Kissing The Pink: Anthology 1982-2024, 5CD Box Set
Kissing The Pink

• 5CD anthology featuring the music of new wave pop innovators, Kissing The Pink.

• A comprehensive collection bringing together for the first time the band’s three studio albums, plus many of the extended versions, B-sides and remixes from the associated single.
Plus eight previously unreleased remixes and new recordings. Over 30 tracks/mixes appearing on CD for the first time.

CD1: The band’s 1983 debut album ‘Naked’ plus bonus tracks including ‘Love Lasts
Forever’ (7” Mix), ‘The Last Film’ (Extended Hymn Version) and the B-sides ‘Shine’, ‘Garden Parties’ and two versions of ‘Water In My Eye’.

CD2: Kissing The Pink’s second studio album ‘What Noise’, originally released in 1984, including the extended versions of ‘The Other Side of Heaven’ and ‘Footsteps (Black Sash Remix)’ plus the B-sides ‘Celestial’ and ‘The Rain It Never Stops’ (Short Version).

CD3: The first CD re-issue of the much sought after 1986 album ‘Certain Things Are Likely’ album containing the hits, ‘One Step’, ‘Certain Things Are Likely’ and ‘Never Too Late To Love You’. Produced largely by Peter Walsh and mixed by the legendary producer/remixer/ engineer Phil Harding. Also included are various remixes and edited versions that accompanied the single release from this album.

CD4: ‘Remixes & Extended Versions’ includes eight Phil Harding mixes of the band’s hits ‘One Step’, ‘Never Too Late To Love You’ and ‘Certain Things Are Likely’, all previously unavailable on CD. Other mixes include the early mixes by Colin Thurston of ‘Underage’ and ‘Water In My Eye’, sourced from the tape archives for the first time since the early 1980’s.

CD5: ‘Remixes & New Recordings’ features 14 rare tracks sourced from the band’s own archives and includes their final single ‘Stand Up’, plus B-sides. ‘Also Spying On Me’ is included on a release for the first time along with two new tracks, three new mixes of ‘The Last Film’ and ‘One Step’ including a new remix by Visnadi & Sirone plus two live recordings.

All presented in a clamshell box with each disc housed in a printed card sleeve. The 32-page booklet features an exclusive interview with the band, a new design by digital artist, Sam Howard and a UK discography.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
NAKED
1 THE LAST FILM
2 FRIGHTENED IN FRANCE
3 WATCHING THEIR EYES
4 LOVE LASTS FOREVER
5 ALL FOR YOU
6 THE LAST FILM (HYMN VERSION)
7 BIG MAN RESTLESS
8 DESERT SONG
9 BROKEN BODY
10 MAYBE THIS DAY
11 IN AWE OF INDUSTRY
12 MR. BLUNT
BONUS TRACKS
13 WATER IN MY EYE +
14 SHINE +
15 LOVE LASTS FOREVER (7” MIX) +
16 THE LAST FILM (HYMN VERSION – LONGER) +
17 WATER IN MY EYE (EXTENDED VERSION) +
18 GARDEN PARTIES +

DISC TWO
WHAT NOISE
1 THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN
2 CAPTAIN ZERO
3 VICTORY PARADE
4 GREENHAM
5 EACH DAY IN NINE
6 THE RAIN IT NEVER STOPS
7 RADIO ON
8 MARTIN
9 WATCHING THE TEARS
10 FOOTSTEPS
11 LOVE & MONEY
12 WHAT NOISE
BONUS TRACKS
13 THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN (EXTENDED VERSION)
14 CELESTIAL
15 FOOTSTEPS (BLACK SASH REMIX – EXTENDED VERSION)+ 16 THE RAIN IT NEVER STOPS (SHORT VERSION) +

DISC THREE
CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY
1 ONE STEP
2 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU
3 CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY
4 DREAM DREAM
5 NO ONE’S ON THE SAME SIDE
6 CAN YOU HEAR ME
7 JONES
8 IDENTITY CARD
9 ONE DAY
10 I WON’T WAIT
BONUS TRACKS
11 ONE STEP (7” VERSION) +
12 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU (7” VERSION) +
13 CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY (GARAGE REMIX EDIT) +
14 ONE STEP (SPECIAL CLUB REMIX) +
15 MICHAEL

DISC FOUR
REMIXES + EXTENDED VERSIONS
1 ONE STEP (MEDIA MIX) +
2 ONE STEP (UK REMIX) +
3 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU (KISSING THE MIX) +
4 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU (EXTENDED MIX) +
5 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU (INSTRUMENTAL DUB) +
6 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU (NEW YORK MIX) +
7 NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU (NEW YORK INSTRUMENTAL MIX) + 8 CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY (GARAGE DUB) +
9 CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY (ORIGINAL MIX) +
10 CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY (INSTRUMENTAL) +
11 CERTAIN THINGS ARE LIKELY (GARAGE 12”) +
12 UNDERAGE (EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL VERSION) + 13 WATER IN MY EYE (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION) +

DISC FIVE
REMIXES & NEW RECORDINGS
1 STAND UP (GET DOWN)
2 I WON’T WAIT (MIXEDUB)
3 STAND UP (PHGOGOMIX) +
4 NO ONE’S ON THE SAME SIDE(MIXEDUB)
5 STAND UP (GET DOWN) (12” EDITED MASTER) +
6 STAND UP (HAMISH MCDONALD MIX) +
7 SPYING ON ME (NEW MASTER) + *
8 IMAGINE EVERYONE (NEW TRACK) + *
9 SATELLITE (NEW TRACK) + *
10 THE LAST FILM (FEATURING HENRIKES) + *
11 THE LAST FILM (INSTRUMENTAL) + *
12 ONE STEP (VISNADI & SIRONE REMIX) + *
13 ONE STEP (LIVE AT W-FEST) + *
14 THE LAST FILM (LIVE AT W- FEST) + *
+ denotes appearing on CD for the first time