Inside the Pleasuredome
| Inside The Pleasuredome | |
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| Box set by Frankie Goes to Hollywood | |
| Released | 27 October 2014 |
| Recorded | July 1983-1984 at Manor Studios, Oxford and Sarm Studios, London |
| Genre | New wave, Synthpop, Hi-NRG |
| Length | 64:00 |
| Label | ZTT (UK), Union Square (UK) - Element 38 |
| Producer | Trevor Horn |
"Inside the Pleasuredome" is an "Ultra-Deluxe box set" released by ZTT Records and Union Square Music in October 2014 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's debut album, "Welcome to the Pleasuredome". Spread across a double album on 180g vinyl, three 10" singles, a cassingle, a 5 track download-only instrumental EP and a DVD, the boxset contains 20 previously unreleased mixes of tracks from the Pleasuredome album.
Limited to 2000 boxes, it was released exclusively through the Pledgemusic.com website.
The boxset comprised 10 elements, as well as downloads of all non-5.1 audio in FLAC and MP3 formats.
1. “Come Inside” – The entry-point into the Pleasuredome experience, via a unique flipbook animation of Lo Cole’s classic artwork. [Catalogued at NEAT 3.]
2. Tumbometer Nine – A Zang Tuum Tumb info sheet detailing everything you’ll find Inside The Pleasuredome, where it came from and why it’s there. Plus a complete listing of the Element Series, past, present and future.
3. “And Suddenly There Came A Zang!” – The Art of Frankie Goes To Hollywood. A stunning 48-page case-bound hardback book celebrating and exploring the artwork of Welcome To The Pleasuredome, with contributions from Paul Morley, designer David Smart, illustrators Lo Cole and Anne Yvonne Gilbert and photographers John Stoddart, Steve Rumney, AJ Barratt and Peter Ashworth. [Zanglette No. 2, ZTAS 31.]
4. “Brothers and Sisters” – The DVD. Compiling the Pleasuredome videos – Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love and Welcome To The Pleasuredome by directors Godley & Creme, Bernard Rose and David Mallett – and 5.1 surround sound audio mixes of the classic singles and album tracks. [Catalogued at NEAT 2.] This is a double disc with NTSC region 0 on one side and PAL region 0 on the other.
5. “Voiceless, Volume 1” – The Instrumentals. A five track FLAC digital EP with previously unreleased instrumental versions of 7” and 12” mixes. [catalogued at ZTIS 309.] NOTE: This is exclusive to Pledgers
6. “Cowboys and Indians” – The Alternate Tracks. A four-track EP that explores the making of Frankie’s second single, with three previously unreleased takes of Two Tribes plus one of WAR [10” vinyl in die-cut sleeve – 10 ZTAS 4c/d]
7. “Lovers and Haters” – The Studio Demos. A four-track EP tracing the story of two of the earliest tracks recorded for Welcome To The Pleasuredome, with two previously-unreleased takes of Relax and two previously-unreleased versions of The Only Star In Heaven. [10" vinyl in die-cut sleeve 10 ZTAS 4a/b]
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