More of a European theme on this compilation. (With the inclusion of quite a few German bands) Anticipating the birth of New Beat.

Tanz Waffen are actually from Austin, Texas and obviously a favourite of Watt’s chugging guitar, bass sequences and Goth female vocals. Nathalie Archangel, another one of Watt’s official production jobs. Madonna / Cyndi Lauper styled synthpop.

For Prince fans a rare mix of the B-side of “U Got The Look”, very funky but quite squelchy!

On to a rare Freestyle track from American singer Sheilah Chambers, very retro sounding but quite catchy.

Canadian synth duo Psyche get their best synthpop / rock moves. Bubbling synths and solid drums.

An unusual closing track by David Harrow, spoken word from poet Neil Drinkwater. Very Anne Clarke.

FLAC

https://store6.gofile.io/download/direct/24564ef5-46dd-4cd0-8582-f47950bf305c/Razormaid%20-%20M-16%20-%20US%2012”%20Red%20Transparent%20Vinyls%20(2)%20-%201987.zip

http://www.filefactory.com/file/6rjx9xg0qk6w/Razormaid%20-%20M-16%20-%20US%2012%5C%27%5C%27%20Red%20Transparent%20Vinyls%20%282%29%20-%201987.zip

MP3

https://qiwi.gg/file/2tHx0522-Razormaid-M-16-US12RedTransparentVinyls2-1987MP3

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ist6tUQA

Razormaid Records – RM-M16

A1	DAF	The Gun (The M-16 Mix)
A2	Microchipleague	New York (Hells Kitchen Mix)
B1	Tanz Waffen	Through The Night
B2	Nathalie Archangel	I Can’t Reach You
C1	Prince	Housequake (“It’s Not My Fault Mix”)
C2	Sheilah Chambers	Got Me In The Mood For Love
D1	Psyche	Prisoner To Desire (The Alcatraz Mix)
D2	David Harrow, Red Stripe	Rude Boys

Getting into quite a routine now! All the old tracks getting an ’87 update or edit. Art Maharg gets more of a credit being in charge of A2 , side B and “Cars”.

In fact the only remix is track 1 which gives the ’82 track an update. The rest are edits and not too different from the originals.

Didn’t know the Escape From New York track but it’s an excellent bit of Space Disco from ’83. “Cars” is extended to six and a half minutes, the source being the ‘E’ Reg Model version. A much more live sound with some added guitar.

I am going to stick my neck out and say the version of “Images of Heaven” is the best one out there. Post Punk Monk may disagree but it is a superb edit / revamp.

FLAC

https://store2.gofile.io/download/direct/e8f9cb62-1fdb-4853-a531-dcace1aedaf4/Razormaid%20-%20Class%20X%20Six%20-%20US%2012”%20Vinyls%20(x2)%20-%201987.zip

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MP3

https://pixeldrain.com/u/9GfVeX3y

https://qiwi.gg/file/8NjZ2944-Razormaid-ClassXSix-US12Vinylsx2-1987MP3

Razormaid Records – RM-CX-6

A1	Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft	Liebe Auf Der Ersten Blick
A2	Depeche Mode	A Question Of Time
B1	Tom Tom Club	Wordy Rappinghood
B2	Culture Club	Church Of The Poison Mind
C1	Escape From New York	Save Our Love
C2	Gary Numan	Cars
D1	Blancmange	Blind Vision
D2	Peter Godwin	Images Of Heaven

More crowd pleasures with a few alternative gems thrown in. The New Order track has a few unnecessary edits. Billy Idol has shades of Tiffany’s “I think we’re alone now” and then rocks out. “I feel Love” is a total re-work. Razormaid get it spot on the Spandau Ballet mix which includes the vocals and less edits.

