The Blanc Tapes

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Release Date: 2017-08-04

Label: Edsel Records

Three Deluxe 3 CD Media Book Editions.
12" mixes, non-album b-sides, previously unreleased demos and rehearsals, BBC Radio 1 sessions and live concerts, plus notes by Neil Arthur, photos and lyrics.

Records where the tracks were first issued (info directly taken from the booklets if not differently noted):
- 1-01 to 1-05 / 1-07 to 1-10 / 1-14: LP Blancmange - Happy Families London Records SH 8552 (original release)
- 1-06: LP Blancmange - Happy Families London Records SH 8552 (later pressing)
- 1-06, 2-03 and 4-11: 12" single Blancmange - Waves London Records BLANX 4 [1-06 not listed in the Happy Families booklet]
- 1-11, 3-01 and 3-04: 12" single Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling London Records BLANX 3 [3-01 and 3-04 not listed in the Happy Families booklet]
- 1-12: 12" single Blancmange - God's Kitchen / I've Seen The Word London Records BLANX 1
- 1-13 and 2-02: 12" single Blancmange - Feel Me London Records BLANX 2
- 2-01: LP Various - Some Bizzare Album Some Bizzare BZLP 1
- 3-09 to 3-14: LP Blancmange, Hot Chocolate - In Concert-297 BBC Transcription Services CN 4141/S [info not in the Happy Families booklet]
- 4-01 to 4-10: LP Blancmange - Mange Tout London Records SH 8552
- 4-12, 5-05 and 5-06: 12" single Blancmange - Blind Vision London Records BLANX 5
- 4-13: US 12" promo Blancmange - Don't Tell Me Sire PRO-A-2179 [the info is wrong, correct source is B-side of US 12" single Blancmange - Don't Tell Me Island Records 0-96951, not A-side nor UK 12" single Blancmange - Don't Tell Me London Records BLANX 7 because first verse is missing]
- 4-14: 12" single Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is (New Dance Mix Version) London Records BLANX 6 (second version)
- 5-07 and 5-08: 12" single Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is London Records BLANX 6 (first version)
- 5-09: 12" single Blancmange - Don't Tell Me London Records BLANX 7
- 5-10 and 5-11: 12" single Blancmange - The Day Before You Came London Records BLANX 8
- 5-12: US 12" promo Blancmange - Don't Tell Me Sire PRO-A-2179
- 5-13: US 12" white label promo Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is 9 20282-0
- 5-14: US 12" promo Blancmange - Blind Vision Island Records DMD 626
- 6-05 to 6-16: LP Blancmange - In Concert-333 BBC Transcription Services CN 4403/S [info not in the Mange Tout booklet]
- 7-01 to 7-11: LP Blancmange - Believe You Me London Records LONLP 10
- 7-12: 7" single Blancmange - Lose Your Love London Records BLANC 10
- 7-13 and 8-04: 12" single Blancmange - I Can See It London Records BLANX 11
- 7-14: Canadian 12" promo Blancmange - Lose Your Love London Records DJL 179
- 7-15 and 8-08: 12" single Blancmange - Lose Your Love London Records BLANX 10
- 8-01 and 8-09: 12" single Blancmange - What's Your Problem? London Records BLANX 9
- 8-13: 7" single Blancmange - I Can See It London Records BLANC 11

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