Pet Shop Boys - Ultra Rare Trax, Vol. 2 (1993)

The Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. 

Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records.^[6]

Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1984 they have achieved 42 top 30 singles, 22 of these being top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a synth-pop version of "Always on My Mind", and "Heart".

 Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", and their own "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield. With five US top ten singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion.

Tracks

1.  Can You Forgive Her?   (Ton Up Crew Remix) - 4:55    

2.  Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend   (Indictment Mix) - 6:52   

3.  So Hard   (Coarse Textures Mix) - 8:15   

4.  Suburbia  (Dub Mix) - 7:48    

5.  Opportunities  (Prime Cuts) - 7:20   

6.  Paninaro   (House Mix) - 5:12   

7.  How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?   (Def Mix) - 4:05  

8.  Miserablism   (Hot Tracks) - 6:23    

9.  Left To My Own Devices   (Razormaid) - 6:21  

10.  Always On My Mind   (Razormaid) - 7:03  

       

                                              

Each track is accompanied by trivia and (alleged) sources:

1 - "An excellent reworking by the up and coming Ton Up Crew."

2 - "Only to be found on Art Of Mix CD 7 - very rare as you can imagine."

4 - "This orchestrated mix of Suburbia was masterfully done by Mr Arthur Baker."

5 - "The Prime Cuts Club must have worked very hard on this track because the outcome sounds like it should have made them lots of money."

6 - "Originating from Italy this Kicking House Mix is extremely rare and sought after."

7 - "A Dave Morales mix ever to be found on a US promo 12", find it if you can."

8 - "A Hot Tracks remix of a lesser known PSB track - still brilliant."

9 - "Left to Razormaid's devices, say no more!!!"

10 - "An excellent reworking of the amazing Elvis Presley number."

Notes

Series: Ultra Rare Trax (3) – Vol. 2

Format: CD, Compilation, Unofficial Release, Red Face Label Disc

Released: 1993

Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop

Runtime: 1:04:14

Label:  Not On Label (Pet Shop Boys) – PSB 2

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