SOFT CELL

Miscellaneous

  

'Some Bizzare Album' sleeve

(BZLP 1/ *BZMC 1) THE GIRL WITH THE PATENT LEATHER FACE (track on 'Some Bizzare Album') - LP and *Tape
SOME BIZZARE/PHONOGRAM (February 1981 / UK Chart . 58)

  

(CEL 6595) THE GIRL WITH THE PATENT LEATHER FACE (track on 'Some Bizarre Album') - LP
CELLULOID (France / 1982)

  

'Metro Mr X' flexi-discs

(LYN 10410) METRO MR X - 7″ Hard vinyl Test press, pink label.
(LYN 10410) METRO MR X - 7″ flexi-disc
(Issued free with 'Flexipop!' magazine, issue №. 12. The flexi-disc was issued in red, green, blue, orange, clear/white or black)
LYNTONE (October 1981)

  

'The Flexipop Album' sleeve

(LYN 11966) METRO MR X (Track on 'The Flexipop Album') - LP (50 copies issued)
LYNTONE (UK / 1982)

  

'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' flexi-disc

(no catalogue number) SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Live '82 - 'Cellmates' fan club 7″ flexi-disc (issued in clear blue vinyl. 500 pressed)
LYNTONE/CELLMATES (UK / March 1983)

  

'Ghostrider' flexi-disc

(no catalogue number) GHOSTRIDER Live '83 - 'Cellmates' fan club 7″ flexi-disc (approx 2000 pressed)
FLEXI RECORDS LTD/CELLMATES (October 1983)

  

(510 297-4) THE GIRL WITH THE PATENT LEATHER FACE (track on 'Some Bizzare Album') - Tape
(510 297-2) THE GIRL WITH THE PATENT LEATHER FACE (track on 'Some Bizzare Album') - CD
SOME BIZZARE (UK / March 1992)

  

(UNC 001) MEMORABILIA (non stop ecstatic dancing Edit) (track on album 'Dawn of Electronica') - CD
UNCUT (UK / 2000)

  

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'I'd Rather Shout at a Returning Echo Than Kid Myself that Someone's Listening' CD sleeve

(???) GOD SHAPED HOLE - promo CD (100 copies)
(track on 'I'd Rather Shout at a Returning Echo Than Kid Myself that Someone's Listening')
(N.B.: Came housed in a brown 'Nut & Bolt' fold-out case!)
(SBZO42CD) GOD SHAPED HOLE (track on 'I'd Rather Shout at a Returning Echo Than Kid Myself that Someone's Listening') - CD
SOME BIZARRE (UK / September 2001)

 

'A Tribute To Soft Cell' sleeve

(47615-2) TORCH (Track by Cathode on 'A TRIBUTE TO SOFT CELL'. This track contains a sample of the original vocals from 'Torch') - CD
(label?) (UK / March 2002)

 

( ???? ) SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE/TAINTED LOVE (Two Soft Cell live tracks on 'NEW WAVE LIVE AT THE SQUARE' - 16 Rare live versions of New Wave hits of the 80s') - CD (bootleg???)
(Label???) (USA / Date ???)

Interviews

  

'SFX' magazine cover

(SFX 001) Soft Cell interview - cassette
(on 'SFX' cassette magazine, issue number 1.) (Soft Cell talk about their first LP "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" and their trip to New York.)
SFX (UK / 21st Novemeber 1981)

  

(003) SOFT CELL INTERVIEW (on 'SFX' tape magazine, issue №. 3) - cassette
SFX (UK / November 1981)

D.J. Mixes

Whilst NEVER official releases, per se, the DJ mixes are sometimes commissioned, for compilations, etc. or NOT commissioned and remain Unofficial. Whether they are any good remains a case of personal taste!

 

(036ZSA) TAINTED LOVE/WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?
(Track on 'Hot Tracks') - 12″ stickered sleeve
Hot Tracks (USA / circa 1982)

 

(B2R001) TAINTED LOVE
(Dance remix on un-official 'Bang 2 Rights' 12″, incorporates Meat Beat Manifesto's 'Radio Babylon' with 'Tainted Love', B/W an Eurythmics track) - 12″
(label ?) (UK or USA, circa ?)

