I know yesterday (13th March) was the first time a new PSB track had been played in ages, but (as per the long standing forum rules) in future all public requests for copies of any new track, PSB or otherwise, will be deleted and/or threads containing requests closed. We will officially...
For anyone interested, the Suede concert Live at The Roundhouse from 15th December 1996 and featuring Neil on vocals on 2 songs - has not only been released on gold vinyl but the film has received a restoration and remastered treatment by James Wong and will be streamed live on the Suede...
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Looking forward to it. Good performance from Neil.
It Couldn’t Happen Here finally gets a DVD and Blu-ray release in June 2020
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After 2 UK Online Shops let me down (yes, I ordered in time), and both admitted later to having listed it on their sites for sale without having it in stock or having been offered the product by the producer in advance of release, I am now looking for someone selling it privat 2 private. Any...
The 2020 Warner Music UK is new...did they sign with a new distributor/label?
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Speaking of music investments, Primary Wave Acquires Catalog of ‘September’ Songwriter Allee Willis .
Also included in the catalog are such songs as “Neutron Dance” by the Pointer Sisters, “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” by the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield, and “I’ll Be There for You”...
London is a great city.It is also connected to the Pet Shop Boys in many ways from Neil & Chris moving down from the North to, Neil & Chris meeting each other for the first time in the Kings Road, both of them living in the Capital & more importantly they have written so many songs reflecting this...
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Excellent work - I'll definitely do this walk and soundtrack soon.
After the lockdown. I really believe there is a new Disco on the way. Something has been told before over there and I really believe Stuart wants to do that, he is a big fan of the first Disco . I've been thinking it could be a remix album of the whole triology but two first albums, Electric and...
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I reckon a little EP similar to Agenda would be cool. But that sort of thing is what you squeeze in between a busy schedule.
But ultimately I reckon they'd be thinking about the next album.... they've got the time!
Hey there! I'm not running a new poll, but I have posted on my Commentary website a temporary new feature that I hope you'll like: a Pet Shop Boys Trivia Game ! And it's a pretty tough one, if I do say so myself. It consists of 25 questions, most of the answers for which can NOT be found on my...
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Well done Dog for being the top PSB nerd!! I’m pleased with my 2nd place. Like you, I’ve never heard the yo-yo story - most of the others I got wrong rang a bell once the answers were provided
You have maybe heard this and discussed this before in another thread, but I just want to say that the songs in which Robbie has got help from Pet Shop Boys are really great songs. One of the best is No Regrets and of course Robbie's song We're the Pet Shop Boys is great. That was all i wanted to...
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That's a remix of We're the Pet Shop Boys which Robbie recorded.
Yes, but they did produce it, right?
I’m pretty sure the Robbie version is the same backing track as the Chris Zippel / PSB version from the Pet Shop Boys’ recording.
Yes it is. You can even hear Chris on the list of songs.
Good evening!
Somebody is selling a set of amazing demos of the Actually era for 3000 Euros (!) in ebay. I could listen to some snippets and the quality is stunning. They are not the same that those demos included in some bootlegs some decades ago (e.g. the Sarm West demos tapes). It looks like a...
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He possibly ended up selling the files digitally outside eBay. There was quite some interest according to the listing.
Pet Shop Boys are delighted to confirm that they will be performing at the @electricballroomcamden, London, in 2021 as part of the @passportgigs: Back to Our Roots event series supporting the UK’s grassroots live music scene. The final date of the show will be revealed as soon as social distancing...
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On a side note, is anyone familiar with cameo.com? its a site where artists of all kind will make personalized videos for you for a fee.
yes, I know everyone here is probably above that, but while the site seems to be overloaded with alot of C-level celebrities there are some good ones here and...
For example, I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing (Beatmaster mix)
More?
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I'm not sure this counts, but the extended 12 version of Was it worth it? is way better than the single mix. The sub-bass in the break is room-shakingly ace.
Me too. I’ve always loved this mix and listen to it loads. Always lifts my mood.
Normally I'd be able to find this information out of Discogs or PSB Catalogue but neither provide any details as of yet.
Do we have a definitive understanding of what editions of the It Couldn't Happen Here DVD/BluRay exist?
And do any of those pressings correct the 24/25 speed issue,...
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Greetings Greendrake,
Thanks... that's very helpful for myself and anyone not wanting to trawl through the giant topic, trying to glean this information. Now just to see if anyone knows of anything else or different.
