Culture Club

Artist: Culture Club
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 4

UPC: 724354376122
EAN: 0724354376122
ASIN: B000077EF1

Release Date: 2003-01-28

Culture Club

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Tracks:

Put It Down (Demo)
You Know I'm Not Crazy (Demo)
Kissing 2 Be Clever (Demo)
Stand Down (Demo)
Next 2 You (Demo)
Peculiar World (Demo)
Believe (Demo)
I'm Afraid Of Me
White Boy
Do You Really Want 2 Hurt Me (Demo)
Do You Really Want 2 Hurt Me
Love Twist
I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Time (Clock Of The Hear)
Mister Man
Church Of The Poison Mind
Karma Chameleon
It's A Miracle
Shirly Temple Moment
Victims

Tracks:

Miss Me Blind
Colour By Numbers
Changing Everyday
That's The Way (I'm Only Tyring To Help You)
Mistake Number 3
Murder Rap Trap
Man-Shake
Bow Down Mister (A Small Portion 2 B Polite Mix)
I Specialise In Loneliness
If The Lord Can Forgive
Love In Lonely
Sweet Toxic Love
Moghul Tomb (Demo)
Vanity Case (Arabesque Mix)
Who Killed Rock N' Roll?
Starman
Suffragette City
Mr Strange
Spooky Truth
Funtime
Satans Butterfly Ball

Tracks:

These Boots Are Made 4 Walking (Nancy Headbanger Mix)
Genocide Peroxide
Less Than Perfect
Confidence Trick
Sign Language
How D'Ya Keep Your Credibility?
Is There Cream In This Soup? (Demo)
Love Hurts (Evolution Mix)
Same Thing In Reverse (Evolution Mix)
See Thru
Strange Voodoo
Do You Really Want 2 Hurt Me (TMS~PMS Mix)
Masheri (Demo)
Grand Scheme Of Things (Demo)
Lions Roar (Demo)
Victims 2002
If I Were U (Kinky Rolands 'Mind Over Substance Mix)
Church Of The Poison Mind (Budgie Man Electro Mix)

Tracks:

Karma Chameleon (Nail Out Of Coffin 'Rewind Mix')
I Just Wanna Be Loved
Black Money (Hint Of Helen Mix)
Everything I Own
Love Is Love 2002
Kipsy
Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Hiroshima
Cold Shower (Scary Newman Mix)
Police & Thieves (Dubversive Mix)
Do You Really Want 2 Hurt Me (Drumheads Twisted Nerve Mix)
Maybe I'm A Fool
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Armageddon (Demo)
Run, Run, Run (Demo)

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Kissing to Be Clever
Colour by Numbers
Culture Club: Greatest Hits
Don't Mind If I Do
Waking Up With the House on Fire

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Those old enough to remember the '70s may have thought they'd seen some strange things in fab culture's relentless drive toward the Different. But a soul-embracing band of English musical chameleons fronted by a bitchy, ever-quotable drag queen? David Bowie aside, that notion simply required a whole new decade to frame properly. Ironically, while Culture Club's stateside success was meteorically brief (though yielding a half dozen Top 10 singles), they ended up one of the most indelibly iconic acts of the '80s, thanks to the larger-than-life antics of Boy George and those three magic letters: MTV. This four-disc anthology never strays far from the beguiling, egocentric singer or his fetishes, musical and otherwise. Brimming with demos, a few cheeky outtakes, and a wealth of de rigueur remixes (including a full disc of 2002 dubs by Richie "Drumhead" Stevens) and footnoted with a colorfully rambling, drag-centric scrapbook that passes for liner notes, it's also a set that helps scrub away George's bluster and mascara to find the innocent fan's soul--and shrewd record collector-club DJ sensibility--that lies at the heart of Culture Club's music. It may be obsessive for the uninitiated, but seldom obtuse, while CC faithful should find it a newly annotated gospel. <I>--Jerry McCulley</I>