 

(???) SOFT CELL/BRONSKI BEAT: CELLSKI BEAT (The Judge Megamix)
(Contains 'Tainted Love', 'Smalltown Boy', etc.) - DJ promo LP
DMC (June 1985)

 

(DMC 50/1B) TAINTED LOVE (Dakeyne Remix) (Track on compilation) - 12″
DMC (USA / circa ?)

 

(DMC 50/1) TAINTED LOVE
(Track on 'CELL OUT!') - 12″
(N.B. This and the entry above are possibly one and the same.)
DMC (USA / circa ?)

 

(MAYO 001) TAINTED LOVE (Tainted Electro Remix)
(Track on 12″, B/W 'Miracle Whip' by ONS) - 12″
(label ?) (USA / circa ?)

 

(TSR006) MEMORABILIA (Kill The DJ Edit) - 12″ sampler
(TSRCD002) MEMORABILIA (Kill The DJ Edit) - CD
(Track on 12″ 'How To Kill The DJ' sampler, b/w Ministry tracks. Edited by Fany Corral and Ivan Smagghe.)
TIGERSUSHI (France / circa February/July 2003)

 

(CT18) TAINTED LOVE (Peter Donello Remix)
(Track on 'Club Tracks', includes KLF, etc.) - Stickered sleeve 12″
(label ?) (USA / circa 1991)

 

'Euromix' bootleg sleeve

(SC 21) LOW VOTAGE MIX (Megamix of Soft Cell and Marc Almond tracks.) - 12″
EURO-MIXX (USA / 1991)

 

'On US Sound Vol.1' bootleg sleeve

(no catalogue number) LOW VOLTAGE MIX [13:50 min] (Track on 'On-US Sound Vol.1') - LP
(no catalogue number) LOW VOLTAGE MIX [13:50 min] (Track on 'On-US Sound Vol.1') - CD
no label (USA / 199 ?)

 

(HT MV01) TAINTED LOVE/WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO (Duracell Mix) [7:34 mins] (Track on 'The Best of Hot Tracks - Volume 1') - LP
Hot Tracks records (USA / 199 ?)

 

(DMC 187-1) MEMORABILIA (Starecase Remix) (Track on 'DMC HOUSE NATION 187') - 12″
DMC (USA / August 1998)

 

(no catalogue number) TAINTED LOVE (Club 69 Remix) - 1 sided 12″ promo Acetate
TAPE TO TAPE (UK / August 1998)

 

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(???) TAINTED LOVE CLUB 69 FUTURE MIX/(B/W: Bronski Beat 'Smalltown Boy'/People Underground 'I don't Need Nobody Else' - USA 12″ Promo
(N.B.: custom sleeve: 'REMIX CULTURE HOUSE NATION' OFFICIAL DMC REMIXES.)
DMC (USA / 1999 )

 

'Tainted Love Club69' bootleg sleeves

(????) SOFT CELL vs CLUB 69: TAINTED LOVE (Tainted Love vs Club 69 Future Mix)/(Tainted Love Club 69 Future Beat)/(Club 69 Future Mix Version) - 12″ white label
(TW12-55530) SOFT CELL vs CLUB 69: TAINTED LOVE (Tainted Love vs Club 69 Future Mix)/(Club 69 Future Beat)/(Club 69 Future Mix Version) - 12″ stickered sleeve (unauthorised)
(TWDM-55530) SOFT CELL vs CLUB 69: TAINTED LOVE (Tainted Love vs Club 69 Future Mix)/(Tainted Love Club 69 Future Beat)/(Club 69 Future Mix Version) - CD (unauthorised)
MCA/TWISTED RECORDS (USA / January 1999)

 

(CSRCD5209) TAINTED LOVE (Almighty Mix) ([6:16]) (Track on 'Almighty Downunder, Vol. 2') - 2 × CD
CENTRAL STATION (??? / 2004)

 MEMORABILIA

(SBZ 075CD / 1707688) MEMORABILIA (MFF [Monkey Farm Frankenstein] Mental Remix) (Track on 'Redefining The Prologue: Some Bizarre Artists 1981- 2006') - CD
SOME BIZARRE (October 2006 / UK)

 Torch MHC Vocal remix

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'Torch' remix promo

(SSM007) TORCH (MHC Vocal Remix)/TORCH (MHC Dub) - white label 12″ Promo(? pressed)
PLANET CLIQUE (August 2007 / UK)

Last modified: 21st August 2007.