned out nice, listenable and does a pretty good job of showing all of Marvin's career.  Each single is tagged with original A-Side art/label. @320.  Enjoy.  He's the man!


Come Get To This: The Complete Singles Vol. 01 [1961-64]
1 Marvin Gay Masquerade (Is Over) (Promo Only) [5-61]
2 Marvin Gay Witchcraft (Promo Only) [5-61]
3 Marvin Gaye Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide [5-61]
4 Marvin Gaye Never Let You Go (Sha Lu Bop) [5-61]
5 Marvin Gaye Sandman [1-62]
6 Marvin Gaye I'm Yours, You're Mine [1-62]
7 Marvin Gaye Soldier's Plea [5-62]
8 Marvin Gaye Taking My Time [5-62]
9 Marvin Gaye Stubborn Kind of Fellow [7-62]
10 Marvin Gaye It Hurt Me Too [7-62]
11 Marvin Gaye Hitch Hike [12-62]
12 Marvin Gaye Hello There Angel [12-62]
13 Marvin Gaye Pride and Joy [4-63]
14 Marvin Gaye One of These Days [4-63]
15 Marvin Gaye Can I Get a Witness [9-63]
16 Marvin Gaye I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby [9-63]
17 Marvin Gaye You're a Wonderful One [2-64]
18 Marvin Gaye When I'm Alone I Cry [2-64]
19 Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells What's The Matter With You Baby [4-64]
20 Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells Once Upon A Time [4-64]
21 Marvin Gaye Try It Baby [5-64]
22 Marvin Gaye If My Heart Could Sing [5-64]
23 Marvin Gaye Baby Don't You Do It [9
24 Marvin Gaye Walk On The Wild Side [9
25 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston What Good Am I Without You [9-64]
26 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston I Want You 'Round [9-64]
27 Marvin Gaye This Is the Life [11-64]
28 Marvin Gaye My Way [11-64]

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Come Get To This: The Complete Singles Vol. 02 [1964-67]
29 Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [11-64]
30 Marvin Gaye Forever [11-64]
31 Marvin Gaye I'll Be Doggone [2-65]
32 Marvin Gaye You've Been a Long Time Coming [2-65]
33 Marvin Gaye Pretty Little Baby [6-65]
34 Marvin Gaye Now That You've Won Me [6-65]
35 Marvin Gaye Ain't That Peculiar [9-65]
36 Marvin Gaye She's Got To Be Real [9-65]
37 Marvin Gaye The Teen Beat Song [1966]
38 Marvin Gaye Loraine Alterman Interviews Marvin Gaye [1966]
39 Marvin Gaye One More Heartache [1-66]
40 Marvin Gaye When I Had Your Love [1-66]
41 Marvin Gaye Take This Heart of Mine [5-66]
42 Marvin Gaye Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back) [5-66]
43 Marvin Gaye Little Darling (I Need You) [8-66]
44 Marvin Gaye Hey Diddle Diddle [8-66]
45 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston It Takes Two [12-66]
46 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston It's Got to Be a Miracle (This Thing Called Love) [12-66]
47 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain't No Mountain High Enough [4-67]
48 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Give A Little Love [4-67]
49 Marvin Gaye Your Unchanging Love [6-67]
50 Marvin Gaye I'll Take Care Of You [6-67]
51 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Your Precious Love [8-67]
52 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Hold Me Oh My Darling [8-67]
53 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell If I Could Build My Whole World Around You [11-67]
54 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell If This World Were Mine [11-67]
55 Marvin Gaye You [12-67]
56 Marvin Gaye Change What You Can [12-67]

