I was always a big fan of 80s music having missed it as a child. The hype was justified as once you listen the latest in “The Art Of The 12”” series it all becomes very clear why. http://www.discogs.com/Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood-Relax/release/1233563. ZTT / The Art of the 12-inch, Volume Three / 2CD remix compilation. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Only bought this for the full version of 'Cry' by Godley & Crème, even that tracks sound quality is not as good as I remember the vinyl 12" version back in 1985. What you may not know is that it’s also number 19 in the Pre-order charts (at the time of writing) proving that since the label’s heyday in the early to mid 80s that there is still a huge interest in the ZTT catalogue and this latest entry does not disappoint. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. If you're looking at this compilation, you're probably already at least somewhat familiar with the music from the artists of the ZTT label's heyday: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Art of Noise, and Propaganda in the '80s, and Seal in the '90s. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. The spine and booklet also refer to the release as 'Zang Tuum Tumb - The Art of the 12"'. 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Price New from Used from Audio CD, Import, February 18, 2014 "Please retry" — — — Audio CD — I’ve found many of ZTT’s releases adventurous and enjoyable. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Only bought this for one track, sound quality on some tracks is rather poor, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2020. 2: A Promotion Of A Way Of Life, The Art Of The 12", Volume 2 - A Promotion Of A Way Of Life, Buy CD, CDs manufactured by CD Systems (my collection only), Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 1): | SALVOMDCD27/A I *050509 |, Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI LD11, Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI 5Q74, Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1): | SALVOMDCD27/B I *050510 |, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI LD11, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI 5Q74, Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 2): | SALVOMDCD27/A | *052207 |, Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI LD11, Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI 5Q75, Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 2): | SALVOMDCD27/B | *050510 |, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): IFPI LD11, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): IFPI 5Q75. I still liked The Art Of Noise & their music, but recently the whole "Art" aspect of it all bored me, the nonesensical blather and lack of meaning and confusing artwork & daft word play that came with an album, just seems so pretensious, and here in this album yet more of the same pretentiousness. Buy CD, Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 1): | SALVODCD213/A | *041927 |, Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI L011, Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI 5Q85, Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1): | SALVODCD213/B | *041928 |, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI L011, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI 5Q85, Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 2): | SALVODCD213/A | *041927 |, Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI L011, Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI 5Q76, Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 2): | SALVODCD213/B | 050319 |, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): IFPI L012, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): IFPI 5Q76. I listened to only a few songs with "uh" and moved it on. The snare & hi-hat intro of "The Only Star In Heaven (Starfix)" has apparently been reconstructed for this release using a looped sample full of clicks that are not present on the original 12". And in addition we've spiced things up by featuring some sterling production and remix work by Trevor Horn and members of Art of Noise for Paul McCartney, Godley & Crème, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Thomas Leer, Scritti Politti and Mint Juleps. I cannot imagine buying this without knowing who sang the songs. Please try again. 12 Propaganda - Dr Mabuse Der Spieler (An International Incident) 5:41 Disc 2: 1 Scritti Politti - Absolute (Version, By Gary Langan) 6:12 2 Art Of Noise - Close Up 7:40 3 Propaganda - Sorry For Laughing (Alvin Clarke 12" Mix) 5:27 4 Das Psych-Oh! The front page of the New Musical Express dated 13th October 1984 read “ZTT-Warriors Of Pop Or Theatre Of Hype?” The answer to both of those questions in 2012 is a simple yes. 2012 two CD set containing even more rare groundbreaking twelve inch mixes the Zang Tuum Tumb label. There's also tape print-through audible after the intro and outro, whereas on the original 12" there is none. As you may know “The Art Of The 12”, Volume Two” is number SALVOMDCD27 in Salvo’s catalogue and number 21 in ZTT’s Element Series. ZTT/Salvo will issue a third volume of their popular The Art of the 12″ compilation series in February 2014, almost exactly two years after the previous volume was issued. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2019. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2018. And for the first time on CD: The full length 12-inch version of "Rage Hard (The Young Person's Guide To The 12” Mix)". Highly recommended ZTT sampler with typical ZTT mixes many of them are in AoN approach. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Please try again. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. But I then heard the gob of Paul Morley, who spouted all kinds of negative views about other bands of the 80s, and realising the god awful Frankie goes to hollywood were all entwined with ZTT & Morley I found him to be a huge hypocrite who I didn't wanna hear.