I just listened all through Relentless, for the first time in a very long time. I remebered it as a cool sounding elecronic album, sort of a follow up to Introspective or a forerunner to Yes etc or Electric.
Boy, I was wrong. It's quite bleak, feels dated, the few lyrics are of low quality. Had...
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Some Speculation was played at the Savoy and is not on the DVD.
I have a vague memory from being at the Savoy that Neil left the stage for both “The man who has everything” and “Some speculation” and Chris played chords while Sylvia sang and Les Childs did his thing.
The Pet Shop Boys – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – will compose music for the stage adaptation of My Beautiful Laundrette, which opens next month in Leicester.
Co-produced by Curve, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Leeds Playhouse, the piece is adapted for the stage by...
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I really enjoyed that. It’s probably the closest I’ll get to seeing the real thing. I had no idea that Gordon Warnecke was playing Omar’s father! That was such a great idea.
I had a lovely chat with him at a special screening of the original film. Nice guy.
Tomorrow,Saturday Aug.16th,@BBCRadio2
&10 BBC local radio stations will come together to perform the Great Northern Playlist,songs from the north of England chosen by #BBCRadio listeners&“reimagined”by the @BBCPhilharmonic
“It’s a sin”
The full...
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The whole programme which on my tablet at least plays at a better volume (louder)than the clip.
There is not much going on at the moment, so I thought maybe I could put up a theory about Disco 5.
What kind of remixes could be included on Disco 5? Or no remixes? I have two theories, which of course don't have to be right at all.
Since it's all...
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If they do a Disco 5 this year I would suggest an EP with 8 lockdown versions. The video of West End girls (new lockdown version) seems to be pretty popular and now has more views on YouTube than the video of Monkey Business, which is pretty surprising given how good the Monkey Business video is....
A few friends and I have a little song swap thing going on where we listen to the recommended songs and discuss after. I need to recommend 3 PSB songs that fit the following categories:
1. The deep cut - recommend a track that is very much a fan base special that is absolutely top draw -...
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As a person who follow PSB music since the release of West end girls, until Behaviour (included) I say that we were being introduced into the PSB sound universe... so everything before Discography may sound different..and surprising, but the knowledge of the PSB limits were still flexible. And the...
You can take the original version of Domino Dancing and then take the version of The Voice in Fashion ( Mixed both in a good way, you have a proper version of Domino Dancing. It works like it was a new version (not only a typical remix). All of you deserve to listen to it because it is really good....
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..all the arangements (of this re-cretaed mix and the Voice In Fashion version released in 2013) sounds like from the original Lewis Martinee base mix era... just mixed in a differnet way, very possibly by Lewis himself. I wouldnt´t say it´s a 2020 version ... maybe it was an experiment from that...
Following on from the other post, I have found my tapes from the first time that they sat in for Simon Bates from Monday 12th August 1991 to Friday 16th August 1991.
They were recorded on TDK D60 and D90s and there are some gaps where Ive changed the tapes!!
I've done the first day and will get...
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Top PSB on Radio tracks...
Here are my top 3 (apart from Cicero and the good 2 bad and hugely)
The clips I have heard are ok but nothing special. It would be great if they did something similar to Depeche Mode but not sure anything like this will appear until Chris and Neil call it a day. I'm sure that most of us on here have countless mixes. I have a mix of vinyl, cd's, bootlegs downloads...
Help!, another new Nickname's poll. Children and women first.
The 2 big PSB's album. Maybe Behaviour and Very have their options too but, I think for general public, these two albums represent the most influential and successful era of PSB. So, choose the best one.
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if the Disco Version of Heart was part of Actually, it would have been near perfection and a close call..but Introspective it is for me!
It's an album I learnt to love, Left to my own devices, I'm not Scared, Domino were immediate and I was seriously scratching my head on I want a Dog at first and I never cared...
Both are arguably the best PSB tracks of all time, at least both have some remarkable achivements. Being Boring has the most touching lyrics ever listened on a PSB song and a more mature perspective. Left to my own Devices has one of the most powerful and complex song they have ever created, a...
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Sorry but why pit any track against the almighty Left to my own devices! It is the essence of Pet Shop Boys in one song
Kudos for William Shatner for knowing a rather obscure PSB track.
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So, an annoying actor vs annoying YT creators, who will win?
