Sometimes you are on the road when big news drops. I’ve been in the middle of a whirlwind for the last month or two [as if one couldn’t tell from the lack of posting here at PPM], and when news got out about the ZTT big guns of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Propaganda getting the BSOG [and more] treatment, I was caught with my attention elsewhere. But here’s the short form. On October 31st, FGTH are having “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” released in a 7xCD + Blu-Ray edition.

And, yes: Steven Wilson is remixing the album for Blu-Ray. As we’ve discovered, if we want to hear a classic album in a different character to the original iconic production, Steven Wilson is the man to do it. You may prefer the original production and mix but I have never found much fault with his mix. And in some cases I definitely prefer his! The box is filled to bursting so let’s examine what’s in it.

New unheard versions in red.

FGTH BSOG

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Super Deluxe Box – UK – 7 x CD + Blu-Ray [2025]

CD1 | DEMOS + SESSIONS

1. Relax (In Heaven) – Arista Demo -11th/13th September 1982
2. Two Tribes – Arista Demo – 11th-13th September 1982
3. Love Has Got A Gun – Phonogram Demo – 15th October 1982
4. Junk Funk – Phonogram Demo -15th October 1982
5. Two Tribes – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 24th November 1982
6. The World Is My Oyster – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 24th November 1982
7. Krisco Kisses – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 24th November 1982
8. Disneyland – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 24th November 1982
9. Relax (Shoot It In The Right Direction) – BBC Radio 1 Kid Jenson Session – 24th February 1983
10. Invade My Heart – BBC Radio 1 Kid Jenson Session – 24th February 1983
11. Only Star In Heaven – BBC Radio 1 Kid Jenson Session – 24th February 1983
12. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – BBC Radio 1 Kid Jenson Session – 24th February 1983
13. Junk Funk (Get On Down) – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 3rd December 1983
14. The Other Side Of Midnight – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 3rd December 1983
15. The Power Of Love – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 3rd December 1983
16. Get It On – BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session – 3rd December 1983

CD2 | RELAX + B-SIDES

1. Relax – Rough Mix – Sunday 4th September 1983
2. Relax – The Album
3. The Party Trick (Acting Dumb) – Cassette Edition
4. The Special Act (Adapted From The Sex Mix) – Cassette Edition
5. The U.S. Mix (Come Dancing) – Cassette Edition
6. The Single (The Act) – Cassette Edition
7. Ferry Across The Mersey (…And Here I’ll Stay) – Cassette Edition
8. Relax – Sex Mix Edition 3 – AKA Luis Jardim Mix
9. Relax – With New Fairlight & DMX Ruff Mix
10. Relax – Video Version

CD3 | TWO TRIBES + B-SIDES

1. Two Tribes – Newsnight Version
2. Two Tribes – Cowboys & Indians Original 7 Inch
3. Two Tribes – Video Destructo
4. Two Tribes – Keep The Peace, Intro
5. Two Tribes – At Madison Square Garden, The Carnage, The Annihilation
6. War – Somewhere Between Hiding And Hidden
7. Two Tribes – Keep The Peace, Outro
8. War – No 2
9. Two Tribes – We Don’t Want To Die
10. War – Hidden
11. Two Tribes – Hibakusha
12. Two Tribes – The Last Voice

CD4 | FROM THE VAULTS OF BLUE HELL

1. Well… – Intro Long Version
2. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (The World Is My Oyster) – Early 12 Inch Version
3. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – Ad Lib
4. Two Tribes – Outtake 2 – 7 Inch Version Of The Annihilation Mix
5. Born To Run – Instrumental
6. Love Has Got A Gun aka Wish The Lads Were Here – Backing Track
7. Black Night White Light – Extended
8. The Only Star In Heaven – Backing Track No Vox
9. The Power Of Love – Take 4

CD5 | THE POWER OF LOVE + B-SIDES

1. The Power Of Love – 7 Inch Version
2. The World Is My Oyster – 7 Inch Version
3. The Power Of Love – Extended Singlette Version
4. The World is My Oyster – Scrapped
5. The World is My Oyster – Trapped
6. The Power Of Love – Instrumental Singlette Version
7. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – Pleasurefix
8. The Only Star In Heaven – Starfix
9. The World Is My Oyster – 12 Inch Version
10. The Power Of Love – Strings Only
11. War – Europe A Go Go Soundcheck
12. The Power Of Love – Europe A Go Go Soundcheck
13. Relax – Europe A Go Go Soundcheck
14. Born To Run – Europe A Go Go Soundcheck