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Come Get To This: The Complete Singles Vol. 03 [1968-70]
57 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing [3-68]
58 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl [3-68]
59 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You're All I Need to Get By [7-68]
60 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Two Can Have A Party [7-68]
61 Marvin Gaye Chained [8-68]
62 Marvin Gaye At Last (I Found A Love) [8-68]
63 Marvin Gaye His Eye Is on the Sparrow [9-68]
64 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Keep on Lovin' Me Honey [9-68]
65 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' [9-68]
66 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the Grapevine [10-68]
67 Marvin Gaye You're What's Happening (In the World Today) [10-68]
68 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Good Lovin' Aint Easy to Come By [1-69]
69 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Satisfied Feelin' [1-69]
70 Marvin Gaye Too Busy Thinking About My Baby [4-69]
71 Marvin Gaye Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) [4-69]
72 Marvin Gaye That's the Way Love Is [8-69]
73 Marvin Gaye Gonna Keep on Tryin' Till I Win Your Love [8-69]
74 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell What You Gave Me [11-69]
75 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It) [11-69]
76 Marvin Gaye How Can I Forget [12-69]
77 Marvin Gaye Gonna Give Her All the Love I Got [12-69]
78 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell The Onion Song [3-70]
79 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell California Soul [3-70]
80 Marvin Gaye The End of Our Road [5-70]
81 Marvin Gaye Me and My Lonely Room [5-70]

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Come Get To This: The Complete Singles Vol. 04 [1970-74]
82 Marvin Gaye What's Going On [1-71]
83 Marvin Gaye God Is Love [1-71]
84 Marvin Gaye Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [6-71]
85 Marvin Gaye Sad Tomorrow [6-71]
86 Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) [9-71]
87 Marvin Gaye Wholy Holy [9-71]
88 Marvin Gaye You're the Man (Part 1) [4-72]
89 Marvin Gaye You're the Man (Part 2) [4-72]
90 Marvin Gaye Trouble Man [11-72]
91 Marvin Gaye Don't Mess with Mr. 'T' [11-72]
92 Marvin Gaye I Want to Come Home for Christmas (Unreleased) [11-72]
93 Marvin Gaye Christmas in the City (Unreleased) [11-72]
94 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On Single Version) [6-73]
95 Marvin Gaye I Wish It Would Rain [6-73]
96 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye You're A Special Part Of Me (LP Version) [9-73}
97 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye I'm Falling In Love With You [9-73}
98 Marvin Gaye Come Get To This [10-73]
99 Marvin Gaye Distant Lover [10-73]
100 Marvin Gaye You Sure Love To Ball (Single Mix) [1-74]
101 Marvin Gaye Just To Keep You Satisfied [1-74]
102 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye My Mistake (Was To Love You) [1-74]
103 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye Include Me In Your Life [1-74]
104 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye Don't Knock My Love [6-74]
105 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye Just Say, Just Say [6-74]

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         Come Get To This: The Complete Singles Vol. 05 [1974-82]
106 Marvin Gaye Distant Lover (BF Edited Live Single Version) [9-74]
107 Marvin Gaye Trouble Man (BF Edited Live Single Version) [9-74]
108 Marvin Gaye I Want You (Long Single Version) [4-76]
109 Marvin Gaye I Want You (Instrumental) [4-76]
110 Marvin Gaye After The Dance (Single Version) [7-76]
111 Marvin Gaye Feel All My Love Inside [7-76]
112 Marvin Gaye Got To Give It Up Pt I (Single Version) [3-77]
113 Marvin Gaye Got To Give It Up Pt II (Single Version) [3-77]
114 Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder Pops We Love You (Extended Single Mix) [12-78]
115 Marvin Gaye A Funky Space Reincarnation Part 1 (Single Version) [1-79]
116 Marvin Gaye A Funky Space Reincarnation Part 2 (BF Single Version) [1-79]
117 Marvin Gaye Ego Tripping Out (Single Version) [9-79]
118 Marvin Gaye Ego Tripping Out (Instrumental) (Single Version) [9-79]
119 Marvin Gaye Praise (Single Version) [2-81]
120 Marvin Gaye Funk Me [2-81]
121 Marvin Gaye Heavy Love Affair [4-81]
122 Marvin Gaye Far Cry [4-81]
123 Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing [9-82]
124 Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing (Instrumental Mix)  [9-82]