Album Description

2002 compilation for one of the most popular bands of the early 1980s ('Karma Chameleon' is still the best-selling UK single of all time in Virgin Records history, with 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me' also still in the top ten). This four CD box-set represents the definitive history of the band with many added gems such as demos, remixes, alternative versions & previously unreleased songs. Lavish artwork includes a 72 page glossy booklet, official photos, personal photos, quotes & notes from band members. All previously unreleased tracks have been newly remastered. Long digi-book. Virgin.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Four CD Collection of One of the Most Popular Bands of the 1980's that Includes Hits as Well as a Vast Amount of Demo Versions, Remixes, Alternative Versions and Previously Unreleased Songs. Boy George Brought in Most of the Attention and is One of the 80's Classic Icons, but it was the Collective of all the Players (Mikey, Jon, Roy and George) that Really Forged the Music that Lives On. Culture Club Are One of Virgin Record's Biggest Success Stories, with "Karma Chameleon" Being their Best Selling UK Single Ever. The Box Includes a 72 Page Glossy Booklet with Official Photos, Personal Photos, Quotes and Notes from the Band Members.

Customer Reviews:

Execellent purchase.......2005-09-01

Being a huge fan of Boy George and Culture Club from way back, I was impressed and quite pleased with this purchase. It did not disappoint. The thing I liked most were the remixes and new versions of the old songs. I hope they have more stuff out there for the fans that we have never have heard before. I enjoyed this tremedously.

CULTURE CLUB GREATEST HITS.......2005-06-14

This CD & DVD made me so happy. I had a party and my friends and I all danced for hours! I had a lot of these songs during the 80's but on cassette tapes that haven't survived. This Album/DVD rules!

A Nice BIG... Box (set).......2004-11-19

What an excellent compilation, it is very well worth the dollar value, since there are Tracks/B sides/Unreleased Tracks/Covers of other singers + Songs (ie. These Boots... "Nancy Sinatra", and some David Bowie)and I can't review this with out stressing that some of the older "classics" such as Victims/Karma Chameleon/Church of the Poisioned Mind/Love is Love, and so many others are newly remixed to the higest quality, some with the original feeling, and some completely different (ie church....included in the box set) what a hot remix that is! The additional tracks and mixes make up for the missing greats such as "The Crying Game/Run "Sash feat Boy George"/Your Kisses are Charity feat. Dolly Parton/Love is Leaving/When Will U Learn/U Found Another Guy/The War Song/Generations of Love/Move Away/From Luxury 2 Heartache/No Clause 28... I could go on, but this set is great, even with the missing tracks, a 5 or 6 cd set would have been better, since there are MANY of the Boy's solo efforts included, so it is not just limited to C.Club. Being a fan I really appreciate this set, the mixes are mostly under 6 min. but still worth the price, look into the VH1 Story Tellers 2 CD set, and The Martyr Mantras (all remixes of solo efforts)Also one favorite is "B.G. aka Jesus Loves You, CD called The Devil in Sister George" this contains 5 fantastic mixes of solo and C.Club, with the new (1994)full remixes of Miss me Blind and my Favorite "Love Hurts" both chiming in between 635-710 min, both mixes are very dance floor friendly, also the 12" collection "plus". These CD's will complete your collection, as well as the CD remix singles, including "I just Wanna B Loved this CD maxi includes Do U Really Wanna Hurt Me/Quivver mix clocks in at a massive anthem time of 11:26 min. (SO HOTTT!!!) and Your Kisses, are Charity on CD maxi #2 both have additional mixes of Time,Clock of the heart @ 8:38min/Quivver's Amityville Remix(very hot)AND a funky dance version of Do U Really Wanna Hurt Me 7:11min/Kinky Disco mix, via Kinky Roland. All 3 bonus tracks on these 2 maxi singles are on TODAY's club dance standards with a great Hex or Calderone feel. Also "RUN"/Sash feat. Boy George a 2 CD maxi set, a total of 8 mixes all together very impressive, and the video is outstanding, other interests are maxi remixes of "When Will You Learn ava. on 2 maxi releases also, both are different, and great, as well as Love is Leaving CD Maxi remixes. So check them out, listen on line if U can, and buy them, trust me they all are HOT, and so is this 4 CD box set. for a REAL FAN, spend the $$$ Jason33305@aol.com prof. DJ