MP3

https://qiwi.gg/file/7zRM6895-Razormaid-ClassXFive-US12Vinylsx2-1987MP3

https://pixeldrain.com/u/9GfVeX3y

FLAC

https://store3.gofile.io/download/direct/0ef54025-909f-4121-8a2e-6c193bc79a99/Razormaid%20-%20Class%20X%20Five%20-%20US%2012”%20Vinyls%20(x2)%20-%201987.zip

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Razormaid Records – RM-CX-5

A1	Level 42	The Chinese Way
A2	Divine	You Think You’re A Man
B1	New Order	5-8-6
B2	Billy Idol	Catch My Fall
C1	Berlin	Sex (I’m A…)
C2	Bronski Beat	Why?
D1	Donna Summer	I Feel Love
D2	Spandau Ballet	Communication

Again another set of interesting extended edits from 1987 and Razormaid.

Not too dissimilar but different enough and in some cases an improvement, the Fashion track for instance.

From the pure disco of the Stephanie Mills track to the weirdness of Tom Tom Club. Another great compilation of tunes.

Here is an interesting article / interview about the origins of Razormaid.

https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2014/03/razormaid-feature

FLAC

https://store3.gofile.io/download/direct/2461189a-2f9d-441a-8263-59d4222f80ac/Razormaid%20-%20Class%20X%20Four%20-%20US%2012”%20Vinyls%20(x2)%20-%201987.zip

http://www.filefactory.com/file/3ew2b3o0b5ne/Razormaid%20-%20Class%20X%20Four%20-%20US%2012%5C%27%5C%27%20Vinyls%20%28×2%29%20-%201987.zip

MP3

https://qiwi.gg/file/x3Ne1758-Razormaid-ClassXFour-US12Vinylsx2-1987MP3

https://pixeldrain.com/u/JVy6ycTW

Razormaid Records – RM-CX-4

A1	SPK	Metal Dance
A2	Fashion	Streetplayer Mechanik
B1	Depeche Mode	Get The Balance Right
B2	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Messages
C1	Tom Tom Club	Pleasure Of Love
C2	The Art Of Noise	Beat Box
D1	Stephanie Mills	You Can Get Over
D2	Grace Jones	Use Me

All done and dusted for another month !

For alflondon (for the all important B-side !)

Dragon – Rain (12″)

For Mark Wilson (Mint remixes here)

*UPDATED The Creatures ‎– Fury Eyes (Remix) (US and UK 12″)

For marceloshida (A Banger!!)

Silly Sunday Song – 134 – Goldbug – Whole Lotta Love (CDS)

Blue Rondo À La Turk – Two and a half 12 inches ?

For Dwarf Nebula (Parent Advisory Warning!

Marianne Faithfull ‎– Broken English (US 12″)

For Goodguy and r0m (Here it is!)

Siouxsie And The Banshees – Rare Twelve Inch Collection (Double Pack 12″)

For Mark (Hope this is okay!)

Live Wire ‎– Changes Made (Vinyl LP)

Wire ‎– Kidney Bingos (Benelux 12″)

For armadaracun (Sorry about that! Here’s your other requests)

Lindy Layton – Silly Games (Remix) (12″)

The Blow Mokeys feat. Sylvia Tella – Choice ? (12″)

For chadski (Good choice)

A Wall Of Sound Retrospective Part 6 – The Wiseguys – Nil By Mouth / Too Easy (Promo 12″)

For reidar evanger (Obviously a fan!)

The Belle Stars ‎– Slick Trick (12″)

The Belle Stars ‎– 80’s Romance (12″)

The Belle Stars ‎– The Entertainer (12″)

The Belle Stars ‎– The Clapping Song *links added (12″)

For Andijames (Some obscure stuff and the long awaited Furs stuff)

Various ‎– Terpsichore (Silly Not To) (VINYL LP)

The Psychedelic Furs ‎– House (Promo CD)

Psychedelic Furs – All That Money Wants (12″)

The Psychedelic Furs ‎– The Ghost In You (US 12″)

From 1987 but featuring tracks from much earlier this is packed with alternative versions,

More cowbell for the Simple Minds track which extended in the edit.