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Come Get To This: The Complete Singles Vol. 06 [Posthumous]
125 Marvin Gaye 'Til Tomorrow (LP Version) [2-83]
126 Marvin Gaye Rockin' After Midnight (BF Single Version) [2-83]
127 Marvin Gaye Joy (LP Version) [5-83]
128 Marvin Gaye Turn On Some Music (LP Version) [5-83]
129 Marvin Gaye Sanctified Lady (BF Single Version) [4-85]
130 Marvin Gaye Sanctified Lady (Instrumental Mix BF Edit] [4-85]
131 Marvin Gaye It's Madness [7-85]
132 Marvin Gaye Ain't It Funny (How Things Turn Around) [7-85]
133 Marvin Gaye Just Like [1-86]
134 Marvin Gaye More [1-86]
135 Marvin Gaye The World is Rated  X  ('80s Version) [1986]
136 Marvin Gaye No Greater Love ('80s Mix) [1986]
137 Marvin Gaye My Last Chance (Radio Edit) [10-86]
138 Marvin Gaye Lucky Lucky Me (UK) [1994]
139 Marvin Gaye This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It's Killing Me) [12-94]
140 Marvin Gaye It's A Desperate Situation [12-94]

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Journeyman: Elton John's Pre-Fame Sessions and Singles

Here's a little quickie I just put together to help me update my EJ singles set from a couple years ago (updated set coming in a couple months!). So here's Elton's session singles and assorted early stuff, along with him playing with (Pre)Gentle Giant! @320, tagged with art when I could find it and runs exactly one CD long! 

Journeyman: Elton John's Pre-Fame Sessions and Singles
1 Bluesology Come Back Baby [7-65] 
2 Bluesology Time's Getting Tougher Than Tough [7-65] 
3 Bluesology Mr. Frantic [2-66] 
4 Bluesology Everyday I Have the Blues [2-66] 
5 Bluesology Corrina Corrina (1965) 
6 Stu Brown And Bluesology Since I Found You Baby (10-67) 
7 Stu Brown And Bluesology Just a Little Bit (10-67) 
8 John Baldry Hey Lord You Made the Night Too Long (11-67) 
9 Barron Knights with Elton John Olympic Record (Parts 1 & 2) (9-6Cool 
10 Simon Dupree & The Big Sound Laughing Boy from Nowhere (1968) [2004 Part of My Past Comp) 
11 Bread & Beer Band Dick Barton Theme (The Devil's Gallop) [2-69] 
12 Bread & Beer Band Breakdown Blues [2-69] 
13 The Family Dogg A Way of Life (4-69) 
14 The Family Dogg Throw It Away (4-69) 
15 Simon Dupree & The Big Sound I'm Going Home [1969] [2004 Part of My Past Comp) 
16 The Hollies He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother [Mono] [9-69] 
17 The Scaffold Gin Gan Goolie [10-69] 
18 Tina Charles Good to be Alive (11-69) 
19 Tina Charles Same Old Story (11-69) 
20 Simon Dupree & The Big Sound Give It All Back (11-69) 
21 Elton John Way To Blue (Nick Drake Cover) [1970] 
22 Elton John From Denver To LA (7-70) 
23 Mr. Bloe 71-75 New Oxford Street [6-71] 
24 Mr. Bloe Get Out (of This Town) [6-71] 

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Spellbound - The Rachel Sweet Anthology 2019 UPDATE

A couple years ago, I went back into Rachel's catalog and found how badly this former teen powerhouse had been misunderstood and screwed by those who were charged with guiding her career. Personally, it was seeing a single of "Endless Love" with Rex Smith that made me turn my back on her and in hindsight, it was my loss.

