The Belle Stars

Formed in 1980 from the ashes of 2 Tone's The Bodysnatchers, seven -piece, all singing, all playing, all female combo The Belle Stars signed to the legendary Stiff Records label in 1981. Between 1982 and 1984 they enjoyed seven UK singles chart entries with the label, and their sole studio album also reached the UK Top 20. All this, and much more are included on this new 3CD collection. Disc 1 kicks off with that self-titled debut album in full, which itself gets off to a roaring start with the monster hit 'Sign of the Times' - a UK No. 3 smash in early 1983. A heady mix of percussive, post -punk and shiny new pop, the album brings together radically updated covers of classic R&B standards - 'Iko Iko', (a huge US hit after it was included in the film 'Rain Man') 'The Snake', 'Harlem Shuffle', 'Mockingbird', 'Needle in a Haystack' - with strong self-penned material, including the aforementioned 'Sign of the Times' and breezy later single 'Indian Summer'. Extras on CD1 are made up from the band's standalone singles, plus their B-Sides. CD2 includes more single A's and B's, including the storming follow up to 'Sign of the Times', 'Sweet Memory', plus the band's extended 12-inch mixes including not just the original 'Iko Iko' 12-inch but the 'Bonus Beats' club version too. CD3 continues with a full 18-song live concert recorded on the 29th April 1983 and the collection signs off with a tantalising glimpse of what might have been with three tracks recorded with Anne Dudley (Art of Noise, ABC, Electronic etc.,) but which remained unreleased for many years. This new 3-disc edition - art-directed by the band's original graphics man Simon Ryan - is presented in deluxe 7-inch packaging.

Disc 1
1: Sign of the Times
2: Ci Ya Ya
3: The Clapping Song
4: Indian Summer
5: Harlem Shuffle
6: The Reason
7: Iko Iko
8: Baby I'm Yours
9: Mockingbird
10: The Snake
11: Burning
12: Needle in a Haystack
13: Hiawatha
14: Big Blonde
15: Slick Trick
16: Take Another Look
17: Another Latin Love Song
18: Miss World
19: Stop Now
20: Having a Good Time
21: Blame
22: Turn Back the Clock
23: Madness
24: Sweet Memory
25: April Fool

Disc 2
1: Sun Sun Sun
2: The Entertainer
3: The Spider
4: 80's Romance
5: It's Me
6: Slick Trick (Extended 12" Mix)
7: Iko Iko (12" Mix)
8: The Clapping Song (Extended 12" Mix)
9: Mockingbird (Extended 12" Mix)
10: Sign of the Times (Extended 12" Remix)
11: Sweet Memory (Extended 12" Remix)
12: Indian Summer (Extended 12" Remix)
13: Sun Sun Sun (Extended 12" Remix)
14: The Entertainer (Extended 12" Remix)
15: 80's Romance (Extended 12" Remix)
16: Iko Iko (Bonus Beats)

Disc 3
1: Sweet Memory
2: That's Life
3: The Snake
4: Mockingbird
5: Sun Sun Sun
6: Blame
7: April Fool
8: The Entertainer
9: Sign of the Times
10: Baby I'm Yours
11: Madness
12: Slick Trick
13: Crime of Passion
14: Ci Ya Ya
15: Indian Summer
16: The Reason
17: Burning
18: The Clapping Song
19: Crime of Passion
20: Is This the Night?
21: Cool Disguise

Number of Discs: 3

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