RLM are really good. Just been watching their pick of favourite Star Trek TNG episodes, which is very entertaining. Even better has been seeing them lose it over the Picard series.
ya, I've watched them off and on for years. They...
I've finally got my little PSB lyrics project now completed - taken a while but I've collated all the PSB lyrics taken from the official site as at May 2020 and transposed these into a mega monster Excel spreadsheet.
After much cutting, chopping and...
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If people want more stopwords to be added, I only have some 20-30 in a list now.
Funko vinyl Pops ( Bobble head figures from stage and screen and anything else they can get the rights to!) have done many music artists from Elvis,Beatles , Elton john Etc so do you think they would do Neil and Chris (pointy hat era would be the most iconic imho) as many on here would buy them i...
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I hope they decided for the actually-look.
But of ourse they will do go west...
I think we´ll be all very surprised if they don´t do the Go West design!
Elton and Freddie Mercury got multiple designs... and for PSB that must have been a logic option too, according to the varied different iconic...
I know this may have been discussed before, but I cannot find the info...
Does anyone know the (top ten) best selling singles by the boys worldwide / in the U.K
Are there any official sales figures? :D
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There are no official sales figures available of their single sales. Neil has stated that he doesn’t know the total amount of singles sold himself.
Always On My Mind is their best selling single in the U.K
What Have I Done... has sold millions(Neil’s own words)
It’s A Sin has apparently sold 2.1...
It won't be long now till its 33 years since hearing Always on my mind for the very first time on that Elvis Presley Love Me Tender Tv show. Gosh it only seems like yesteryear. I don't think there will ever be a Pet Shop Boys song that makes me fascinated to the very limit upon listening to it more...
Nerd question time. Was Please released on CD at the same time as the LP and cassette, or did it come out solely on those formats at first? I'm asking cause I stumbled across these magazine adverts which clearly advertise it as a new album and cassette but make no mention of the CD. By the time of...
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I knew it was a bit later because Neil alludes to it in one of the album FL chats I think. When discussing the image of them on the album he says when it was released on CD they forgot to shrink the picture so it looks too large relatively. This implies it was some time later.
Join Dan Bull and Will Warren as each episode they take a brilliant pop album and go through it track by track, discussing the acts, the songwriting and production, iconic music videos and artwork, and their memories of the release. Let us know your thoughts @trackbytrackuk #trackbytrack Hosts: Dan...
Okay, firstly apols if this breaks a few rules but last year I digitised these old cassettes. As a result I have 10 x 1 hour mp3 files (2 for each day). I was going to upload them to YT but it seems they are too long for a standard account. Does anyone have any ideas how I could make them available...
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The quality is exactly what you would expect from a TDK D-90 recorded off the radio and which has been in my loft for 28 years.
Mixcloud makes only 67-68 kbps available to us. Reckon your rips sound much better than that. Since you are making them publicly available anyway and this does not seem...
Does anyone have an excact number of how many unique tracks are released credited or co-credited to Tennant/Lowe (or Lowe/Tennant), performed by any artist (including PSB themselves, of course)?
I know that there's a list on Geowayne.com called PSB Song Chronology with 379...
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I have the Please sheet music book and on there Later Tonight is just credited to Tennant (yup I saw this thread and just went to my shelves to check!), and 2/0 is credited to Tennant/Orlando as mentioned above.
Thanks for confirming! Funnily enough I just had a sort out and found all my old PSB...
Firstly, I must say I’m delighted with the new transfer and restoration of It Couldn’t Happen Here. I’ve seen the film probably hundreds of times over the years. My original PMI VHS copy always had a rather lamentable soundtrack, so I was very much looking forward to this...
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I can consider myself an 80-90s music-video collector... I was obsesssed with them for many years (a little more relaxed now) and very selective about the quality. I´m pretty sure that most of the UK music videos were produced with 25fps in mind as final result, and US videos on 30. I always...
The only thing I remember of it is an amazing intro, like PSB trying to create something big that flops at the end. I know you can listen to it on Youtube but I don't remember the name of the song. I think is more or less a recent song (from the last 10 years).
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lift your game nickname, I really need to know what this song is
But on a similar note, this podcast episode is a great listen
We are going to do that from time to time with most of PSB albums (specially with the ones that have Further Listenings versions). You have to choose ten songs between the ones that appear on the album and its further listenings in order to create a better album. You can include long running tracks...
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The recent Manic Street Preachers anniversary releases have changed track lists.
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