CD6 | WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME + B-SIDES

1. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – Altered Reel aka Alternative To Reality – Original 7 Inch Version
2. Happy Hi! – 12-inch Version
3. Relax – International – Live On The Tube Europe A Go Go
4. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – The Alternative aka Fruitness
5. Happy Hi! – All In The Body
6. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – The Soundtrack From Bernard Rose’s Video
7. Get It On (Edit)
8. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – How To Remake The World
9. Disneyland
10. Born To Run – Live
11. Welcome To The Pleasuredome – Urban Mix

CD7 | WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME – THE ALBUM

1. Well…
2. The World Is My Oyster
3. Snatch Of Fury (Ferry Across the Mersey)
4. Welcome To the Pleasuredome
5. Relax
6. War
7. Two Tribes
8. Ferry (Go)
9. Tag
10. Born To Run
11. San Jose
12. Wish The Lads Were Here
13. The Ballad Of 32
14. Krisco Kisses
15. Black Night White Light
16. The Only Star in Heaven
17. The Power of Love
18. Bang

BLU-RAY | STEVEN WILSON VERSION

1. Welcome To The Pleasuredome Album
2. Steven Wilson Atmos® Mix
3. Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix
4. Steven Wilson Stereo Mix

BLU-RAY | BONUS TRACKS

1. Ferry Cross the Mersey – Steven Wilson Atmos® Mix
2. Relax 12-inch instrumental version – Steven Wilson Atmos® Mix
3. War (B side version) – Steven Wilson Atmos® Mix
4. The World is My Oyster (B-side version) Steven Wilson Atmos® Mix
5. Happy Hi – Steven Wilson Atmos® Mix
6. Disneyland – Steven Wilson Atmos®Mix

That seems as thorough as one could imagine! There are 34 mixes in addition to the classic single format mixes which are duly accounted for in the Record Cell! And of course, such attention to detail comes with a price. The UMG store has this in pre-order for $135.99. The buy in will probably only increase over time in the aftermarket, but 40 years later, I think I’ll stick with what I have already. It’s paid for and not going anywhere [yet]. But if you’ve been jonesing for the ultimate “Pleasuredome” package… on the silver discs, [the last such attempt was vinyl only!] then this has your name in the credit booklet. DJ hit that button!

A SECRET WISH BSOG

Then on November 14th, Propaganda’s “A Secret Wish” will get a 6xCD BSOG treatment of their own. Sadly, I looked into this as soon as I got the info on it and seemingly within hours, that sucker seems to be SOLD OUT everywhere on the web! If you can find it for pre-sale, good luck! I will have to console myself with the knowledge that throughout the 21st century, I’ve gotten most of the ZTT raids of the Propaganda tape cabinet that compiler Ian Peel has already curated! Here’s the contents for the sake of argument. Your guess is as good as mine as to what hasn’t been issued prior.

Propaganda: A Secret Wish Super Deluxe Box – UK – 6xCD [2025]

CD1 | SECRET

A Secret Wish (Propaganda’s Analogue Sequence)

A Secret Wish (Stepen Lipson’s Digital Variation)

1. Dream Within a Dream
2. The Murder of Love
3. Jewel
4. Duel
5. p:Machinery
6. Sorry For Laughing
7. Dr. Mabuse (First life)
8. The Chase
9. The Last Word (Strength to Dream)
10. Dream Within a Dream
11. Jewel
12. Duel
13. Frozen Faces
14. p:Machinery
15. Dr Mabuse

CD2 | STAHLNETZ

1. Disturbdance One
2. Abuse – Here
3. Machined
4. p:Machinery – The βeta Wraparound…
5. Laughed
6. Sorry For Laughing – Alvin Clarke 12″ Mix
7. Loving
8. Jewelled
9. Loved
10. Abuse – There
11. Im Stahlnetz Des Mabuse
12. Thought
13. Frozen faces – The Echo of…
14. Machined – Nowhere

CD3 | SINGLETTE

1. (The Nine Lives of) Dr. Mabuse
2. Dr. Mabuse – A Paranoid Fantasy
3. Dr. Mabuse Der Spieler – An International Incident
4. Das Testaments Des Mabuse
5. Femme Fatale – The Woman with The Orchid
6. Dr. Mabuse – The Ninth Life of…
7. Do Well
8. The First Cut
9. Duel
10. Jewel – Cut Rough
11. Wonder
12. Bejewelled
13. Complete Machinery
14. Introduction
15. p:Machinery – Connected
16. Separation
17. Frozen Faces – βeta

