A Flock Of Seagulls - Collection

 

"I Ran (So Far Away)", also released as "I Ran", is a song by English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls. It was released in 1982 as the second single from their self-titled debut album. Since then, it has been their most successful single, topped the chart in Australia, and reached #7 in New Zealand #9 United States respectively.

The version featured on this 12" is the video mix which omits most of the introductory section and begins with a cymbal crash but retains the full ending of the long version. This version was featured on some vinyl pressings of A Flock of Seagulls.

SIDE A:

I Ran (Edit Video Mix) 3:58

SIDE B:

Messages 2:50

Pick Me Up 3:07

"Space Age Love Song" is a 1982 single released by the British band, A Flock of Seagulls. It was their fourth single. Lead guitarist Paul Reynolds remarked on their 1984 video album "Through the Looking Glass" that he thought of the song's title. He said that the band wrote and recorded it, but couldn't come up with the title. He suggested "Space Age Love Song" because he thought it sounded like a space age love song. His idea stuck as the song's permanent title.

"Space Age Love Song" peaked at No. 30 in the US Billboard Chart, No. 31 in New Zealand, No. 34 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 68 in Australia.

The 7" Edit is about twenty seconds or so shorter than the album version. This version has a shorter intro and to my knowledge has not appeared on CD most compilations use the 3:47 album version.

SIDE A:

Space Age Love Song 3:22

SIDE B:

Windows 3:29

"Nightmares" was the 7th single released by synth-pop band A Flock Of Seagulls. The single was taken from the the bands second album "Listen." "Nightmares" peaked at #53 on the UK singles chart on April 16, 1983 and #62 on the US Billboard Dance Chart.

The two B-sides reveal the often-overlooked experimental side of A Flock of Seagulls. Slightly edited versions of "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin" and "Rosenmontag" appeared on the original cassette and CD pressings of "Listen." Both tracks are extended for this 12" and have never appeared on CD. However the 2010 remastered CD version of "Listen" does contain the 12" version of "Nightmares".

 

Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut and the first man in space. He orbited the earth in April 1961, a humilating blow to the U.S. spaceflight team which at the time was in heated competition with its communist counterparts. His "last flight" took place on March 27, 1968, when the UTI MiG-15 (an experimental jet he was piloting) crashed. He was 34 years old. The Apollo 15 astronauts put a plaque on the moon naming all of the men who'd died in the space race. Gagarin was honored among them.

"Rosenmontag" (German for "Rose Monday") is a festival which takes place in Cologne, Germany in the days leading up to Lent. Rosenmontag is the Monday prior to Ash Wednesday. It is likely that the band learned about this Catholic holiday while in Germany during the recording of "Listen." Coincidentally, it is also the title of a 1930 film directed by Hans Steinhoff.

SIDE A:

Nightmares 5:02

Producer – Mike Howlett 

The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin 7:03

Producer – Mike Howlett, Mike Score 

SIDE B:

Rosenmontag 8:01

Producer – Conny Plank, Dave Hutchins, Mike Howlett

"The More You Live, The More You Love" is the name of a 1984 single by the new wave/rock band A Flock of Seagulls. It is taken from their third album, The Story of a Young Heart. The single was the first out of three singles taken from the album.

The single was able to chart in both the band's native United Kingdom and in the United States, as well as in Germany, New Zealand and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart; and was the most successful in the Netherlands where it reached the Top 20 for three weeks.

The B-side track "Lost Control (Totally)" is a different mix than what was issued as as a bonus track on the 2008 remastered CD issue of "The Story of a Young Heart" making this 12" sought after and rare.

RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Label: Jive

Catalog#: JIVE T 62

Format: Vinyl, 12"

Country: UK

Released: 1984

Genre: Electronic

Style: Synth-pop

Credits: Composed By, Performer - Ali Score  , Frank Maudsley  , Mike Score  , Paul Reynolds

Engineer - Steve Lipson* (tracks: A, B2)

Mixed By - Chris Porter (tracks: B2)

Producer - Steve Lovell

Written-By - A. Score* , F. Maudsley* , M. Score* , P. Reynolds*

NOTES

Recorded At Ridge Farm. 

SIDE A

A The More You Live, The More You Love (Full Moon Mix) 6:10

SIDE B

B1 Lost Control (Totally) 6:40

B2 The More You Live, The More You Love (7" Re-Mix) 4:08

Remix - Chris Porter

Tracklist

01  A Flock Of Seagulls - I ran

02  A Flock Of Seagulls - Space age love song

03  A Flock Of Seagulls - Telecommunication

04  A Flock Of Seagulls - The more you live, the more you love

05  A Flock Of Seagulls - Nightmares

06  A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I had a photograph of you)

07  A Flock Of Seagulls - (It_s not me) Talking

08  A Flock Of Seagulls - Transfer affection

09  A Flock Of Seagulls - Who_s that girl (she_s got it)

10  A Flock Of Seagulls - D.N.A.

11  A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I had a photograph of you) (Extended Version)

12  A Flock Of Seagulls - The more you live, the more you love (Extended Version)

01 - I Ran (Die Krupps Remix)

02 - Space Age Love Song (KMFDM Remix)

03 - The More You Live (Mission UK Remix)

04 - Telecommunication (JLAB Remix)

05 - Wishing (Intra-Venus Remix)

06 - Messages (Interface Remix)

10 - Nightmares (Interfaith Psi-Fix Remix)

13 - Space Age Love Song (Astralasia Remix)

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