So all of this inspired me to create the anthology that you now see. A few Pre-Stiff singles, Stiff Samplers, all of her Stiff//Columbia singles, soundtrack work and filled out with key album tracks, all at 320 and tagged source info.

** There were a few things that I have included with a BRAND NEW  update, such as "Wildwood Saloon" live B-side and "Life Ain't Worth Living (when you're dead)" from the 1989 Sing OST though these are both needle drops with a little noise. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" from Barbie - The Look CD and Nickelodeon"s "Clarissa Explains It All Theme" from 1991 have also been also added to the end of the set as a sort of postscript. The Fool Around LP version of  "Wildwood Saloon" was removed.  I got a thing about duplicate songs. Short attention span, I guess.

I invite you to take another look at Rachel's complete musical career. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Though the producer's and sometimes the material failed her, her artistry continued to blossom - amazing that it was all over for her by the time was 20 years old.


1 Country Style [US Single 1974)
2 We Live In Two Different Worlds [US Single 1976)
3 Any Port In A Storm [US Single 1976)
4 Truckstop Queen [UK LP The Akron Compilation 6-78]
5 Tourist Boys [[UK LP The Akron Compilation 6-78]
6 I'll Watch The News [UK LP Can't Start Dancin' 1978]
7 Cuckoo Clock [UK LP Can't Start Dancin' 1978]
8 B.A.B.Y [UK Single 11-78]
9 Suspended Animation [UK Single 11-78]
10 Just My Style [UK LP Fool Around 10-78]
11 Who Does Lisa Like? [UK LP Fool Around 10-78]
12 Stay Awhile [UK LP Fool Around 10-78]
13 It's So Different Here [UK LP Fool Around 10-78]
14 Pin A Medal On Mary [UK LP Fool Around 10-78]
15 Stranger In The House [UK LP Fool Around 10-78]
16 Sad Song [US LP Fool Around 1979]
17 I Go To Pieces [UK Single 3-79]
18 Be Stiff [UK LP Be Stiff 1979]
19 Baby Let's Play House [UK Single 11-79]
20 Wildwood Saloon (Live) [UK Single 11-79]**
21 Fools Gold [UK Single 2-80]
22 I've Got A Reason [UK Single 2-80]
23 Lovers Lane [US Single 1-80]
24 Take Good Care Of Me [US Single 1-80]
25 Spellbound [UK Single 5-80]
26 Tonight [US Single 5-80]
27 New Age [UK LP Protect The Innocent 2-80]
28 New Rose [UK LP Protect The Innocent 2-80]
29 Tonight Ricky [UK LP Protect The Innocent 2-80]
30 Alison [Live]
31 Everlasting Love (With Rex Smith) [US Single 6-81]
32 Billy and the Gun [US Single 6-81]
33 Then He Kissed Me/Be My Baby [US Single 9-81]
34 Streetheart [US Single 9-81]
35 Fool's Story [UK Single 10-81]
36 Shadows Of The Night [US LP... And Then He Kissed Me 1981]
37 Party Girl [US LP ... And Then He Kissed Me 1981]
38 Voo Doo  [US Single 11-82]
39 American Girls  [US Single 11-82]
40 Paralyzed [US LP Blame it on Love 1982]
41 Baby Blue [US LP Blame it on Love 1982]
42 Sticks And Stones [US LP Blame it on Love 1982]
43 Blame It On Love [US LP Blame it on Love 1982]
44 Hearts On The Line [US LP Blame it on Love 1982]
45 Hairspray  [US Single 3-88]
46 Life Ain't Worth Living (When You're Dead) [US B-Side  2-89]**
47 A Teenage Prayer [US LP Cry Baby OST 3-90]
48 Please, Mr. Jailer [US LP Cry Baby OST 3-90]
49 Girls Just Want to Have Fun [Barbie - The Look CD 1990]**
50 Clarissa Explains It All Theme [3-91]**

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