CD4 | SERIES

1. Die Tausend Augen Des Mabuse
2. Testament One
3. Duel – Bitter-sweet
4. Testament Two
5. p:Machinery – Polish
6. Testament Three
7. Frozen Faces – αlpha
8. Testament Four
9. Sorry For Laughing – Unapologetic
10. Testament Five
11. The Murder of Love – Murderous Instrumental
12. Testament Six
13. p:Machinery – βeta
14. Testament Seven
15. Dr Mabuse – Special Instrumental Mix
16. Testament Eight

CD5 | STUDIO

1. Dream Within a Dream (Within A Dream)
2. P:Machinery – αlpha
3. Dr Mabuse (An International Conclusion) – Outtake 24.04.85
4. (The First Life of…) Strength to Dream – Outtake 04.02.84
5. Dream Within a Dream – Noise and Girls Come Out to Play
6. Frozen Faces – A Secret Sense of Rhythm
7. Frozen Faces – A Secret Sense of Sin
8. p:Machinery – Goodnight 32
9. The Chase – The Goodnight, Mix
10. Femme Fatale – The Orchid
11. Jewel – Rough Cut
12. Lied
13. The Lesson
14. p:Machinery – Passive
15. p:Machinery – The Voiceless βeta Wraparound Edit

CD6 | STAGE

1. Disturbdance Six
2. Dr Mabuse – Some Kind of Wonderful
3. Disturbdance Five
4. Duel – Top of the Pops Mix
5. Disturbdance Thirty-three – Parts one and two
6. Dr Mabuse – Anton Corbijn Video Mix
7. Disturbdance Seven
8. p:Machinery – Zbigniew Rybczyński Video Mix
9. Disturbdance Fourteen

ZTT SURROUNDED – FGTH

Then our pals at SuperDeluxe Edition are issuing one of their typically thorough Blu-Rays for each album. The Blu-Ray in the FGTH 8-disc box only has the first three of the seven streams here. As usual, SDE have salted the pot with many variants for our many moods.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome – UK – Blu-Ray [2025]

• 2025 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos® Mix
• 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix
• 2025 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix
• 2025 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
• 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Instrumental Mix
• 2025 Steven Wilson Stereo Instrumental Mix
• 1984 Stereo Mix
• 6 Bonus tracks in all Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo
• 6 Bonus tracks as Instrumentals (Atmos, 5.1, Stereo)
• Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (Supernova) – 30 min Steven Wilson remix

For rabid ZTT collectors, SDE also offers an exclusive foil stamped O-card artwork edition for £4.99 more…

ZTT SURROUNDED – PROPAGANDA

With the Propaganda I was shocked to find that Steven Wilson did not remix it. A new pair of hands and ears to me, David Kostan is responsible for the new mixes. He also held court on the Claudia Brücken “Night Mirror” Blu-Ray which was #40 in the SDE series, but I passed on that one. This one is already pre-ordered! We’ve been wanting a surround mix of “A Secret Wish” ever since we got 5.1 in 2011! The German 20th anniversary CD + DVD on Repertoire was hard to source, and the SACD was, well…an SACD. I never bothered with getting one of those players. With this Blu-Ray a mind expanding ten different streams are provided on the handy disc!

Propaganda: A Secret Wish – UK – Blu-Ray [2025]

• A Secret Wish 2025 Atmos Mix (48/24)
• A Secret Wish 2025 5.1 Mix (96/24)
• A Secret Wish 2025 Stereo Mix (96/24)
• A Secret Wish 2025 Binaural Mix [headphones-only]
• A Secret Wish 2025 Atmos Instrumental Mix (48/24)
• A Secret Wish 2025 5.1 Instrumental Mix (96/24)
• A Secret Wish 2025 Stereo Mix Instrumental Mix (96/24)
• A Secret Wish 2025 Binaural Instrumental Mix [headphones-only]
• A Secret Wish 1985 Stereo Mix – Vinyl Version (96/24)
• A Secret Wish 1985 Stereo Mix – CD Version (48/24)

Very thorough in that the original 2.0 CD/LP mixes are also included. Each of these SDE Blu-Rays are still in pre-order until Sept 29th, so if you want them act now! They are £25 each, with a bundle option available. Now that The Fathead has started a trade war with the Entire Free World, shipping for these bad boys is likely to be more costly. Because …America is the winner? So I’m only in on the Propaganda disc. Because. After the added Stupidity Tax from The Fathead, I was about $50 out of pocket for the Blu-Ray. If these are calling to you, then DJ hit those buttons!

SDE BLU-RAY – PROPAGANDA

SDE BLU-RAY – FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

SDE BLU-RAY LTD. ED. – FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

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