York’s The Move have their ’82 track polished up, plenty of Prog synth solo’s. Another 1982 track, love the obscure “Auto Music” , how loud are those lead synths ? Donna Summer sneaks in with a Blue Monday inspired mix of “Our Love” (but it was the other way, New Order taking notes) – the B-side of 1979’s Bad Girls. Moroder at the wheel and a bit of a synthpop gem.

Good that Razormaid manage to improve the crap original production of “The Walk”, everything is much clearer, it’s like re-master!

“Let Me Go” is an improvement, a steady instrumental build up and more of the arrangement brought out. Yazoo’s isn’t too different but thankfully not overlong !

FLAC

https://store5.gofile.io/download/direct/e224118b-ec6d-415c-b5b6-7255d79031d4/Razormaid%20-%20Class%20X%202%20-%20US%2012”%20Vinyls%20(x2)%20-%201987.zip

http://www.filefactory.com/file/78jeoijfcsqw/Razormaid%20-%20Class%20X%202%20-%20US%2012%5C%27%5C%27%20Vinyls%20%28×2%29%20-%201987.zip

MP3

https://qiwi.gg/file/5F8w0178-Razormaid-ClassX2-US12Vinylsx2-1987MP3

https://pixeldrain.com/u/WCVN7RMN

Razormaid Records – RM-CX-2

A1	Simple Minds	New Gold Dream
A2	The Mood	Don’t Stop
B1	A Flock Of Seagulls	Transfer Affection
B2	Our Daughter’s Wedding	Auto Music
C1	Donna Summer	Our Love
C2	The Cure	The Walk
D1	Heaven 17	Let Me Go
D2	Yazoo	Don’t Go

Again from August 2004 and featuring Nina Simone and the track “Tell Me More And More And Then Some”  from 1965.

Back to the main stream Clubs with the Progressive House style on their own mixes, rattling on at a fair old pace.

Belgium duo Filterheadz go harder and deeper. Corvin Dalek gives it a bit of Berlin muscle from the longest of the tracks.

The Beginerz has a more commercial House feel.

https://qiwi.gg/file/8PwL5534-Faithlessfeat

https://pixeldrain.com/u/2kW37PoL

Cheeky Records – CHEEKY CD 25

1		I Want More (Radio Version)	3:32
2		I Want More (Faithless Main Mix)	7:27
3		I Want More (Filterheadz Remix)	7:35
4		I Want More (Faith Not Fear Mix By Corvin Dalek)	8:42
5		I Want More (Faithless Dub)	7:55
6		I Want More (Beginerz Remix)	7:50
7		I Want More (Beginerz Dub)	7:05

From their 4th Album, “No Roots.”

A comeback single with an anti-war message released in August 2004 at the height of America’s search for weapons of Mass Destruction in the middle of the Iraq War. The single mix is a definite change of direction, more to the jazzy Big Beat with sampled horns.

Paul Jackson’s mixes ae quite hard, fast and progressive. Tom Middleton’s are suitably dark and cosmic with a very locked in groove over an analogue bass.

https://pixeldrain.com/u/uSbLQvST

https://qiwi.gg/file/aWbK1422-Faithless-MassDestructionCheekyRecordsCHEEKY022CDM2004

Cheeky Records – CHEEKY22,

1		Mass Destruction (Single Mix)	3:32
2		Mass Destruction (Paul Jackson’s Big Weapon)	7:29
3		Mass Destruction (Tom Middleton Cosmos Mix)	7:52
4		Mass Destruction (Paul Jackson’s Destruction Dub)	6:57
5		Mass Destruction (Tom Middleton Cosmos Dub)	7:52

On the 10″ DJ Zinc (Benjamin Pettit) does a Drum and Bass mix which suits Maxi’s vocals. A rare version.

On the flip is a much shorter alternative to the Radio Mix by Sister Bliss and P*Nut (John Harrison) It maybe the actual Radio Mix on second thoughts.