left me wanting more.......2004-09-08

Disc one : The demos range from sometimes confident and promising to mostly awkward and amatuerish. Let's face it, that's why they are demos. They weed out the bad songs. And early Culture Club demos are a decidedly mixed bag. The early hits are then well represented, with some b-sides and choice album cuts thrown in. The song Victims is heard first in a recorded rehearsal that begins shakey and ends in a ridiculously campy argument between the band members, with the actual song - still a gorgeous, tender ballad - ending the disc.
Disc two : Starts promising, includes the song "Colour By Numbers", so good it should have been an A-side, not a B-side, or at very least the title track to their incredibly sucessful second album. The third Culture Club album is represented by one song ( another great ballad, Mistake Number 3) and the fourth is ignored altogether.And then all of a sudden we find ourselves inexplicably in the middle of Boy George's solo career, with a few new remixes and some previously unreleased material, rounded out with the more accesible tracks from his under-rated and misunderstood solo album Cheapness and Beauty.
Disc three: We begin where we last left the still solo George, with a campy, hard rock cover of these Boots Were Made For Walking. If nothing else I can assure you it sounds better than KMFDM's recent ham-fisted version of that same song. A few new Culture Club songs follow, some good, some just OK, then a few more demos ( again, some really good , especially the ballad Grand Scheme of Things , and some are OK - experimental or just half baked ). The remixes are what makes this disc really good. Strange Voodoo , If I Were U , and an updated, electro/techno Church of the Poison Mind are the highlights.
CD four: My favourite disc , it was remixed by Richie Stevens ( who also had a hand in the Gorillaz vs Spacemonkeys "Laika Come Home", a brilliant dub reggae / chill out / groove remix cd - he was one of the "Spacemonkeys" ). Dub reggae and electronic sounds are crafted expertly onto Culture Club and Boy George songs old and new ( in fact I think the "Scary Newman" remix of Cold Shoulder, on the 2000 Culture Club album Don't Mind If I Do far surpasses the original , and should have been a single.) There are again a few demos that close out the disc, the best being a song called Armageddon, which happens to be my favourite song in the entire box set. My one and only complaint about this set is its presentation and packaging, it is the one thing that keeps this from a four star rating. My main gripe is that the discs tend to want to fall out of the book unless the book itself is left flat on its side. Indeed , I have had to purchase ANOTHER copy of this very expensive boxed set because the first and third discs fell out of the box and were lost forever in a nightclub when I was playing a few songs from the set. Sure, it was ultimately my own fault, I should have had each disc in a seperate slip case, but I wanted to show some people the book. Which brings me to my other complaint on the book. It has absolutely nothing interesting in the way of liner notes, other than the odd quips and rambling anecdotes from ( who else ) Boy George, a few words from the band members ( and by a few I mean literally less than a dozen)and production credits on the songs ( using hard to follow symbols, no less. ) I wanted more information on the demos, i.e. when they were recorded? are they group efforts or George's work alone? I wanted more vintage photos. There are FAR TOO MANY photos of George, and his boyfriend, and his entourage ( OK!! WE GET IT !! YOU HANG OUT WITH THE Beautiful People ) And to top it off, despite it being called very simply CULTURE CLUB, roughly half the material is Boy George's solo work. If I'd wanted a box set of his songs, I'd surely buy one. I am a fan, after all. But this is a Culture Club box set. And I do love it. I certainly paid enough for it. ( The both of them, actually .) I'd maybe have done it a little differently. The botom line is that most fans who are willing to pay for a box set already have most of these songs. There is maybe one full disc of demos that are good and one full disc of new remixes that are previously unavailable. The remainder is either readily available or is of little or no merit or interest.

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