
Peter Godwin: Correspondence – STR – DL [2022]
- Baby’s In The Mountains 4:11
- The Art Of Love 4:54
- Window Shopping 3:10
- Soul To Soul 5:36
- Young Pleasure 4:25
- The Dancer 3:43
- Correspondence 3:34
- Over Twenty One 3:08
- Soul Of Love 4:19
Last Friday, while I was working hard on my home improvement-slash-vacation, a small miracle happened. The 1983 Peter Godwin album “Correspondence” was able to reach ears once again on digital platforms for streaming or DL purchase. I’ve written about the album in the early days of the blog, but only the experience of wanting to make a CD from my US LP and the history of Godwin in general. Curse me for the novice, I’ve never actually reviewed the album! Seeing as how I’ve had a REVO edition of it for a dozen years, perhaps now’s the time to actually review it, but currently the contents of my Record Cell are sitting in a neighbor’s home as we have new flooring installed this week. So there’s no telling how long it will take to have the bespoke disc in my hands again.
But for those of you who are of an immaterial persuasion, the album was released last Friday to the usual streaming services and if you’d rather have something to “hold onto,” it’s also available for purchase as a more desirable DL. As ever, the devil is in the details. My copy was the standard US LP of 1983, which had the following contents:
- Baby’s In The Mountains [John Luongo remix] 4:07
- The Art Of Love [John Luongo remix] 4:50
- Window Shopping 3:10
- Soul To Soul 5:36
- Young Pleasure 4:25
- The Dancer 3:43
- Correspondence 3:34
- Over Twenty One 3:08
- Soul Of Love 4:19
US Polydor fiddled a bit with the mixes of the two singles that opened the album; opting for John Luongo’s touch. Compare to the standard UK [and presumably Euro] edition:
- Baby’s In The Mountains 4:14
- The Art Of Love 5:31
- Window Shopping 3:12
- Soul To Soul 5:33
- Young Pleasure 4:24
- The Dancer 4:2
- Correspondence 3:35
- Over Twenty-One 3:09
- Soul Of Love 4:45
The original UK edition had a slightly longer, original mix of “Baby’s In The Mountains” and a 40 second longer version of “The Art of Love.” For this reason the original UK LP has been in my want list for a couple of years. Curious about what the version on offer now was, I went to iTunes to sample the wares. Wouldn’t you know that it’s not quite so cut and dried. Anyone listening to the digital “Correspondence” currently will get a hybrid approach with the original Georg Kajanus mix of “Baby’s In The Mountains” but the John Luongo remix of “The Art of Love.” Since I still don’t have the UK LP, I will probably grab a DL of “Baby’s In The Mountains” at some point just to have something in house until I get the UK LP. Which might take years.
That’s Not All…
Of further interest is the news that Godwin’s complementary “Dance Emotions” EP of remixes and non-LP singles from the fertile [but album-free] period just prior to that of “Correspondence” will also follow suit on Friday, July 8th, 2022.

Peter Godwin: Dance Emotions – NETHERLANDS – EP [1982]
- Emotional Disguise [Extended Version] 4:15
- Torch Songs [Extended Version] 5:35
- French Emotions 2:30
- Images Of Heaven [Dance Mix] 5:00
- Cruel Heart 3:12
- Luxury [Extended Version] 5:26
I don’t actually have a copy of this EP what was only released in The Netherlands 40 years ago, but I have all of the other releases that it was compiled from. Here are the songs from the height of the New Romantic era that saw Godwin rubbing shoulder pads with producer/buddy Midge Ure and the Blitz crew. The centerpiece of which was the sumptuous full length dance mix of perhaps the finest single of the 80s; “Images Of Heaven.”
Do we want these tracks on the silver disc? Of course we do! We’ve been rocking our bespoke copies for over a dozen years. But until that day comes [and it may never at the rate the CD is shriveling up] these releases will at least have the glories of Peter Godwin reaching fresh new ears. Which can only be fantastic.
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