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ZD89tFxX

https://qiwi.gg/file/o27N1417-Faithless-MassDestructionZincRemixCheekyRecordsCHEEKY023Vinyl2004

Cheeky Records – CHEEKY023

A		Mass Destruction (DJ Zinc Remix)
B		Mass Destruction (P*Nut & Sister Bliss Version)

More from 1986 and all Watt’s edits and remixes.

The Communards mix is quite similar to the official 12″, it’s all Bronski to me !

DAF is given a EBM-lite remix, almost New Beat. Synth horns and a strolling bass. The suggestive lyrics are typical DAF. Shame it drags on a bit.

The Yello medley (inspired by the LP , “New Mix One Go” starts with an edited version of “Bostich” mixing into “Another Excess” and then “Lost Again” , “I Love You” all done really well. “Vicious Games” is blended in with a few less obvious tracks. It finishes with “Oh Yeah” – nevermind!

“Killer Machines” was new to me and it was mislabelled with the Sparks, I’ve kept it that way! So Laser-Cowboys offer up a bit of Italo Disco via Cologne. A steady 120 BPM with some weird female vocals and inspired by Terminator but with a synth solo break and the funky overtones this could be Balearic.

The Sparks track still sparkles in its synthpop arrangement.

A weird choice of remixing the already altered “Breathing In Fumes” which has parts of “Stripped” , the Dalek voice is kept in.

Fou Gorki get another Watt remix, he was their official producer after all.

FLAC

https://store6.gofile.io/download/direct/13ffd8d7-3726-4130-b282-b9d2e4c33386/Razormaid%20-%20RM-A-7%20-%20US%2012”%20Promo%20Vinyls%20(2)%20-%201986.zip

http://www.filefactory.com/file/6i9tvxzm8pbk/Razormaid%20-%20RM-A-7%20-%20US%2012%5C%27%5C%27%20Promo%20Vinyls%20%282%29%20-%201986.zip

MP3

https://qiwi.gg/file/dvg27814-Razormaid-RM-A-7-US12PromoVinyls2-1986MP3

https://pixeldrain.com/u/MuihN9Tu

Razormaid Records – RM A7

A1	Fou Gorki	Painter (Betty Crocker Remix)
A2	Communards	Disenchanted
B1	DAF	Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Moi
B2	Yello	In One Go Medley	11:06
C1	Laser-Cowboys	Killer Machines
C2	Sparks	Music That You Can Dance To
D1	Depeche Mode	Breathing In Fumes
D2	Fou Gorki	Painter (Asphyxiation Mix)

Again from 1986 and another good variety of styles.

DAF have their only English sung album”1st Step To Heaven” megamixed in 2 parts.

Warren Sanford helps out on B1 and B2 with some extra scratches and overdubs.

I’d forgotten about “True Confessions”, the title track off their 3rd album. This does’t suffer much from the SAW production.

Italo Disco in the form of Kinky Go with a Bronski Beat falsetto vocal. Nice bit of synthpop.

A bit of Proto House funk on a cover of Diana Ross’s “Love Hangover” by British singer Tracy Ackerman with a synth bass to die for.

FLAC

http://www.filefactory.com/file/51z2vsd2qzy/Razormaid%20Chapter%2010.5%20-%20US%2012%5C%27%5C%27%20Yellow%20Vinyls%20%28×2%29%20-%201986.zip

and

https://store4.gofile.io/download/direct/36251b76-303d-4734-b3c7-6d82ffdda523/Razormaid%20Chapter%2010.5%20-%20US%2012”%20Yellow%20Vinyls%20(x2)%20-%201986.zip

MP3

https://qiwi.gg/file/9HmA6895-RazormaidChapter10

and

https://pixeldrain.com/u/GYFoz8im

Razormaid Records – RM-010.5

A1	DAF	1st Step To Heaven (Part 1)
A2	Kraftwerk	The Telephone Call
B1	Was (Not Was)	Robot Girl
B2	Run-DMC	You Be Illin’
C1	Bananarama	True Confessions
C2	Kinky Go	Gimme The Love
D1	DAF	1st Step To Heaven (Part 2)
D2	Tracy Ackerman	Love Hangover