80’s Symphonic

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

112" Vinyl
#TitleArtistRatingLength
A1Let’s Dance (Nile Rodgers’ string version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
producer:
Nile Rodgers
arranger and orchestrator:
Nile Rodgers
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Let’s Dance
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Essex (publisher), Jones Music (publishers associated with David Bowie), Jones Music America, RZO Music Ltd and Watanabe Music Publishing CM division
David Bowie5:24
A2Take On Me (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Take On Me
writer:
Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitarist, songwriter and singer)
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
version of:
Miss Eerie
a‐ha53:52
A3Alive and Kicking (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
remix of:
Alive and Kicking by Simple Minds (Scottish rock band)
recording of:
Alive and Kicking
writer:
Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds) and Michael MacNeil
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Publishing Ltd. and Simple Minds Ltd
Simple Minds5:21
B1Vienna (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Vienna
writer:
Warren Cann, Chris Cross (UK bassist for Ultravox), Billy Currie and Midge Ure
publisher:
Hot Food Music Ltd., Jump Jet Music Ltd., Mood Music Ltd. (publisher), Sing Sing Songs Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Ultravox5:02
B2The Killing Moon (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Killing Moon
writer:
Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch (Echo & the Bunnymen), Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant
Echo & the Bunnymen4:54
B3Smalltown Boy (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Smalltown Boy
writer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), Bronski Music Ltd., Bucks Music Ltd, EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), Fujipacific Music, Inc., The Copyright Collective, Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
Gotcha! (1985 film soundtrack)
Bronski Beat4:52
B4What Is Love? (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
What Is Love?
lyricist:
William Bryant (UK lyricist, writer and speaker) and Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
composer:
Howard Jones (English singer, songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Howard Jones Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Group and Warner Chappell Publishing
Howard Jones3:47
C1What’s Love Got to Do With It (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
What’s Love Got to Do With It
writer:
Graham Lyle and Terence Ernest Britten
publisher:
Hornall Brothers Music Ltd. (limited company), Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Goodsingle Limited (publisher) (in 1984), Irving Music, Inc. (in 1984), Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (in 1984), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1984 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Tina Turner4:17
C2Holding Back the Years (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Holding Back the Years
lyricist:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red)
composer:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) and Neil Moss
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd. and So What Ltd
Simply Red4:35
C3Josephine (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Josephine
lyricist and composer:
Chris Rea
publisher:
Magnet Music Ltd. (publisher)
Chris Rea3:55
C4Hard Habit to Break (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Hard Habit to Break
writer:
Steve Kipner (in 1984) and John Lewis Parker (in 1984)
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI April Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Songs Ltd., MCA Music Ltd., Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30), April Music Inc. (in 1984), Parker Songs (in 1984), Stephen A. Kipner Music (in 1984) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Chicago4:59
D1It Must Have Been Love (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
It Must Have Been Love
lyricist and composer:
Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Jimmy Fun Music
Roxette4:34
D2I Want to Know What Love Is (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
I Want to Know What Love Is
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Evansongs Ltd. (publisher), Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31) and Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Foreigner4:51
D3Drive (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Rhino Entertainment (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2018)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Drive
publisher:
Ric Ocasek
lyricist and composer:
Ric Ocasek
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Gallo Music Publishing, Lido Music, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Universal Music Publishing, Inc., Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
The Cars3:58
D42000 Miles (symphonic version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Gavin Goldberg
producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sam Swallow
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
2000 Miles
lyricist and composer:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
publisher:
Clive Banks Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Hynde House of Hits Music
The Pretenders3:39

Credits

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Alive and Kicking (symphonic version) by Simple Minds (Scottish rock band)
Take On Me (Symphonic version) by a‐ha (Norwegian synth‐pop band)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1451809 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0003217698 [info]
Wikidata:Q65228399 [info]